Events in Sport on October 20

1934 All-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan

1935 Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the BBWAA, Wes Ferrell is runner-up

1963 Jim Brown sets NFL single-season rushing record, 1,863 yds

1964 Ann Packer of Great Britain runs a world record 2:01.1 to win the women's 800m gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
1964 Tamara Press of the Soviet Union wins her second gold medal in 2 days by taking out the women's shot put at the Tokyo Olympics; Press' second consecutive Olympic shot put title
1965 19th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-2 at Montreal
1967 Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of Oakland A's
1968 Mamo Wolde wins 16th Olympic marathon (2:20:26.4)

1968 Kenyan runner Kip Keino wins 1,500m gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics in 3:34.91 despite a severe gall bladder infection
1968 American Dick Fosbury using his unconventional technique wins the men's high jump gold medal with 2.24m at the Mexico City Olympics; "Fosbury Flop" becomes accepted most efficient technique
1968 American sprinter Jim Hines anchors US men's 4 x 100m relay team to win his second gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics; with team mates Charles Greene, Mel Pender & Ronnie Ray Smith sets world record 38.24s
1968 US men's 4 x 400m relay team of Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James & Lee Evans runs world record 2:56.16; easily beats Kenya & West Germany into the minor medals at the Mexico City Olympics
1968 US women's 4 x 100m relay team sets world record 42.88s to win the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics; Margaret Bailes, Barbara Ferrell, Mildrette Netter & Wyomia Tyus
1968 Margitta Gummel of East Germany throws world record 19.61m to beat team mate Marita Lange by 0.83m and win the women's shot put gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics

1973 President Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe greatest athlete of 1st ½ century

1976 NY Nets Julius "Dr J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers
1979 John Tate beats Gerrie Coetze in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 1st NBA game at Meadowlands Arena, NJ Nets lose to NY Knicks 103-99
1982 Billy Martin fired as manager of Oakland A's
1982 St Louis Cards beat Milwaukee Brewers, 4 games to 3 in 79th World Series
1982 During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.

1984 Islander's Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick-4 goals

1988 LA Dodgers beat Oakland A's in baseball's 85th World Series 4 games to 1
1988 Reggie Rogers, Det Lion's # 1 pick, kills 3 by driving intoxicated
1990 Cincinnati beats A's, 2-1 in Game 4 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to sweep Oakland and win Reds' 5th Baseball World Series; Reds' pitcher José Rijo MVP
1991 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna clinches his 2nd straight, and 3rd overall World Formula 1 Drivers title by finishing second in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka
1992 1st World Series game outside of US - Toronto beats Atlanta
1993 Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m
1996 Annika Sörenstam wins LPGA Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
1996 Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series
1996 Wasim Akram (257) & Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wicket, vs Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura
1997 Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty
2004 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox come back from 0-3 to beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3
2007 6th Rugby World Cup: South Africa beats England 15-6 at Saint-Denis