TODAY'S EVENTS IN SPORTS HISTORY 2024

OCT 3

• 1884 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Jack Simpson wins in windy conditions by 4 strokes from fellow Scots Douglas Rolland and Willie Fernie
• 1885 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Bob Martin wins his second Championship by 1 stroke from fellow Scot Archie Simpson
• 1888 New Zealand Natives, a privately organized and mainly Māori rugby team, play their first game in the UK; beat Surrey 4-1; first national rugby team to wear all-black and perform the 'haka'

• 1904 New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson strikes out 16 Cardinals in a 3-1 Giants victory over St. Louis; new MLB record; finishes the game in 1 hour, 15 minutes
• 1919 Cuban Dolf Luque becomes first Hispanic player to appear in Baseball World Series; pitches 1 inning of relief in Cincinnati Reds' 3-0 defeat to Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park
• 1920 American Pro Football Association (later the NFL) plays 1st full round of games; Dayton Triangles beat Columbus Panhandles, 14-0 in first official game at Triangle Park, Dayton
• 1920 St Browns 1st baseman George Sisler collects his 257th hit of the season to set MLB record that lasts until the 21st century.; Browns beat White Sox, 16 - 7
• 1926 English long distance runner Violet Piercy sets first recognised female marathon record in 3:40:22 on the Polytechnic Marathon course between Windsor and London
• 1936 NY Yankees set new attendance record of 64,482 in Game 3 of World Series at Yankee Stadium; 66,669 following day Game 4; win series v NY Giants, 4-2
• 1940 Cincinnati Reds' win Game 2 of the Baseball World Series, 5-2 v Detroit Tigers at Crosley Field; snap 10-game losing streak for NL going back to Game 6 in 1937; Reds win series, 4-3
• 1942 NY Yankees shortstop Frank Crosetti shoves umpire Bill Summers in Game 3 of the Baseball World Series; he is fined $250 & suspended for first 30 days of 1943 season
• 1942 Triple Crown winner Whirlaway, ridden by George Woolf wins the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park to become the first thoroughbred to amass more than $500,000 in lifetime earnings
• 1945 Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs meet in Baseball World Series for the 4th time; Hank Borowy pitches a 6-hit shutout as Cubs win Game 1, 9-0 at Briggs Stadium; Detroit wins series, 4-3
• 1950 Philadelphia Phillies choose not to request MLB rule on eligibility of star left-hander Curt Simmons to play in World Series despite being on furlough from Army; Phillies swept, 4-0 by NY Yankees
• 1951 CBS-TV airs the first coast-to-coast telecast of a prize fight; Australian light-heavyweight Dave Sands outpoints American Carl 'Bobo' Olson in 10 rounds at Chicago Stadium
• 1951 Shot Heard 'Round the World': Bobby Thomson hits 3-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers, bottom 9th inning, 1 out, to give New York Giants dramatic 5-4 playoff win and NL pennant at the Polo Grounds

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• 1953 7th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1

World Series

1953 NY Yankees legendary center fielder Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam off Russ Meyer; Bronx Bombers hold on to win, 11-7 v Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of Baseball World Series; NY wins series, 4-2


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1953 Ryder Cup Golf, Wentworth: San Snead wins 6 of 7 matches to lead US to 6th consecutive Cup win, 6½-5½ over Great Britain
• 1956 Sal Maglie pitches a complete game as Brooklyn Dodgers beat NY Yankees, 6-3 in Game 1 of Baseball World Series at Ebbets Field; Yankees win series, 4-3
• 1959 13th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: Montreal Canadiens beat All-Stars, 6-1
• 1960 New York Yankees beat rival Boston Red Sox, 8-7 at Yankee Stadium, ending season on 15 game winning streak & MLB record 193 HRs
• 1962 SF Giants (103-62) beat rivals LA Dodgers (102-63), 6-4 in season ending NL pennant decider; Dodgers set MLB record season attendance 2,755,184
• 1964 NY Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 8-3 to clinch Bronx Bombers 5th consecutive AL pennant, and 29th in club's history

Baseball Record
1965 Cubs lose season finale 6-3 to Pirates; Ernie Banks-Don Kessinger combine to tie MLB record of 3 triple plays in a season


MLB shortstopErnie Banks

• 1965 Dual Melbourne Cup winning Australian jockey Pat Glennon rides French colt Sea Bird to victory in the Prix de l'Arc De Triomphe to claim an impressive double after the thoroughbred's English Derby win

Baseball History
1965 Whitey Ford notches win #232 in season ending 11-5 victory v Boston Red Sox; becomes Yankees' winningest pitcher


MLB PitcherWhitey Ford

• 1970 First umpires strike in MLB history lasts one day during League Championship Series; AL and NL presidents recognise newly-formed MLB Umpires Association; negotiate labor contract

King Sets Earnings Record
1971 American tennis star Billie Jean King becomes first female athlete to win $100,000 in prize money in a single year; wins the $4,000 Virginia Slams Tournament in Phoenix, Arizona


Tennis LegendBillie Jean King
F1 World Champion
1971 US Formula 1 Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York: French driver François Cevert wins the race, his Tyrell-Ford teammate Scotsman Jackie Stewart finishes to claim his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 29 points over Swede Ronnie Peterson


Auto RacerJackie Stewart
Baseball History
1972 Future Baseball Hall of Fame left-handed pitcher Steve Carlton wins 27th game as Philadelphia beats Cubs, 11-1 at Wrigley Field; almost half Phillies 59 season wins


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

• 1972 Roric Harrison homers as Baltimore beats Cleveland, 4-3; last AL pitcher to homer until MLB inter-league play 25 years later

Frank Robinson Becomes Manager
1974 39-year old Frank Robinson becomes MLB’s first African-American manager when he signs as player-manager for Cleveland Indians; agrees to 1-year contract estimated at $180,000


Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson
Mr Clutch Retires
1974 Future Basketball Hall of Fame guard Jerry West (“Mr. Clutch”) retires after 14 NBA seasons with the LA Lakers; West has 25,192 career points; averages 29.1 ppg in 153 playoff games


NBA GuardJerry West
Baseball History
1976 Future Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder Hank Aaron singles in his last MLB at-bat & drives in his 2,297th run as Milwaukee Brewers lose, 5-2 v Detroit Tigers


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron
Weaver vs. Tillis
1981 After a year's inactivity, American boxer Mike Weaver outpoints countryman James 'Quick' Tillis in 15 rounds in Chicago to retain his WBA heavyweight title


BoxerMike Weaver

• 1981 Milwaukee Brewers and Montreal Expos clinch their first-ever postseason appearances; Brewers beat Detroit, 2 - 1, for AL East title; Expos defeat NY Mets, 5 - 4, for NL East second playoff spot
• 1982 Center fielder Robin Yount homers twice as Milwaukee whips Baltimore, 10-2 at Memorial Stadium to win the Brewers only AL East Championship
• 1986 Baltimore loses 6-3 to Detroit Tigers, assuring Orioles of club's first ever last-place finish in AL East standings
• 1987 San Diego catcher Benito Santiago's MLB rookie record 34-game hitting streak ends as Padres snap 9-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory v LA Dodgers

Hockey Hall of Fame
1989 Darryl Sittler, Vladislav Tretiak, and Herbie Lewis are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as players, along with builders Alan Eagleson and Father David Bauer


NHL LegendDarryl Sittler
Team Coach
1989 Oakland Raiders promote 42-year-old Art Shell as the first African-American to be an NFL head coach in modern times; takes over from Mike Shanahan


NFL Head CoachMike Shanahan
Baseball Record
1990 Detroit 1st baseman Cecil Fielder becomes 11th player in MLB history to hit 50 HRs in a season; 50th & 51st in 10-3 win v NY Yankees at Yankee Stadium


Baseball PlayerCecil Fielder
George Brett's 3rd Batting Title
1990 Kansas City 3rd baseman George Brett becomes first in MLB history to win a batting title in 3 different decades; goes 1 for 1 in Royals, 5-2 loss v Cleveland to win AL batting title with .329 average; AL batting champion 1976, 80


MLB Third BasemanGeorge Brett

• 1992 MLB Atlanta Braves end season with 1-0 victory over San Diego Padres at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium for franchise record 98th win (old record 95 in 1957, when they were based in Milwaukee)
• 1993 Cleveland Indians play their final MLB game at Cleveland Stadium; lose 4-0 to Chicago White Sox Chicago

O.J. Simpson Not Guilty
1995 Former NFL running back, broadcaster, and actor O.J. Simpson is found not guilty of the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman in Los Angeles, California


NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson

• 1995 In a huge 3-way hockey trade of high profile NHL forwards, Claude Lemieux is sent to Colorado Avalanche, Steve Thomas to New Jersey Devils and Wendell Clark to the New York Islanders
• 1997 1st NHL game outside of North America: Vancouver Canucks beat Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 3-2 in Tokyo, Japan
• 1997 NHL Carolina Hurricanes lose in their 1st home game, 4-3 vs Pittsburgh Penguins at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina
• 1999 Chelsea scores massive upset when they humble English Premiership champions Manchester United, 5-0 at Stamford Bridge; Gus Poyet sets the tone scoring after just 27 seconds; Nicky Butt is sent-off for United

Baseball Record
1999 St Louis 1st baseman Mark McGwire hits his 65th homer of the season in a rain shortened 9-5 win over Cubs at Busch Stadium; wins 2nd straight HR title over Sammy Sosa, who hits his 63rd HR in same game


MLB First BasemanMark McGwire

MLB OutfielderSammy Sosa
Paul Coffey Retires
2001 After a 21-season career, Paul Coffey officially retires from the NHL, having won 4 Stanley Cups with Edmonton Oilers, finishing 2nd on all-time list for points by defensemen (1,531 in 1,409 games), and playing in 14 All-Star Games


NHL StarPaul Coffey
Henderson Equals Cobb
2001 San Diego outfielder Rickey Henderson scores a run in the 3rd inning of the Padres' 12-5 loss to LA Dodgers to tie the MLB record of 2,245 runs scored held by the legendary Ty Cobb


MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson
Barry Bonds Walks to a Record
2001 San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds Is walked for the 171st time in 11-8 win at Houston; breaks Babe Ruth's 1923 MLB single-season record for walks


MLB LegendBarry Bonds
Patriots Winning Streak
2004 New England Patriots win their 18th consecutive NFL game, beating Buffalo Bills, 31-17 at Ralph Wilson Stadium; Tom Brady 17-for-30 for 298 yards & 2 TDs


NFL QuarterbackTom Brady
Baseball Record
2004 Seattle Mariners Japanese right fielder Ichiro Suzuki adds 2 more singles in a 3-0 defeat to Texas, to finish the season with a MLB record 262 hits


Baseball StarIchiro Suzuki

• 2007 South Africa's Mark Boucher breaks Ian Healy's record to become the wicketkeeper with most dismissals in Test cricket (395); stumps Umar Gul off Paul Harris in 2nd innings of 1st Test win v Pakistan in Karachi
• 2008 American surfer Kelly Slater clinches his record 9th world championship after round 3 of Billabong Pro in Mundaka, Spain; accrues enough points with 5 victories to win title with 2 scheduled ASP Tour contests to be surfed
• 2008 Former NFL star O.J. Simpson found guilty of charges of kidnapping and armed robbery
• 2012 Miguel Cabrera goes 0 for 2 in a 1-0 Tigers win v Royals to end the season as MLB's first Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967; leads AL with .330 average, 44 homers and 139 RBI

Hat-Trick for Ronaldo
2012 Star Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo scores his first Champions League hat-trick in Real Madrid's 4-1 win against Ajax in Amsterdam


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo

• 2015 Host nation England crashes out of Rugby World Cup in pool stage; loses to Australia, 33-13 at Twickenham; Bernard Foley scores 2 tries and kicks 4 penalties & 3 conversions for the Wallabies
• 2021 MLB Cleveland win their last game under the Indians name, beating Texas Rangers 6-0
• 2021 MLB Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Hector Neris strikes out three Florida Marlins, setting new franchise record of 520, in his last game before becoming a free agent
• 2021 Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady becomes NFL's all-time leader in career passing yardage in 19-17 win vs NE Patriots at Gillette Stadium: Brady 22-43 for 269 yards to pass Drew Brees' high of 80,358

NBA History
2022 Kawhi Leonard returns from injury in a preseason win over the Portland Trail Blazers


Basketball ForwardKawhi Leonard

 

OCT 4

British Golf Open

1873 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman Tom Kidd beats countryman Jamie Anderson by 1 stroke; first Open not held at Prestwick GC


GolferJamie Anderson

• 1873 Toronto Argonauts Football Club (CFL) forms as Argonaut Rowing Club rugby-football squad; oldest existing pro sports team in North America still using original name
• 1878 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Scotsman Jamie Anderson wins 2nd of 3 consecutive Championships; beats Bob Kirk by 2 strokes
• 1895 1st US Open Men's Golf, Newport GC: Englishman Horace Rawlins wins the inaugural event, beating Willie Dunn of Scotland by 2 strokes
• 1901 Charlie Barr skippered Columbia (US) beats Shamrock II (UK), 3-0 on New York City Harbour in 11th America's Cup yachting challenge series
• 1906 Chicago Cubs beat Pittsburg Pirates, 4-0 to end MLB season at 116-36 with .763 winning percentage; unmatched since
• 1923 Young Stribling ostensibly beats Mike McTigue on points in Columbus, Georgia for world light-heavyweight boxing title; referee Harry Ertle later calls fight a draw, claims coerced by promoters to award fight to Stribling; McTigue retains title
• 1924 New York Giants became first team to play in 4 consecutive World Series; win Game 1, 4-3 at Griffith Field; lose series, 4-3 in manager John McGraw's 9th and final WS appearance

Heilmann Pips Cobb
1925 Harry Heilmann gets 6 hits in Detroit's doubleheader sweep over St Louis Browns, 10-4 and 11-6, to edge Tris Speaker for AL batting crown, .393 to .389; Ty Cobb bats over .300 for the 20th time


MLB LegendTy Cobb

Baseball PlayerTris Speaker

• 1930 Philadelphia Athletics' Jack Quinn aged 47, oldest to play in World Series; pitches 2 innings in Game 3, 5-0 defeat to St. Louis; win series, 4-2
• 1936 Record crowd 66,669 packs Yankee Stadium for Game 4 of Baseball World Series; Yankees beat Giants, 5-2; win series, 4-2
• 1938 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees win third straight championship; beat Chicago Cubs, 8-3 at Yankee Stadium for 4-0 sweep
• 1944 The only all-St. Louis World Series opens at Sportsman's Park with the visiting Browns beating the Cardinals, 2-1 on George McQuinn's home run; Cards win series, 4-2
• 1948 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox, 8 - 3, in a one-game playoff to decide the AL pennant; keys are the pitching of Gene Bearden and hitting of Lou Boudreau

World Series
1953 50th Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-3 at Yankee Stadium for 4-2 series win; Yankees record 5th consecutive WS; MVP: NY 2B Billy Martin


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
World Record Marathon
1953 British runner Jim Peters sets world marathon record 2:18:34.8 in the Turku Marathon in Finland


Marathon RunnerJim Peters

• 1955 Baseball World Series: Brooklyn Dodgers win their first WS with a 2-0 victory against arch-rival NY Yankees at Yankee Stadium in Game 7; MVP: Brooklyn pitcher Johnny Podres

