Today's events in sports history

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

Baseball Record

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

Baseball Record
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 1st 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

• 1939 Bucky Harris signs to manage Washington again
• 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

Baseball Trade
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: USA beats Romania in Charlotte (3-2)

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 Islander's Bryan Trottier's 1st 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

Sports History
1992 Deion Sanders, plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) & Braves (Baseball)


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


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


Basketball PlayerDennis Rodman
Cricket History
2000 South African Cricket Board issues former captain Hansie Cronje with a life ban as a result of 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
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
Sports History
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 1st time Washington Capitals are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota
• 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
Sports 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

Sports 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

Boxing Title Fight
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

Sports 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
Sports History
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 U.S. 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

Sports 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
Sports History
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

 

OCT 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
• 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
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• 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

 

OCT 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)

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 Det Lion Jack Christiansen returns 2 punts for touchdowns vs LA 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 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 In NL expansion draft, Expos & Padres 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 Dave Stewart is 1st since 1976 to start consecutive World Series openers
• 1989 Texas A&I, 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
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• 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

 

OCT 15

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

Sports History

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

Contract of Interest
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

Sports History
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 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

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)
• 1972 Omni in Atlanta opens - Hawks beat NY Knicks 109-101
• 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL tie, playing LA Kings to 1-1 tie

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 Racing 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
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• 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 Dodgers a 5-4 win 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

• 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

 

OCT 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

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


Baseball CatcherMickey Cochrane
Sports History
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
• 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)
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• 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
• 1974 As' Ken Holtzman, who hasn't batted all season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 & gets the win, 5-2
• 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
• 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

 

OCT 17

• 1860 1st British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins inaugural event by 2 strokes from fellow Scot Tom Morris 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

• 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
• 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

Sports History
1964 New York Yankees catcher fire Manager Yogi Berra


MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra

• 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
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• 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3
• 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

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


Cyclist and Drug CheatLance 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

 

OCT 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 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
Baseball Record
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

Sports History
1955 Track & Field 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 NBA game at Market Square Arena - Pacers beat Spurs 129-121

Sports History
1974 Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists & 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

 

OCT 19

Sports History

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


Founder of Baseball's American LeagueBan Johnson

Sports 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 1st NHLer 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 blue ribband 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
Sports History
1974 Australian tennis star Evonne Goolagong wins her first WTA Tour Championship; beats Chris Evert 6-3, 6-4 in the final at the Los Angeles Sports Arena


Tennis LegendChris Evert

• 1974 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
• 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
• 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

 

OCT 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 Yanks begin 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-4 goals


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

 

OCT 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 Braves ask NL to allow them to leave Milwaukee for Atlanta
• 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 1st 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 Racing 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 Gary 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

 

OCT 22

• 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

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

 

OCT 23

• 1871 Replacement yacht Sappho (US) beats Livonia (UK) by 25:27 in race 5 to win 3rd America's Cup off Newport, RI 4-1; original defender Columbia damaged so misses races 4 & 5
• 1886 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Sportsman's Park, St. Louis: St.L Browns edge Chicago White Stockings, 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 6 to take series, 4-2
• 1903 8th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-6 in Montgomery

• 1910 World Series Baseball: Philadelphia A's beat Chicago Cubs, 7-2 at West Side Park, Chicago to win their first Championship, 4-1
• 1920 Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, & Bill Burns as go-betweens in "Black Sox" 1919 World Series Baseball scandal
• 1921 Green Bay Packers play 1st APFA (forerunner to NFL) game; beat Minneapolis Marines, 7-6 at Hagemeister Park, Green Bay, WI

Sports History

1923 Legendary Yankees slugger Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a rival Giants uniform as NY beats Baltimore Orioles, 9-0 in a benefit game for former Giants owner John Day


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1935 Chicago Cubs catcher Gabby Hartnett selected NL MVP

Contract of Interest
1945 American baseball player Jackie Robinson signs contract with Montreal Royals, minor league farm team of Brooklyn Dodgers


Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson

• 1955 Dominican Professional Baseball League moves to winter play for first time

Sports History
1963 New York Yankees name Yogi Berra as manager, replacing Ralph Houk who becomes the team's general manager


MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra

• 1964 Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská wins the balance beam at the Tokyo Olympics; her 3rd gold medal of the Games with individual all-round and vault victories
• 1964 Dutch 10th dan judoka Anton Geesink wins Open gold medal in the first ever Olympic judo competition in Tokyo; prevents clean sweep of the gold medals by Japan

Olympic Gold
1964 Future undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier dominates German Hans Huber for an easy points win and the Olympic heavyweight gold medal in Tokyo


