- 1871 Columbia & Sappho (US) beat Livonia (UK) in 3rd America's Cup
- 1884 1st World Series OKed by AA, Providence (NL) beats NY Mets (AA) 6-0
- 1903 8th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-6 in Montgomery
- 1910 Philadelphia A's beat Chicago Cubs 4 games to 1 in 7th World Series
- 1920 Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, & Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal
- 1921 Green Bay Packers play 1st NFL game, 7-6 win over Minneapolis
Event of Interest
Contract of Interest
1945 Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract
Jackie Robinson
- 1955 Dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time
- 1964 Japanese beat Russian for 1st Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball
- 1966 Jack Rule, Jr. and Sandra Spuzich win JCPenney Classic Haig & Haig Scotch Mixed Foursome golf tournament
- 1966 17th Formula One WDC: Jack Brabham wins by 14 points
- 1967 NJ Americans (later NY/NJ Nets) play 1st ABA game
- 1974 Cubs trade Billy Williams to A's for Manny Trillo, Knowles & Locker
- 1977 7th NYC Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:43:10
- 1977 8th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:38
- 1977 28th Formula One WDC: Niki Lauda wins by 17 points
- 1980 McCosker (168) & Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW v WA
- 1983 13th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:00
- 1983 14th NYC Marathon won by Rod Dixon in 2:08:59
- 1984 Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
- 1988 Boston Celtics play Spain in Madrid
- 1993 Tor Blue Jays beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2, in 89th World Series
Baseball Record
1993 Joe Carter (Toronto Blue Jays) hits a World Series winning walk-off home run against the Philadelphia Phillies
Joe Carter
- 1994 3rd Solheim Cup: US beats Europe, 13-7 at Greenbrier WV
- 1996 NY Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win
- 1997 Les Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets buys NHL's Edmonton Oilers
- 2000 "Monday Night Miracle", down 30-7 at the end of the third quarter, New York Jets pull together an improbable comeback with 4 touchdowns and a field goal in the fourth quarter, eventually defeating the Miami Dolphins 40-37 in overtime
- 2004 16th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 24-23 in South Bend