NHL All-Star Game
1958 12th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: Montreal Canadiens beat All-Stars, 6-3


Ice Hockey PlayerMaurice Richard

• 1959 First Baseball World Series game played west of St Louis; LA Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox 3-1 in Game 3; record 92,394 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

NFL Record
1959 Future Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown makes club record 37 rushing attempts in Cleveland Browns, 34-7 win at Chicago Cardinals


NFL Legend and Civil Rights ActivistJim Brown

• 1959 Netherlands equal best performance against neighbours Belgium; win, 9-1 in soccer friendly at De Kuip, Rotterdam; Piet van der Kuil & Faas Wilkes score 3 apiece

World Series
1961 NY Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford records 3rd straight Baseball World Series shutout in Yankees 2-0 win v Cincinnati Reds in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium; NY wins series, 4-1


MLB PitcherWhitey Ford
World Series
1962 Willie Mays scores in the 2nd inning for the Giants ending Whitey Ford's record Baseball World Series consecutive scoreless inning streak at 33 2⁄3; Yankees beat Giants, 6-2 in Game 1 and 4-3 in the series


MLB LegendWillie Mays

MLB PitcherWhitey Ford

• 1964 Boston Patriots' kicker Gino Cappelletti lands 6-from-6 field goals and 3-from-3 conversions in 39-10 win v Denver Broncos at Bears Stadium, Denver

LPGA Championship
1964 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC; Mary Mills shoots final round 69 to win first of her 2 LPGA C'ships, 2 strokes ahead of defending champion Mickey Wright


LPGA GolferMary Mills

LPGA GolferMickey Wright

• 1967 St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 2-1 in Game 1 of Baseball World Series at Fenway Park; first Fall Classic since 1948 not to feature Yankees, Giants or Dodgers; Cards win series, 4-3
• 1969 MLB holds first league championship games; National League Championship Series: New York Mets beat Atlanta Braves, 9-5; Baltimore Orioles beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3 in American League Championship Series
• 1970 Jochen Rindt of Austria posthumously clinches Formula 1 World Drivers Championship at the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen when contender Jacky Ickx finishes 4th; Rindt killed in a practice accident at the Italian GP at Monza 5/9/70

Ted Williams' Last Game
1972 Future Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams manages his final game as his Texas Rangers lose on the road to KC Royals, 4-0 in the last game played at Municipal Stadium; Williams later replaced by Whitey Herzog


Baseball PlayerTed Williams
Baseball Record
1980 Future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt's 2-run homer off Stan Bahnsen in 11th inning gives Philadelphia, 6-4 win v Montreal and NL East title; Schmidt's 48th of the season; breaks Eddie Mathews' single-season MLB record for 3rd basemen


MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt

• 1985 Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia

Baseball Record
1986 NY Yankees closer Dave Righetti saves both doubleheader games at Fenway Park for 5-3 and 3-1 wins v Boston; Righetti's MLB record 46th save


MLB Pitcher and CoachDave Righetti

• 1987 First "Scab Sunday" of NFL football with replacement players as a result of players strike; chiefly related to the expiration of 1982 Collective Bargaining Agreement; players returned October 15
• 1987 Winnipeg CFL defensive back James Jefferson scores 2 TDs on interception returns without making an interception; scores both on laterals in Blue Bombers' 47-14 win v Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• 1989 MLB San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Will Clark hits first NLCS grand slam since 1977 in 11-3 win v Chicago Cubs; Clark goes 4-for-4 with 2 HRs to tie NLCS RBI record (6) for an entire series in less than 4 innings

NHL Trade
1991 Edmonton Oilers trade captain Mark Messier (on the team for all 5 Stanley Cups) to the NY Rangers in exchange for Bernie Nicholls, Steven Rice & Louie DeBrusk; Messier leads Rangers to Cup 2 seasons later


NHL LegendMark Messier

• 1991 San Jose Sharks play first NHL game in franchise history, a 4-3 loss in Vancouver; native Californian Craig Coxe scores club's first goal while Jeff Hackett makes an impressive 48 saves

Solheim Cup
1992 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Dalmahoy CC: Europe beats US, 11½-6½; Laura Davies of England wins all her 3 matches


LPGA GolferLaura Davies

• 1995 Jim Leyritz homers with a man on in 15th inning to give Yankees 2-0 Division Series lead over Mariners
• 1996 Left wing Mike Donnelly becomes first player in NHL history to play for all 3 New York teams (Sabres, Rangers & Islanders) when he suits up for the NY Islanders in a 1-0 loss in Los Angeles
• 1996 Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi breaks record for fastest hundred in one-day cricket history; in first ODI innings, Afridi savages Sri Lanka for 102 in KCA Centenary Tournament match in Nairobi; reaches 100 in 37 balls
• 1998 Australian motorcycle racer Mick Doohan wins the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island to clinch his 5th world 500cc championship; all 5 titles are won with Honda

Cricket Record
1998 Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy overtakes countryman Rod Marsh's world record of 355 Test cricket dismissals during 1st Test win v Pakistan in Rawalpindi; catches Wasim Akram off Colin Miller to reach milestone


CricketerWasim Akram
Cricket History
1999 Rain prevents play on the final day of the 3rd cricket Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Colombo; despite 105 from Ricky Ponting, Sri Lanka wins first ever Test series v Australia


CricketerRicky Ponting
NHL History
2001 Boston Bruins retire future Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Ray Bourque's #77 jersey in the NHL season opener at Boston Garden; beat visiting Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 4-2


NHL LegendRay Bourque

• 2001 Brendan Shanahan scores a hat trick in Red Wings 4-3 OT win at San Jose; becomes second player in NHL history to score an opening-night hat trick twice in his career

Baseball Record
2001 SF Giants slugger Barry Bonds hits his 70th home run in 10-2 win v Houston; ties Mark McGwire for the most MLB home runs in a single season


MLB LegendBarry Bonds

• 2003 Jockey Jerry Bailey surpasses his own single season record for North American purse earnings ($19,271,814) set in 2002; wins aboard Sightseek in Beldame Stakes & Birdstone in Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park
• 2003 Red Raiders' quarterback B.J. Symons sets a Big 12 Conference record with 8 touchdown passes, leading Texas Tech to a convincing 59-28 win over Texas A & M

NHL History
2007 Patrick Kane makes his NHL debut with the Chicago Blackhawks against the Minnesota Wild


Ice Hockey PlayerPatrick Kane
Senior Players Championship
2009 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Baltimore CC: Jay Haas wins his third and final Champions Tour major title by 1 stroke from Tom Watson


GolferTom Watson

• 2010 Ryder Cup Golf, Celtic Manor Resort, Wales: Europe wins 14½-13½; with scores level Irishman Graeme McDowell holds nerve to beat Hunter Mahan 3 & 1

Schumacher Announces Retirement
2012 7-time Formula 1 world drivers champion Michael Schumacher of Germany announces his retirement from racing at the end of the season


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher

• 2012 Adam Ondra completes the first ascent of the Change in Norway, the world's first-ever 9b+ (5.15c) route

NFL Record
2018 New England's Tom Brady becomes only 3rd NFL quarterback to record 500 career touchdown passes as he connects with Josh Gordon in Patriots' 38-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts at Foxborough


NFL QuarterbackTom Brady
Baseball Record
2022 New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge breaks Roger Maris's AL single season HR record when he slams his 62nd homer in a 3-2 loss against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas


Baseball PlayerRoger Maris

 

OCT 5

• 1887 1st US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Ellen Hansell wins inaugural event; beats Laura Knight 6-1, 6-0
• 1895 First UK individual cycling time trial is held on a 50-mile course north of London; Frederick Thomas Bidlake organiser

US Golf Open

1900 US Open Men's Golf, Chicago GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins his only US title; beats Englishman J.H. Taylor by 2 strokes


GolferHarry Vardon

• 1907 Canadian Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) plays first game; Montreal beats Toronto, 17-8 in Montreal

Ed Walsh's Best Season
1908 Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh beats Detroit Tigers, 6-1, his 40th victory of the MLB season; forces AL pennant race to the final day


Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and ManagerEd Walsh

• 1912 Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia Athletics, 3 - 0 for their 105th win of the MLB season, an AL record until 1927 NY Yankees (110)
• 1912 NY Highlanders last game at Hilltop stadium; beat Washington, 8-6; Brooklyn Dodgers last game at Washington Park; lose 1-0 v NY Giants

Ty Cobb's Stealing Record
1915 Detroit Tigers speedster Ty Cobb steals his 96th base of the season in 5-0 loss to Cleveland Indians; stands as MLB record until 1962 (Maury Wills, 104)


MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1921 First Baseball World Series radio broadcast; all-NY contest, Yankees beat Giants, 3-0 at Polo Grounds; sportswriter Grantland Rice is the caller
• 1921 Writer Grantland Rice does the announcing as the New York Giants-New York Yankees Baseball World Series is broadcast for the first time over radio (WJZ & WGY) - he is not at the game, but in the studio reading updates received by telegraph
• 1922 NY Yankees and NY Giants play out a controversial 3-3 tie in 10 innings in Game 2 of Baseball World Series at Polo Grounds, Manhattan, NYC; Giants win series, 4-0-1
• 1932 With new ownership Detroit Falcons officially change name to Detroit Red Wings, and the Winged Wheel is introduced; previous names Cougars (1926-30), Falcons (1930-32)
• 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen drops a 3rd strike and Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely for Yankees for a famous Baseball World Series error; would have been last out, instead Yankees score 4 and win 7-4; win series, 4-1
• 1942 Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals win club's 4th WS; beat NY Yankees, 4-2 at Yankee Stadium for 4-1 series victory

Gionfriddo Robs DiMaggio
1947 Brooklyn outfielder Al Gionfriddo makes famous catch off Joe DiMaggio in Game 6 of Baseball World Series; Dodgers beat Yankees, 8-6; catch inspires "back-back-back" expression


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio
Bobby Jones's Rare Disease
1949 Sportswriter Robert Ruark first reports golfing great Bobby Jones's rare spinal disease (syringomyelia) which prevent him from playing any form of golf again


GolferBobby Jones

Knicks Draft Cousy
1950 Boston Celtics owner Walter Brown & coach Red Auerbach draw lots out of hat for 3 members of defunct Chicago Stags franchise; hit jackpot with future 6-time NBA champion, Bob Cousy


NBA Point GuardBob Cousy

NBA CoachRed Auerbach
The Honeymooners
1951 Jackie Gleason debuts the character of bus-driver Ralph Kramden on 1st "The Honeymooners" skit (Cavalcade of Stars)


Comedian and ActorJackie Gleason

• 1952 6th NHL All-Star Game, Detroit Olympia, Detroit, MI: 1st Team ties 2nd Team, 1-1; second year format - 1st v 2nd All-Star Teams, with additional players

Yogi Berra's Grand Slam
1956 Catcher Yogi Berra becomes 4th NY Yankee to hit a Baseball World Series grand slam in Game 2 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn; Dodgers win, 13-8 but lose series, 4-3


MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra

• 1957 11th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 5-3
• 1957 Ryder Cup Golf, Lindrick GC: Great Britain-Ireland win, 7½-4½; Dai Rees captains home team to first Cup victory since 1933

NHL All-Star Game
1963 17th NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Toronto Maple Leafs tie All Stars, 3-3; MVP: Frank Mahovlich, Toronto, LW


NHL LegendFrank Mahovlich

• 1970 MLB Championship Series both end on the same day with same score; (AL) Baltimore Orioles beat Minnesota Twins, 3-0; (NL) Cincinnati Reds down Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0; Orioles win WS, 4-1

F1 World Champion
1975 Austrian Niki Lauda wins the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen to claim his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 19.5 points from Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil


Auto RacerNiki Lauda

Auto RacerEmerson Fittipaldi

• 1976 MLB expansion draft: Seattle Mariners & Toronto Blue Jays pick 30 unprotected AL players; Ruppert Jones OF (Seattle) & Bob Bailor OF (Toronto) are first picks

F1 World Champion
1980 Australian Williams driver Alan Jones wins the United States East Grand Prix to claim his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 13 points from Nelson Piquet of Brazil


Auto RacerNelson Piquet

• 1982 First regular season NHL game is played in New Jersey (Newark; NJ Devils play a 3-3 tie against Pittsburgh Penguins at Brendan Byrne Arena; Don Lever scores first Devils' goal

Cricket History
1982 Pakistan cricket leg-spin bowler Abdul Qadir takes 7-142 as Australia is dismissed for 330 in 2nd Test in Faisalabad; Greg Ritchie scores maiden Test century (106 no) but home side prevails by an innings & 3 runs


CricketerAbdul Qadir
NHL Record
1983 Edmonton super star Wayne Gretzky scores a goal and assist in 5-4 win over Toronto in the Oilers season opener; starts NHL record 51-game scoring streak; ends 28/1/84


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

• 1983 Panamanian jockey Jorge Velasquez wins his 5,000th career race, riding Banquet Scene to victory in the 4th race at Belmont Park

Dickerson's Overtime Record
1986 Rams running back Eric Dickerson runs for an NFL overtime record 42-yard touchdown as LA defeats Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 26-20 at Anaheim Stadium


NFL Running BackEric Dickerson

• 1990 Pittsburgh Penguins left wing Kevin Stevens has 2 goals & 4 assists in 7-4 opening-night win against the Washington Capitals at Capital Centre to set NHL record for most points in a season opener (6)
• 1991 Fresno State ties NCAA football record with 49 points in a quarter (2nd), as they route New Mexico, 94-17 at Bulldog Stadium, Fresno

3-Point Line Shortened
1994 NBA shortens the 3-point distance to a uniform 22 feet in attempt to help offensive players score more; Michael Jordan sets career highs in 3-point attempts & converted 3-point field goals, nearly double previous statistics


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 1996 Cleveland Indians strike out 23 Baltimore Orioles in 12 innings in 4-3 ALDS win at Jacobs Field; Orioles win series, 3-1
• 1996 New York centre fielder Bernie Williams homers from each side of the plate as the Yankees beat Texas, 6-4 to win the AL Division Series, 3 - 1
• 1997 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Den Bosch, Netherlands: Sandrine Testud wins both her singles to lead France to 4-1 win over the Netherlands; France's first title

Baseball Record
2001 Barry Bonds hits his 71st and 72nd home runs in 11-10 loss v LA Dodgers at Pacific Bell Park; breaks Mark McGwire's MLB single season HR record


MLB LegendBarry Bonds

• 2001 MLB's Atlanta Braves become first pro sports team to win 10 straight division titles after mauling the Marlins, 20-3 to clinch the NL East title; NBA's Boston Celtics (1957-65) & LA Lakers (1982-90) both won 9 in a row
• 2002 For the first time in its 42-year old history, the Anaheim Angels win a post-season series by beating the Yankees, 9-5 to take the ALDS, 3-1
• 2003 Chicago Cubs win their first MLB postseason series since the 1908 World Series with 5-1 win v Atlanta Braves in Game 5 NLDS at Turner Field
• 2003 Kansas City wide receiver Dante Hall scores on game winning 93-yard punt return in Chiefs 24-23 victory v Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium; returns for score in an NFL-record 4th straight game

Scottie Pippen Retires
2004 7-time All-Star and 6-time NBA Champion forward Scottie Pippen announces his retirement from the NBA and the Chicago Bulls