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJoe Frazier

• 1964 Hungary beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 to win the men's football gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• 1964 Japan beats the Soviet Union 3-0 to claim the inaugural Olympic women's volleyball gold medal in Tokyo; undefeated in 6-team round robin competition
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• 1964 Japanese gymnast Yukio Endo wins the parallel bars gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics; his 3rd gold medal of the Games (individual all-round and team); 4th career gold (1960, 64)

Olympic Gold
1964 Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina wins the floor exercise gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; her 2nd gold of the Games (team) and career 9th (1956, 1960, 1964), a gymnastics record


GymnastLarisa Latynina

• 1964 Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia finish 8-1 in inaugural Olympic men's volleyball competition in Tokyo; Soviets win 10 team round robin on count back of sets won-lost
• 1966 Australian Jack Brabham is first to win F1 World Drivers Championship and International Cup for Constructors Championship in the same year; 2nd in season ending Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
• 1967 NJ Americans (later NY/NJ Nets) play 1st ABA game
• 1968 American swimmer Kaye Hall sets a world record 1:06.2 to beat Canadian Elaine Tanner by 0.5s and win the 100m backstroke gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics

Sports History
1973 19 year old American tennis star Chris Evert retains her WTA Tour Championship at Boca Raton, Florida; beats Nancy Richey Gunter 6-3, 6-3 in the final


Tennis LegendChris Evert

Tennis Player and Two-Time Major ChampionNancy Richey

• 1973 Yankee GM & President Lee MacPhail named AL president
• 1974 Chicago Cubs trade 6-time MLB All Star outfielder Billy Williams to Oakland A's for second baseman Manny Trillo and 2 pitchers

F1 World Champion
1977 Despite not driving in season ending Japanese Grand Prix, Austrian Niki Lauda wins his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from Jody Scheckter of South Africa


Auto RacerNiki Lauda
New York City Marathon
1977 New York City Marathon: defending champion Bill Rodgers wins in 2:11:38; Miki Gorman retains women's title in 2:43:10


Marathon RunnerBill Rodgers

• 1980 Rick McCosker (168) and John Dyson (152) make record 319 opening stand in a Sheffield Shield cricket match for NSW v WA in Sydney

NYC Women's Marathon
1983 13th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:00


Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz

• 1983 14th NYC Marathon won by Rod Dixon in 2:08:59
• 1984 Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
• 1988 Boston Celtics play Spain in Madrid

World Series
1993 Baseball World Series: Defending champion Toronto Blue Jays beat Philadelphia Phillies, 8-6 at the SkyDome, Toronto to clinch series, 4-2; MVP: Blue Jays infielder Paul Molitor


Baseball Player and ManagerPaul Molitor

• 1994 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, The Greenbrier: US regains Cup; beats Europe, 13-7; Americans Dottie Mochrie & Bradie Burton both win their 3 matches
• 1996 New York Yankees set record recovering from 0-6 in Baseball World Series game to beat Braves, 8-6 in Game 4 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium; record 7th straight post-season road win
• 1997 Les Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets buys NHL's Edmonton Oilers
• 2000 "Monday Night Miracle", down 30-7 at the end of the third quarter, New York Jets pull together an improbable comeback with 4 touchdowns and a field goal in the fourth quarter, eventually defeating the Miami Dolphins 40-37 in overtime
• 2004 16th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 24-23 in South Bend

NHL Record
2008 Joe Sakic scores his final career goal (#625) against the Edmonton Oilers


NHL LegendJoe Sakic

• 2010 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2
• 2011 7th Rugby World Cup Final, Eden Park, Auckland: Tournament favourites New Zealand edge France, 8-7; crowd 61,079

NBA Record
2019 All Star point guard Kyrie Irving pours in 50 points, setting a new NBA record for points on debut with a new team as his Brooklyn Nets go down 127-126 at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves


NBA PlayerKyrie Irving

• 2022 MLB American League Championship Series: Houston Astros defeat NY Yankees 6-5 in NYC, sweeping series 4-0 to advance to World Series for 4th time in 6 years
• 2022 MLB National League Championship Series: Philadelphia Phillies defeat San Diego 4-3 at home, winning series 4-1 to advance to World Series

 

OCT 24

• 1857 Recognised by FIFA as oldest existing club still playing football in the world, Sheffield FC is founded in Yorkshire, England; now based in Dronfield, Derbyshire
• 1885 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Cincinnati Base Ball Grounds: St. Louis Browns beat Chicago White Stockings, 13–4 in Game 7; disputed series tied at 3-3-1
• 1889 Softball rules adopted by Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League

• 1892 "World Championship" Baseball Series, South End Grounds, Boston: Boston Beaneaters beat Cleveland Spiders, 8-3 for a 5-0-1 championship victory; last of the pre-modern-era World Series
• 1913 Joe Tinker fired as Cincinnati Reds manager

