- 1882 1st World Series Baseball Game 2: Chicago White Stockings (NL) beats Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA), 2-0 at Bank Street Grounds, Cincinnati
- 1891 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Hugh Kirkaldy wins by 2 strokes from brother Andrew Kirkaldy and Willie Fernie; last Open contested in a single day over 36 holes
Chesbro's Season Record
1904 NY Highlanders beat Boston Americans, 3-2 at Hilltop Park, NYC for pitcher Jack Chesbro's MLB record 41st win of the season (41-12)
Georgia Tech Crushes Cumberland 222-0
1916 Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland, 222-0; most lopsided score in the history of US college football
- 1922 First radio link, WNJ (Newark) & WGY (Senectady) link for World Series
World Series Played in the Rain
1922 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis insists Game 4 of World Series be played despite heavy rain
World Record 10 Mile
1928 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0)
Dodgers Fire Stengel
1936 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel
- 1947 Larry MacPhail resigns as NY Yankees GM after final game of 4-3 World Series win over Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1950 Baseball World Series: New York Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2 at Yankee Stadium to sweep series, 4-0 for 13th WS title in team history; MVP: NY 2B Jerry Coleman
- 1952 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-2 at Ebbets Field in Game 7 to tie own record 4th straight WS; MVP: NY 1B Johnny Mize
Sports History
1953 Bill Veeck tells St. Louis Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
- 1961 15th NHL All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: All-Stars beat Chicago Black Hawks, 3-1
- 1962 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC, LV: Judy Kimball wins her only major title by 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Shirley Spork
- 1972 First NY Islanders NHL game at Nassau Coliseum; Calgary Flames win, 3-2
F1 World Champion
1973 Scotsman Jackie Stewart wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship despite withdrawing from the season ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; wins title by 16 points from Emerson Fittipaldi
- 1975 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Oakland Athletics, 3 games to 0
- 1975 MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 0
- 1975 Players' Association files a suit on behalf of Dodgers' Andy Messersmith
- 1978 LA Dodgers win the pennant
- 1978 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 1
- 1978 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1
- 1979 Cleveland Browns' Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns
- 1979 Ferrari driver Jody Scheckter retires with tyre trouble in US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; becomes first South African to claim Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 4 points from race winner Gilles Villeneuve
Sports History
1979 Frank Mahovlich formally retires from the NHL after a failed comeback attempt with the Detroit Red Wings
Sports History
1984 Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader
- 1985 Lynette Woodward chosen as 1st woman in Harlem Globetrotters
Sports History
1986 Steve Yzerman is named captain of the Detroit Red Wings, a title he would hold for over 1,300 games
- 1988 Jim Fregosi is fired as manager of White Sox
- 1988 Lou Piniella is fired as manager of Yankees for 2nd time
Sports History
1989 Howard Stern's "US Open Sores" tennis match against his producer Gary Dell'Abate. at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
Baseball Record
1989 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a playoff series (5 games) against Toronto Blue Jays
- 1991 Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal & Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in NY thoroughbred racing history
- 1992 Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win franchise opener, in 7-3 win over visiting Chicago Black Hawks
- 1995 Boston's Fleet Center opens, NY Islanders & Boston Bruins tie at 4-4
- 1995 Mariners rally from 5-0 to force Game 5 of Division Series vs Yankees
- 2000 Last ever competitive soccer match at Wembley Stadium, England defeated 1-0 by Germany, last goal scored by Liverpool's Dietmar Hammann. Match is Tony Adams' 60th at Wembley, the record for most appearances at the stadium.
Senior Players Championship
2007 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Baltimore CC: Loren Roberts wins his third of 4 Champions Tour major titles by 6 strokes from Tom Watson
- 2012 ICC Men's Cricket T20 World Cup, Colombo: West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 36 runs for first title; Player of the Series: Australian all-rounder Shane Watson (249 runs • 11 wickets)
- 2012 ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Colombo: Jess Cameron's 45 from 34 balls leads Australia to 142/4; beat England 138/9 to win by 4 runs to retain WC
NFL Record
2012 New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees breaks Johnny Unitas' NFL record for consecutive games with a TD pass (48) when he connects with Devery Henderson in Saints 31-24 win over San Diego at the SuperDome
- 2017 New Zealand clinch their 5th Rugby Championship with 25-24 win over South Africa at Cape Town; All Blacks undefeated in 6 games
