Events in Sport
- 1885 Montreal & Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game
- 1892 Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500 to become 1st pro football player in the Allegheny Athletic Association's 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Athletic Club
- 1904 9th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 29-5 in Birmingham
- 1920 Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner
- 1931 Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chic Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1
- 1933 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Bkln Dodgers 32-0
- 1950 Gene Roberts sets NFL NY Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards
- 1952 Philadelphia A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP
- 1952 White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape
- 1953 US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games
- 1955 E Arcaro, E Sande & G Woolf inaugural inductees in Racing Hall of Fame
- 1959 White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP
- 1966 Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record
- 1967 Margie Masters wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
- 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103
- 1972 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
- 1975 NY Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award
- 1975 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
- 1975 7h Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats England 25-0
- 1979 Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal
- 1981 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Oakland A's)
- 1982 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket for Pakistan v India, goes to 215
- 1983 NJ Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3
Event of Interest
1985 Richard Hadlee takes 15-123 for cricket match New Zealand v Australia at Brisbane
Richard Hadlee
Event of Interest
1986 Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously
Roger Clemens
- 1988 Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)
- 1990 "The Body Bag Game" - after Eagles coach Buddy Ryan threatens beating Redskins so badly "they'll have to be carted off in body bags" the Eagles defense score 3 touchdowns winning 28–14, knocking 8 Redskins out of the game
- 1992 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time
- 1995 25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06
- 1995 26th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00
Event of Interest
1995 Last day of Test cricket for New Zealand batsman Martin Crowe
Martin Crowe
- 1995 Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003
Event of Interest
1995 German Benetton driver Michael Schumacher crashes in the season-ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but claims second straight World F1 Drivers title by 33 points from Damon Hill
Michael Schumacher
Hall of Fame
2012 Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin, Pavel Bure and Adam Oates are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
Joe Sakic
Pavel Bure
Birthdays in Sport
- 1850 Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908)
- 1890 Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
- 1898 Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (d. 1999)
- 1910 A "Dudley" Nourse, cricketer (son of Dave, brilliant South African batsman)
- 1912 Alphonse [Tuffy] Leemans, NFL fullback (NY Giants)
- 1914 Roberto Cavanagh, Argentina, polo (Olympic gold 1936)
- 1914 Sylvi Saimo, Finland, 500m kayaker (Olympic gold 1952)
- 1916 Paul Emery, British racing driver (d. 1993)
- 1927 Jack Butler, NFL hall of famer (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
- 1933 Peter Post, Dutch cyclist (8x European Champion at Derny-drive)
- 1936 Ruth Jessen, LPGA golfer
- 1936 Mills Lane, American judge and boxing referee
- 1943 Bjorn Waldegard, Swedish rally driver, born in Ro, Sweden (d. 2014)
Al Michaels
1944 Al Michaels, American sportscaster (Miracle on Ice, American Football), born in Brooklyn, New York
Al Michaels
- 1947 Ron Bryant, American baseball player
- 1954 Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979)
- 1954 Paul McNamee, Australia, tennis star
- 1957 Gail Castro, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-1991, Olympics 1996), born in Glendale, California
- 1957 Marta Figueras-Dotti, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Open), born in Madrid, Spain
- 1961 Chela Quintana, Venezuela, LPGA golfer (8 time Venezuelan Amat Champ)
- 1961 Greg Gagne, Fall River MA, infielder (LA Dodgers)
- 1961 Nadia Comaneci, [Gheorghe], Romania, gymnast (1st 10/Olymp-gold-1976)
- 1961 Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
- 1962 Jeff Reed, Joliet IL, catcher (Colorado Rockies)
- 1962 Wim Kieft, Dutch soccer star (Ajax/Gir de Bordeaux/PSV)
- 1963 Laurie Brower, LPGA golfer (1994 Lady Keystone-9th), born in Long Beach, California
- 1964 Erik Howard, NFL defensive tackle/end (NY Jets)
- 1964 Gerald Perry, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)
- 1964 Jakob Hlasek, Czech, tennis star
- 1965 Mike Keim, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
Michael Moorer
1967 Michael Moorer, boxing heavyweight champ (defeated Holyfield-1994), born in Brooklyn, New York
Michael Moorer
Sammy Sosa
1968 Sammy Sosa, Dominican baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs), born in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
Sammy Sosa
- 1969 Iain Sydie, badminton player (Olympics 1996), born in North York, Ontario
- 1969 Trevor Shaw, CFL slot back (BC Lions)
- 1969 Jason Cundy, English footballer and broadcaster
- 1970 Tonya Harding, figure skater (Olympic 8th-1994/US Champ 1994), born in Portland, Oregon
- 1971 Heidi Burge, WNBA forward (LA Sparks)
- 1971 Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (v West Indies 1993)
- 1972 Vassilis Tsiartas, Greek footballer
- 1973 Colin Morgan, 78 kg judoka (Olympics 1996), born in Calgary, Alberta
- 1973 Keith Morgan, 95 kg judoka (Olympics 1996), born in Calgary, Alberta
- 1973 Zahir Shah, cricketer (attention-grabbing Rawalpindi leg-spinner)
- 1975 Chris Wells, NHL center (Pitts Penguins), born in Calgary, Alberta
- 1975 Jason Lezak, American swimmer
- 1976 Scott Mark Cameron, 4x200m relay swimmer (Olympics 1996), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
- 1976 Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer
- 1977 Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
- 1978 Lena Yada, American actress, model, surfer and WWE Diva
- 1979 Corey Maggette, American professional basketball player
- 1981 DJ Campbell, English football player
- 1982 Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer
- 1983 Carlton Cole, English football player
- 1984 Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer
- 1984 Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean rally driver
- 1987 Jason Day, Australian golfer (2015 PGA Tournament, World Number #1), born in Beaudesert, Australia
- 1988 Russell Westbrook III, American basketball player (Oklahoma City Thunder), born in Long Beach, California
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1973 MLB baseball player Hank Aaron (39) weds Billye Aaron
Hank Aaron
Deaths in Sport
- 1937 Harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies
- 1955 Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878)
- 1960 John Trim, cricketer (occasional WI quick 1948-52, 18 wkts), dies
- 1991 Howard Brunner, dies of AIDS at 51
- 1993 Bill Dickey, American Hall of Fame baseball catcher (NY Yankees, 1928-46) and manager, dies at 86
- 1994 Wilma Rudolph, American athlete (3 Olympic gold 100/200/4x100m 1960), dies of brain cancer at 54
- 1996 Don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72
- 1999 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr., English thoroughbred horse owner (Bed O' Roses, Native Dancer), dies at 87
- 2001 Tony Miles, English chess player (b. 1955)
- 2007 Khanmohammed Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
- 2011 Peter Roebuck, English cricketer and journalist, dies at 55
- 2015 Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer and goalkeeper, dies of cancer at 32
- 2016 Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian LPGA golfer (3 LPGA wins), dies of cancer at 56