DiMaggio Wins MVP

1939 Joe DiMaggio wins AL MVP, Jimmie Foxx is runner-up


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx

• 1940 Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball

F1 World Champion
1954 Britain's Mike Hawthorne wins season ending Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes; Argentine Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio takes second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from countryman José Froilán González


Auto RacerJuan Manuel Fangio

• 1957 Cincinnati Redlegs decline to move to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City

Sports History
1963 Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax

• 1964 Test cricket debut of Pakistani standouts Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan and Khalid Ibadulla in drawn 1st Test vs Australia in Karachi; Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166 on debut

F1 World Champion
1965 Jim Clark in a Lotus is forced to retire from season-ending Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez with engine trouble; American Richie Ginther is race winner and Clark claims his second F1 World Drivers Championship


Auto RacerJim Clark

• 1968 16-year old American swimmer Debbie Meyer wins the inaugural women's 800m gold medal in 9:24.0 at the Mexico City Olympics; first swimmer to win 3 individual gold medals at a Games (200/400m)
• 1968 Australian swimmer Michael Wendon wraps up the Mexico City Games sprint double when he wins the men's 200m freestyle gold medal in Olympic record 1:55.2
• 1969 Pakistani cricketing brothers Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test together; drawn 1st Test v NZ in Karachi

Sports History
1974 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Texas Rangers)


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

F1 World Champion
1976 English McLaren driver James Hunt finishes 4th in the season ending Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway to win his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Niki Lauda


Auto RacerNiki Lauda
New York City Marathon
1976 New York City Marathon: American Bill Rodgers wins his first title in 2:10:10; Miki Gorman takes out women's race in 2:39:11


Marathon RunnerBill Rodgers

• 1976 Sadiq & Mushtaq Mohammad score hundreds in same Test Cricket innings v NZ
• 1978 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs NY Islanders
• 1979 Billy Martin punches a marshmallow salesman, puts job in jeopardy

NYC Women's Marathon
1982 12th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14


Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz
New York City Marathon
1982 13th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:29


Track Coach and Long Distance RunnerAlberto Salazar
Sports History
1982 Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match


Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf

• 1986 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers' infielder Bill Russell (38) announces his retirement

Sports History
1988 NY Islander's & NHL high scorer, Mike Bossy retires


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

• 1989 After a weeks delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played
• 1991 Larry Ryckman purchases CFL Calgary Stampeders
• 1992 10th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats Great Britain 10-6
• 1992 Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 4-3 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their first-ever title; MVP: Toronto catcher Pat Borders
• 1996 Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 yrs 238 days
• 1996 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)
• 1997 Marv Albert sentenced in assault case
• 2004 10 people including NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick and 4 family members are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway in Virginia; plane owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports

F1 World Champion
2004 German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher finishes 8th at season-ending Brazilian F1 Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace; his 5th straight World Drivers Championship, record 7th career world title; Ferrari's 6th straight Constructors title


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher

• 2004 Manchester United beats Arsenal, 2-0 at Old Trafford; ends Gunners' English Premier League record 49-game unbeaten streak
• 2008 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Ventura, Maram, Stardom Bound, Together Forever, Zenyatta
• 2009 19th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 20-16 in South Bend (Notre Dame's first win in the series in nine years)

Cricket History
2018 Indian cricketer Virat Kohli becomes the 12th and the fastest-ever to score 10,000 runs in one day international matches, taking just 205 innings


CricketerVirat Kohli
UN Person of the Year
2018 Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge named UN Person of the Year for setting a new marathon world record and for his work with AIDS/HIV in Kenya


Long Distance RunnerEliud Kipchoge
Air Jordans Sneaker Record
2021 Michael Jordan's 1984 Nike Air Ships sell for $1.472 million at Sotheby's, a new record for sneakers at auction [1]


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan
Brady's 600th Touchdown Pass
2021 Tom Brady becomes first quarterback in NFL history to record 600 touchdown passes when he hits Mike Evans in 1st quarter of the Buccaneers 38-3 rout of the Chicago Bears in Tampa Bay


NFL QuarterbackTom Brady

 

OCT 25

• 1884 1st "World Championship" Baseball Series, Polo Grounds, NYC: Providence Grays (NL) beat NY Mets (American Association), 12-2 in 6 innings for 3 game sweep; game abandoned because of bitter cold
• 1905 1st College Football Crab Bowl Classic: Navy beats Maryland 17-0 in Annapolis

Australian Men's Tennis Open

1909 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Perth: Anthony Wilding of New Zealand wins his 2nd Australasian title; beats Ernie Parker of Australia 6–1, 7–5, 6–2


