- 1900 American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee and Minneapolis
- 1906 Dutch speed skater Coen de King skates a world record 32,370m in one hour
- 1921 Great Olympic Blowdown: Hurricane force winds hit US Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon [1]
1st Winter Olympics
1924 Swiss team of Denis Vaucher (C), Alfred Aufdenblatten, Antoine Julen & Alfons Julen win the military patrol gold medal at the Chamonix Winter Olympics; first version of the biathlon
First Baseball Hall of Fame
1936 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson
Quist Defeats Crawford
1940 Australian Championships men's Tennis: Australian Adrian Quist beats countryman Jack Crawford 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 for his 2nd Australian title
- 1940 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Nancye Wynne Bolton wins her 2nd Australian singles titles; beats Thelma Coyne 5-7, 6-4, 6-0
Bromwich Defeats Pails
1946 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: John Bromwich wins his 2nd Australian title; beats fellow Australian Dinny Pails 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
- 1946 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Nancye Wynne Bolton beats Joyce Fitch 6-4, 6-4 for her 3rd Australian singles crown
- 1947 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Dinny Pails beats fellow Australian John Bromwich 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 8-6 for his only Grand Slam title
- 1947 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Nancye Wynne Bolton wins 3rd consecutive Australian singles crown; beats Nell Hall Hopman 6-3, 6-2
- 1948 Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players
- 1955 John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962)
- 1960 Baseball's new Continental League awards its 8th, and last, franchise to Buffalo, New York
NFL Hall of Hall
1963 Jim Thorpe, Red Grange & George Halas elected to football Hall of Fame
- 1964 IX Winter Olympic Games open in Innsbruck, Austria
- 1964 Most lopsided high-school basketball score 211-29 (Louisiana)
- 1964 NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million
Fleming US Champion
1966 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
Baseball Hall of Fame
1967 Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1967 Kees Verkerk becomes European skating champ
- 1968 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Bill Bowrey wins his first and only Grand Slam title; beats Juan Gisbert Sr. of Spain 7-5, 2-6, 9-7, 6-4
King Defeats Court
1968 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: American Billie Jean King beats home favourite Margaret Court 6-1, 6-2 for her 13th Grand Slam singles title
- 1974 1974 NFL Draft: Ed Jones from Tennessee State first pick by Dallas Cowboys
- 1974 27th NHL All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium: Western Division beats Eastern Division, 6-4; MVP: Garry Unger, St. Louis, C
Carner Wins Colgate Triple Crown
1978 Joanne Carner wins Colgate Triple Crown Match-Play Golf Championship
- 1979 NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: NFC beats AFC, 13-7; MVP: Ahmad Rashād, Minnesota Vikings, WR
- 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers beat LA Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
- 1981 AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf & Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, & 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for $104 million
- 1982 Old Dominion ends Louisiana Tech's women's basketball record 54-game winning streak
- 1982 Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians
First NBA All-Star Saturday
1984 34th NBA All-Star Game, Denver: East beats West, 154-145 (OT); MVP: Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons, G; first All-Star Saturday; Legends Classic, West wins, 64-63; first Slam-Dunk winner, Larry Nance
- 1984 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 45-3; MVP: Joe Theismann, Washington Redskins, QB
Kurri's 100th Point
1985 Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th pt of season in game 39
- 1988 Detroit Pistons draw a then record NBA regular season crowd of 61,983 fans to the Pontiac Silverdome for a 125-108 win over the Boston Celtics
Lendl Defeats Mecii
1989 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Ivan Lendl wins his first Australian title; beats fellow Czech Miloslav Mecii 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
RBI Dropped
1989 Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use NY Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129
- 1989 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 34-3; MVP: Randall Cunningham, Philadelphia Eagles, QB
- 1994 Frankie Randall beats Mexican boxing legend Julio César Chávez by split decision to win WBC super lightweight title at MGM Grand, Las Vegas; Chavez's 1st knockdown of career in 11th and 1st loss in 91 pro fights
Agassi Defeats Sampras
1995 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi wins his 1st of 4 Australian titles; beats fellow American Pete Sampras 4-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4
Super Bowl XXIX
1995 Super Bowl XXIX, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, FL: San Francisco 49ers beat San Diego Chargers, 49-26; MVP: Steve Young, SF, QB
Boon's Last Day
1996 Last day of Test cricket for Australian cricketer David Boon
Davenport Defeats Hingis
2000 Australian Open Women's Tennis: American Lindsay Davenport claims her 3rd and final career Grand Slam title; beats Martina Hingis 6-1, 7-5
Malone 3rd to Score 30,000
2000 Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz becomes the 3rd player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points; finishes with 35 in a 96-94 loss to Minnesota; behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Wilt Chamberlain (31,419)
Chargers Hire Schottenheimer
2002 The San Diego Chargers hire Marty Schottenheimer as their 13th head coach
Williams Beats Davenport
2005 Australian Open Women's Tennis: In an all-American final Serena Williams wins her 2nd Australian title; beats Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
Federer Defeats Baghdatis
2006 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Marcos Baghdatis 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2 for his 2nd Australian title
- 2006 Irfan Pathan becomes first bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match
Canadiens Retire Dryden's #29
2007 Ken Dryden's #29 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens
Clijsters Defeats Li
2011 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Kim Clijsters wins her 4th and final Grand Slam title; beats Li Na of China 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Đoković beats Nadal
2012 100th Australian Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5; longest Grand Slam singles final in duration in the Open Era, 5 hours 53 minutes
- 2012 59th NHL All-Star Game, Scotiabank Place, Ottawa: Team Chara beats Team Alfredsson, 12-9; Marián Gáborík, NY Rangers, LW
1st SuperPipe Perfect Score
2012 American snowboarder Shaun White achieves the first ever SuperPipe perfect score (100) in Winter X Games history
- 2012 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 59-41; MVP: Brandon Marshall, Miami Dolphins, WR
Ronaldo Captains Real Madrid
2014 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the 1st non-Spanish player to captain Real Madrid, making his 500th appearance for the club
Sports History
2014 Dale Jarrett is inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame
- 2017 62nd NHL All Star Games, Staples Centre, Los Angeles, CA: Metropolitan All Stars win four team 3-on-3 tournament; MVP: Wayne Simmonds, Philadelphia Flyers, RW
- 2017 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Spaniard Rafael Nadal 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 to win his record 18th Grand Slam
- 2017 NFL Pro Bowl, Orlando, FL: AFC beats NFC, 20-13; MVPs: Travis Kelce, KC Chiefs, TE; Lorenzo Alexander, Buffalo Bills, LB
- 2018 Cleveland Indians announce they will remove "Chief Wahoo" caricature logo from uniforms in 2019
Beckham Launches Inter Miami
2018 David Beckham launches a Major League Soccer team in Florida; Inter Miami CF
Nurmagomedov, McGregor Fined, Suspended
2019 In the aftermath to a wild ending to UFC 229, Khabib Nurmagomedov ($500k & 9 months) and Conor McGregor ($50k & 6 months) are issued fines and suspensions; bans retroactive to October 6, 2018
- 2022 Australian Open Women's Tennis: World #1 Ash Barty wins her home Grand Slam event for the first time; beats American Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6
- 2023 AFC Championship, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri: Kansas City Chiefs beat Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20
- 2023 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 for his 10th AO and record equalling 22nd Grand Slam title
- 2023 Brock Purdy suffers a complete tear of his ulnar collateral ligament in the NFC Championship Game
- 2023 NFC Championship, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Eagles beat SF 49ers, 31-7
