- 1888 Scottish vet John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tyre
Ban Johnson Seeks a Deal
1900 AL President Ban Johnson writes to NL President Nick Young seeking peace
Sports History
1943 Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Bkln (48-10)
Sports History
1950 The Big Cat, Earl Lloyd becomes the first African-American to play a game in the NBA, scoring 6 points on debut for the Washington Capitols
Sports History
1972 Cleveland Indians pitcher Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young award
Sports History
1973 Tom Seaver wins NL Cy Young Award
- 1976 Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad scores 206 v NZ, aged 19 yrs 141 days (29 fours 1 six)
- 1979 Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan wins AL Cy Young Award
- 1985 Last day in Test cricket for Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas
- 1987 A pair in Coventry, England, ties world record for longest singles tennis match at 80 hrs 21 minutes
- 1987 American jockey Chris Antley becomes first rider to win 9 races in a day (4 at Aqueduct / 5 at The Meadowlands)
- 1988 First Monday Night NFL game played in Indianapolis; Colts beat Denver Broncos, 55-23
- 1992 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Gulfstream Park; winners: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews
- 1993 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match
Sports History
1994 American tennis star Venus Williams makes her professional debut as a 14-year-old with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion and world No. 58 Shaun Stafford in the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, California
- 1995 NHL NJ Devils agree to stay in NJ
- 1999 Finnish McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen wins season ending Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka to clinch his second straight F1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 2 points from Irishman Eddie Irvine
- 1999 Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
Sports History
2003 Bethany Hamilton, aged 13, has her arm bitten off by a shark while surfing in Hawaii
Sports History
2010 Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters beats Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 for her 3rd season ending WTA Championship in Doha, Qatar
- 2014 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hootenanny, Goldencents, Lady Eli, Untapable
Baseball Hall of Fame
2014 Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
Sports History
2015 8th Rugby World Cup Final, Twickenham, London: All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter lands 4 penalties and 2 conversions as New Zealand defeats Australia, 34-17
- 2015 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Songbird, Mongolian Saturday, Wavell Avenue, Stephanie's Kitten, Runhappy, Tepin, Nyquist, Found, American Pharoah
- 2019 Joel Embiid is suspended from the NBA for two games without pay due to an altercation with Karl-Anthony Towns
- 2020 England beats Italy 34-5 in Rome to clinch 29th Six-Nations Rugby Championship; halfback Ben Youngs becomes second England player to earn 100th test cap
- 2020 New Zealand Rugby Union team routs Australia, 43-5 in Sydney to retain Bledisloe Cup (2-1) for 18th straight series; Wallabies' largest ever defeat by All Blacks