Tennis PlayerAnthony Wilding

• 1925 Lester Patrick takes over NY Rangers
• 1926 Lester Patrick becomes 1st coach & gm of NY Rangers

Bees Sign Stengel
1937 Casey Stengel signs to manage Boston Bees


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel
Bradman Scores 156
1947 Bradman scores 156 for South Australia v India, 152 mins, 22 fours


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1952 Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistan's first ever Test cricket century (124no) in 2nd Test v India in Lucknow

NFL Record
1953 Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles


NFL QuarterbackOtto Graham
Sports History
1955 Branch Rickey steps down as GM of the Pirates


Baseball Player and Sports ExecutiveBranch Rickey
Appointment of Interest
1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns and is replaced by Al López


Baseball PlayerAl López

• 1964 "The Wrong Way Run", Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in wrong direction for a safety (NFL's #1 blooper)
• 1964 Dutchman Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner

F1 World Champion
1964 English driver John Surtees finishes 2nd behind American Dan Gurney in season ending Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez to clinch his first F1 World Drivers Championship; edges Graham Hill by 1 point


Auto RacerGraham Hill

• 1968 American swimmer Claudia Kolb wraps up the women's individual medley double in Mexico City, winning the 400m I/M in Olympic record 5:08.5; she also won the 200m I/M in OR 2:24.7
• 1968 Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská wins the uneven bars and vault gold medals at the Mexico City Olympics; her 6th & 7th career gold medals and her 4th at these Games
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• 1968 East German swimmer Roland Matthes wins the 200m backstroke gold medal in Olympic record 2:09.6 at the Mexico City Games; wraps up backstroke double
• 1968 Longest Olympic field hockey game, The Netherlands beats Spain 1-0 in 2h25m (6 OT)
• 1968 US men's basketball team beats Yugoslavia 65-50 to win the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics; 7th straight basketball title for the Americans
• 1970 Austrian driver Jochen Rindt wins F1 World Drivers Championship by 5 points from Jacky Ickx after Mexican GP; only season World Championship awarded posthumously, after Rindt's death in Italian GP practice at Monza

Sports History
1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr


Road CyclistEddy Merckx
Baseball Trade
1973 Cubs trade Ferguson Jenkins to Rangers for Bill Madlock & Vic Harris


Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and CoachFerguson Jenkins
Baseball Trade
1973 SF Giants trade Willie McCovey to San Diego Padres for pitcher Mike Caldwell


Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey

• 1975 Denver Nuggets 1st game at McNichols Sports Arena beat St Louis Spirits

Sports History
1978 San Diego Padres pitcher Gaylord Perry wins NL Cy Young, 1st to do so in both leagues (AL, 1972)


Baseball PitcherGaylord Perry
Boxing Title Fight
1980 American Mike Weaver KOs local favourite Gerrie Coetzee in 13 rounds in Sun City, South Africa for WBA heavyweight boxing title


BoxerMike Weaver
Sports History
1981 George Steinbrenner scuffles with 2 fans in a hotel elevator


New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner
New York City Marathon
1981 New York City Marathon: defending champion Alberto Salazar retains crown in 2:08:13; Allison Roe of New Zealand takes out women's race in 2:25:29


Track Coach and Long Distance RunnerAlberto Salazar

• 1982 David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 mins, SA v Victoria

Contract of Interest
1985 Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract


Baseball Hall of Fame InfielderRod Carew

• 1986 Trailing 5-3 with 2 out & no one on in bottom of 10th, NY rallies to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, Bill Buckner misplays a ball
• 1987 Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins beat St Louis Cardinals, 4-2 at HHH Metrodome for 4-3 series win and franchise first in Minneapolis; MVP: Twins pitcher Frank Viola

Boxing Title Fight
1990 Evander Holyfield KOs Buster Douglas in 3 for heavyweight boxing title


BoxerEvander Holyfield

• 1991 Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cricket 1-dayer at Sharjah
• 1992 Rene Lachemann hired as Fla Marlins 1st manager
• 1993 Daryll Cullinan hits unbeaten 337 for Transvaal against Northern Transvaal, South African 1st-class cricket record score
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• 1996 Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant
• 1997 9th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 52-20 in South Bend
• 2003 15th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 27-25 in Chestnut Hill
• 2003 Baseball World Series: Florida beats New York Yankees, 2-0 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium for Marlins second title; MVP: Florida pitcher Josh Beckett
• 2003 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; winners: Pleasantly Perfect, Action This Day, Adoration, Johar, High Chaparral, Islington, Halfbridled, Six Perfections, Cajun Beat
• 2005 Then longest Baseball World Series game in time (5 hours, 41 mins) and tied longest in innings (14, tied with Game 2, 1916 WS and Game 1, 2015 WS); Chicago White Sox beat Houston Astros, 7-5 game 3 at Minute Maid Park, Houston
• 2008 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Muhannak, Desert Code, Albertus Maximus, Goldikova, Midshipman, Donativum, Midnight Lute, Conduit, Raven's Pass
• 2009 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 4 games to 2
• 2012 The double dip recession in the UK economy ends with growth of 1.0% in GDP in the third quarter of 2012, with help from the London Olympic Games

