- 1876 Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis
- 1892 Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe & Frank Crosby
- 1926 19th Women's Australasian Championships: Daphne Akhurst Cozens beats Esna Boyd Robertson (6-1, 6-3)
- 1926 19th Men's Australasian Championships: John Hawkes beats James Willard (6-1, 6-3, 6-1)
- 1943 Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest
- 1944 Baseball meets in NYC to discuss postwar action
Contract of Interest
1959 Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers

Vince Lombardi
Event of Interest
1970 Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points

Pete Maravich
Golf Tournament
1975 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational

Donna Caponi
- 1976 Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom & umpire Cal Hubbard elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1977 Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman
- 1986 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
- 1986 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 28-24
- 1987 KC Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires
- 1988 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* v England at Sydney
- 1992 Colleen Walker wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
- 1992 David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 v India at Perth
- 1992 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40)
- 1992 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-15
- 1995 Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket
- 1997 Mark O'Meara wins Pebble Beach National Golf Pro-am
- 1997 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-23 (OT)
Event of Interest
1997 Scotty Bowman becomes first coach in NHL history to win 1,000 games

Scotty Bowman
- 2002 52nd NHL All-Star Game: World beats North America 8-5 at Los Angeles, California
- 2003 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 45-23
- 2003 53rd NHL All-Star Game: West beats East 6-5 at Sunrise, Florida
- 2012 NHL player Sam Gagner becomes the first player to scores eight points in one game for the Edmonton Oilers against the Chicago Blackhawks since 1989
- 2014 Super Bowl XLVIII: Seattle Seahawks defeat Denver Broncos 42-8, most viewed television event in the United States with over 111 million viewers