Ban Johnson
1920 Baseball meeting to depose Ban Johnson is set for Nov 12th
- 1950 Walt Dropo, first baseman of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year
MVP Yogi Berra
1951 New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards
Whitney Wins Cy Young
1961 Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn
Frank Robinson
1966 Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles outfielder, selected as AL MVP,first player to win MVP in both leagues
AFL-NFL Merger
1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger
- 1970 5th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats Great Britain 12-7
- 1970 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal
Wasim Akram
1984 1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test for Pakistan
Cricket World Cup
1987 Cricket World Cup, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India: Player of the match David Boon scores 75 as Australia beats England by 7 runs for their first title
Darryl Strawberry
1990 Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with LA Dodgers
Paul Coffey
1991 Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring mark with 311th goal
Nigel Mansell
1992 Nigel Mansell in a Williams crashes during the season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 52 points; Mansell won record 9 GPs during the season
- 1994 Cleveland Cavaliers 1st game at Gund Arena, lose to Hous Rockets, 100-98
- 1997 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away
- 1997 Tampa Bay Devil Rays name their 1st manager Larry Rothschild
- 2008 18th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 17-0 in Chestnut Hill
- 2009 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Reggio Calabria, Italy: Flavia Pennetta beats American Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-2 to give the home team an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 4-0) and their 2nd title
- 2017 Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa breaks the world record for surfing the biggest-ever wave at 24.4m at Nazaré, Portugal
