Events in Sport
- 1870 The New York Times dubs baseball "The National Game"
- 1940 6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB)
Event of Interest
1941 Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP
Joe DiMaggio
- 1943 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winnipeg RCAF Bombers, 23-14
- 1946 English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2
- 1947 Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
- 1948 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Calgary Stampeders win their first Championship; defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 12-7
- 1950 Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
- 1953 Indians 3rd baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named AL's MVP
- 1954 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Edmonton Eskimos win first of 3 straight Championships; defeat Montreal Alouettes, 26-25
- 1954 19th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 28-0 in Birmingham
- 1956 1957 NFL Draft: Paul Hornung from University of Notre Dame first pick by Green Bay Packers
- 1956 Bobby Morrow takes out the Melbourne Olympics sprint double when he wins the 200m gold medal in equal world record 20.75s; beats American team mates Andy Stanfield and Thane Baker
- 1956 Al Oerter wins first of 4 consecutive men's discus gold medals when he throws Olympic record 56.36m to lead an American medal sweep at the Melbourne Games; Fortune Gordien silver, Desmond Koch bronze
- 1956 Elżbieta Krzesińska of Poland equals world record with leap of 6.53m to win the women's long jump gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics
Event of Interest
1960 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points
Gordie Howe
- 1960 Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38
- 1961 Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games
- 1965 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Winn Blue Bombers, 22-16; strong winds meant all scoring occurred by the team going with the wind
- 1965 1966 NFL Draft: Tommy Nobis from University of Texas first pick by Atlanta Falcons
- 1965 30th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 30-3 in Birmingham
Golf Tournament
1966 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Kathy Whitworth wins back-to-back titles by 2 shots from Judy Kimball and Mary Mills
Kathy Whitworth
Mary Mills
- 1966 In highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41
- 1970 Test Cricket debut of Rodney "Iron Gloves" Marsh v England, Brisbane
- 1971 36th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-7 in Birmingham
- 1974 Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year
- 1976 41st Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 38-7 in Birmingham
- 1977 CFL Grey Cup, Olympic Stadium, Montreal: Montreal Alouettes beat Edmonton Eskimos, 41-6; record Grey Cup crowd 68,318; game referred to as the 'Ice Bowl'; Dan Sweet record 23 points
- 1979 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia v WI at SCG
- 1982 5th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 3-0
- 1982 Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 v England)
Davis Cup
1982 Davis Cup, Grenoble, France: US takes unassailable, 3-0 lead over France as John McEnroe & Peter Flemming take the doubles 6-3, 6-4, 9-7 over Henri Leconte & Yannick Noah; tie ends 4-1
John McEnroe
Henri Leconte
- 1982 47th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 23-22 in Birmingham, Auburn's first win in the series in 10 years
- 1983 CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions, 18-17; Argos' first Grey Cup victory in 31 years
- 1987 52nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 10-0 in Birmingham
- 1988 CFL Grey Cup, Landsdowne Park, Ottawa: Winnipeg Blue Bombers edge BC Lions, 22-21; first Grey Cup game won by a team with only a .500 season
- 1993 David Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 v NZ, Hobart)
- 1993 India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12
- 1994 CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: BC Lions beat Baltimore FC, 26-23; first-ever championship in pro football history featuring a US v Canada matchup; Lions win on last second Lui Passaglia field-goal
- 1997 Lions' Barry Sanders becomes NFL's 2nd all-time rusher
- 2004 New Zealand's All Blacks thump Six Nations Rugby Union Champions France 45-6 in Paris
- 2004 Marco Antonio Barrera beats Erik Morales by majority decision to win WBC super featherweight boxing title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas; final fight of legendary trilogy; The Ring's 'Fight of the Year'
- 2005 CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: Edmonton Eskimos beat Montreal Alouettes, 38-35; first time in 44 years Grey Cup goes into overtime
- 2006 Ballon d'Or: Italy defender Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus/Real Madrid) is named best football player in Europe ahead of Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and Arsenal forward Thierry Henry
- 2009 74th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 26-21 in Auburn
- 2011 CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: BC Lions beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 34-23 for their 6th Championship
Event of Interest
2011 German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel finishes 2nd in season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to retain his F1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 122 points from Jenson Button
Sebastian Vettel
Event of Interest
2011 Roger Federer claims a record 6th ATP World Tour Finals tennis title with a 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 win over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final in London, England
Roger Federer
Event of Interest
2013 Tiger Woods is named PGA Tour's Player of the Year for the 11th time
Tiger Woods
Event of Interest
2016 German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg clinches his only F1 World Driver's Championship with victory in season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix; wins title by 5 points from team mate Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
