2015 Event Harriette Thompson, at 92 years and three months, becomes the oldest person to finish a marathon, beating the previous record holder of 92 years and 19 days 2015 Event The New England Patriots win their fourth Super Bowl title, beating the Seattle Seahawks 28-24; Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is named MVP and is now one of only three quarterbacks to have won three Super Bowls 2015 Event New Zealand professional golfer Lydia Ko, age 17, becomes the youngest No. 1 ranked golfer in the world, beating the record set by Tiger Woods in 1997 at age 21 2014 Event Costa Rica shocks World Cup fans by beating Uruguay 3-1; The Uruguay team is considered one of the strongest and the Costa Rica team one of the weakest in the competition 2014 Event Maria Sharapova wins the French Open, beating Simona Halep; Sharapova has now won two French Open titles 2013 Event At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, Andy Murray wins the Men's Singles after beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets; he becomes the first British man to win since Fred Perry's Wimbleton 1936 win 2013 Event The Chicago Blackhawks win the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals after beating the Boston Bruins in six games 1996 Event New York Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3 1995 Event Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating New York Jets 26-15 1994 Event Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation of police beating 1993 Event Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4 1993 Event Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles California 1993 Event West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0 1992 Event 4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge 1992 Event Ballet dancer Peter Martins charged with beating his wife 1992 Event New York City Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife 1992 Event Jury acquits Los Angeles police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin 1992 Event Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, beating Cleveland 2-0 1992 Event Jury selection begins in the Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King case 1991 Event New Jersey Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81 1991 Event Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games 1991 Event Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers and Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0 1991 Event Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal 1991 Event Nolan Ryan pitches his 7th no-hitter, beating Toronto 1991 Event 4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King 1990 Event New York Knicks Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte 113-96 1990 Event Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson and Willie Randolph (all ex Yankees) 1989 Event Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5 1987 Event Minnesota Twins win their 1st World Series championship beating St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 84th World Series 1985 Event New York Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28 1985 Event Yankee Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games and also at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out beating Toronto 8-0 1985 Event England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval 1985 Event White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees 1985 Event NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket 1983 Event Gavaskar achieves his 30th century, beating Bradman's 29 1983 Event New Jersey Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0 1983 Event Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4 1983 Event Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game (beating Cards) 1983 Event New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31 1982 Event New Jersey Devils 1st victory, beating New York Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands 1982 Event New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0 1982 Event New Jersey Devils 1st exhibition game, beating Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa 1981 Event Washington Capitals biggest margin of victory (9) beating Toronto 11-2 1981 Event Houston Astro Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples beating Cubs 6-1 1980 Event Macalaster University of St. Paul, Minnesota beating Mount Senario 17-14 1979 Event Flyers start 35 game unbeaten streak beating Toronto 4-3 1978 Event Yankees win 3rd straight AL East beating Red Sox 5-4 in a playoff game. Guidry wins #25 aided by Dent's homer and Pinella's fielding 1977 Event Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 home runs beating Toronto 9-6 1977 Event Cincinnati Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9 1975 Event Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57 1975 Event Spain's Manuel Orantes wins U.S. Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets 1975 Event Washington Capitals 1st NHL shutout, beating Kansas City Scouts 3-0 1974 Event Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3 1973 Event Buff Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13 1973 Event 10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, California, beating a field of 1,500 runners 1973 Event Bobby Murcer's 3 homers accounted for all RBIs, beating Kansas City 5-0 1972 Event Bill Stoneman of Montreal pitches his 2nd no-hitter, beating Mets, 7-0 1972 Event Yankees score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10 1971 Death Joe E. Lewis, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild', dies in New Jersey, age 69 1970 Event Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106 1970 Event Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103 1968 Event Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game) 1966 Event Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating New York Mets 8-4 1965 Event Sandy Koufax hurls his 2nd shutout of World Series beating Twins 2-0 1965 Event Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive home runs beating White Sox 12-0 1962 Event Statham is Test crickets' leading wkt-taker (229), beating Lindwall 1959 Event Oriole Jerry Walker pitches 16 inn beating White Sox 1-0 1959 Event Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings 1957 Event Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0 1957 Event Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2 1957 Event Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating New York Rangers 14-1 1955 Event Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating LA 38-14 1955 Event Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7 1955 Event Yankees clinch pennant by beating Red Sox, 3-2 1955 Event Bauer and Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st 1955 Event Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0 1954 Event Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10 1954 Event Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns and win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Washington 62-3 1954 Event Frank Selvey scores 100 points for Furman beating Newberry 149-95 1953 Event Brown's Lou "Toe" Groza kicks 8 PATs, beating Giants 62-14 1952 Event Eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D) 1952 Event Yankees clinch 4th straight and 19th AL pennant, beating A's 5-2 1949 Event St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Brooklyn 14-1 1947 Event Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote 1943 Event Yankees sweep 14th doubleheader of year, beating Browns, 5-1 and 7-6 1940 Event President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R) 1940 Event Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller 1936 Event New York Yankees score World Series record 18 runs, beating Giants 18-4 1936 Event Carl Hubbell begins winning streak, beating Pittsburgh 6-0, 1935 Event Max Euwe becomes world champ chess beating Alexander Aljechin 1934 Event New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2, 1933 Event Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating New York Giants 23-21 1932 Event New York Yankees win World Series The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3 1931 Event Philadelphia A's clinch pennant, beating Cleveland 1928 Event Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6 1928 Event Yankees score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1 1926 Event Cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4 1925 Event New York Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 home runs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7 1924 Event Giants clinch their 4th straight pennant, beating Phils 5-1 1923 Event New York Yankees 1st World Series win beating New York Giants, 4 games to 2 1922 Event New York Yankees clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1 1922 Event St. Louis Brown "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0 1921 Event Yankees' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs beating Tigers 11-8 1920 Event Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs 1918 Event Montreal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4 1916 Event Yankees turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6 1915 Event Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit 1914 Event Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I 1911 Event New York Yankees steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning 1911 Event New York Giant Christy Mathewson loses after beating Reds 22 straight times 1910 Event Cleveland Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox 1906 Event Chicago White Sox win 19th straight, beating Washington Senators 1906 Event Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating New York Giants 19-0 1903 Event Boston Pilgrims clinch AL pennant, beating Cleveland, 14-3 1903 Event New York Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Washington Senators 7-2 1902 Birthday Joe E. Lewis, born in New York City, New York, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild' 1900 Event President William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan 1894 Event Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4 1887 Event Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 1886 Event St. Louis Browns win World Championship by beating Chicago 4-3 in 10