F1 World Champion
2015 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins US F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas to clinch his second consecutive World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 DriverLewis Hamilton

• 2020 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins Portuguese Grand Prix at Autódromo Internacional Do Algarve for his 92nd career victory; moves 1 win clear of Michael Schumacher in all-time F1 victories list

 

OCT 26

• 1863 Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer, splitting with rugby
• 1869 1st American steeplechase horserace at Westchester, NY
• 1887 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Sportsman's Park, Detroit Wolverines (NL) beat St Louis Browns (AA), 10 games to 5 in series played in bitterly cold conditions

• 1911 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia A's rout NY Giants, 13-2 at their Shibe Park home to clinch 4-2 series win and retain championship

Sports History

1934 While Washington Senators player-manager Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson, owner Clark Griffith's niece and adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox


Baseball Player and ManagerJoe Cronin
Sports History
1950 Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president


Baseball Player and Sports ExecutiveBranch Rickey
Marciano TKOs Louis
1951 Future world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano defeats former champion Joe Louis by TKO in the 8th round at Madison Square Garden


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionRocky Marciano

Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis
Cricket History
1952 Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India


CricketerFazal Mahmood

• 1960 MLB: American League approves existing Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins, and two new expansion franchises - Los Angeles Angels & Washington (D.C.) Senators; 1961 season schedule grows from 154 to 162 games
• 1968 Charlie Hickcox wins his 3rd gold medal of the Mexico City Olympics when he leads the US men's 4 x 100m medley relay team with teammates Don McKenzie, Doug Russell & Ken Walsh to world record 3:54.9

Olympic Gold
1968 Future world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman wins the Olympic heavyweight gold medal when the final against Jonas Čepulis (Soviet Union) is stopped in round 2 at the Mexico City Games


Boxing ChampionGeorge Foreman

• 1968 Italian diver Klaus Dibiasi wins first of 3 consecutive men's 10m platform gold medals when he comfortably beats Álvaro Gaxiola of Mexico at the Mexico City Olympics
• 1968 Japanese gymnast Akinori Nakayama wins 3 individual gold medals on the one day (horizontal bar, rings & parallel bars) at the Mexico City Olympics; with team victory, 4 gold for the Games
• 1968 Japanese gymnasts sweep the medals in the men's floor exercise competition at the Mexico City Olympics; Sawao Kato wins his 3rd gold of the Games ahead of teammates Akinori Nakayama and Takeshi Katō
• 1968 Striker Antal Dunai scores twice as Hungary outclasses Bulgaria 4-1 to take the men's football gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
• 1968 The Soviet Union wraps up the volleyball double at the Mexico City Olympics; both men's & women's teams take gold at the end of their respective round-robin competitions
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• 1974 Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBA's Cavaliers & MISL's Crunch
• 1975 Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball

New York City Marathon
1980 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins for 3rd straight year in 2:25:41.3; Alberto Salazar claims men's event in 2:09:41


Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz

Track Coach and Long Distance RunnerAlberto Salazar

• 1980 St Louis Cardinals sack Baltimore Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times

Sports History
1982 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton
Sports History
1985 Doug Harvey's #2 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens


NHL LegendDoug Harvey

• 1985 On a poor call in Game 6, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events probably costing St. Louis Cardinals the Baseball World Series; lose 2-1 to KC when leading series, 3-2

F1 World Champion
1986 French McLaren driver Alain Prost retains his Formula 1 World Drivers Championship with victory in season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; wins title by 2 points from Nigel Mansell


Formula 1 Racing DriverAlain Prost

Auto RacerNigel Mansell
Sports History
1988 Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 months' advisory service


45th US President, Businessman and TV PersonalityDonald Trump

Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1993 NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte
• 1993 NJ Devils lose 2-0 to Montreal, after winning 1st 7 games of 1993
• 1996 Baseball World Series: New York beats Atlanta Braves, 3-2 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win club's 23rd title; MVP: Bronx Bombers' reliever John Wetteland
• 1996 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Woodbine Racetrack; winners: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup
• 1997 Baseball World Series: Florida beats Cleveland Indians, 3-2 in Game 7 at Pro Player Stadium, Miami for Marlins first-ever title; MVP: Florida pitcher Liván Hernández

F1 World Champion
1997 Jacques Villeneuve finishes 3rd in European Grand Prix at Jerez, Spain; first Canadian to win F1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 39 points from Michael Schumacher


