British Golf Open
1860 1st British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins inaugural event by 2 strokes from fellow Scot Tom Morris Sr
Ban Johnson Retires
1927 Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL President
- 1935 Pacific Association of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics
Sports History
1956 Chess "Game of the Century": 13-year-old Bobby Fischer defeats 1953 U.S. Champion Donald Byrne in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament at the Marshall Chess Club in New York City
Sports History
1964 Australian athlete Betty Cuthbert takes her 4th career Olympic gold medal as she wins the women's 400m at the Tokyo Games in Olympic record 52.0
- 1964 In the first ever Olympic women's pentathlon Irina Press of the Soviet Union sets a world record 5,246 points to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Games
Sports History
1964 New York Yankees catcher fire Manager Yogi Berra
- 1964 US swimmers go 1-2-3 in the women's 400m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics; Donna de Varona wins gold in Olympic record 5:18.7 ahead of teammates Sharon Finneran and Martha Randall
- 1968 Björn Ferm of Sweden beats Hungary's András Balczó by just 11 points to take the gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the Mexico City Olympics
- 1968 Soviet athlete Viktor Saneev sets world record 17.39m to win the triple jump at the Mexico City Olympics; world record improved 5 times by 3 different athletes during competition
World Record
1968 US men's 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Zac Zorn, Stephen Rerych, Ken Walsh & Mark Spitz swim world record 3:31.7 to outclass the Soviet Union & Australia and win the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
World Series
1971 Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles, 2-1 at Memorial Stadium to claim championship. 4-3; MVP: Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente
- 1974 Baseball World Series: Oakland A's 3-peat; beat LA Dodgers, 3-2 in Oakland for 4-1 series win; MVP: A's pitcher Rollie Fingers
- 1974 NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak
- 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3
- 1976 Coldest World Series game; Reds beat NY Yankees, 4-3 in Game 2 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati; 39 degrees F (until 1997)
- 1978 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees repeat as champions; beat LA, 7-2 at Dodger Stadium for 4-2 series victory; MVP: NY shortstop Bucky Dent
- 1978 NY Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)
- 1978 Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year
World Series
1979 Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles, 4-1 at Memorial Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: Pirates 1B Willie Stargell
F1 World Champion
1981 Brazilian Nelson Piquet driving for Brabham finishes 5th in the season ending Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Carlos Reutemann
- 1982 Robin Yount is 1st to have 2 4-hit games in a World Series
- 1985 Lou Piniella named NY Yankee manager
- 1987 1st indoor World Series game (Minnesota Metrodome)
- 1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of NY Yankees
- 1989 Earthquake in San Francisco (6.9) cancels 3rd game of World Series, kills 67
Sports History
1991 Ángel Cordero Jr. is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races
- 1991 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3
Sports History
1991 Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals & 744 assists)
- 1992 1st Baseball World Series featuring non-American team; Game 1: Toronto Blue Jays lose 3-1 to Braves at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
Sports History
2005 Thierry Henry becomes Arsenal's all-time leading scorer with two goals against Sparta Prague in the Champions League
Cricket Record
2008 Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-scorer ever in test cricket beating Brian Lara's record and passing 12,000 runs against Australia in Mohali
Sports History
2012 Lance Armstrong loses a host of endorsements in the wake of his doping scandal
Sports History
2015 Star forward Cristiano Ronaldo becomes Real Madrid's all-time leading scorer across all competitions, overtaking club legend Raul with his 324th goal in a 3-0 win over Levante
Ballon d'Or
2022 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema wins his first award; Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas claims women's award for a second-straight season
