- 1845 1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code
- 1868 9th British Golf Open: Tom Morris, Jr. shoots a 154 at Prestwick Golf Club (three shots better than his father, Tom Morris, Sr.)
- 1873 Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title
- 1892 British Open Golf, Muirfield: Harold Hilton wins by 3 shots from amateur John Ball, Sandy Herd & Hugh Kirkaldy
- 1908 Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th & disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay & pennant)
- 1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
- 1925 Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP
Boxing Title Fight
1926 Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
Jack Dempsey
- 1937 Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit
- 1939 Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4
- 1948 Braves clinch NL pennant
- 1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event
- 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant with a record of 96-57 over the New York Giants 92-62
Boxing Title Fight
1952 Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
Rocky Marciano
Jersey Joe
Event of Interest
1961 Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive-games-played streak
Ernie Banks
- 1962 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Visalia Golf Open
- 1970 Gary Muhrcke wins 1st NY Marathon
- 1979 Sandra Post wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic
- 1983 Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in 10 for heavyweight boxing title in Ohio
- 1983 Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game (beating Cards)
- 1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA San Jose Golf Classic
Event of Interest
1984 SF 49er Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games
Joe Montana
Event of Interest
1984 Sparky Anderson is 1st manager to win 100 games in both leagues
Sparky Anderson
- 1988 Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases & hit 40 HRs
- 1988 Portuguese world champion Rosa Mota runs 2:25:40 to score a famous Olympic marathon win over Australian Lisa Martin at the Seoul Games
- 1988 Americans Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter & Matt Biondi swim world record 3:16.53 to win 4 x 100m freestyle relay at the Seoul Olympics
- 1988 East German swimmer Uwe Dassler sets world record 3:46.95 to win 400m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; edges Australian Duncan Armstrong by 0.2s
- 1989 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning
- 1992 Bill Comrie purchases BC Lions from CFL
- 1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
- 1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most HRs in a year (258)
Event of Interest
2017 US President Donald Trump withdraws invitation to the White House for NBA champions Golden State Warriors after Stephen Curry says he doesn't want to attend
Donald Trump
Stephen Curry
Golf Tournament
2018 Tiger Woods fires final round 71 to beat Billy Horschel by 2 and win the Tour Championship at East Lake GC in Atlanta: Woods' 80th PGA Tour win; first in 5 years; Justin Rose wins FedEx Cup crown, $10m bonus
Tiger Woods
- 2018 39 year old New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws 17 yard pass to Michael Thomas to become NFL career pass leader, breaking Brett Favre's record of 6,300 completions; Saints beat Falcons 43-37
- 2018 Alexander Zverev beats Kevin Anderson 6-7, 7-5, 10-7 in Chicago to complete a 13-8 win for Team Europe over Team World in the 2nd Laver Cup tennis tournament