- 1871 Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant
- 1919 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball
- 1922 Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000 & 3 players for Jack Bentley (hit .349 & was 13-2 as pitcher for Baltimore (International League) in 1922)
Sports History
1945 Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a contract with the Montreal Royals, the top minor league affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1952 4th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
- 1954 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
- 1955 7th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
- 1956 Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group. They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961
- 1960 12th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Rex White wins
Sports History
1963 Sandy Koufax wins NL MVP award
Sports History
1966 16th NASCAR Sprint Cup: David Pearson wins
- 1967 Arthur Allyn says Chicago White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968
- 1967 Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km)
Sports History
1973 Tom Seaver becomes 1st non-20-game winner to win Cy Young award
Boxing Title Fight
1974 "The Rumble in the Jungle": Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire; regains world heavyweight boxing title with famous "rope-a-dope" tactic
Sports History
1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH)
- 1975 Giants pitcher John "the Count of" Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year
- 1975 John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals
Golf Tournament
1988 Beth Daniel wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship
F1 World Champion
1988 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna wins Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, his record 8th GP win of the season; clinches first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship
- 1988 NY Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for 1st time
- 1993 Toronto Maple Leafs lose 1st game of season after going 10-0-0
Sports History
1997 Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona announces his retirement from football on his 37th birthday
- 2004 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Lone Star Park; winners: Ghostzapper, Wilko, Ashado, Better Talk Now, Oujja Board, Sweet Catomine, Singletary, Speightstown
Sports History
2011 Czech tennis star Petra Kvitová beats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 in the WTA Championship decider in Istanbul, Turkey
World Series
2013 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Cardinals, 6-1 in Game 6 at Fenway Park to win title; MVP: Boston slugger David Ortiz
- 2015 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hit It A Bomb, Liam's Map, Catch A Glimpse, Stopchargingmaria
- 2015 Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwańska wins the WTA Finals title at Kallang. Singapore; beats Czech Petra Kvitová 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
- 2016 Oakland Raiders break the single game record for most penalties in an NFL game gaining 23 in win over Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sports History
2016 Slovak tennis star Dominika Cibulková beats Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 to win the WTA Finals title decider in Kallang, Singapore
- 2019 Baseball World Series: Washington Nationals beat Houston Astros, 6-2 in Game 7 at Minute Maid Park, Houston to win first title in franchise history; MVP: Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg
Sports History
2022 Dutch Red Bull driver Max Verstappen wins the Mexican F1 Grand Prix in Mexico City for his record breaking 14th GP win of the season; surpasses Michael Schumacher and fellow German Sebastian Vettel (13)
Ballon d'Or
2023 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Argentina and Inter Miami CF forward Lionel Messi wins his record 8th award from Manchester City striker Erling Haaland; Spanish World Cup MVP Aitana Bonmati took out the women's award
Magic Johnson Makes a Billion
2023 Former basketball player Magic Johnson is the fourth athlete to become a billionaire (after Michael Jordan, Lebron James, and Tiger Woods), according to Forbes [1]