Basketball ForwardScottie Pippen

• 2005 NHL great Wayne Gretzky makes his coaching debut for the Phoenix Coyotes in 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena
• 2005 NHL opens regular season after 10-month lockout of entire 2004-05 season; Ottawa's Daniel Alfredsson & Dany Heatley first players to score winning goals in a shoot out in NHL history; both score v Toronto goalie Ed Belfour in 3-2 OT victory

Jones Admits Using Steroids
2007 After years of angry denials, triple gold medal winning American sprinter Marion Jones admits she used steroids 2000-01; pleads guilty to lying to federal investigators; announces retirement in tearful apology; medals returned to USOC


Track and Field Athlete and Drug CheatMarion Jones

• 2009 Australia wins cricket's Champions Trophy at Centurion Park in Gauteng, South Africa by 6 wickets (28 balls remaining) v New Zealand; chasing 200, Shane Watson is 105 not out in Australia's 206/4

Cricket History
2009 ICC Men's Cricket Champions Trophy, Centurion Park, Gauteng: Australia beats New Zealand by 6 wickets for their second title; Player of the series: Ricky Ponting, AUS 288 runs


CricketerRicky Ponting

• 2010 Injured Indian cricket batsman VVS Laxman is the hero with 73 not out as the home team chases down 216 to beat Australia with just 1 wicket to spare in the 1st Test at Mohali
• 2013 New Zealand beats South Africa, 38-27 in Johannesburg to retain the Rugby Championship with an undefeated record; All Black flanker Liam Messam crosses for 2 tries

Klitschko vs. Povetkin
2013 Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko beats Russian Alexander Povetkin in a 12 round unanimous points decision in Moscow to retain his WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO heavyweight titles


BoxerWladimir Klitschko
Bianchi's Horror Crash
2014 French F1 driver Jules Bianchi collides with recovery vehicle during Japanese Grand Prix, dies 10 months later; first F1 death due to racing accident in 21 years (Ayrton Senna 1994)


Formula 1 DriverAyrton Senna
Rabbitohs Win NRL
2014 Russell Crowe owned South Sydney Rabbitohs beat Canterbury Bulldogs, 30-6 to break 43 year drought and win National Rugby League (Australia) Premiership


ActorRussell Crowe
Contract of Interest
2022 Duhan van der Merwe returns to Edinburgh on a long-term deal after Worcester Warriors contract termination


Rugby Union PlayerDuhan van der Merwe

 

OCT 6


American Chess Congress

1857 First American Chess Congress hosted by the American Chess Association in NYC, NY; won by Paul Morphy 10 November


Chess Player Paul Morphy

• 1882 1st World Series Baseball Game 1: Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) beat Chicago White Stockings (NL), 4-0 at Bank Street Grounds, Cincinnati
• 1908 Tigers beat White Sox, 7-0 to win AL pennant
• 1908 Yanks lose 100th game of year go 51-103 for season
• 1910 Braves beat Phillies 20-7

Cy Young's Farewell
1911 Boston Rustlers' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young's MLB farewell appearance is a letdown; loses 13-3 to Brooklyn Dodgers in his 906th game


MLB Pitcher Cy Young

• 1919 Chicago White Sox catcher Ray Schalk is 2nd man ejected from a Baseball World Series in Game 5 vs Cincinnati Reds; angered when pitchers Eddie Cicotte & Lefty Williams refuse to follow his signals during 5-0 loss
• 1920 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleveland's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Brooklyn
• 1921 Fewest hits in a Baseball World Series game; NY Yankees beat NY Giants 3-0 at Polo Grounds in Game 2, on 3 hits to Giants 2
• 1923 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies)

Babe Ruth Hits 3 HRs
1926 Babe Ruth becomes first MLB player to hit 3 home runs in a World Series game as NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 10-5 in Game 4 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis


Baseball Legend Babe Ruth
PGA Championship
1928 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Five Farms CC: Leo Diegel dominates Al Espinosa, 6 & 5 in the final to win the first of his 2 consecutive titles


Golfer and Two-Time PGA Champion Leo Diegel

• 1936 Baseball World Series: Yankees beat Giants, 13-5 at the Polo Grounds to win all-New York series, 4-2
• 1941 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 3-1 at Ebetts Field for a 4 games to 1 series win; Yankees 5th title in 6 years and 9th overall
• 1945 Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of Baseball World Series, is escorted out and casts goat curse on Chicago Cubs
• 1947 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-2 at Yankee Stadium to clinch series, 4 games to 3; 11th championship in team history
• 1959 Chicago White Sox beat LA Dodgers, 1-0 in Game 5 of Baseball World Series at LA Memorial Coliseum; World Series record attendance 92,706
• 1962 16th NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Garden, Toronto, ON: Toronto Maple Leafs beat All-Stars, 4-1; MVP: Eddie Shack, Toronto, LW

World Series
1963 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers edge NY Yankees, 2-1 at Dodger Stadium for 4-0 series sweep; MVP: Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax


Baseball Pitcher Sandy Koufax
Baseball Record
1966 Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer at 20, is youngest to record a World Series shutout as Baltimore beats LA Dodgers, 6-0 in Game 2 at Dodger Stadium


Baseball Player Jim Palmer

• 1969 MLB American League Championship: Baltimore Orioles beat Minnesota Twins, 3 games to 0
• 1969 MLB National League Championship: New York Mets sweep Atlanta Braves, 3 games to 0
• 1971 MLB National League Championship: Pittsburgh Pirates beat San Francisco Giants, 3 games to 1

F1 World Champion
1974 Brazilian McLaren driver Emerson Fittipaldi finishes 4th in the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen to win his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 3 points from Clay Ragazzoni


Auto Racer Emerson Fittipaldi

• 1976 John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent
• 1977 Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat KC Royals 5-3 in 5th & deciding playoff game

Baseball Record
1978 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5


MLB Third Baseman George Brett

• 1979 MLB American League Championship: Baltimore Orioles beat California Angels, 3 games to 1

NHL Record
1983 NHL New York Islanders Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick


Ice Hockey Great Mike Bossy

• 1983 NY Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands

F1 World Champion
1985 French McLaren driver Alain Prostclinches his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship with a 4th placing in the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch


Formula 1 Driver Alain Prost
Sports History
1985 New York Yankees knuckleballer Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games; at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out, beating Toronto 8-0


Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Phil Niekro

• 1988 Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant

Baseball Record
1991 NY Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies


Baseball Pitcher David Cone

• 1991 Orioles' last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)

NBA History
1993 After 9 seasons & 3 Championships with the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordanannounces his retirement from the NBA; returns on March 18, 1995 and leads Bulls to another 3 NBA titles


Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan

• 1995 Colorodo Avalanche (former Que Nordiques) 1st NHL game, beat Detroit
• 1996 NY Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals
• 2010 Phillies ace Roy Halladay pitches only the 2nd postseason no-hitter in MLB history in Game 1 NLDS, 4-0 v Cincinnati Reds, at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia

Rugby History
2012 New Zealand wins inaugural Rugby Championship with a 32-16 win over South Africa in Johannesburg; undefeated All Blacks score 4 tries to 1 with Dan Carter booting 3 conversions, a penalty & dropped goal


Rugby Player Dan Carter

• 2013 Presidents Cup Golf, Muirfield Village GC: US wins for 5th successive time with an 18½–15½ victory over the International team
• 2017 Vegas Golden Knights make their NHL debut in Dallas, winning 2-1 over the Stars
• 2018 Australia records the biggest comeback in Rugby Championship history in beating Argentina 45-34 in Salta; Wallabies trial 31-7 at halftime but score 5 second half tries to none to overwhelm Pumas

Nurmagomedov vs McGregor
2018 Khabib Nurmagomedov of Dagestan beats Irishman Conor McGregor by 4th round submission in UFC lightweight title fight in Las Vegas; instantly marred by ugly post-fight brawling incident; belt withheld pending investigation


Mixed Martial Artist Conor McGregor

• 2018 New Zealand claims 6th overall, and 3rd straight Rugby Championship with 32-20 win over South Africa in Pretoria; All Blacks outscore Springboks 4 tries to 3

Most Decorated Gymnast of All-Time
2023 American Simone Biles wins all-round gold at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, - becoming the most decorated gymnast ever with 34 world and Olympic medals [1]


Gymnast Simone Biles

 

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• 1882 1st World Series Baseball Game 2: Chicago White Stockings (NL) beats Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA), 2-0 at Bank Street Grounds, Cincinnati
• 1891 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Hugh Kirkaldy wins by 2 strokes from brother Andrew Kirkaldy and Willie Fernie; last Open contested in a single day over 36 holes

Chesbro's Season Record

1904 NY Highlanders beat Boston Americans, 3-2 at Hilltop Park, NYC for pitcher Jack Chesbro's MLB record 41st win of the season (41-12)


Baseball Pitcher Jack Chesbro
Georgia Tech Crushes Cumberland 222-0
1916 Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland 222-0, the most lopsided score in the history of US college football


American Football Coach John Heisman

• 1922 First radio link, WNJ (Newark) & WGY (Senectady) link for World Series

World Series Played in the Rain
1922 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis insists Game 4 of World Series be played despite heavy rain


1st MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis

• 1923 Yankees Everett Scott runs his consecutive-game streak to 1,138
• 1927 Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game

World Record 10 Mile
1928 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0)


Runner nicknamed the Flying Finn Paavo Nurmi

• 1933 Baseball World Series: NY Giants beat Washington Senators, 4-3 at Griffith Stadium to clinch 4 games to 1 series victory
• 1935 Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4-3 at Navin Field for 4 games to 2 series win; Tigers win first championship in 5 WS appearances

Dodgers Fire Stengel
1936 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel


Baseball Hall of Fame Manager Casey Stengel

• 1947 Larry MacPhail resigns as NY Yankees GM after final game of 4-3 World Series win over Brooklyn Dodgers
• 1950 Baseball World Series: New York Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2 at Yankee Stadium to sweep series, 4-0 for 13th WS title in team history; MVP: NY 2B Jerry Coleman
• 1952 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-2 at Ebbets Field in Game 7 to tie own record 4th straight WS; MVP: NY 1B Johnny Mize

Baseball History
1953 Bill Veeck tells St. Louis Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply


MLB Team Owner and Promoter Bill Veeck

• 1961 15th NHL All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: All-Stars beat Chicago Black Hawks, 3-1
• 1962 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC, LV: Judy Kimball wins her only major title by 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Shirley Spork
• 1972 First NY Islanders NHL game at Nassau Coliseum; Calgary Flames win, 3-2

F1 World Champion
1973 Scotsman Jackie Stewart wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship despite withdrawing from the season ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; wins title by 16 points from Emerson Fittipaldi


Auto Racer Jackie Stewart

Auto Racer Emerson Fittipaldi

• 1975 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Oakland Athletics, 3 games to 0
• 1975 MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 0
• 1975 Players' Association files a suit on behalf of Dodgers' Andy Messersmith
• 1978 LA Dodgers win the pennant
• 1978 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 1
• 1978 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1
• 1979 Cleveland Browns' Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns
• 1979 Ferrari driver Jody Scheckter retires with tyre trouble in US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; becomes first South African to claim Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 4 points from race winner Gilles Villeneuve

NHL History
1979 Frank Mahovlich formally retires from the NHL after a failed comeback attempt with the Detroit Red Wings


NHL Legend Frank Mahovlich

• 1981 In 1st Eastern Division championship Yanks beat Brewers 5-3
• 1984 MLB National League Championship: San Diego Padres beat Chicago Cubs, 3 games to 2
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  • 1882 1st World Series Baseball Game 2: Chicago White Stockings (NL) beats Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA), 2-0 at Bank Street Grounds, Cincinnati
  • 1891 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Hugh Kirkaldy wins by 2 strokes from brother Andrew Kirkaldy and Willie Fernie; last Open contested in a single day over 36 holes
  Chesbro's Season Record
  
  1904 NY Highlanders beat Boston Americans, 3-2 at Hilltop Park, NYC for pitcher Jack Chesbro's MLB record 41st win of the season (41-12)
  
  
  Baseball Pitcher Jack Chesbro
  Georgia Tech Crushes Cumberland 222-0
  1916 Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland 222-0, the most lopsided score in the history of US college football
  
  
  American Football Coach John Heisman
  • 1922 First radio link, WNJ (Newark) & WGY (Senectady) link for World Series
  World Series Played in the Rain
  1922 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis insists Game 4 of World Series be played despite heavy rain
  
  
  1st MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  • 1923 Yankees Everett Scott runs his consecutive-game streak to 1,138
  • 1927 Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game
  World Record 10 Mile
  1928 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0)
  
  
  Runner nicknamed the Flying Finn Paavo Nurmi
  • 1933 Baseball World Series: NY Giants beat Washington Senators, 4-3 at Griffith Stadium to clinch 4 games to 1 series victory
  • 1935 Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4-3 at Navin Field for 4 games to 2 series win; Tigers win first championship in 5 WS appearances
  Dodgers Fire Stengel
  1936 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel
  
  
  Baseball Hall of Fame Manager Casey Stengel
  • 1947 Larry MacPhail resigns as NY Yankees GM after final game of 4-3 World Series win over Brooklyn Dodgers
  • 1950 Baseball World Series: New York Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2 at Yankee Stadium to sweep series, 4-0 for 13th WS title in team history; MVP: NY 2B Jerry Coleman
  • 1952 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-2 at Ebbets Field in Game 7 to tie own record 4th straight WS; MVP: NY 1B Johnny Mize
  Baseball History
  1953 Bill Veeck tells St. Louis Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
  
  
  MLB Team Owner and Promoter Bill Veeck
  • 1961 15th NHL All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: All-Stars beat Chicago Black Hawks, 3-1
  • 1962 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC, LV: Judy Kimball wins her only major title by 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Shirley Spork
  • 1972 First NY Islanders NHL game at Nassau Coliseum; Calgary Flames win, 3-2
  F1 World Champion
  1973 Scotsman Jackie Stewart wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship despite withdrawing from the season ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; wins title by 16 points from Emerson Fittipaldi
  
  
  Auto Racer Jackie Stewart
  
  Auto Racer Emerson Fittipaldi
  • 1975 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Oakland Athletics, 3 games to 0
  • 1975 MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 0
  • 1975 Players' Association files a suit on behalf of Dodgers' Andy Messersmith
  • 1978 LA Dodgers win the pennant
  • 1978 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 1
  • 1978 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1
  • 1979 Cleveland Browns' Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns
  • 1979 Ferrari driver Jody Scheckter retires with tyre trouble in US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; becomes first South African to claim Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 4 points from race winner Gilles Villeneuve
  NHL History
  1979 Frank Mahovlich formally retires from the NHL after a failed comeback attempt with the Detroit Red Wings
  
  
  NHL Legend Frank Mahovlich
  • 1981 In 1st Eastern Division championship Yanks beat Brewers 5-3
  • 1984 MLB National League Championship: San Diego Padres beat Chicago Cubs, 3 games to 2
  • 1984 Striking umps return for Game 5 of NLCS, San Diego Padres win pennant
  NFL Record
  1984 Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader
  
  
  NFL Running Back Walter Payton
  
  NFL Legend and Civil Rights Activist Jim Brown
  • 1985 Lynette Woodward chosen as 1st woman in Harlem Globetrotters
  NHL History
  1986 Steve Yzerman is named captain of the Detroit Red Wings, a title he would hold for over 1,300 games
  
