Events in Sports History in November 1992

Sports History

Nov 5 "Revenge Match of the 20th century" American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeats Russian Boris Spassky to win an unofficial match in Belgrade

Nov 7 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
Nov 7 4th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 54-7 in South Bend

Nigel Mansell

Nov 8 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

Nov 12 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time

Bowe vs. Holyfield

Nov 13 Riddick Bowe wins the undisputed world heavyweight boxing crown with a unanimous points decision over Evander Holyfield in Las Vegas; first of their 3 meetings

Nov 15 42nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Alan Kulwicki wins
Nov 15 Praveen Amre scores century on Test Cricket debut (103 v SA, Durban)
Nov 17 Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is 1st pick of Marlins in expansion draft

Becker's 2nd ATP

Nov 20 Home crowd favorite Boris Becker claims his 2nd ATP Tour World Championship tennis title beating American Jim Courier 6–4, 6–3, 7–5 in the final in Frankfurt, Germany

Nov 21 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
Nov 21 Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
Nov 21 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
Nov 22 Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec)

Seles Wins WTA

Nov 22 Yugoslavian tennis star Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova for the second consecutive year to win WTA Tour Championship 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 in NYC; her 3rd straight end of season title