- 1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced
- 1929 Clas Thunberg skates world record 500m in 42.8 sec
- 1932 Charlie Conacher becomes 1st Toronto Maple Leaf to score 5 goals in a game, 1st coming at 7 seconds of game
Event of Interest
1934 Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Hall of Fame
1937 Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Cy Young
Tris Speaker
Event of Interest
1953 Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary
Jesse Owens
Event of Interest
1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field
Alexander Cartwright
- 1963 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Jan Lehane O'Neill for 4th consecutive year 6-2, 6-2
Australian Men's Tennis Open
1963 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson wins 1st of 5 straight Australian titles; beats countryman Ken Fletcher 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
Roy Emerson
- 1964 3rd AFL All Star Game, Balboa Stadium, SD: Western Division beats Eastern Division, 27-24; MVPs: Keith Lincoln, LA Chargers, RB; Archie Matsos, Oakland Raiders, LB
- 1969 8th AFL All Star Game, Gator Bowl, Jacksonville: Western Division beats Eastern Division, 38-25; MVPs: Len Dawson, KC Chiefs, QB; George Webster, Houston Oilers, LB
- 1969 19th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: West beats East, 10-7; MVPs: Roman Gabriel, Los Angeles Rams, QB; Merlin Olsen, Los Angeles Rams, DT
NHL All-Star Game
1971 24th NHL All-Star Game, Boston Garden: Western Division beats Eastern Division, 2-1; MVP: Bobby Hull, Chicago, LW
Bobby Hull
- 1971 NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Association
Hall of Fame
1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Yogi Berra
Sandy Koufax
- 1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, 71-70 in South Bend, Indiana to end Bruins' NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
Hall of Fame
1977 Ernie Banks elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Ernie Banks
- 1978 Eddie Mathews elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Event of Interest
1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide
Muhammad Ali
- 1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km
- 1990 Police break up protests in Johannesburg against the cricket players defying a boycott on playing in apartheid South Africa
- 1991 42nd NHL All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Campbell beats Wales, 11-5; Vincent Damphousse, Toronto Maple Leafs, C
- 1996 NHL Board of Governors approves sale of Winnipeg Jets, officially clearing the way for the team to move to Phoenix, Arizona in time for 1996-97 season
NBA Finals
2000 Michael Jordan, who led the Chicago Bulls to 6 NBA championships as a player, returns to the NBA, joining the Washington Wizards as part owner and President of Basketball Operations
Michael Jordan
- 2002 "Tuck Rule Game" AFC Divisional Playoff Game; with under 2 minutes to play New England Patriots trail Oakland Raiders, 13-10 in a driving snowstorm, when a Tom Brady fumble ruled an incomplete pass. Patriots win 16-13 in overtime
- 2003 AFC Championship, Network Associates Coliseum, Oakland: Oakland Raiders beat Tennessee Titans, 41-24
- 2003 NFC Championship, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia: Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10
- 2013 The 2012-2013 NHL season begins after a 119-day lockout
Event of Interest
2013 Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories
Lance Armstrong
- 2014 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat New England Patriots, 26-16
- 2014 NFC Championship, CenturyLink Field, Seattle: Seattle Seahawks beat San Francisco 49ers, 23-17
- 2020 NFC Championship, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara: San Francisco 49ers beat Green Bay Packers, 37-20
- 2020 AFC Championship, Arrowhead Stadium, KC: Kansas City Chiefs beat Tennessee Titans, 35-24