  
  NHL Legend Steve Yzerman
  • 1988 Jim Fregosi is fired as manager of White Sox
  • 1988 Lou Piniella is fired as manager of Yankees for 2nd time
  Howard Stern Tennis Match
  1989 Howard Stern's "US Open Sores" tennis match against his producer Gary Dell'Abate. at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
  
  
  Radio Shock Jock Howard Stern
  Baseball Record
  1989 Oakland A's Rickey Hendersonsteals a record 8 bases in a playoff series (5 games) against Toronto Blue Jays
  
  
  MLB Outfielder Rickey Henderson
  • 1991 Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal & Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in NY thoroughbred racing history
  • 1992 Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win franchise opener, in 7-3 win over visiting Chicago Black Hawks
  • 1995 Boston's Fleet Center opens, NY Islanders & Boston Bruins tie at 4-4
  • 1995 Mariners rally from 5-0 to force Game 5 of Division Series vs Yankees
  • 2000 Last competitive soccer match at Wembley Stadium, England is defeated 1-0 by Germany, with the last goal scored by Liverpool's Dietmar Hamann. Match is Tony Adams' 60th at Wembley, the record for most appearances at the stadium.
  Senior Players Championship
  2007 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Baltimore CC: Loren Roberts wins his third of 4 Champions Tour major titles by 6 strokes from Tom Watson
  
  
  Golfer Tom Watson
  • 2012 ICC Men's Cricket T20 World Cup, Colombo: West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 36 runs for first title; Player of the Series: Australian all-rounder Shane Watson (249 runs • 11 wickets)
  • 2012 ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Colombo: Jess Cameron's 45 from 34 balls leads Australia to 142/4; beat England 138/9 to win by 4 runs to retain WC
  NFL Record
  2012 New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees breaks Johnny Unitas' NFL record for consecutive games with a TD pass (48) when he connects with Devery Henderson in Saints 31-24 win over San Diego at the SuperDome
  
  
  NFL Quarterback Drew Brees
  • 2017 New Zealand clinch their 5th Rugby Championship with 25-24 win over South Africa at Cape Town; All Blacks undefeated in 6 games

 

OCT 8

• beat NY Yankees, 5-3 at the Polo Grounds in Game 5 for a 4-0-1 series win; Game 2 tied
• 1927 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3 at Yankee Stadium for a 4-0 series sweep
• 1929 A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs
• 1930 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia A's beat St Louis Cards, 7-1 at Shibe Park for a 4 games to 2 series victory to retain title
• 1939 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Cincinnati Reds, 7-3 at Crosley Field for 4-0 sweep; Yankees 4th straight WS title
• 1940 Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 2-1 at Crosley Field for 4 games to 3 series win; Reds second championship
• 1950 4th NHL All-Star Game, Detroit Olympia, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat All-Stars, 7-1
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  • 1818 Jack Broughton designed padded gloves first used in a competitive boxing match between two unnamed English boxers at Aix-la-Chapelle in France
  • 1887 Phillies set club record 16th straight victory
  • 1888 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman Jack Burns wins his lone Open title by 1 stroke from Ben Sayers and David Anderson Jr
  • 1904 Vanderbilt Cup, first major trophy in American auto racing is conducted on public roads in Nassau County area of Long Island, NY; inaugural winner, American driver George Heath in a Panhard
  • 1908 Chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant
  • 1908 NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)
  • 1915 Phillies win their 1st & only World Series game before 1980, beating Red Sox, 3-1, with an 8th inning 2 run rally
  • 1922 Baseball World Series: NY Giants beat NY Yankees, 5-3 at the Polo Grounds in Game 5 for a 4-0-1 series win; Game 2 tied
  • 1927 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3 at Yankee Stadium for a 4-0 series sweep
  • 1929 A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs
  • 1930 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia A's beat St Louis Cards, 7-1 at Shibe Park for a 4 games to 2 series victory to retain title
  • 1939 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Cincinnati Reds, 7-3 at Crosley Field for 4-0 sweep; Yankees 4th straight WS title
  • 1940 Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 2-1 at Crosley Field for 4 games to 3 series win; Reds second championship
  • 1950 4th NHL All-Star Game, Detroit Olympia, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat All-Stars, 7-1
  • 1950 Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17
  Alabama Bars Robinson All-Stars
  
  1953 Birmingham, Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in & drops white players from his group
  
  
  Baseball Player Jackie Robinson
  • 1956 Yankees pitcher Don Larsen throws a perfect game as New York beats Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0 in Game 5 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium
  • 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles
  • 1958 Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time
  • 1959 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, 9-3 at Comiskey Park to claim championship, 4 games to 2; MVP: Dodgers pitcher Larry Sherry
  • 1960 3rd Rugby League World Cup: Great Britain beats Australia 10-3
  • 1961 American Phil Hill's Ferrari team does not participate in season ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen having already clinched World Drivers Championship; English driver Innes Ireland wins Lotus' first ever Grand Prix
  Ford Breaks Ruth Record
  1961 NY Yankee pitcher Whitey Fordbreaks Babe Ruth's record of 29-2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in the World Series; he goes on to extend the streak to 33-2/3, which stands until 2000
  
  
  MLB Pitcher Whitey Ford
  F1 World Champion
  1972 Despite retiring with suspension trouble at the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, Emerson Fittipaldi becomes first Brazilian to win the Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 16 points from Jackie Stewart
  
  
  Auto Racer Jackie Stewart
  
  Auto Racer Emerson Fittipaldi
  • 1972 Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
  Baseball History
  1972 MLB Detroit Tiger pitcher Lerrin LaGrow and Oakland A's shortstop Bert Campaneris, each fined and suspended when Campaneris flung his bat at the mound after getting hit by a pitch
  
  
  Baseball Player Bert Campaneris
  Baseball History
  1973 MLB NLCS game 3 interrupted by brawl spawned by fight between Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose and New York Mets Bud Harrelson at Shea Stadium in New York
  
  
  MLB Player and Manager Pete Rose
  • 1975 San Antonio Spurs, then members of the ABA, defeat the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, 109-107 in the first basketball game ever played in the Louisiana Superdome
  • 1977 Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
  • 1977 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1
  F1 World Champion
  1978 American Mario Andretti in a Lotus finishes 10th in the season ending Canadian Grand Prix at Île Notre-Dame Circuit, but wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 13 points from Ronnie Peterson
  
  
  Auto Racer Mario Andretti
  • 1978 Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City
  • 1982 New Jersey Devils 1st NHL victory; beat New York Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands
  • 1983 MLB American League Championship: Baltimore Orioles beat Chicago White Sox, 3 games to 1
  • 1983 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 3 games to 1
  • 1983 Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime game losing to NY Islanders 8-7
  • 1989 MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 1
  • 1989 Oakland beats Toronto, 4-3 in Game 5, to advance to the World Series
  • 1992 Ottawa Senators 1st NHL game
  • 1994 6th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 30-11 in Chestnut Hill
  NFL Record
  1995 Dolphin's Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL career completions record
  
  
  Hall of Fame NFL Quarterback Dan Marino
  • 1995 Edgar Martinez drives home the tying and winning runs to rally the Mariners to a 6-5 win in the bottom of the 11th, beating the Yankees to win the AL Division Series
  F1 World Champion
  2000 German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher wins Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka to clinch his 3rd, and 1st of 5 straight F1 World Drivers Championships
  
  
  Formula 1 Driver Michael Schumacher
  • 2000 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Loch Lomond GC: Europe regains Cup 14½-11½; Carin Koch holes winning putt, coming back from 3 down to beat Michele Redman
  Team Coach
  2005 NHL great Wayne Gretzky gets his first win as a coach as the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 at Jobing.com Arena, Phoenix
  
  
  Ice Hockey Great Wayne Gretzky
  • 2011 Irish professional darts player Brendan Dolan plays 1st perfect 9 dart game on TV in semi-final against James Wade at PDC World Darts Championship in Dublin
  • 2016 New Zealand routs South Africa, 57-14 in Durban to win their 4th Rugby Championship; undefeated All Blacks score 9 tries to 1, 2 each to Israel Dagg, TJ Perenara and Beauden Barrett
  NFL History
  2018 New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees becomes NFL's all-time leader in passing yards; needs 201 yards to pass Peyton Manning's record; gets 363 & 3 TD's in Saints 43-19 win v Washington Redskins at the SuperDome
  
  
  NFL Quarterback Drew Brees
  • 2018 Red Sox utility Brock Holt becomes first MLB player to hit for the cycle in a postseason game during Boston's 16-1 Game 3 rout of the NY Yankees in the AL Division Series at Yankee Stadium
  Verstappen Wins 3rd F1 Title
  2023 Dutch driver Max Verstappenscores his 14th win of the F1 season with a dominant victory in the Qatar Grand Prix at the Lusail Circuit; clinches his third consecutive Formula 1 title
  
  
  F1 Racing Car Driver Max Verstappen
  • 2023 South Australia cricket batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk breaks AB de Villiers' 2015 record for the fastest century in a List A game, plundering a 29-ball hundred against Tasmania in Adelaide; out on 125 from 38 balls
  
  
  

 

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• 1905 First league sanctioned Baseball World Series begins; New York Giants (NL) beat Philadelphia A's (AL), 3-0 in Game 1 at Columbia Park

Baseball History

1909 Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game


MLB Legend Ty Cobb

• 1910 Nap Lajorie challenges Ty Cobb batting average with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown's 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won

President Attends the World Series
1915 Woodrow Wilson becomes first US President to attend a World Series game


28th US President Woodrow Wilson

• 1919 Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox 10-5 at Comiskey Park for a 5-3 series victory; due to the 'Black Sox Scandal', it is the last World Series to take place without a Commissioner of Baseball in place

Ruth's 1st World Series HR
1921 Babe Ruth hits 1st World Series home run; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays


Baseball Legend Babe Ruth

• 1928 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 at Sportsman's Park to become the first team to sweep consecutive World Series; Babe Ruth smashes 3 HRs for the Yanks
• 1934 Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals rout Detroit Tigers, 11-0 at Navin Field to clinch 4 games to 3 series victory and 3rd championship
• 1938 Cleveland Rams and Chicago Bears play one of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Rams win 14-7 at Cleveland Stadium
• 1944 Baseball World Series: in the only all-St Louis WS, the Cardinals beat the Browns, 3-1 at Sportsman's Park for 4 games to 2 series victory
• 1949 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 10-6 at Ebbets Field for 4 games to 1 series victory; starts Yankees record run of 5 straight titles
• 1951 5th NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto: 1st Team ties 2nd Team, 2-2; first year format - 1st v 2nd All-Star Teams, with additional players
• 1951 Gil McDougald's World Series grand slam helps Yanks beat Giants 13-1
• 1956 10th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars tie Montreal Canadiens, 1-1
• 1958 MLB World Series: NY Yankees beat Braves, 6-2 at County Stadium in Milwaukee, clinch 4 games to 3 series triumph; MVP: Yankees pitcher Bob Turley

World Series
1961 Baseball World Series: New York Yankees win 19th championship, 4-1; rout Cincinnati Reds, 13-5 at Crosley Field in Game 5; MVP: Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford


MLB Pitcher Whitey Ford
Ryder Cup
1965 Ryder Cup, Royal Birkdale GC: US beats Great Britain 19½-12½; Byron Nelson non-playing American captain; Harry Weetman GB skipper


Golfer Byron Nelson
World Series
1966 Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles claim first championship in franchise history; edge LA Dodgers, 1-0 at Memorial Stadium for 4-0 sweep; MVP: Orioles outfielder Frank Robinson


Baseball Outfielder and Manager Frank Robinson

• 1974 MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Baltimore Orioles, 3 games to 1
• 1974 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 1
• 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to NY Rangers at Madison Square Garden; start of a 37 game road losing streak for Washington
• 1976 Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on cricket debut New Zealand v Pakistan Javed 1st wkt
• 1976 Test Cricket debut of Javed Miandad (Pakistan), scores 163 on 1st day
• 1976 Yanks 1st AL Championship game, beat Royals 4-1
• 1977 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 2
• 1977 Yanks rally for 3 in 9th & beat Royals 5-3 for pennant #31

Indy 500
1981 United States Auto Club appeals panel restores disputed Indianapolis 500 victory to disqualified first-across-the-line Bobby Unser


Auto Racer Bobby Unser

• 1983 NFL Buffalo Bill QB Joe Ferguson passes for 419 yards with 5 TDs, winning 38-35, in overtime, over Dolphins, in Miami
• 1988 9th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats New Zealand 25-12
• 1988 Dennis Eckersley, 1st to save all 4 games in a championship series
• 1988 MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 0
• 1989 27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0)
• 1989 First NFL game coached by an African American (Art Shell), his LA Raiders beat NY Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football
• 1989 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1
• 1991 San Jose Sharks beat Calgary for their 1st NHL win, 4-3
• 1997 North Carolina's record winning college basketball coach Dean Smith retires
• 1997 NY Rangers are 1st NHL team to open with 4 straight ties

F1 World Champion
2011 German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel finishes 3rd in the Japanese F1 Grand Prix to clinch his second consecutive World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 Driver Sebastian Vettel

• 2022 American runner Emily Sisson runs US record 2:18:29 in Chicago Marathon, finishing 2nd by 4:11 to repeat winner Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya
• 2022 Brock Purdy makes his regular-season debut in the NFL

F1 World Champion
2022 Dutch Red Bull driver Max Verstappen secures his second consecutive World F1 Drivers C'ship after finishing in front of Sergio Pérez and Charles Leclerc in the Japanese GP at Suzuka


F1 Racing Car Driver Max Verstappen

 

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• 1892 Entire Hong Kong national cricket team dies in shipwreck off Taiwan
• 1899 African-American inventor Isaac R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame
• 1904 Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089

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• 1916 In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3
• 1920 Cleveland Indians outfielder Elmer Smith hits baseball's first ever World Series grand slam and teammate Bill Wambsganss makes the 1st unassisted World Series triple play (Game 5)
• 1920 Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play 1st NFL game, a 0-0 tie
• 1921 NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10
• 1923 NY Giants & NY Yankees become first teams to play each other in 3 consecutive Baseball World Series; Giants win Game 1, 5-4; first WS game played at Yankee Stadium
• 1924 Baseball World Series: Washington Senators edge NY Giants, 4-3 in 12 innings in Game 7 at Griffith Stadium to take series, 4-3; Sens' first World Series victory
• 1926 Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 3-2 at Sportsman's Park for 4 games to 3 series victory

Baseball History

1930 AP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP & BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP


Baseball Player and Manager Joe Cronin

Baseball Hall of Fame Outfielder Hack Wilson
Yankees Sign McCarthy
1930 MLB New York Yankees announce signing former Chicago Cubs manager Joe McCarthy to manage for 4 years


Baseball Manager Joe McCarthy

• 1931 Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia A's, 4-2 at Sportsman's Park for a 4 games to 3 series win
• 1937 Baseball World Series: in second consecutive all-New York WS, Yankees again beat Giants, 4-2 at the Polo Grounds for a 4-1 series victory
• 1945 Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 9-8 at Wrigley Field to clinch series, 4 games to 3; Tigers second championship
• 1948 Then record 86,288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland
• 1949 3rd NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: All-Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1

