1885 : Montreal & Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined
1885 : Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game
1920 : Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner
1933 : 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal)
1933 : 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Bkln Dodgers 32-0
1950 : Gene Roberts sets NFL NY Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards
1953 : US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games
1959 : White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP
1965 : Mad Dog Vachon beats Crusher in Denver, to become NWA champ
1966 : Dick The Bruiser beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1969 : Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVP
1970 : Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103
1983 : NJ Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3
1995 : 25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06
1995 : 26th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00
1995 : Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003
1997 : Dick Vitale signs with ESPN through year 2004

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