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher
World Series
2000 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 4-2 in Game 5 at Shea Stadium to win "Subway Series"; Yankees 3rd straight title; MVP: Derek Jeter


Baseball PlayerDerek Jeter

• 2002 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Arlington Park, winners: Volponi, Vindication, Azeri, High Chaparral, Starine, Storm Flag Flying, Domedriver, Orientate
• 2005 Baseball World Series: Chicago beats Houston, 1-0 in Game 4 at Minute Maid Park to sweep Astros and win White Sox first title in 88 years; MVP: Chicago outfielder Jermaine Dye
• 2007 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Monmouth Park; Day 1 winners: Maryfield, Nownownow, Corinthian

Sports History
2014 American tennis star Serena Williams beats Simona Halep of Romania 6–3, 6–0 to successfully defend her WTA Finals title in Kallang, Singapore


Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

• 2018 Longest Baseball World Series game by both innings and time; LA Dodgers beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the 18th inning (7 hours, 20 mins) in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium with Max Muncy walk-off homer

 

OCT 28

• 1890 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Washington Park, NY: Louisville Colonels beat Brooklyn Bridegrooms, 6-2 in Game 7 to tie series 3-3-1; deciding game never played
• 1900 II Summer (Modern) Olympic Games, Paris, France: competition ends after 5 months; no opening or closing ceremonies conducted
• 1924 White Sox beat NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend

• 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play first of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Dodgers wins 21-3 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn

F1 World Champion

1951 Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina wins Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by taking out the Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes in an Alpha Romeo; wins by 6 points from Alberto Ascari of Italy


Auto RacerJuan Manuel Fangio

Auto RacerAlberto Ascari

• 1953 Bud Grant of CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)
• 1953 Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
• 1954 Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate
• 1959 American Football League awards Buffalo Bills franchise to Ralph C Wilson
• 1961 Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets
• 1962 Jo Weatherly in a Pontiac finishes 2nd to Rex White in season-ending Dixie 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway to clinch his 1st of 2 consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Championships
• 1962 NY Giant Y. A. Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Wash Redskins (49-34)
• 1970 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99
• 1973 Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record)
• 1974 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game-MacMillian & Westfall
• 1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games

Sports History
1976 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (NY Yankees)


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin
Sports History
1978 Bobby Orr scores his last career NHL goal (vs Detroit Red Wings)


Ice Hockey LegendBobby Orr

• 1979 Dick Howser (best Yank manager win-lost pct .636) returns to New York, replacing Billy Martin
• 1981 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees, 9-2 at Yankee Stadium to clinch series, 4 games to 2; first co-MVP's: LA's Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, Steve Yeager

NYC Women's Marathon
1984 14th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30


Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz

• 1984 15th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53
• 1989 Baseball World Series: Oakland A's beat San Francisco, 9-6 at Candlestick Park to sweep Giants in earthquake affected "Bay Bridge Series"; MVP: A's pitcher Dave Stewart
• 1995 11th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats England 16-8
• 1995 7th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 20-10 in South Bend

World Series
1995 Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians, 1-0 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their 3rd title; MVP: Braves starter Tom Glavine


Baseball PitcherTom Glavine

• 1995 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song
• 1996 Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever
• 1997 NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner & Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league
• 2007 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat Colorado, 4-3 in Game 4 at Coors Field, Denver to sweep the Rockies and win their 2nd title in 4 years; MVP: Boston 3rd baseman Mike Lowell
• 2011 Baseball World Series: St. Louis beats Texas Rangers, 6-2 in Game 7 at Busch Stadium to win Cardinals' 11th title; MVP: Cardinals 3rd baseman David Freese

Sports History
2012 American Serena Williams wins her 3rd season ending tennis title; beats Maria Sharapova of Russia 6–4, 6–3 in the WTA Championship decider in Istanbul, Turkey


Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

Tennis PlayerMaria Sharapova

• 2012 Baseball World Series: San Francisco beats Detroit, 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 4 at Comerica Park; sweep Tigers, 4-0 for Giants' 2nd title in 3 years; MVP: SF 3rd baseman Pablo Sandoval
• 2015 Longest ever 1st game of Baseball World Series (5 hours, 9 minutes); Kansas City Royals beat New York Mets, 5-4; also joint longest by innings (14)
• 2018 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beats LA Dodgers, 5-1 in Game 5 at Dodger Stadium to win 9th title in franchise history; MVP: Boston utility Steve Pearce

F1 World Champion
2018 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 4th in the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez to clinch his 5th Formula 1 World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 DriverLewis Hamilton

• 2018 Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina registers biggest win of her career when she rallies for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 triumph over American Sloane Stephens in a classic WTA Finals title decider in Singapore