- 2016 CFL Grey Cup, BMO Field, Toronto: Ottawa Redblacks upset the heavily favoured Calgary Stampeders, 39–33 in overtime to win a championship in just their 3rd season of existence
Birthdays in Sport
- 1858 Henry Musgrove, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test 1885), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1931)
- 1901 Ted Husing, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), born in NYC, New York
- 1903 Johnny "Blood" McNally, American Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback and coach (NFL champion 1929-31, 36; Green Bay Packers), born in New Richmond, Wisconsin (d. 1985)
- 1916 Chick Hearn, American NBA broadcaster (called 3,338 LA Lakers games), born in Aurora, Illinois (d. 2002)
- 1920 Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star
- 1920 Johnny Schmitz, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1946, 48; NL saves leader 1946), born in Wausau, Wisconsin (d. 2011)
- 1927 Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer (d. 1987)
- 1928 Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman
- 1934 Ammo Baba, Iraqi-Assyrian footballer
- 1935 Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs)
- 1938 Jose Tartabull, baseball player
- 1939 Dave Giusti, American baseball player
- 1941 Aimé Jacquet, French football manager
- 1942 Henry Carr, American athlete (200m/4x400m Olympic gold 1964), born in Montgomery, Alabama
- 1949 Masanori Sekiya, Japanese racing driver
- 1955 Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1957 Kenny Acheson, Northern Irish racecar driver
- 1958 Julia Celotto, WPVA volleyballer (Santa Cruz/Pismo-9th-1994), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1958 Mike Scioscia, baseball player (LA Dodgers)
- 1960 Martin van Yellow, soccer player (Willem II)
- 1960 Ken O'Brien, American football quarterback (NY Jets), born in Rockville Centre, New York
- 1961 Lee Johnson, NFL punter/kicker (Cin Bengals)
- 1964 David Giles, Australian star sailor (Olympics-84, 88, 92, 96)
- 1965 Danielle Ammaccapane, American golfer (7 LPGA Tour titles), born in Babylon, New York
- 1965 Kathleen Heddle, Trail BC, rower (Olympic gold 1992/96)
- 1965 Raffaella Ragge, Italian tennis star
- 1966 Carwell Gardner, NFL fullback (Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers)
- 1966 Chryssandra Hines, Bristol Conn, team handball wing (Olympics 1996)
- 1966 Dean Garrett, NBA center (Denver Nuggets)
- 1967 Brett MacNeil, CFL guard (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
- 1967 Garry Valk, Edmonton, NHL left wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
- 1967 Laura Golarsa, tennis star (Oklahoma City doubles), born in Milan, Italy
- 1970 Calvin Jones, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
- 1970 Chris Underwood, volleyball opposite hitter (Olympics 1996), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1970 Patrick Bates, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1970 Todd Kelly, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
- 1971 Larry Allen, NFL guard/tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1971 Nick Van Exel, NBA guard (LA Lakers)
- 1972 Chris Hetherington, running back (Indianapolis Colts)
- 1972 Jason Burns, NFL running back (Cin Bengals), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1972 Yureck Person, soccer player (NAC)
- 1973 Nick Ferguson, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
- 1975 Martin Gramatica, Argentinian-American football player
- 1976 Chad Kilger, Cornwall, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
- 1976 Saqlain Mushtaq, cricketer (Pakistan Test off-spinner 1995)
- 1978 Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player
- 1979 Ricky Carmichael, American motocross racer
- 1979 Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
- 1980 Michael Yardy, English cricketer
- 1981 Matthew Taylor, English footballer
- 1984 Domata Peko, American football player
- 1986 Suresh Raina, Indian cricketer (Gujarat Lions, Chennai Super Kings), born in Muradnagar, India
- 1991 Nur Atikah Nabilah, Singaporean gymnast, born in Singapore
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1971 MLB center fielder Willie Mays (40) weds Mae Louise Allen in Mexico City
Willie Mays
Deaths in Sport
- 1930 Johnny Tyldesley, English cricketer (brother of Ernest, 1661 runs in 31 Tests for England), dies at 57
- 1942 Arthur Langton, South African cricket medium pace bowler (15 Tests, 40 wickets), dies in a military air crash at 30
- 1950 James Braid, Scottish golfer, course designer (British Open 1901, 05-06, 08, 10), dies at 80
- 1960 Frederick Fane, cricketer (682 runs in 14 Tests for Eng 1905-10), dies
- 1971 Joe Guyon, American NFL halfback (Canton, Cleveland, Oorang, Rock I, etc), dies at 79
- 1987 Babe [Floyd Caves] Herman, Brooklyn Dodgers' slugger (.324 lifetime average), dies at 84
- 1988 Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess grand master, dies at 61
- 1995 Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist, dies at 60
- 1999 Yasuhiro Kojima, wrestler (b. 1937)
- 2000 Len Shackleton, English former footballer, dies at 78
- 2006 Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)
- 2007 Bill Willis, American NFL guard (Cleveland Browns), dies at 86
- 2007 Sean Taylor, American NFL free safety (Pro Bowl 2006, 07; All Pro 2007; Washington Redskins), dies when shot by an armed intruder at 24
- 2008 Paul Hibbert, Australian cricketer (one Test Aust v India 1977, scored 13 & 2), dies at 56
- 2011 Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and Wales national football team manager, dies at 42
- 2012 Marvin Miller, American baseball executive (Major League Baseball Players Association 1966-1982), dies at 95
- 2013 Nilton Santos, Brazilian footballer, dies from a lung infection at 88
- 2014 Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer, dies in a coma after being hit by cricket ball 2 days earlier at 25
