- 1885 Montreal & Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game
- 1892 Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500 to become first professional football player in the Allegheny Athletic Association's 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Athletic Club
- 1904 9th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 29-5 in Birmingham
First Baseball Commissioner
1920 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis elected first baseball commissioner by team owners
- 1931 Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chic Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1
- 1933 1st NFL football game on a Sunday at Philadelphia's Baker Bowl - sporting events on Sunday had been illegal on Sundays; Eagles tie Chicago Bears, 3-3
- 1933 1st NFL football game on a Sunday at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field - sporting events on Sunday had been illegal on Sundays; Pirates lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0
- 1950 Gene Roberts sets NFL NY Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards
- 1952 Philadelphia A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP
- 1952 White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape
- 1953 US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games
Racing's Inaugural Inductees
1955 Eddie Arcaro, Earl Sande and George Woolf inaugural inductees in (Horse) Racing Hall of Fame
Killebrew MVP
1969 Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVP
- 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers notch 1st NBA victory, in their 16th game, beating the Trail Blazers 105-103, in Portland, Oregon
Petty Wins a Fourth
1972 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
- 1975 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
- 1975 7h Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats England 25-0
Seaver's Third
1975 NY Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award
- 1979 Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal
Billy Martin
1981 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Oakland A's)
- 1982 Aaron Pryor scores a 14th round KO of Alexis Argüello in Miami to retain his WBA super lightweight boxing title in the first of 2 meetings between the Hall of Famers; The Ring’s 'Fight of the Decade'
- 1982 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket for Pakistan v India, goes to 215
- 1983 NJ Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3
Richard Hadlee
1985 Richard Hadlee takes 15-123 for cricket match New Zealand v Australia at Brisbane
Roger Clemens
1986 Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously
- 1988 Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)
- 1990 "The Body Bag Game" - after Eagles coach Buddy Ryan threatens beating Redskins so badly "they'll have to be carted off in body bags" the Eagles defense score 3 touchdowns winning 28–14, knocking 8 Redskins out of the game
Tom Glavine
1991 Atlanta Brave Tom Glavine wins NL Cy Young Award
Sports History
1995 45th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
Michael Schumacher
1995 German Benetton driver Michael Schumacher crashes in the season-ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but claims second straight F1 World Drivers Championship by 33 points from Damon Hill
Martin Crowe
1995 Last day of Test cricket for New Zealand batsman Martin Crowe
- 1995 Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003
- 1998 NY Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak
WTA Championship
2006 Belgian tennis star Justine Hénin-Hardenne wins WTA Tour Championship title decider in Madrid, Spain; beats defending champion Amélie Mauresmo 6-4, 6-3
Sakic, Sundin, Bure and Oates
2012 Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin, Pavel Bure and Adam Oates are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
Đoković's Second ATP
2012 Novak Đoković of Serbia wins his second season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis title beating 6-time champion Roger Federer 7-6, 7-5 in the final in London. England
- 2017 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Minsk, Belarus: American pair Shelby Rogers & Coco Vandeweghe beats Aryna Sabalenka & Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-3, 7-6 to wrap up 3-2 win and record extending 18th title for the US
- 2019 Former Houston Astros MLB pitcher Mike Fiers reveals team secretly “stole signs” via camera from visiting teams 2015-17; comms between opposing pitchers & catchers intercepted and relayed to Astros batters
- 2022 New Zealand's Black Ferns win Women's World Rugby Championship defeating England 34-31 at Eden Park in Auckland in front of a capacity crowd [1]
- 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Women's Tennis, Seville, Spain: Leylah Fernandez & Marina Stakusic score straight sets singles wins over Italy to guide Canada to first BJKC title