World Series
1951 Baseball World Series: two-time defending champion NY Yankees beat NY Giants, 4-3 at Yankee Stadium for 4-2 series victory; MVP: Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto


Sportscaster and MLB Shortstop Phil Rizzuto
World Series
1956 Baseball World Series: Behind Yogi Berra's 2 HRs, NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 9-0 in Game 7 at Ebbets Field; MVP: Yankees pitcher Don Larsen


MLB Catcher and Manager Yogi Berra
Cricket History
1956 Fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for Pakistan against Australia in Karachi


Cricketer Fazal Mahmood

• 1957 Baseball World Series: Milwaukee Braves beat NY Yankees, 5-0 at Yankee Stadium to clinch 4 games to 3 series victory; MVP: Braves pitcher Lew Burdette (3-0)
• 1960 Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards
• 1961 Expansion draft to stock Houston Astros & NY Mets

NHL All-Star Game
1964 18th NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: All-Stars beat Toronto, 3-2; MVP: Jean Béliveau, Montreal, C


NHL Legend Jean Béliveau

• 1964 XVIII Summer Olympic Games open at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan
• 1968 Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers beat St Louis Cardinals, 4-1 at Busch Memorial Stadium to clinch, 4-3 series win; MVP: Tigers pitcher Mickey Lolich
• 1973 MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat Cincinnati Reds, 3 games to 2
• 1974 MLB Oakland A's Mike Andrews files $25 million lawsuit against team owner Charlie Finley
• 1974 US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff army General George Brown's deplores Jewish influence in US security policy during question and answers after speech at Duke University
• 1976 Giant's Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey opens with the NY Giants going down 24–14 to the Dallas Cowboys in from of 76,042 fans
• 1976 Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33
• 1979 Nordiques' Real Cloutier sets NHL record of a hat trick in 1st game
• 1980 MLB American League Championship: Kansas City Royals beat New York Yankees, 3 games to 0
• 1980 Yanks lose 4-2 & are swept by Royals in AL Championship series
• 1982 MLB American League Championship: Milwaukee Brewers beat California Angels, 3 games to 2
• 1982 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Atlanta Braves, 3-0
• 1983 Tom Monaghan becomes CEO of Detroit Tigers
• 1987 Hartford center Doug Jarvis ends his career having played an NHL record 964 consecutive games as the Whalers lose 6-2 to the New York Rangers
• 1990 MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 0

NFL History
1994 NY Giants retire Lawrence Taylor's #56


Hall of Fame American Football Player Lawrence Taylor
Imran Khan Elected
2002 Former cricketer Imran Khanelected to the Pakistani Parliament after winning the seat of Mianwali-I


Cricketer and Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan
F1 World Champion
2004 Having already clinched his record 7th F1 World Drivers Championship, German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher wins a record 13th race of the season with victory at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka


Formula 1 Driver Michael Schumacher
Senior Players Championship
2010 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC Potomac: Mark O'Meara wins his lone Champions Tour major title with par on first playoff hole against Michael Allen


Golfer Mark O'Meara

• 2017 Joel Embiid signs a five-year, $148 million designated rookie scale maximum contract extension with the 76ers
• 2019 3,500 women are the first to be allowed to attend a football match in Iran for a World Cup qualifier in Tehran, since the Islamic revolution
• 2020 French Open Women's Tennis: 19-year-old Iga Świątek of Poland wins her country's first singles major title; beats American Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1

 

OCT 11

• 1902 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa & Australia
• 1902 US Open Men's Golf, Garden City GC: Scotsman Laurie Auchterlonie sets new 72-hole event scoring record to win his only major title, 6 strokes ahead of Stewart Gardner and amateur Walter Travis

Walsh's Record Strike Out

1906 White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game


Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and ManagerEd Walsh

First MLB MVPs
1911 Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are named inaugural MLB MVPs; prize is a car


MLB LegendTy Cobb

• 1913 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia A's beat NY Giants, 3-1 at Brush Stadium, NYC; clinch 4-1 series win for 3rd title in 10 years

World Series Tied
1923 A pair of Babe Ruth home runs in the 4th and 5th innings is the difference; NY Yankees beat NY Giants, 4-2 at the Polo Grounds to tie World Series, 1-1


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1925 NY Giants play their first NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0

Lou Gehrig AL MVP
1927 New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig is named American League MVP; despite hitting MLB record 60 HR's Babe Ruth as a former winner is not eligible


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
Bucky Harris
1939 Bucky Harris signs to manage Washington again


Baseball Player and ManagerBucky Harris

• 1943 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees become first team to win 10 Championships; beat St. Louis Cardinals, 2-0 at Sportsman's Park for 4 games to 1 series triumph

Yankees Trade Gordon
1946 New York Yankees trade infielder Joe Gordon to Cleveland Indians for pitcher Allie Reynolds


Baseball PitcherAllie Reynolds

• 1948 Baseball World Series: Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, 4-3 at Braves Field to clinch series, 4 games to 2; Indians second championship in team history
• 1960 Radio/TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers

Baseball Record
1967 World Series record 3 consecutive HRs hit by Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli as Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Cardinals, 8-4 in Game 6 at Fenway Park


MLB OutfielderCarl Yastrzemski
Twins Appoint Martin
1968 MLB star Billy Martin named manager of the Minnesota Twins


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1971 60th Davis Cup: US beats Romania in Charlotte (3-2); American 23rd title

World Series
1971 Baltimore 3B Brooks Robinson sets Baseball World Series record; reaches base 5 straight times in Orioles 11-3 win over Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 2 at Memorial Stadium


Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks Robinson

• 1972 MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 2
• 1973 MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Baltimore Orioles, 3 games to 2

NHL Record
1975 Islanders' Bryan Trottier's first career hat trick


NHL StarBryan Trottier
Baseball Record
1978 Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson

• 1980 Dallas Mavericks open debut NBA season with a 103-92 victory against interstate rival San Antonio Spurs at Reunion Arena
• 1981 Yanks beat Brewers 7-3 & win only Eastern Championship Series
• 1991 Chip Beck ties PGA record lowest 18 hole score of 59 during 3rd round of the Las Vegas Invitational at the Sunrise GC

Sanders Tries to Play Two Pro Sports in a Day
1992 Deion Sanders plays for the Atlanta Falcons (NFL) in Miami and then flies to Pittsburgh, hoping to play for the Atlanta Braves (MLB) and become the first athlete to play in two pro sports on the same day; however, Braves manager Bobby Cox does not let him play [1]


NFL LegendDeion Sanders
TV Show Appearance
1995 O.J. Simpson cancels a TV appearance on Dateline


NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson
Rodman Returns
1997 Dennis Rodman returns from second longest NBA suspension (11 games)


Basketball PlayerDennis Rodman
Baseball History
1999 Pedro Martínez throws six hitless innings in relief to win and clinch the ALDS in Game 5


Baseball PitcherPedro Martínez
Life Ban for Cronje
2000 South African Cricket Board issues former captain Hansie Cronje a life ban due to match-fixing allegations


CricketerHansie Cronje

• 2009 Presidents Cup Golf, Harding Park GC: US down International team, 19½–14½; their 2nd consecutive win by that score and 3rd straight overall

President's Cup
2015 Presidents Cup Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC Korea: Zach Johnson and Phil Mickelson go undefeated as US wins for the 6th successive time with a 15½–14½ victory over the International team


GolferPhil Mickelson
Team Coach
2018 Thierry Henry is appointed head football coach at Monaco


Footballer and ManagerThierry Henry
Cricket History
2019 Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli scores career-best 254 not out to move past 7,000 Test runs on day 2 of the 2nd Test against South Africa in Mumbai; India wins by an innings and 137 runs


CricketerVirat Kohli
AI YoungBoy 2
2019 NBA YoungBoy releases the album mixtape "AI YoungBoy 2" which debuts at #1 on the US Billboard 200


RapperNBA YoungBoy
F1 World Champion
2020 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins Eifel Grand Prix at Germany's Nürburgring to equal Michael Schumacher's record of 91 Formula 1 victories


Formula 1 DriverLewis Hamilton
French Open Men's Tennis
2020 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Novak Đoković 6-0, 6-2, 7-5; 20th Grand Slam singles title; record 13th French singles title


Tennis ChampionRafael Nadal

Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković
NBA Finals
2020 NBA Finals: LA Lakers beat Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 to win record equalling 17th title; MVP: LeBron James; first to win the award with 3 different teams


Basketball PlayerLeBron James
PGA Championship
2020 Women's PGA Championship, Aronimink GC: Sei Young KIm wins her first major title by 5 strokes from fellow South Korean Inbee Park; shoots tournament record total 266


GolferInbee Park

 

OCT 12

• 1853 John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans
• 1907 Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Bennett Park for 4-0-1 series victory; Cubs' first Championship
• 1916 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat Brooklyn Robins, 4-1 at Braves Field to clinch series, 4-1 and retain title

• 1920 Baseball World Series: Cleveland Indians beat Brooklyn Robins, 8-1 at League Park for a 5 games to 2 series victory; Indians first Championship
• 1925 Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8)
• 1929 Chicago Cubs blow 8-0 Game 4s lead; Philadelphia A's score World Series record 10 runs in 1 inning in 10-8 win

Stengel Manages Yankees

1948 Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel
Cricket History
1952 Hanif Mohammad completes twin cricket centuries for Pakistan v North Zone (India) in Amritsar; 121 & 109 no


CricketerHanif Mohammad

• 1963 Final event at Polo Grounds, New York City; 14,235 attend 1st (and only) "Latino All-Star Game" - National League wins 5-2 over American League; festivities include a concert by Tito Puente [1]
• 1964 American Don Schollander swims an Olympic record 53.4s to beat Briton Robert McGregor by 0.1s and win the 100m freestyle gold medal in Tokyo; first of Schollander's 4 gold medals at the Games

World Series
1967 Baseball World Series: Lou Brock steals WS record 7 bases as St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 7-2 at Fenway Park for a 4-3 series win; MVP: Cards pitcher Bob Gibson


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderLou Brock

• 1968 Enriqueta Basilio, Mexican track and field athlete becomes 1st woman to light Olympic flame at 19th Summer Olympics, in Mexico City, Mexico
• 1968 IXX Summer Olympic Games open at Mexico City, Mexico; first Olympics in Latin America
• 1972 MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Detroit Tigers, 3 games to 2
• 1974 NHL Washington Capitals suffer 1st franchise shutout, losing 6-0 to Minnesota North Stars
• 1975 American Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon 2:38:19 in the Nike OTC Marathon, Eugene, Oregon
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• 1976 MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 0
• 1977 "Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers

NBA Record
1979 Boston Celtics guard Chris Ford scores first 3-point basket in NBA history in 1st quarter of 114-106 win v Houston at Boston Garden; game also marks debut of Boston rookie Larry Bird


NBA LegendLarry Bird
NBA History
1979 Future Basketball Hall of Fame forward Magic Johnson makes his debut for Los Angeles Lakers at the San Diego Clippers; Lakers win, 103-102


NBA LegendMagic Johnson

• 1980 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Houston Astros, 3 games to 2

Baseball Record
1982 Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor gets World series record 5 hits


Baseball Player and ManagerPaul Molitor

• 1986 California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox
• 1987 Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers, 9-5 in ALCS Game 5 at Tiger Stadium for 4-1 series win; go on to win club's first Baseball World Series
• 1988 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Mets, 4 games to 3

NFL History
1989 Dallas running back Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 future draft picks including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson


American Football PlayerEmmitt Smith

• 1990 MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 2
• 1991 Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex

Sports History
1991 Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton Eskimos, 45-38 in overtime


NFL QuarterbackDoug Flutie

• 1991 Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards

Hitman Beats Flair
1992 Brett "Hitman" Hart beats Ric Flair for WWF heavyweight title


Professional WrestlerRic Flair

• 1992 Wash Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception
• 1993 MLB American League Championship: Toronto Blue Jays beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2

NHL History
1999 Pat LaFontaine formally retires from the NHL due to lingering concussion problems


NHL StarPat LaFontaine

• 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Home Depot Center, Carson, CA: Nia Künzer scores winner in sudden death extra time as Germany beats Sweden, 2-1

F1 World Champion
2003 German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher finishes 8th at the season-ending Japanese F1 Grand Prix at Suzuka; clinches 4th consecutive World Drivers Championship by 2 points from Kimi Räikkönen


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher

Formula 1 DriverKimi Räikkönen
$400,000 Charity Match
2008 Anna Kournikova and Andy Roddick defeat Martina Navratilova and Jesse Levine in a match for charity, raising over $400,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund


Tennis PlayerAnna Kournikova

Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

Tennis Player and US Open ChampionAndy Roddick
Senior Players Championship
2008 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Baltimore CC: D. A. Weibring wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Fred Funk


GolferFred Funk

• 2013 Timothy Bradley defeats Juan Manuel Márquez to win the WBA Welterweight boxing title
• 2016 Auston Matthews becomes 1st player to score 4 goals in his NHL debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa

Football History
2019 Centre-back Sergio Ramos becomes Europe's most capped male outfield soccer player (168 caps) as Spain draws 1-1 with Norway in Euro 2020 qualification in Oslo


Football PlayerSergio Ramos
Eliud Kipchoge
2019 Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya becomes first to run a marathon in under 2 hours (1:59:40) in Vienna, Austria; not a race by strict definition using pacesetters and pace laser markings on a doctored course


Long Distance RunnerEliud Kipchoge

• 2023 Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos becomes 1st MLB player to hit multiple home runs in consecutive post-season games, with 2 solos shots in 3-1 win over Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia and advance to National League Championship Series

 

OCTOBER 13

• 1893 Vigilant (US) beats Valkyrie II (UK) in 9th America's Cup, in New York
• 1903 1st Baseball World Series: Boston Americans beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0 in Game 8 at Huntington Avenue for a 5-3 series victory
• 1914 Baseball World Series: Boston Braves beat Philadelphia A's, 3-1 at Fenway Park for first 4-game sweep in WS history; 'Miracle Braves' last in NL July 4

• 1915 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4 at the Baker Bowl to clinch series 4-1
• 1920 World Series celebration in Wade Park brings out 50,000+ Clevelanders
• 1921 Baseball World Series: NY Giants beat NY Yankees, 1-0 at the Polo Grounds for a 5-3 series win; final WS played in best-of-nine format; Yankees first ever WS appearance
• 1933 Soccer team STEVO forms in Geesteren
• 1934 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Portland G & CC: Marian McDougall outclassed Mrs Guy Riegel, 9 & 7 to win golf's only major title
• 1947 1st NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: All-Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-3
• 1960 Baseball World Series: Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off HR beats NY Yankees, 10-9 at Forbes Field in series deciding Game 7; MVP: Yankees 2B Bobby Richardson

LPGA Championship

1963 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC: Mickey Wright wins 4th LPGA title by 2 shots from Mary Mills, Louise Suggs & Mary Lena Faulk


LPGA GolferMickey Wright

Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs

LPGA GolferMary Mills

• 1963 Ryder Cup Golf, East Lake CC: US beats Great Britain, 23-9; competition format changes with addition of 4-ball (better ball) matches on a 3rd day of play

Olympic Gold
1964 Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser wins her third consecutive Olympic 100m freestyle gold medal at the Tokyo Games; Olympic record 59.05s


