Events in Sports History in 1995 (Part 2)

Events 201 - 275 of 275

• Sep 26 Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1

• Sep 28 Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov

• Sep 30 Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season
• Oct 1 Cleveland Indians end MLB season at 100-44 to set record 30 game margin over 2nd place Kansas City Royals in AL Central final standings
• Oct 1 Future Baseball HOF pitcher Mike Mussina tosses Baltimore Orioles' 5th consecutive MLB shutout in season ending, 4-0 victory over Detroit Tigers

• Oct 1 In the 5th game of the season, Jacksonville Jaguars celebrate first-ever NFL regular season win with a 17-16 victory over the Houston Oilers at the Astrodome
• Oct 1 NY Yankees (AL) and Colorado Rockies (NL) become first wild-card teams in new MLB playoff system; Rox are first team to reach postseason before 7th year; post best ever record for a 3rd-year team, 10 games over .500 (77-67)
• Oct 3 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson found not guilty of the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman in Los Angeles, California
• Oct 3 In a huge 3-way hockey trade of high profile NHL forwards, Claude Lemieux is sent to Colorado Avalanche, Steve Thomas to New Jersey Devils and Wendell Clark to the New York Islanders
• Oct 4 Jim Leyritz homers with a man on in 15th inning to give Yankees 2-0 Division Series lead over Mariners
• Oct 6 Colorodo Avalanche (former Que Nordiques) 1st NHL game, beat Detroit
• Oct 7 Boston's Fleet Center opens, NY Islanders & Boston Bruins tie at 4-4
• Oct 7 Mariners rally from 5-0 to force Game 5 of Division Series vs Yankees

• Oct 8 Edgar Martinez drives home tying & winning runs to rally Mariners to 6-5 win in bottom of 11th to beat Yankees & win AL Division Series
• Oct 11 O.J. Simpson cancels a TV appearance on Dateline
• Oct 14 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to sweep in NL playoff (beat Reds)
• Oct 14 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 0
• Oct 15 Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating NY Jets 26-15

• Oct 17 MLB American League Championship: Cleveland Indians beat Seattle Mariners, 4 games to 2
• Oct 18 NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix
• Oct 21 Mario Tremblay, selected 22nd NHL coach of Montreal Canadians
• Oct 27 Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Baltimore is signed
• Oct 27 South African fast bowler Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto
• Oct 28 11th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats England 16-8
• Oct 28 7th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 20-10 in South Bend

• Oct 28 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song
• Oct 31 NHL NJ Devils agree to stay in NJ
• Nov 3 First NBA game at FleetCenter in Boston; Celtics lose to Milwaukee Bucks, 101-100
• Nov 3 First NBA game at Rose Garden in Portland; Trail Blazers lose 92-80 to Vancouver Grizzlies
• Nov 3 First NBA game at SkyDome in Toronto; Raptors beat New Jersey Nets, 94-79
• Nov 3 With a 105-91 victory over Charlotte at the United Centre, Chicago wins their first of an NBA record 72 games in one season and their first of an NBA record 37 home games won at the start of a season
• Nov 4 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province v N Transvaal
• Nov 4 KeyArena opens in Seattle, Supersonics beat the LA Lakers 103-89
• Nov 5 First NBA game at General Motors Place in Vancouver; Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves, 100-98 in OT

• Nov 12 25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06
• Nov 12 26th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00

• Nov 12 German Benetton driver Michael Schumacher crashes in the season-ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but claims second straight F1 World Drivers Championship by 33 points from Damon Hill

• Nov 12 Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003
• Nov 18 60th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 31-27 in Auburn
• Nov 19 CFL Grey Cup, Taylor Field, Regina: Baltimore Stallions become only American-based team ever to win Grey Cup; defeat Calgary Stampeders, 37-20

• Nov 26 33rd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Valencia Spain (3-2)
• Nov 26 Dolphins QB Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass

• Dec 2 4th SEC Championship Game: #2 Florida beats #23 Arkansas, 34-3

• Dec 3 England cricket wicket keeper Jack Russell dismisses Clive Eksteen with his record 11th catch in 2nd Test v South Africa in Johannesburg
• Dec 7 NBA settles strike of referees, refs to return on Dec 12
• Dec 9 61st Heisman Trophy Award: Eddie George, Ohio State (RB)
• Dec 10 1st meeting of NBA expansion teams, Raptors beat Grizzlies 93-81
• Dec 10 Australian cricket opening batsman Michael Slater scores career high 219 (15 x 4, 5 x 6) in innings and 36 run, 1st Test win v Sri Lanka in Perth
• Dec 10 Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust v Sri Lanka, WACA)
• Dec 11 Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for $84 million
• Dec 12 NBA referees return to work after striking
• Dec 15 The European Communities Court of Justice hands down the "Bosman ruling", giving EU footballers the right to a free transfer at the end of their contracts, with the provision that they are transferring from one UEFA Federation to another.
• Dec 21 SF Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000

• Dec 24 Ballon d'Or: PSG/Milan's Liberian striker George Weah is named Europe's best football player; first edition where players born outside Europe permitted to receive votes

• Dec 26 Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player at 18 yrs 340 days

• Dec 30 Carquest Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10
• Dec 31 62nd Sugar Bowl: #13 Virginia Tech beats #9 Texas, 28-10
• Dec 31 Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria

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