 

OCT 29

• 1889 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Polo Grounds, NYC: defending champion NY Giants (NL) beat Brooklyn Bridegrooms (AA), 3-2 in Game 9 to claim series, 6-3
• 1910 Hamilton running back / kicker Ben Simpson lands CFL record 11 singles in Tigers 14-7 win over Montreal at Montreal AAA Grounds
• 1920 Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees

• 1931 Lefty Grove, A's pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL's MVP
• 1939 NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3

Appointment of Interest

1942 Branch Rickey named president and General Manager of Brooklyn Dodgers


Baseball Player and Sports ExecutiveBranch Rickey

• 1945 Happy Chandler resigns as US Senator, remains as baseball commissioner
• 1949 White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox
• 1950 Bill Rexford in an Oldsmobile finishes 26th in the season finale at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsboro, North Carolina to win the NASCAR Grand National Series Championship
• 1950 Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7
• 1950 Detroit Lions Wally Triplett achieves a kickoff return yardage of 294 yards against the LA Rams, the second highest in a single-game in NFL history
• 1959 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced

Sports History
1960 Cassius Clay's [Muhammad Ali] 1st professional fight; beats Tunney Hunsaker on points in 6 rounds in Louisville, Kentucky


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

• 1961 13th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Ned Jarrett wins
• 1964 Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan
• 1967 Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions

Sports History
1969 Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver

• 1972 Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal

Sports History
1979 Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time)


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1984 NY Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30)
• 1985 St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Joaquin Andújar is suspended by MLB for 10 games for bumping an umpire
• 1986 Kirk Muller scores NJ Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6

Cricket History
1986 Pakistan cricket leg-spin bowler Abdul Qadir takes 6-16 as the West Indies dismissed for 53 in 186 run defeat in 1st Test at Faisalabad


CricketerAbdul Qadir
Boxing Title Fight
1987 Thomas Hearns wins unprecedented 4th different weight boxing title


BoxerThomas Hearns

• 1989 Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions
• 1991 Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as NY Yankee manager
• 2005 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Saint Liam, Stevie Wonderboy, Pleasant Home, Shirocco, Intercontinental, Folklore, Artie Schiller, Silver Train
• 2008 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia beats Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3 in Game 5 at Citizens Bank Park for Phillies second title in their 126-year history; MVP: Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels
• 2014 Baseball World Series: San Francisco beats Kansas City Royals, 3-2 in Game 7 at Kauffman Field, KC to win Giants' 3rd title in 5 years; MVP: SF starter Madison Bumgarner

F1 World Champion
2017 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes a distant 9th in Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; good enough to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 DriverLewis Hamilton
Sports History
2017 Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki beats American Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 to win the WTA Finals title decider in Kallang, Singapore


Tennis PlayerVenus Williams

Tennis PlayerCaroline Wozniacki
NBA Record
2018 Golden State shooting guard Klay Thompson breaks NBA record previously held by teammate Stephen Curry for most 3-pointers in a game with 14 in Warriors' 149-124 win over the Bulls in Chicago


Basketball PlayerKlay Thompson

 

OCT 30

• 1871 Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant
• 1919 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball
• 1922 Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000 & 3 players for Jack Bentley (hit .349 & was 13-2 as pitcher for Baltimore (International League) in 1922)

Sports History
1945 Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a Montreal Royals


Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson

Baseball Player and Sports ExecutiveBranch Rickey

• 1952 4th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
• 1954 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
• 1955 7th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
• 1956 Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group. They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961
• 1960 12th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Rex White wins

Sports History
1963 Sandy Koufax wins NL MVP award


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax
Sports History
1966 16th NASCAR Sprint Cup: David Pearson wins


Auto RacerDavid Pearson

• 1967 Arthur Allyn says Chicago White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968
• 1967 Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km)

Sports History
1973 Tom Seaver becomes 1st non-20-game winner to win Cy Young award


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver
Boxing Title Fight
1974 "The Rumble in the Jungle": Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire; regains world heavyweight boxing title with famous "rope-a-dope" tactic


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
Sports History
1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH)


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 1975 Giants pitcher John "the Count of" Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year
• 1975 John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals

Golf Tournament
1988 Beth Daniel wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship


LPGA GolferBeth Daniel
F1 World Champion
1988 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna wins Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, his record 8th GP win of the season; clinches first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 DriverAyrton Senna

• 1988 NY Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for 1st time
• 1993 Toronto Maple Leafs lose 1st game of season after going 10-0-0

Sports History
1997 Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona announces his retirement from football on his 37th birthday


Football LegendDiego Maradona

• 2004 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Lone Star Park; winners: Ghostzapper, Wilko, Ashado, Better Talk Now, Oujja Board, Sweet Catomine, Singletary, Speightstown