SwimmerDawn Fraser

• 1964 US sweeps medals in the men's 200m backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics; Jed Graef swims world record 2:10.3 to win gold ahead of teammates Gary Dilley and Bob Bennett
• 1967 First American Basketball Association (ABA) game is played with Oakland Oaks beating Anaheim Amigos, 132-129; red, white & blue ball and 3-point field goal introduced
• 1967 Seattle SuperSonics (now OKC Thunder) lose NBA debut game, 144-116 to the San Francisco Warriors at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Sports History
1969 Billy Martin (97-65) is fired as manager of AL West-winning Twins


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
Sports History
1970 2 future Basketball Hall of Famers debut; guard Calvin Murphy for San Diego Rockets in 111-96 loss in Chicago; forward Dave Cowens for Boston Celtics in 114-107 loss in New York


NBA Center and Head CoachDave Cowens

• 1971 First ever Baseball World Series night game; Pittsburgh Pirates edge Baltimore Orioles, 4-3 in Game 4 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh
• 1978 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectacular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4

Olympic Gold
1982 IOC Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe's gold medals from the 1912 Olympics


Versatile AthleteJim Thorpe

• 1984 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders
• 1984 John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million
• 1985 During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin
• 1986 25th NY, NL appearance in World Series (Mets vs A's)
• 1986 IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992
• 1987 West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup v Sri Lanka
• 1989 Bob Quinn resigns as NY Yankee VP/GM & replaced by Harding Peterson
• 1991 Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game
• 1991 Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games
• 1991 MLB American League Championship: Minnesota Twins beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 1
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• 1993 Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game
• 1993 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2
• 1994 Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland v Tasmania)

F1 World Champion
1996 British Williams driver Damon Hill wins season ending Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka; becomes first son of a F1 World Drivers Champion (Graham Hill 1962, 68) to win title himself; wins by 19 points from Jacques Villeneuve


Auto RacerGraham Hill

• 1996 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1
• 1996 NY Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374
• 1996 Yanks (3) & Orioles (3) combine to tie play off record of 6 HRs
• 1998 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 2

F1 World Champion
2002 Michael Schumacher wins season ending Japanese F1 Grand Prix for his record 11th victory of the year & 3rd straight World Drivers Championship; title margin: 67 points from Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher

• 2002 MLB American League Championship: Anaheim Angels beat Minnesota Twins, 4 games to 1
• 2007 17th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 27-14 in South Bend
• 2015 Basketball player Lamar Odom is hospitalised after being found unconscious in a brothel in Nevada
• 2019 Kenya's Brigid Kosgei sets new world record of 2:14.04 for the women's marathon in Chicago, beating Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old mark

Sports History
2019 Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany


GymnastSimone Biles

 

OCTOBER 14

• 1862 Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting HR, dies 10/18

British Golf Open

1881 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Bob Ferguson retains title with 3 stroke win over Jamie Anderson in shocking weather conditions


GolferJamie Anderson

• 1905 Baseball World Series: NY Giants (NL) beat Philadelphia A's (AL), 2-0 in Game 5 at the Polo Grounds to win first league sanctioned WS, 4-1; Christy Mathewson's 3rd straight WS shutout
• 1906 Baseball World Series: In all-Chicago series, White Sox beat Cubs, 8-3 at South Side Park to win title, 4-2; first AL victory
• 1908 Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Bennett Park, Detroit to clinch 4-1 series win; 6,210 fans is smallest crowd in WS history; Cubs retain title
• 1908 Upset over seating arrangements at the Baseball World Series, sports reporters form a professional group that will become Baseball Writers Association of America
• 1909 Pirates beat Tigers, 5-4, forces 1st full 7 game world series
• 1911 Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379)

1st PGA Championship
1916 1st PGA Championship Men's Golf, Siwanoy CC, Bronxville, NY: Englishman Jim Barnes defeats Jock Hutchison by 1 hole in the 36-hole final


Pioneering GolferJim Barnes

GolferJock Hutchison
Walter Johnson Retires
1926 Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1929 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia A's beat Chicago Cubs, 3-2 at Shibe Park to clinch 4 games to 1 series victory; A's first title in 16 years

Charles TKOs Valentino
1949 Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionEzzard Charles

• 1951 NFL Detroit Lions Jack Christiansen returns 2 punts for touchdowns vs Los Angeles Rams
• 1953 Charley Dressen resigns rather than take 1 year contract as Dodger mgr
• 1961 Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes: Jerry Barber captains US to 14½-9½ win

Sports History
1962 Houston Oiler George Blanda throws for 6 TD passes vs NY Titans 56-17


NFL Quarterback and PlacekickerGeorge Blanda

• 1964 American swimmer Cathy Ferguson sets world record 1:07.7 to beat Kiki Caron of France by 0.2s and win the women's 100m backstroke gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• 1964 American swimmer Dick Roth sets world record 4:45.4 to beat teammate Roy Saari and win the men's 400m individual medley gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• 1964 Little known American distance runner Billy Mills scores major upset by winning the 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympics; beats Mohammed Gammoudi of Tunisia by 0.4s; only American to ever win the event
• 1964 Mary Rand of Great Britain leaps a world record 6.76m to win the women's long jump gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics

Baseball Record
1964 New York Yankees Roger Maris & Mickey Mantle hit HRs runs on back-to-back pitches


Baseball PlayerRoger Maris

Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1964 US 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Steve Clark, Mike Austin, Gary Ilman & Don Schollander swim world record 3:33.2 to beat Germany by 4.0s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics

World Series
1965 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers edge Minnesota Twins, 2-0 in Game 7 at Metropolitan Stadium; Dodgers 3rd title since move to LA; MVP: LA pitcher Sandy Koufax


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax
World Record
1968 American sprinter Jim Hines runs a world record 9.95s to beat Lennox Miller of Jamaica and Charles Greene of the US, and win the 100m gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics


SprinterJim Hines

• 1968 MLB National League expansion draft: Snaan Diego Padres pick San Francisco Giants outfielder 'Downtown' Ollie Brown & Montreal Expos pick Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Manny Mota 1st as they choose 30 players each
• 1968 Viorica Viscopoleanu of Romania sets world record 6.82m to win the women's long jump at the Mexico City Olympics; beats Sheila Sherwood of Great Britain by 0.14m
• 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers lose to Buffalo Braves in their 1st game 107-92
• 1972 Oakland catcher Gene Tenace is first to homer in first 2 World Series at-bats as A's beat Reds, 3-2 in Game 1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati

Sports History
1973 42-year-old future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays' last MLB career hit, as NY Mets beat A's, 10-7 in World Series Game 2 in Oakland


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1976 Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives NY Yanks pennant #30
• 1976 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 2

Sports History
1977 Linda Ronstadt sings national anthem prior to World Series Game 3 at Dodger Stadium; criticised for casual attire but ranked by Washington Examiner as second-best rendition ever at a sporting event


Singer and ActressLinda Ronstadt
Sports History
1978 Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 NY Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1


NHL StarDenis Potvin
Sports History
1978 NY outfielder Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy; interferes with a throw to 1st, deflects ball away during Yankees, 4-3 Game 4 win over LA Dodgers at Yankee Stadium


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson

• 1979 NHL NY Rangers retire Rod Gilbert's uniform number 7, the first number to be retired by the team

Sports History
1979 NHL's greatest scorer Wayne Gretzky scores his 1st NHL goal


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

• 1981 Yank Graig Nettles is 1st to get 2 hits in same inning of an ALSC game
• 1982 Islanders assessed 108 penalty minutes, Penguins 125 (233 total)
• 1982 NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
• 1984 Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers beat San Diego Padres, 8-4 at Tiger Stadium to clinch series, 4 games to 1; MVP: Detroit shortstop Alan Trammell
• 1984 NFL Cleveland Browns' Ozzie Newsome sets club records with 14 receptions for 191 yds, in 24-20 loss to visiting NY Jets

Sports History
1985 New York Jets retire Joe Namath's #12 on nationally televised Monday Night Football; beat Miami Dolphins, 23-7


NFL QuarterbackJoe Namath

• 1986 IOC decides to stagger Winter & Summer Olympic schedule
• 1987 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 3
• 1988 NJ Devils raise their 1st pennant by winning the Patrick Division Playoff Championship
• 1989 MLB Oakland A's Dave Stewart is 1st MLB pitcher to start consecutive World Series openers since Cincinnati Reds Don Gullett in 1976
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• 1989 Texas A&I University running back Johnny Bailey sets NCAA season rush record at 6,085 yards

Sports History
1990 SF 49er Joe Montana passes for 6 touchdowns vs Atlanta (45-35)


NFL QuarterbackJoe Montana
Sports History
1991 NY Rangers right wing Mike Gartner becomes 1st NHL player to score his 500th goal, 500th assist, and 1000th point all in the same season


NHL StarMike Gartner

• 1992 MLB American League Championship: Toronto Blue Jays beat Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 2
• 1992 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3
• 1992 Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland A's to win their 1st AL pennant
• 1995 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to sweep in NL playoff (beat Reds)
• 1995 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 0
• 1996 Braves blow out St Louis, 14-0 in an NLCS game
• 1997 MLB National League Championship: Florida Marlins beat Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2
• 1998 Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with 6 bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1998 MLB National League Championship: San Diego Padres beat Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2
• 1998 NY Islanders beat Tampa Bay, 7-1, to end 11 game winless streak

F1 World Champion
2001 German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher wins his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship by 58 points from David Coulthard; takes out Japanese GP at Suzuka for 9th win of the season


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher

• 2002 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1

Sports History
2003 Fan Steve Bartman deflects the ball away from Chicago Cubs outfielder Moises Alou. Cubs give up eight runs in the inning and lose to the Marlins 8-3, and the Bartman incident is seen as the turning point in the series


MLB OutfielderMoises Alou

• 2006 MLB American League Championship: Detroit Tigers beat Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 0
• 2018 Afghan batsman Hazratullah Zazai becomes only the 6th player in cricket history (3rd in T20) to hit 6-sixes in an over; scores 62 in 17 balls in Kabul Zwanan loss v Balkh Legends in Afghanistan Premier League
• 2020 NFL cancels Pro Bowl game scheduled for 31 January, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

 

OCTOBER 15

• 1884 Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn pitches his 60th win of season for MLB Providence Grays in 8-0 win over Quakers at Philadelphia

Speaker's Double Play

1912 Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield


Baseball PlayerTris Speaker

• 1917 Baseball World Series: Chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4-2 at Brush Stadium to clinch series, 4-2 for their second WS triumph
• 1923 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat NY Giants, 6-4 in Game 6 at the Polo Grounds for a 4-2 series win; Yankees first World Series victory
• 1925 Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat Washington Senators, 9-7 in Game 7 at Forbes Field for 4-3 series victory; Pirates first team to recover from 3–1 deficit in a 7-game series

Johnson Signs for Senators
1928 Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1933 Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to NY Giants 56-0
• 1935 NHL's St Louis Eagles fold

Lazzeri Released
1937 Rather than accept any trade offers, the Yanks release Tony Lazzeri


Baseball PlayerTony Lazzeri

• 1945 Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest)
• 1946 Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4-3 at Sportsman's Park to clinch series, 4 games to 3; Cards 6th championship
• 1957 Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for SF Seals-franchises only, not the players

LPGA Championship
1961 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC: Mickey Wright convincingly wins her 3rd LPGA title by 9 strokes from Louise Suggs


LPGA GolferMickey Wright

Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs
Olympic Games
1964 American Al Oerter wins his third of 4 consecutive Olympic men's discus titles at the Tokyo Olympics; beats Czech Ludvík Daněk by 0.08m


Discus ThrowerAl Oerter

• 1964 American Don Schollander swims a world record 4:12.2 to win the 400m freestyle gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; second of Schollander's 4 gold medals at the Games
• 1964 American sprinter Bob Hayes equals world record 10.0s to beat Cuba's Enrique Figuerola by 0.2s and win the men's 100m gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
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• 1964 Australian swimmer Ian O'Brien sets world record 2:27.8 to beat Soviet Georgy Prokopenko by 0.4s and win men's 200m breaststroke gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• 1964 Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals win 7th title; beat NY Yankees, 7-5 at Busch Stadium to clinch series, 4-3; MVP: St Louis pitcher Bob Gibson

Sports History
1964 Craig Breedlove sets auto speed record of 846.97 kph


Auto RacerCraig Breedlove

• 1964 Soviet rower Vyacheslav Ivanov wins his third consecutive Olympic men's single sculls gold medal at the Tokyo Games; also the reigning World and European champion
• 1964 US women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Sharon Stouder, Donna de Varona, Lillian Watson & Kathy Ellis swims world record 4:03.8 to beat Australia by 3.1s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• 1968 Al Oerter of the US wins the men's discus in an Olympic record 64.78m at the Mexico City Games; Oerter's unprecedented 4th consecutive Olympic discus title
• 1968 American sprinter Wyomia Tyus wins her second consecutive Olympic 100m title with a world record 11.08s; beats teammate Barbara Ferrell by 0.08s for the gold medal at the Mexico City Games
• 1968 Australian Ralph Doubell runs a world record 1:44.40 to beat Kenyan Wilson Kiprugut and win the men's 800m at the Mexico City Olympics
• 1968 British athlete David Hemery sets a world record 48.12s to beat Gerhard Hennige of West Germany and take the gold medal in the men's 400m hurdles at the Mexico City Olympics
• 1968 MLB American League expansion draft: Kansas City Royals pick Baltimore Orioles pitcher Roger Nelson & Seattle Pilots pick California Angels infielder Don Mincher 1st as they choose 30 players each

Sports History
1969 Baltimore's Earl Weaver becomes first manager since 1935 to be ejected World Series game as his Orioles slump to a 2-1 Game 4 defeat to NY Mets at Shea Stadium


MLB ManagerEarl Weaver

• 1969 Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs North Stars)

World Series
1970 Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles beat Cincinnati Reds, 9-3 at Memorial Stadium to claim series, 4-1; MVP: Orioles 3B Brooks Robinson


Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks Robinson
Sports History
1972 17-year-old American tennis prodigy Chris Evert wins inaugural WTA Tour Championship at Boca Raton, Florida; beats Australian Kerry Melville Reid 7-5, 6-4; Evert not eligible for prize money


Tennis LegendChris Evert

• 1972 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2)
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• 1972 Omni in Atlanta opens - Hawks beat NY Knicks 109-101
• 1974 NHL Washington Capitals earn 1st franchise tie, playing LA Kings to 1-1 draw

Sports History
1979 NY Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier


Basketball PlayerWalt Frazier

• 1981 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Oakland Athletics, 3 games to 0

F1 World Champion
1983 Nelson Piquet of Brazil finishes 3rd in the season ending South African Grand Prix at Kyalami to clinch his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 2 points from Alain Prost


Formula 1 DriverAlain Prost

Auto RacerNelson Piquet

• 1983 NHL Chicago Black Hawks & Toronto Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds), in a 10-8 Leaf win in Toronto
• 1986 Longest post season game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 & win NL pennant
• 1986 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat California Angels, 4 games to 3
• 1986 MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat Houston Astros, 4 games to 2
• 1987 NFL Players Association orders an end to 24 day strike; union fails to achieve demands short-term with no collective bargaining agreement in place
• 1988 NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma)
• 1988 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to give Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 win over Oakland A's in 1st game of World Series

Sports History
1989 Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe as NHL's all time top scorer


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

• 1995 Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating NY Jets 26-15
• 1997 MLB American League Championship: Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 2

