- 1894 Day 2 of first cricket test between Australia and England, Australia 586 runs (Gregory 201) England 3-130
- 1909 Thomas J. Lynch becomes president of baseball's National League
- 1925 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, NYC: Montreal Canadiens 3, NY Americans 1
- 1929 National Football League Championship: Green Bay Packers (12-0-1) win first past the post title
Bradman's 1st Test Wicket
1930 Occasional leg-spin bowler Don Bradman takes his 1st of only 2 Test cricket wickets when he traps West Indian batsman Ivan Barrow lbw for 27 in the 1st Test in Adelaide
Detroit Lions' First Title
1935 National Football League Championship, University of Detroit Stadium: Detroit Lions beat New York Giants, 26-7; Lions first title
- 1946 Giants Filchock & Hapes suspended by NFL, didn't report bribe attempt
- 1946 National Football League Championship, Polo Grounds, NYC: Chicago Bears beat New York Giants, 24-14; record attendance 58,346 at final NFL title game played at Polo Grounds
Di Stéfano's Second Win
1959 Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid forward Alfredo Di Stéfano wins his second award for best football player in Europe ahead of teammate Raymond Kopa and Juventus' Welsh utility John Charles
- 1965 William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th Commissioner of Baseball
- 1967 Retired baseball player Joe Garagiola joins "Today" show panel
Smith Wins Inaugural Season
1970 Stan Smith and Rod Laver finish with 4-1 records atop inaugural season ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis standings in Tokyo, Japan; Smith wins event after beating Laver 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the rounds
- 1973 Sandy Hawley becomes 1st jockey to win 500 races in 1 year
- 1973 Tennessee beats Temple 11-6 in low scoring NCAA basketball game
Vilas Wins ATP
1974 Guillermo Vilas of Argentina beats defending champion lie Năstase 7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4 to win his first and only season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis final in Melbourne, Australia
- 1978 Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, v India at Bangalore
Winfield Highest Paid
1980 NY Yankee Dave Winfield becomes highest-paid player, 10 years $15M
Parcells Coaches NY Giants
1982 Bill Parcells becomes 12th head coach of NY Giants
- 1983 MLB suspends 3 Kansas City Royals players - Willie Wilson, Willie Aikens, and Jerry Martin - due to cocaine usage
Tyson Sued for Buttock Grab
1988 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks
Ashe Sportsperson of the Year
1992 Arthur Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year
- 1995 The European Communities Court of Justice hands down the "Bosman ruling", giving EU footballers the right to a free transfer at the end of their contracts, with the provision that they are transferring from one UEFA Federation to another.
49ers Retire #16
1997 SF 49ers retire Joe Montana's #16
Barry Bonds Sentenced
2011 Barry Bonds is sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service, for an obstruction of justice conviction stemming from a grand jury appearance in 2003
- 2019 Presidents Cup Golf, Royal Melbourne GC: US wins 6 of the 12 final day singles with 4 tied to beat the International team, 16-14; 8th straight American victory
- 2019 Raiders play their final NFL game in Oakland conceding 17 unanswered 2nd half points to go down 20-16 to the Jacksonville Jaguars; team to play out of Las Vegas in 2020