Sports History
2011 Czech tennis star Petra Kvitová beats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 in the WTA Championship decider in Istanbul, Turkey


Tennis PlayerPetra Kvitová

Tennis PlayerVictoria Azarenka
World Series
2013 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Cardinals, 6-1 in Game 6 at Fenway Park to win title; MVP: Boston slugger David Ortiz


Baseball Designated Hitter and First BasemanDavid Ortiz

• 2015 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hit It A Bomb, Liam's Map, Catch A Glimpse, Stopchargingmaria
• 2015 Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwańska wins the WTA Finals title at Kallang. Singapore; beats Czech Petra Kvitová 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
• 2016 Oakland Raiders break the single game record for most penalties in an NFL game gaining 23 in win over Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sports History
2016 Slovak tennis star Dominika Cibulková beats Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 to win the WTA Finals title decider in Kallang, Singapore


Tennis PlayerAngelique Kerber

• 2019 Baseball World Series: Washington Nationals beat Houston Astros, 6-2 in Game 7 at Minute Maid Park, Houston to win first title in franchise history; MVP: Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg

Sports History
2022 Dutch Red Bull driver Max Verstappen wins the Mexican F1 Grand Prix in Mexico City for his record breaking 14th GP win of the season; surpasses Michael Schumacher and fellow German Sebastian Vettel (13)


F1 Racing Car DriverMax Verstappen

 

OCT 31

• 1888 Scottish vet John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tyre

Ban Johnson Seeks a Deal
1900 AL President Ban Johnson writes to NL President Nick Young seeking peace


Founder of Baseball's American LeagueBan Johnson

• 1907 Calgary City Rugby Football Club's 1st game defeating Strathcona Rugby Foot-ball Club 15-0 at Calgary
• 1908 IV Summer (Modern) Olympic Games close in London
• 1921 Federation Sportive Feminine International forms (1st woman track & field association)

Sports History
1943 Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Bkln (48-10)


American Football Player and CoachSammy Baugh
Sports History
1950 The Big Cat, Earl Lloyd becomes the first African-American to play a game in the NBA, scoring 6 points on debut for the Washington Capitols


Basketball PlayerEarl Lloyd

• 1967 SF Giants Mike McCormick wins NL Cy Young Award
• 1968 Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game)

Sports History
1972 Cleveland Indians pitcher Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young award


Baseball PitcherGaylord Perry
Sports History
1973 Tom Seaver wins NL Cy Young Award


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver

• 1976 Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad scores 206 v NZ, aged 19 yrs 141 days (29 fours 1 six)
• 1985 Last day in Test cricket for Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas
• 1987 A pair in Coventry, England, ties world record for longest singles tennis match at 80 hrs 21 minutes
• 1987 American jockey Chris Antley becomes first rider to win 9 races in a day (4 at Aqueduct / 5 at The Meadowlands)
• 1988 First Monday Night NFL game played in Indianapolis; Colts beat Denver Broncos, 55-23
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• 1992 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Gulfstream Park; winners: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews
• 1993 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match

Sports History
1994 American tennis star Venus Williams makes her professional debut as a 14 year old with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion and world No. 58 Shaun Stafford in the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, California


Tennis PlayerVenus Williams

• 1995 NHL NJ Devils agree to stay in NJ
• 1999 Finnish McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen wins season ending Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka to clinch his second straight F1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 2 points from Irishman Eddie Irvine
• 1999 Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.

Sports History
2003 Bethany Hamilton, aged 13, has her arm bitten off by a shark while surfing in Hawaii


Professional SurferBethany Hamilton
Sports History
2010 Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters beats Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 for her 3rd season ending WTA Championship in Doha, Qatar


Tennis PlayerKim Clijsters

Tennis PlayerCaroline Wozniacki

• 2014 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hootenanny, Goldencents, Lady Eli, Untapable

Baseball Hall of Fame
2014 Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY


Baseball ManagerTony La Russa

MLB Pitching LegendGreg Maddux

Baseball PitcherTom Glavine
Sports History
2015 8th Rugby World Cup Final, Twickenham, London: All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter lands 4 penalties and 2 conversions as New Zealand defeats Australia, 34-17


Rugby PlayerDan Carter

• 2015 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Songbird, Mongolian Saturday, Wavell Avenue, Stephanie's Kitten, Runhappy, Tepin, Nyquist, Found, American Pharoah
• 2020 England beats Italy 34-5 in Rome to clinch 29th Six-Nations Rugby Championship; halfback Ben Youngs becomes second England player to earn 100th test cap
• 2020 New Zealand Rugby Union team routs Australia, 43-5 in Sydney to retain Bledisloe Cup (2-1) for 18th straight series; Wallabies' largest ever defeat by All Blacks