- 1907 Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring
Diegel's Back-to-back PGA
1929 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Hillcrest CC: Defending champion Leo Diegel defeats Johnny Farrell, 6 & 4 in the final
Armour's 2nd Win
1930 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Fresh Meadows CC: American based Scotsman Tommy Armour defeats Gene Sarazen 1 up in the final for the 2nd of his 3 major titles
Bradman Scores 219
1931 After scoring 226 in 1st Test in Brisbane, Don Bradman belts 219 for NSW against the visiting South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground
- 1935 CFL Grey Cup, AAA Grounds, Hamilton: Winnipeg Pegs (later Blue Bombers) defeat Hamilton Tigers, 18-12
Williams to the Red Sox
1937 Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams
- 1937 Russian chess player Alexander Alekhine recaptures his final world title from Dutch grand master Max Euwe by a large margin (+10−4=11)
Lou Gehrig Elected HOF
1939 Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
- 1940 CFL Grey Cup (Game 2), Lansdowne Park, Ottawa: Ottawa beats Toronto Balmy Beach, 12-5
- 1949 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart (end), Notre Dame
- 1956 American diver Pat McCormick wraps up the women's double when she wins the 10m platform gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics with 84.85 points; also won the 3m springboard gold
- 1956 Australian swimmer Murray Rose claims his 3rd gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics when he wins the 1,500m in 17:58.9; also wins 400m & 4 x 200m relay
Larisa Latynina's Four Golds
1956 Soviet artistic gymnast Larisa Latynina takes her gold medal tally to 4 at the Melbourne Olympics; wins teams and individual all-round titles having earlier won vault and floor exercise sections
Năstase's 4th ATP
1975 Romanian tennis star Ilie Năstase wins his 4th season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix title with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 rout of Björn Borg of Sweden in Stockholm
- 1980 69th Davis Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Italy in Prague (4-1)
Arnold Palmer Victory
1980 Senior PGA Championship, Turnberry Isle CC: Arnold Palmer wins with a birdie on the 1st playoff hole against Paul Harney
Border Captains Australia
1984 Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide)
Trophy to Bo Jackson
1985 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB)
Navratilova Defeats Evert-Lloyd
1985 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert-Lloyd 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 for her 3rd and final Australian singles crown
Texas Rangers Sign Ryan
1988 MLB Texas Rangers sign free-agent pitcher Nolan Ryan to a one-year contract
- 1995 NBA settles strike of referees, refs to return on Dec 12
- 1996 1st Big 12 Championship Game: Texas beats #3 Nebraska, 37-27
- 1996 5th SEC Championship Game: #4 Florida beats #11 Alabama, 45-30
- 1996 Australian rugby union team ends 12-game European tour unbeaten after 39-19 victory over the Barbarians at Twickenham; Wallabies fullback Matt Burke scores 2 tries and lands 4 conversions, 2 penalties
- 2002 11th SEC Championship Game: #4 Georgia beats #22 Arkansas, 30-3
- 2013 22nd SEC Championship Game: #3 Auburn beats #5 Missouri, 59-42
- 2013 9th ACC Championship Game: #1 Florida State beats #20 Duke, 45-7
Ronaldo Wins 5th Award
2017 Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo wins his 5th award to equal Lionel Messi's record; 2nd consecutive win for Ronaldo
- 2017 Former US gymnastics physician Larry Nasser is sentenced to 60 years on child pornography charges
- 2020 Breaking, the competitive form of breakdancing, confirmed as an Olympic sport for the Paris 2024 games