- 1929 Ryder Cup Golf, Moortown GC: Great Britain beats US, 7-5 in bitterly cold and snowy conditions
- 1930 White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns [1]
- 1935 Yanks pull a 1st inning triple-play & beat Philadelphia A's 9-8
- 1944 Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-0
- 1953 Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek"
Rocky Marciano Retires
1956 Undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano, retires from the ring
Sports History
1971 Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games & departs for Denmark
Baseball Record
1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
- 1984 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings
Sports History
1990 Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery
- 1990 Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10
- 1992 NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent
- 1994 7th longest NHL game at 125 min 43 sec: Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 1-0 on a goal by Dave Hannan
- 1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km)
- 1994 Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0
- 2017 NFL Draft: Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett first pick by Cleveland Browns
- 2023 NFL Draft: Alabama quarterback Bryce Young first pick by the Carolina Panthers