Sports History
1997 NY jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 2000 ICC Men's Cricket KnockOut Trophy, Gymkhana Club, Nairobi: New Zealand win their first international title with a 4 wicket win over India; Man of the Match: Chris Cairns, NZ 102no (113)
• 2003 MLB National League Championship: Florida Marlins beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3
• 2007 MLB National League Championship: Colorado Rockies beat Arizona Diamondbacks, 4 games to 0
• 2008 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1
• 2011 MLB American League Championship: Texas Rangers beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 2
• 2014 MLB American League Championship: Kansas City Royals beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 0
• 2021 IPL Cricket Final, Dubai International Stadium: Chennai Super Kings win their 4th IPL title beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs; Faf du Plessis scores 86 off 59 balls for Player of the Match

 

OCTOBER 16

• 1908 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux
• 1909 Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat Detroit Tigers, 8-0 at Bennett Park to clinch 4-3 series win; Tigers' third straight WS defeat

Johnson KOs Ketchel

1909 In his 4th title defense Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in the 12th round at Mission St Arena, Colma, California to retain his heavyweight boxing crown


World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Johnson

• 1912 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat NY Giants, 3-2 at Fenway Park to clinch a 4-3-1 series win; series extended to 8 games as one game tied due to darkness
• 1921 Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history

Mickey Cochrane
1928 Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points


Baseball CatcherMickey Cochrane
Lou Gehrig
1936 Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

• 1942 National Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services
• 1949 Red Byron in an Oldsmobile finishes 16th in the Wilkes 200 at North Wilkesboro Speedway to win NASCAR Strictly Stock C'ship in the inaugural season of pro stock car racing in the United States
• 1962 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees win 20th championship; beat SF Giants, 1-0 at Candlestick Park for 4 games to 3 series victory; MVP: Yankees pitcher Ralph Terry
• 1964 American swimmer Sharon Strouder sets world record 1:04.7 to beat Ada Kok of the Netherlands by 0.9s and win the women's 100m butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics
• 1964 In an incredibly close women's 100m final at the Tokyo Olympics American sprinter Wyomia Tyus runs 11.4s to beat teammate Edith McGuire by 0.2s; Ewa Kłobukowska of Poland takes bronze with the same time as McGuire

Yankees Fire Yogi Berra
1964 New York Yankees fire manager Yogi Berra, one day after losing the World Series [1]


MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra

• 1964 US men's 4 × 100m medley relay team of Thompson Mann, Bill Craig, Fred Schmidt & Steve Clark swim world record 3:58.4 to beat Germany by 3.2s and win gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• 1968 American Bob Seagren, Claus Schiprowski of West Germany and East German Wolfgang Nordwig all record 5.40m in the final of the pole vault at the Mexico City Olympics; Seagren awarded gold on countback

Black Power Salute
1968 Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African Americans


Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the podium at 1968 Olympics

• 1968 Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leaf penalty records (48 mins on 9 penalties in a game & 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period)
• 1968 Milwaukee Bucks play their 1st game losing 89-84 to Chicago Bulls
• 1969 Baseball World Series: 100-1 shot NY Mets beat Baltimore Orioles, 5-3 at Shea Stadium for upset 4-1 series win; MVP: Mets 1B Donn Clendenon
• 1969 Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a HR in World Series

Sports History
1974 MLB Oakland As' pitcher Ken Holtzman, in his 1st at bat of the season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 of the World Series, and gets the win, 5-2


Baseball PitcherKen Holtzman

• 1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 min 54 sec

Sports History
1978 Test debut of Kapil Dev, India v Pakistan at Faisalabad


CricketerKapil Dev

• 1983 Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0 for 4 games to 1 series victory; MVP: Baltimore catcher Rick Dempsey

Ryder Cup
1983 Ryder Cup Golf, PGA National GC: US wins 14½-13½; Bernard Gallacher's missed 3-foot putt for bogey gives Tom Watson 2 & 1 win and the US winning point


GolferTom Watson

• 1985 KC Royals & St Louis Cardinals win their league championships
• 1985 MLB American League Championship: Kansas City Royals beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 3
• 1985 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2

Boxing Title Fight
1987 Defending champion Mike Tyson beats Tyrell Biggs by TKO in round 7 at Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey; retains unified heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1988 Orel Hirsheiser, 1st to pitch shutout in playoff & World Series
• 1990 Reds Eric Davis is 22nd player to homer in his 1st World Series at bat
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• 1991 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement

Sports History
1995 Brian Lara scores 169 in Sharjah ODI versus Sri Lanka


CricketerBrian Lara

• 2000 MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1
• 2003 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3

Sports History
2004 17-year old Lionel Messi makes his league debut for FC Barcelona in a 1-0 win against cross-town rivals Espanyol at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona


Football StarLionel Messi

• 2005 MLB American League Championship: Chicago White Sox beat Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 4 games to 1

F1 World Champion
2005 Renault driver Fernando Alonso wins season-ending Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit; first Spanish Formula 1 World Drivers champion; wins by 21 points from Kimi Räikkönen


Formula 1 DriverKimi Räikkönen

Auto RacerFernando Alonso

• 2011 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee Brewers, 4 games to 2
• 2014 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1
• 2016 Ed Whitlock (85) becomes oldest person to complete a marathon under 4 hours, at Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 3 hours 56 minutes

Sports History
2021 Camden County Commissioners unveil Statue of boxing champion Jersey Joe Walcott at Wiggins Waterfront Park in Camden, New Jersey


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJersey Joe Walcott

 

OCTOBER 17

1st British Golf Open

1860 1st British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins the inaugural event by two strokes over fellow Scot Tom Morris Sr.


GolferWillie Park Sr.

• 1885 Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season
• 1920 Decatur Staleys, later known as Chicago Bears, play 1st American Professional Football Association game against an affiliated APFA team; beat Rock Island Independents, 7-0 at Douglas Park, Rock Island, Illinois

Ban Johnson Retires
1927 Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL President


Founder of Baseball's American LeagueBan Johnson

• 1935 Pacific Association of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics

Sports History
1956 Chess "Game of the Century": 13-year-old Bobby Fischer defeats 1953 U.S. Champion Donald Byrne in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament at the Marshall Chess Club in New York City


Chess ChampionBobby Fischer
Olympic Gold
1964 Australian athlete Betty Cuthbert takes her 4th career Olympic gold medal as she wins the women's 400m at the Tokyo Games in Olympic record 52.0


AthleteBetty Cuthbert

• 1964 In the first ever Olympic women's pentathlon Irina Press of the Soviet Union sets a world record 5,246 points to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Games
• 1964 US swimmers go 1-2-3 in the women's 400m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics; Donna de Varona wins gold in Olympic record 5:18.7 ahead of teammates Sharon Finneran and Martha Randall
• 1968 Björn Ferm of Sweden beats Hungary's András Balczó by just 11 points to take the gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the Mexico City Olympics
• 1968 Soviet athlete Viktor Saneev sets world record 17.39m to win the triple jump at the Mexico City Olympics; world record improved 5 times by 3 different athletes during competition

World Record
1968 US men's 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Zac Zorn, Stephen Rerych, Ken Walsh & Mark Spitz swim world record 3:31.7 to outclass the Soviet Union & Australia and win the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics


SwimmerMark Spitz
World Series
1971 Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles, 2-1 at Memorial Stadium to claim championship. 4-3; MVP: Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente


Baseball PlayerRoberto Clemente

• 1974 Baseball World Series: Oakland A's 3-peat; beat LA Dodgers, 3-2 in Oakland for 4-1 series win; MVP: A's pitcher Rollie Fingers
• 1974 NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak
• 1974 NHL Washington Capitals 1st franchise home victory, beating Chicago 4-3
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• 1976 Coldest World Series game; Reds beat NY Yankees, 4-3 in Game 2 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati; 39 degrees F (until 1997)
• 1978 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees repeat as champions; beat LA, 7-2 at Dodger Stadium for 4-2 series victory; MVP: NY shortstop Bucky Dent
• 1978 NY Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)
• 1978 Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year

World Series
1979 Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles, 4-1 at Memorial Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: Pirates 1B Willie Stargell


Baseball PlayerWillie Stargell
F1 World Champion
1981 Brazilian Nelson Piquet driving for Brabham finishes 5th in the season ending Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Carlos Reutemann


Auto RacerNelson Piquet

• 1982 Robin Yount is 1st to have 2 4-hit games in a World Series
• 1985 Lou Piniella named NY Yankee manager
• 1987 1st indoor World Series game (Minnesota Metrodome)
• 1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of NY Yankees
• 1989 Earthquake in San Francisco (6.9) cancels 3rd game of World Series, kills 67

Sports History
1991 Ángel Cordero Jr. is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races


JockeyÁngel Cordero Jr.

• 1991 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3

Sports History
1991 Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals & 744 assists)


NHL StarPaul Coffey

• 1992 1st Baseball World Series featuring non-American team; Game 1: Toronto Blue Jays lose 3-1 to Braves at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

Sports History
1994 Kapil Dev's final one-day international (v West Indies)


CricketerKapil Dev

• 1995 MLB American League Championship: Cleveland Indians beat Seattle Mariners, 4 games to 2
• 1996 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3
• 2000 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Seattle Mariners, 4 games to 2

Sports History
2005 Thierry Henry becomes Arsenal's all-time leading scorer with two goals against Sparta Prague in the Champions League


Footballer and ManagerThierry Henry
Cricket Record
2008 Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-scorer ever in test cricket beating Brian Lara's record and passing 12,000 runs against Australia in Mohali


CricketerSachin Tendulkar

CricketerBrian Lara
Sports History
2012 Lance Armstrong loses a host of endorsements in the wake of his doping scandal


CyclistLance Armstrong
Sports History
2015 Star forward Cristiano Ronaldo becomes Real Madrid's all-time leading scorer across all competitions, overtaking club legend Raul with his 324th goal in a 3-0 win over Levante


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo
Ballon d'Or
2022 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema wins his first award; Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas claims women's award for a second-straight season


FootballerKarim Benzema

 

OCTOBER 18

• 1889 First all-NYC "World Championship" Baseball Series; New York Giants (NL) play Brooklyn Bridegrooms (AA); Giants go on to win series, 6-3
• 1902 7th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 23-0 in Birmingham

Jack Johnson Arrested

1912 Black boxer Jack Johnson arrested for violating the Mann Act for "transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes" due to his relationship with white woman Lucille Cameron, allegedly a prostitute. Later convicted by an all-white jury and sentenced to a year in prison.


World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJack Johnson

• 1918 NHL's Quebec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P. J. Quinn

Red Grange's Amazing Game
1924 Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs)


NFL LegendRed Grange
Lazzeri Hits 60
1925 Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th HR of the season


Baseball PlayerTony Lazzeri

• 1930 Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day
• 1953 Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times

Jackie Owens Recognized
1955 "Track & Field" magazine names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete


Track and Field AthleteJesse Owens
Sports History
1960 Casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years)


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel

• 1963 IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics
• 1964 Australian swimmer Kevin Berry sets world record 2:06.6 to beat American Carl Robie by 0.9s and win the men's 200m backstroke gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• 1967 MLB American League votes to allow Kansas City Athletics to move to Oakland, California & expand league to 12 teams in 1971 with Kansas City & Seattle teams - later accelerated to 1969 due to pressure from Kansas City politicians
• 1968 A rare Australian 1-2 in track & field; Maureen Caird in Olympic record 10.39s beats teammate Pam Kilborn by 0.07s to win the 80m hurdles at the Mexico City Games
• 1968 American athletes sweep the medals in the men's 400m at the Mexico City Olympics; Lee Evans wins gold in world record 43.86s ahead of Larry James and Ron Freeman
• 1968 American long jumper Bob Beamon sets an incredible world record (8.90m, 29' 2½") in high altitude at the Mexico City Olympics; 0.55m (22") improvement over previous world record
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• 1968 American swimmer Don Schollander anchors US 4 × 200m freestyle relay team to world record 7:52.1 and the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo; Schollander's 4th gold of the Games
• 1968 Polish sprinter Irena Szewińska runs a world record 22.58s to beat Australian Raelene Boyle by 0.16s and win the 200m gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics

Black Power Salute
1968 US Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving the Black Power salute to protest racism and injustice against African-Americans during Olympic medal ceremony


Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the podium at 1968 Olympics

• 1974 1st ABA regular season game at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana - Pacers lose to San Antonio Spurs 129-121 in double overtime before 7,473 fans

Sports History
1974 Chicago Bulls Nate Thurmond, in his debut with the team, becomes 1st in NBA player to complete a quadruple double: 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, and 12 blocks


NBA ForwardNate Thurmond
World Series
1977 Baseball World Series: Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive HRs tying Babe Ruth's WS record; NY Yankees beat LA Dodgers, 8-4 to clinch, 4-2 series win; MVP: Yankees outfielder Reggie Jackson


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson

• 1977 NY Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games
• 1977 Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship, 1st in 15 years
• 1978 NY Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs LA Kings
• 1980 Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting NBA record (double OT)
• 1981 NY Giant Joe Danelo ties NFL record of 6 field goals in a game
• 1992 1st non-American team to win a Baseball World Series game; Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 5-4 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
• 1992 Philadelphia Eagle Randall Cunningham sets NFL quarterback scramble record of 3,683
• 1995 NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix
• 1999 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 1
• 2009 British Mercedes driver Jenson Button finishes 5th in Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to clinch his first F1 World Drivers Championship

NFL Record
2009 QB Tom Brady throws five second quarter touchdowns against the Tennessee Titans, an NFL record for touchdown passes in one quarter


NFL QuarterbackTom Brady

• 2012 MLB American League Championship: Detroit Tigers beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 0
• 2013 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2

Sports History
2015 Rashid Khan makes his One Day International (ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe


CricketerRashid Khan

 

OCTOBER 19

AL Prohibits Boxing

1923 Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks


Founder of Baseball's American LeagueBan Johnson

Baseball History
1932 Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP


MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx

Baseball Hall of Fame Right FielderChuck Klein

• 1933 Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936
• 1941 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico
• 1943 New York Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces his retirement
• 1949 A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton

Sports History
1957 Montreal Canadien Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHL player to score 500 goals


Ice Hockey PlayerMaurice Richard
F1 World Champion
1958 Stirling Moss wins season ending Moroccan Grand Prix at Ain-Diab but fellow Brit Mike Hawthorn takes World Drivers Championship from Moss by just 1 point by finishing second; first British world champion


Auto RacerStirling Moss

• 1964 American sprinter Edith McGuire runs an Olympic record 23.0 to win the women's 200m gold medal in Tokyo; minor place medallists Irena Szewińska of Poland and Australian Marilyn Black both record 23.1
• 1964 In a blanket finish in the 80m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics, Germany's Karin Balzer and Teresa Cieply of Poland both record 10.5s with Pam Kilborn of Australia 10.6; Balzer is awarded the gold medal
• 1964 Tamara Press of the Soviet Union wins the women's discus with an Olympic record throw 57.27m in Tokyo; first of 2 gold medals at the Games (shot put)

Sports History
1966 Bobby Orr makes his NHL regular-season debut for the Boston Bruins against the Detroit Red Wings


