- 1871 Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant
- 1919 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball
- 1922 Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000 & 3 players for Jack Bentley (hit .349 & was 13-2 as pitcher for Baltimore (International League) in 1922)
Event of Interest
1945 Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a Montreal Royals
Jackie Robinson
Branch Rickey
- 1952 4th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
- 1954 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
- 1955 7th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
- 1956 Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group. They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961
- 1960 12th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Rex White wins
Event of Interest
1963 Sandy Koufax wins NL MVP award
Sandy Koufax
Event of Interest
1973 Tom Seaver becomes 1st non-20-game winner to win Cy Young award
Tom Seaver
Event of Interest
1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH)
Nolan Ryan
Boxing Title Fight
1974 "The Rumble in the Jungle": Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire; regains world heavyweight boxing title with famous "rope-a-dope" tactic
Muhammad Ali
Golf Tournament
1988 Beth Daniel wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship
Beth Daniel
- 1988 NY Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for 1st time
Event of Interest
1988 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna wins Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, his record 8th GP win of the season; clinches first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship
Ayrton Senna
Event of Interest
1997 Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona announces his retirement from football on his 37th birthday
Diego Maradona
- 2004 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Lone Star Park; winners: Ghostzapper, Wilko, Ashado, Better Talk Now, Oujja Board, Sweet Catomine, Singletary, Speightstown
- 2011 Czech tennis star Petra Kvitová beats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 in the WTA Championship decider in Istanbul, Turkey
- 2013 World Series Baseball: Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Cardinals, 6-1 in Game 6 at Fenway Park to win title; MVP: Boston slugger David Ortiz
- 2015 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hit It A Bomb, Liam's Map, Catch A Glimpse, Stopchargingmaria
- 2015 Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwańska wins the WTA Finals title at Kallang. Singapore; beats Czech Petra Kvitová 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
- 2016 Slovak tennis star Dominika Cibulková beats Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 to win the WTA Finals title decider in Kallang, Singapore
- 2016 Oakland Raiders break the single game record for most penalties in an NFL game gaining 23 in win over Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 2019 World Series Baseball: Washington Nationals beat Houston Astros, 6-2 in Game 7 at Minute Maid Park, Houston to win first title in franchise history; MVP: Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg
