- 1855 17th Grand National: John Hanlon wins aboard Irish horse Wanderer at 25/1
- 1857 Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs
- 1860 22nd Grand National: Tommy Pickernell wins aboard Irish horse Anatis at 5/1
- 1866 28th Grand National: 1852 winner Alec Goodman wins his second GN aboard Irish 40/1 outsider Salamander
- 1870 Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East
- 1922 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
- 1930 Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball
- 1935 Malcolm Campbell sets world land speed record speed of 276.71 mph driving his famous Blue Bird car; last record set at Daytona Beach, Florida
- 1940 Montreal Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home
Event of Interest
1940 Ray Steele beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
Bronko Nagurski
Boxing Title Fight
1951 Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for 2nd time to win National Boxing Association world heavyweight title
Ezzard Charles
Jersey Joe
- 1954 Russia wins their 1st international ice hockey competition
- 1955 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter
- 1959 6th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats North Carolina, 80-56
- 1964 11th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Wake Forest, 80-59
- 1970 Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)
- 1970 17th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats South Carolina, 42-39 (2 OT)
- 1978 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders
- 1979 Baseball exhibition season opens with semi-pro & amateur umpires
- 1979 Warren Giles and Hack Wilson selected for the Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1981 28th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Maryland, 61-60
- 1981 22nd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Ole Miss beats Georgia, 66-62
- 1982 NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time
- 1982 29th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Virginia, 47-45
NHL Record
1986 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist
Wayne Gretzky
- 1987 Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs
Boxing Title Fight
1987 Mike Tyson beats James 'Bonecrusher' Smith by unanimous decision in 12 rounds in Las Vegas for WBC / WBA heavyweight boxing titles
Mike Tyson
- 1988 Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award
Event of Interest
1989 Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Minnesota North Stars to the Washington Capitals
Dino Ciccarelli
Event of Interest
1996 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists
Magic Johnson
- 1997 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome & Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
- 1998 19th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats Syracuse, 69-64
- 1999 46th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #1 Duke beats #15 North Carolina, 96-73
- 1999 40th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Arkansas, 76-63
Event of Interest
2016 Peyton Manning announces his retirement from the Denver Broncos and the NFL
Peyton Manning
Event of Interest
2016 Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova reveals failed drug test for meldonium at Australian Open in January, subsequently suspended for 15 months
Maria Sharapova
