1933 Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports
1942 Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world hour record 45.798km in Vigorelli, Milan, Italy
1943 Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL
1954 Cleveland Browns’ Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns & win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Wash 62-3
1957 Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year
1963 New York Yankee catcher Elston Howard is first African-American to be voted AL MVP
1964 NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966
1970 Argentine boxer Carlos Monzon upsets defending champion Nino Benvenuti of Italy in 12th round KO in Rome to win WBC, WBA middleweight titles
1978 Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP
1987 3rd College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 32-25 in South Bend
1988 MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7)
1989 Balt’s Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year
1991 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95
1992 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
1992 4th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 54-7 in South Bend
1996 Ex-NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times in his hometown of Camden, New Jersey; recovers
1996 Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra
1998 10th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 31-26 in Chestnut Hill
1998 Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Awesome Again, Answer Lively, Escena, Buck’s Boy, Da Hoss, Silverbulletday, Reraise
2009 Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Pounced, California Flag, Dancing In Silks, Vale of York, Goldikova, Furthest Land, Conduit, Zenyatta
2010 Federation Cup Women’s Tennis, San Diego, California: Flavia Pennetta of Italy beats American CoCo Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-2 to wrap up a 3-1 win and 3rd title for the Italians
2017 South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun becomes the first LPGA rookie to be ranked no. 1
2017 Melbourne Cup: Joseph O’Brien at 24 is the youngest trainer to win with Rekindling jockeyed by Corey Brown
2018 For second straight year France wins Six Nations Rugby Championship on points difference from Ireland, with a final round 46-19 win over Scotland at Stade de France, Saint Denis; Ireland again takes Triple Crown
2020 Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Gamine, Glass Slippers, Knicks Go, Audarya, Whitmore, Order of Australia, Monomoy, Tarnawa, Authentic
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