Ice Hockey LegendBobby Orr

• 1967 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
• 1968 American swimmer Jan Henne in 1:00.0 leads American sweep of the women's 100m freestyle medals at the Mexico City Olympics; teammates Susan Pedersen & Linda Gustavson both swim 1:00.3 for minor medals
• 1968 Australian swimmer Michael Wendon sets world record 52.2s to win the men's 100m freestyle gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
• 1968 New Zealand scores an upset victory in the men's coxed four rowing final at the Mexico City Olympics; beats favoured East German crew by 2.58s; first ever rowing gold medal for the Kiwis
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• 1968 The West German crew beats Australia by just 0.9s to win the men's eights rowing gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics

F1 World Champion
1969 Scottish Matra-Ford driver Jackie Stewart finishes 4th in season ending Mexican Grand Prix to win his first F1 World Drivers Championship by 26 points from Jacky Ickx of Belgium


Auto RacerJackie Stewart

• 1974 NBA Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland (next win 6-1-90)
• 1974 NHL Detroit Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Washington Capitals

Sports History
1974 Virginia Slims Circuit WTA Tour Tennis Championship, Los Angeles Sports Arena; Australian Evonne Goolagong wins her first title, beating American Chris Evert 6-3, 6-4; Billie Jean King and Rosemary Casals win Doubles


Tennis LegendChris Evert

• 1975 Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals
• 1981 LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos for NL pennant
• 1981 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 3 games to 2
• 1983 NHL Philadelphia Flyers begin 13-game winning streak

Cricket History
1986 Allan Border scores the 1,000,000th run in all test cricket (vs India in Bombay)


Test CricketerAllan Border
Sports History
1987 Woody Woodward resigns as NY Yankee GM, Lou Piniella is named GM and Billy Martin is named NY Yankee manager for 5th & final time


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1991 Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as Rhode Island beats Maine, 52-30 (6 OT)
• 1991 Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL
• 1996 Braves beat NY Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series
• 1997 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)
• 1999 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat New York Mets, 4 games to 2
• 2005 MLB National League Championship: Houston Astros beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 2
• 2006 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Mets, 4 games to 3

Sports History
2007 Patrick Kane scores his first NHL goal against José Théodore of the Colorado Avalanche


Ice Hockey PlayerPatrick Kane

• 2008 MLB American League Championship: Tampa Bay Rays beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3
• 2013 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 2
• 2022 Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola faces his brother San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola in first MLB playoff sibling pitcher-batter battle; Austin goes 1-2, with rally starting RBI in 8-5 win at Petco Park, San Diego

 

OCTOBER 20

• 1888 Chicago and All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand
• 1899 American yacht Columbia beats the Shamrock challenge from Royal Ulster Yacht Club in 11th America's Cup
• 1910 1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series

• 1910 Soccer team KFC forms in Alkmaar
• 1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2)
• 1924 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0

MLB Stars Go to Japan

1934 MLB All-Star team led by Connie Mack and including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig sails to Japan for 18-game series against Big-Six University League


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx
MVP Hank Greenberg
1935 Detroit Tigers future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the BWAA; Boston Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell is runner-up


Baseball PlayerHank Greenberg

Baseball PitcherWes Ferrell
MVP Carl Hubbell
1936 Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL


Baseball PitcherCarl Hubbell

• 1946 Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants
• 1947 Radio rights for the Baseball World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years
• 1955 NY Yankees begin a 16-game exhibition in Japan

Sports History
1960 Ralph Houk, 41, replaces Casey Stengel as Yankee manager


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel
NFL Record
1963 Jim Brown sets NFL single-season rushing record, 1,863 yds


NFL Legend and Civil Rights ActivistJim Brown

• 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

NHL All-Star Game
1965 19th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 5-2; MVP: Henri Richard, Montreal, C


Ice Hockey GreatHenri Richard

• 1967 Owner Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of the newly relocated Oakland A's
• 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

World Record
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 teammates Charles Greene, Mel Pender & Ronnie Ray Smith sets world record 38.24s


SprinterJim Hines

• 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 Mamo Wolde wins 16th Olympic marathon (2:20:26.4)
• 1968 Margitta Gummel of East Germany throws world record 19.61m to beat teammate Marita Lange by 0.83m and win the women's shot put gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
• 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

Sports History
1973 US President Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe to have been the greatest athlete of the 1st half of the 20th century


Versatile AthleteJim Thorpe

• 1976 NY Nets Julius "Dr J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers
• 1979 American John Tate beats local favourite Gerrie Coetzee by UD in 15 rounds in Pretoria, South Africa for vacant WBA heavyweight boxing title
• 1981 1st NBA game at Meadowlands Arena, NJ Nets lose to NY Knicks 103-99
• 1982 Baseball World Series: St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee Brewers, 6-3 at Busch Stadium for 4 games to 3 series triumph; MVP: St. Louis catcher Darrell Porter

Sports History
1982 Billy Martin fired as manager of Oakland A's


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1982 During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.

NHL Record
1984 Islander's Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick, in his 6th career 4-goal game, an 8-3 win over visiting Los Angeles Kings


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy
World Series
1988 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat Oakland A's, 5-2 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to clinch 4-1 series win: MVP: LA pitcher Orel Hershiser


Baseball PitcherOrel Hershiser

• 1988 Reggie Rogers, Det Lion's # 1 pick, kills 3 by driving intoxicated
• 1990 Baseball World Series: Cincinnati beats A's, 2-1 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to sweep Oakland and win Reds' 5th title; MVP: Reds' pitcher José Rijo

F1 World Champion
1991 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna clinches his 2nd straight, and 3rd overall F1 World Drivers Championship by finishing 2nd in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka


Formula 1 DriverAyrton Senna

• 1992 1st Baseball World Series game is played outside United States; Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 3-2 in Game 3 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
• 1993 Highest scoring, longest lasting World Series game - Toronto Blue Jays score 6 runs in 8th inning to defeat Philadelphia Phillies 15-14, in 4 hr-14 min slugfest at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
• 1996 MLB Atlanta Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series

Cricket Record
1996 Wasim Akram (257) & Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wicket, vs Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura


CricketerWasim Akram

• 1997 Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty
• 2001 Despite 20-14 final round loss to Ireland in Dublin, England retains Six Nations Rugby Championship; set new records for points scored (229), tries scored (29) and overall points-difference (+149)
• 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 Final, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Springboks fullback Percy Montgomery lands 4/4 penalties as South Africa beats England, 15-6
• 2018 All-England Lawn Tennis Club announces tie break to be used when scores reach 12-12 in deciding set at Wimbledon
• 2023 MLB Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber passes Reggie Jackson for most career post-season homeruns by lefthander batter (19) in 6-5 loss to Diamondbacks in Arizona

 

OCTOBER 21

• 1905 In early promotion of soccer in America, England Pilgrim Association XI beats All New York XI, 7-1 at the Polo Grounds, NY
• 1911 Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta Unions form Western Canada Rugby Football Union

World Record

1964 Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia runs a world record 2:12:11.2 to beat Briton Basil Heatley by more than 4 minutes and win the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics; first athlete to win Olympic marathon twice


Marathon RunnerAbebe Bikila

• 1964 American men's 4×400m relay team beats Great Britain by 0.9s to set world record 3:00.7 and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams & Henry Carr
• 1964 MLB Milwaukee Braves ask NL to allow them to move to Atlanta, Georgia
• 1964 New Zealand athlete Peter Snell wins the 1,500m at the Tokyo Olympics; his second gold medal of the Games (800m); 3rd career gold
• 1964 Polish 4×100m women's relay team runs a world record 43.6 to beat the US by 0.3s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka & Ewa Kłobukowska
• 1964 US 4 x 100m men's relay team of Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins & Bob Hayes run world record 39.0s to beat Poland by 0.3s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• 1973 23rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Benny Parsons wins

World Series
1973 Baseball World Series: defending champion Oakland A's beat NY Mets, 5-2 in Game 7 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to retain title; A's manager Dick Williams immediately quits; MVP: A's outfielder Reggie Jackson


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson

• 1973 Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
• 1974 NHL New York Islanders and goaltender Billy Smith's 1st shut-out win, 5-0 vs Washington Capitals
• 1975 Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning HR beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS

World Series
1976 Baseball World Series: defending champions Cincinnati Reds sweep NY Yankees; beat Bombers, 7-2 in Game 4 at Yankee Stadium; MVP: Reds catcher Johnny Bench


MLB CatcherJohnny Bench
Sports History
1976 NY Knicks retire 1st number, # 19, Willis Reed


NBA Center and Power ForwardWillis Reed
New York City Marathon
1979 New York City Marathon: Bill Rodgers wins 4th straight men's title in 2:11:42; defending champion Grete Waitz of Norway takes out women's event in 2:27:33


Marathon RunnerBill Rodgers

Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz

• 1979 Ozzie Newsome begins NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions

World Series
1980 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia Phillies beat KC Royals, 4-1 at Veterans Stadium to secure series, 4-2; first championship in franchise history; MVP: Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt


MLB Third BasemanMike Schmidt

• 1980 Phillies win their first World Championship in their 98-year history

F1 World Champion
1984 Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda becomes a 3-time Formula 1 World Drivers champion when he finishes 2nd in the season ending Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril; wins title by just 0.5 from Alain Prost


Formula 1 DriverAlain Prost

Auto RacerNiki Lauda

• 1984 Cleveland Browns' Steve Cox sets club record with a 60-yd field goal
• 1984 Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05
• 1985 Qasim Omar (206) & Javed Miandad (203*) make 397 stand v SL
• 1986 1st-class cricket debut of Andy Flower, ZCU Presidents XI v Young WI
• 1988 Boston Celtics beat Yugoslavia 113-85 in Madrid
• 1989 Betram Lee & Peter Bynoe purchase the Denver Nuggets for $65m - 1st African American owners of a major sports team,

F1 World Champion
1990 Ayrton Senna of Brazil crashes his McLaren during the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka but clinches his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 DriverAyrton Senna
Sports History
1993 Garry Kasparov defeats Nigel Short for chess championship


Chess Grandmaster and Political ActivistGarry Kasparov

• 1995 Mario Tremblay, selected 22nd NHL coach of Montreal Canadians
• 1997 Cleveland outfielder Marquis Grissom records a hit in his 15th straight World Series game; second longest 9 inning WS game (4:12) as Florida Marlins beat Indians, 14-11
• 1998 Baseball World Series: New York Yankees beat San Diego, 3-0 in Game 4 at Qualcomm Stadium to sweep Padres and win 2nd title in 3 years; MVP: Yankees 3rd baseman Scott Brosius
• 2001 MLB National League Championship: Arizona Diamondbacks beat Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 1
• 2004 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Houston Astros, 4 games to 3

F1 World Champion
2007 Finnish Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen wins season ending Brazilian F1 Grand Prix to claim his first World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Lewis Hamilton


Formula 1 DriverLewis Hamilton

Formula 1 DriverKimi Räikkönen

• 2007 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3
• 2007 Tennessee Titans kicker Rob Bironas sets NFL record for most points scored in a game (no touchdowns) with 26 in 38-36 win over the Texans at Reliant Stadium, Houston
• 2009 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1

Sports History
2015 Alex Puccio ascends Free Range in Boulder Canyon, Colorado, climbing V13 (8B) after recovering from her knee injury


Rock ClimberAlex Puccio

 

• 1878 The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
• 1884 Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds NYC to determine baseball champion
• 1885 John Ward & several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union

• 1930 SC Genemuiden soccer team forms

Carnera vs. Uzcudun

1933 Italian boxer Primo Carnera beats Spanish challenger Paulino Uzcudun on points in Rome, Italy to retain the IBU heavyweight title


BoxerPrimo Carnera
PGA Championship
1935 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Twin Hills CC: Johnny Revolta wins his only major title, defeating Tommy Armour, 5 & 4


GolferTommy Armour

• 1939 NBC becomes first network to televise a pro football game; Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Eagles, 23-14 at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field
• 1950 LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27

NHL Record
1966 Ice hockey legend Bobby Orr scores his first career goal (vs Montreal Canadiens)


Ice Hockey LegendBobby Orr

• 1967 Denny Hulme becomes first New Zealander to win the F1 World Drivers Championship with 3rd place in the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; wins title by 5 points from team leader Jack Brabham
• 1967 Ian Brayshaw (W Aus v Vic, Perth) takes all 10 cricket wkts

Sports History
1967 Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive VP of A's by Charlie Finley


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio
Ryder Cup
1967 Ryder Cup Golf, Champions GC: US beats Great Britain 23½-8½; Ben Hogan captains Americans to record 15-point victory margin


GolferBen Hogan

• 1968 American swimmers sweep the medals in the women's 200m freestyle at the Mexico City Olympics; Debbie Meyer takes gold in Olympic record 2:10.5 ahead of teammates Jan Henne and Jane Barkman
• 1972 Baseball World Series: Oakland A's beat Reds, 3-2 in Cincinnati for a 4-3 series win; A's first C'ship since 1930, first in Oakland: MVP: A's catcher Gene Tenace

Baseball Trade
1974 MLB New York Yankees trade outfielder Bobby Murcer to San Francisco Giants for outfielder Bobby Bonds


MLB Outfielder and CoachBobby Bonds

World Series
1975 Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4-3 at Fenway Park for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: Reds switch hitter Pete Rose


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose
Sports History
1976 Rick Barry (San Francisco), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60


NBA Small ForwardRick Barry

• 1978 Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8)

New York City Marathon
1978 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins in her race debut in world record 2:32:30; Bill Rodgers wins his third straight title in 2:12:12


Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz

Marathon RunnerBill Rodgers

• 1984 Future Pro Football HOF quarterback Ken Stabler retires after 17 seasons in the NFL with Oakland Raiders, Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints
• 1989 Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open

F1 World Champion
1989 Over-competitive McLaren teammates Alain Prost & Ayrton Senna famously collide and skid into an escape road during Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka; Prost retires from race and claims 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 DriverAyrton Senna

Formula 1 DriverAlain Prost

• 1992 Atlanta Braves become 1st American team to win a Baseball World Series game outside of United States; beat Toronto Blue Jays, 7-2 in Game 5 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
• 1994 Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (53,832 km)
• 1996 NY Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
• 1997 Cleveland outfielder Marquis Grissom's World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games as Indians rout Florida 10-3 in coldest ever WS game (38°F)

Sports History
1997 NHL superstar Wayne Gretzky's wife Janet is knocked unconscious and gets 2 stitches after plexiglass falls on her watching a game


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky
Sports History
1999 NHL goaltender Grant Fuhr wins his 400th career game (vs Florida Panthers)


NHL GoalieGrant Fuhr
F1 World Champion
2000 German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher wins Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, his 4th straight race victory to finish season; 3rd, and 1st of 5 straight F1 World Drivers Championships; wins by 19 points from Mika Häkkinen


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher
President's Cup
2000 Presidents Cup Golf, Robert Trent Jones GC: Davis Love III, Stewart Cink and Kirk Triplett are unbeaten as US outclasses International team, 21½–10½


GolferDavis Love III

• 2001 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Seattle Mariners, 4 games to 1
• 2006 Spanish Renault driver Fernando Alonso finishes 2nd in season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to retain Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 13 points from Michael Schumacher
• 2010 MLB American League Championship: Texas Rangers beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 2
• 2012 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3
• 2020 The National Hockey League announces the annual NHL All Star Game and the NHL All-Star Skills Competition would be postponed to no earlier than 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Sports History
2022 Ai Mori wins gold in bouldering and lead climbing at the IFSC World Cup in Morioka, Japan


Rock ClimberAi Mori