- 1895 America's 1st auto race organised by the "Chicago Times-Herald" Chicago to Evanston and back; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner avg 7 MPH
Boxing Title Fight
1906 Tommy Burns & Jack O'Brien fight to a draw in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
Tommy Burns
Event of Interest
1925 NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses & dies 4 months later of TB
Georges Vezina
- 1929 Chicago fullback Ernie Nevers sets NFL record for most points scored in a single game with all 40 in the Cardinals' 40–6 rout of Chicago Bears; Nevers has NFL record 6 touchdowns and 4 extra points
Donald Bradman
- 1938 4th Heisman Trophy Award: Davey O'Brien, Texas Christian (QB)
- 1945 Australian Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta
- 1950 Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager
- 1953 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 12-6
- 1953 18th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 10-7 in Birmingham
- 1955 1956 NFL Draft: Gary Glick from University of Colorado A&M first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1956 Leonid Spirin leads a Soviet Union 1-2-3 to win the men's 20 kilometre walk gold medal in 1:31:27.4 at the Melbourne Olympics; beats team mates Antanas Mikėnas and Bruno Junk
- 1956 Lee Calhoun leads an American trifecta in the men's 110m hurdles at the Melbourne Olympics; hurdles Olympic record 13.5s to beat team mates Jack Davis and Joel Shankle
- 1956 Soviet runner Vladimir Kuts wraps up the Olympic middle distance double by winning the 5,000m gold medal at the Melbourne Games; runs Olympic records in both 5k and 10,000m events
- 1956 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty of Australia retains her 80m hurdles Olympic title in OR 10.7s beating German Gisela Birkemeyer by just 0.2s at the Melbourne Games
- 1957 Warren Spahn of the Braves wins Cy Young Award
- 1958 George "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs
- 1958 Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall, v India at Bombay
- 1959 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats (21-7) for a second straight year
- 1959 24th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 10-0 in Birmingham, breaking a streak of five consecutive victories by Auburn in the series
- 1964 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: BC Lions defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 34-24; BC's Bill Munsey scores 2 touchdowns in the 3rd quarter, one on offence and another on defence
- 1964 1965 NFL Draft: Tucker Frederickson from Auburn University first pick by New York Giants
Golf Tournament
1965 LPGA Titleholders Championship, Augusta CC: Kathy Whitworth wins by 10 shots from Peggy Wilson for her first major title
Kathy Whitworth
- 1967 33rd Heisman Trophy Award: Gary Beban, UCLA (QB)
- 1970 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 23-10; game marred by woeful field conditions
- 1970 35th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 33-28 in Birmingham
- 1971 CFL Grey Cup, Empire Stadium, Vancouver: Calgary Stampeders beat Toronto Argonauts, 14-11 on a slick, rain-covered field
- 1972 LA Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to California Angels
- 1975 Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI v Australia Brisbane
Event of Interest
1978 Reds fire manager Sparky Anderson after 9 years
Sparky Anderson
- 1981 Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Almos Alonzo Stagg, becomes college football's winningest coach
- 1981 46th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 28-17 in Birmingham
- 1982 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Edmonton Eskimos' record 5th straight Championship; defeat Toronto Argonauts, 32-16
- 1982 71st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Grenoble (4-1)
- 1982 Germany's Sylvia Hanika stages remarkable comeback to upset tennis icon Martina Navratilova 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 and win her only WTA Tour Championship in NYC
Contract of Interest
1989 Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract
Rickey Henderson
Event of Interest
1999 In an all-American final, Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi 6–1, 7–5, 6–4 to win his 5th and final ATP Tour World Championship tennis title in Hanover, Germany
Andre Agassi
- 2004 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Moscow, Russia: Anastasia Myskina & Vera Zvonareva beat French pair Marion Bartoli & Émilie Loit 7-6, 7-5 to clinch Russia's first title, 3-2
- 2010 CFL Grey Cup, Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton: Montreal Alouettes retain Championship with 21-18 win over Saskatchewan Roughriders; Alouettes' quarterback Anthony Calvillo's 3rd title
- 2010 In a classic matchup, Roger Federer wins his 5th season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis title with a 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 victory over Rafael Nadal of Spain in the final in London, England
- 2015 Jamie Vardy scores for Leicester City in a 1-1 draw against Manchester United at the King Power Stadium; EPL record 11th consecutive game in which Vardy scores