- 1913 White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo
- 1925 Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat NY Giants 19-7
- 1930 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Toronto Balmy Beach win their 2nd and final title; defeat Regina Roughriders, 11-6
- 1939 5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa (HB)
- 1955 New York psychologist Joyce Brothers wins "$64,000 Question" with topic of boxing
- 1956 Against the background of the Soviet invasion of Hungary the nations square off at the Melbourne Olympics in a famous water polo match; game called off with Hungary leading 4-0 and near riot halted by police; Hungary goes on to win gold medal
- 1956 Australian swimmer David Theile sets world record 1:02.2 to win the 100m backstroke gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics
Australian Win Swim Relay
1956 Australian women's 4 × 100m freestyle relay team of Dawn Fraser, Faith Leech, Sandra Morgan & Lorraine Crapp swim world record 4:17.1 and beat powerful US team to win the gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics
- 1956 German WWII prisoner of war Helmut Bantz and Soviet gymnast Valentin Muratov tie for the vault gold medal with 18.85 points at the Melbourne Olympics
- 1956 Randhir Singh Gentle scores the winner as India beats Pakistan, 1-0 in the Melbourne Olympics field hockey final to win it's 6th consecutive gold medal in the sport
- 1956 Soviet gymnast Viktor Chukarin follows his parallel bars gold medal with the individual all-round title and teams gold at the Melbourne Olympics
US vs. Philippines
1957 Gardnar Mulloy becomes oldest American to win a Davis Cup tennis match at age 44 years, 14 days; teams with Vic Seixas to give US a match-clinching, 3-0 lead over the Philippines in the Inter Zone 1st round in Adelaide, Australia
- 1960 MLB American League grants American entertainer and businessman Gene Autry a franchise: Los Angeles Angels
Davis 1st African American Winner
1961 27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse RB; 1st African American to win)
Buck White
1969 Oscar Brown, Jr's musical "Buck White", starring Muhammad Ali, closes at George Abbott Theatre, NYC, after 7 performances
Barber's 1st Senior PGA Win
1981 Senior PGA Championship, Turnberry Isle CC: Miller Barber wins his first of 5 Champions Tour major titles by 2 strokes from Arnold Palmer
Suková Breaks Navratilova Streak
1984 Helena Suková snaps Martina Navratilova's 74-match winning streak 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the semi finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne; ends Navratilova's hopes of completing the Grand Slam
- 1986 52nd Heisman Trophy Award: Vinny Testaverde, Miami Fla (QB)
- 1988 Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles
- 1988 Milwaukee Bucks win their 1,000th NBA game (2nd fastest)
- 1990 NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning
- 1992 81st Davis Cup: USA beats Switzerland in Fort Worth (3-1)
US Defeat Switzerland
1992 Davis Cup Tennis, Ft. Worth, Texas: Jim Courier defeats Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to give the US a 3-1 victory
Jerry Rice's Record Touchdown
1992 San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown in a 27-3 win over Miami Dolphins at Candlestick Park
Bonds' $43M Pact
1992 San Francisco Giants sign record $43million USD pact with Pirates MLB outfielder Barry Bonds
- 1997 6th SEC Championship Game: #3 Tennessee beats #11 Auburn, 30-29
- 1998 87th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Italy in Milan (4-1)
- 2003 12th SEC Championship Game: #3 LSU beats #5 Georgia, 34-13
- 2003 8th Big 12 Championship Game: #13 Kansas State beats #1 Oklahoma, 35-7
- 2008 13th Big 12 Championship Game: #4 Oklahoma beats #19 Missouri, 62-21
- 2008 17th SEC Championship Game: #2 Florida beats #1 Alabama, 31-20
- 2008 4th ACC Championship Game: Virginia Tech beats #18 Boston College, 30-12
- 2009 98th Davis Cup: Spain beats Czech Republic in Barcelona (5-0)
- 2014 10th ACC Championship Game: #2 Florida State beats #12 Georgia Tech, 37-35
- 2014 23rd SEC Championship Game: #1 Alabama beats #14 Missouri, 42-13
Henry's Record-breaking Game
2018 Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry explodes for franchise-record 238 yards & 4 touchdowns in 30-9 win v Jacksonville Jaguars in Nashville; 99-yard TD run ties Dallas Cowboys HOF RB Tony Dorsett's longest run in NFL history
