- 1933 Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports
Fausto Coppi
1942 Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world hour record 45.798km in Vigorelli, Milan, Italy
Glenn Hall
1962 Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie
Elston Howard AL MVP
1963 New York Yankee catcher Elston Howard is first African-American to be voted AL MVP
- 1964 NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966
Monzon vs. Benvenuti
1970 Argentine boxer Carlos Monzon upsets defending champion Nino Benvenuti of Italy in 12th round KO in Rome to win WBC, WBA middleweight titles
Leonard vs. LaLonde
1988 Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde
Magic Johnson
1991 Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers
- 1992 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
- 1992 4th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 54-7 in South Bend
Alain Prost
1993 French Williams driver Alain Prost finishes 2nd in season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide to claim his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship by 26 points from Ayrton Senna; Prost announces his retirement from F1 racing
- 1996 Ex-NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times in his hometown of Camden, New Jersey; recovers
- 1996 Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra
- 1998 10th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 31-26 in Chestnut Hill
- 1998 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Awesome Again, Answer Lively, Escena, Buck's Boy, Da Hoss, Silverbulletday, Reraise
Sports History
1999 Dale Jarrett wins the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship
- 2009 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Pounced, California Flag, Dancing In Silks, Vale of York, Goldikova, Furthest Land, Conduit, Zenyatta
- 2009 Jerry Sloan becomes the first coach in NBA history with 1,000 wins for one team after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder
- 2010 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, San Diego, California: Flavia Pennetta of Italy beats American CoCo Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-2 to wrap up a 3-1 win and 3rd title for the Italians
- 2017 Melbourne Cup: Joseph O’Brien at 24 is the youngest trainer to win with Rekindling jockeyed by Corey Brown
- 2017 South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun becomes the first LPGA rookie to be ranked no. 1
- 2018 For second straight year France wins Six Nations Rugby Championship on points difference from Ireland, with a final round 46-19 win over Scotland at Stade de France, Saint Denis; Ireland again takes Triple Crown
- 2020 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Gamine, Glass Slippers, Knicks Go, Audarya, Whitmore, Order of Australia, Monomoy, Tarnawa, Authentic
- 2021 Kyle Larson holds off Martin Truex Jr in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway to earn his 10th win of the season and claim his first Cup Series championship
- 2022 French tennis star Caroline Garcia scores the biggest title win of her career beating Aryna Sabalenka 7–6, 6–4 in the WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas
- 2023 Australian cricket all-rounder Glenn Maxwell hits 201 not out to guide his team to a 3 wicket World Cup win over Afghanistan in Mumbai; first to score double-ton in a ODI run chase; first non-opener to 200
