2015 Event UConn defeats Notre Dame 63-53 to win the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship; these results follow yesterday's Duke University win over the University of Wisconsin 68-63 in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship 2015 Event Duke University defeats the University of Wisconsin to win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship; the game, with a 68-63 score, resulted in Duke's fifth title 2015 Event Former General Muhammadu Buhari defeats incumbent Goodluck Jonathan to become the new President of Nigeria; Buhari won by over 2.5 million votes 2013 Event At the U.S. Open, tennis pro Serena Williams defeats Victoria Azarenka, winning Women's Singles for the fifth time 2013 Event American boxer Floyd Mayweather defeats Robert Guerrero and retains his WBC Welterweight title in a unanimous decision 2012 Event U.S. golfer Bubba Watson defeats Louis Oosthuizen at the 2012 Masters Tournament in a sudden-death playoff 2011 Event In Auckland, New Zealand, France defeats Wales 9-8 in the 2011 Rugby World Cup 2011 Event U.S golfer Keegan Bradley defeats Jason Dufner in a playoff, winning the United States 2011 PGA Championship 2005 Event NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70 1998 Event Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title 1996 Event IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champ Gary Kasparov 1995 Event 83rd CFL Grey Cup: Baltimore Stallions defeats Calgary Stampeders, 37-20 1995 Event Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow 1995 Event Andre Agassi defeats Pete Sampras to win Australian Open 1993 Event 81st CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 33-23 1993 Event Gary Kasparov defeats Nigel Short for chess championship 1993 Event Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hours 1 minutes U.S. Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM 1992 Event 80th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 24-10 1992 Event 193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbledon 1992 Event Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs to win World Cup 1991 Event Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion 1991 Event 1st world championship of women's soccer, U.S. defeats Norway 2-1 1991 Event 79th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21 1991 Event Monica Seles (17) defeats Martina Navratilova (34) to win U.S. Open 1991 Event College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3 1991 Event Sergeant Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt 1989 Event 77th CFL Grey Cup: Saskatchewan defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 43-40 1989 Event Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st and last U.S. Tennis Open singles victory 1988 Event 76th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats BC Lions, 22-21 1987 Event 75th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts, 38-36 1986 Event 74th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 39-15 1986 Event Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (1st rookie brothers) 1986 Event Ivan Lendl defeats Miloslav Mecir for U.S. Tennis open title 1986 Event Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos 1985 Event 73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24 1985 Event Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24 1985 Event Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champ 1984 Event 72nd CFL Grey Cup: Win Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17 1984 Event Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ 1983 Event 71st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions, 18-17 1983 Event Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Cons) 1982 Event 70th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts, 32-16 1981 Event 69th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-23 1981 Event West Tampa Florida defeats Richmand Virgina, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series 1981 Event Francois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for President of France 1980 Event Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship 1980 Event 68th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 48-10 1980 Event Ronald Reagan (R) defeats President Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide 1979 Event 67th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 17-9 1979 Event 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at U.S. Open 1979 Event Wildest U.S. Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nastase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated 1978 Event 66th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 20-13 1977 Event 65th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 41-6 1977 Event Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball 1976 Event 64th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 23-20 1976 Event Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford for president 1975 Event 63rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 9-8 1975 Event 1st night match at U.S. Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith) 1975 Event Heavyweight Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Bugner in Malaysia 1975 Event Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership 1974 Event 62nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7 1973 Event 61st CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 22-18 1973 Event Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton 1973 Event Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision 1972 Event 60th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 13-10 1972 Event Bobby Fischer (U.S.) defeats Boris Spassky (U.S.S.R.) for world chess title 1971 Event 59th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-11 1970 Event Baltimore defeats Kansas City 10-8, Orioles 23rd straight win over the Royals 1970 Event Charles Rangel defeats Adam Clayton Powell in Democratic primary 1969 Event 57th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 29-11 1968 Event Arthur Ashe defeats Tom Okker to win U.S. Tennis Open 1967 Event 55th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 24-1 1966 Event 54th CFL Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders defeats Ottawa, 29-14 1964 Event 52nd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 34-24 1964 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater for president 1964 Event Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleveland Auditorium 1964 Event Buster Mathis defeats Joe Fraizer to qualify for U.S. Olympic team 1963 Event 51st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats BC Lions, 21-10 1962 Event U.S. Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win 1961 Event 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes 1960 Event 48th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 16-6 1959 Event 47th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 21-7 1957 Event 45th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 32-7 1956 Event 44th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27 1955 Event 43rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 34-19 1954 Event 42nd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 26-25 1954 Event A's defeats Yankees 8-6 in last game franchise will play in Philadelphia 1953 Event 41st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 12-6 1952 Event 40th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 21-11 1951 Event 39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14 1951 Event Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden 1951 Event Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta and takes middleweight title 1950 Event 38th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 13-0 1950 Event City College of New York defeats Bradley to win the NIT 1949 Event Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title 1947 Event 35th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 10-9 1946 Event 34th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 28-6 1945 Event 33rd CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 35-0 1944 Event 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 1944 Event Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa 1943 Event U.S. defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea 1942 Event 30th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Hurricanes defeats Winnipeg Bombers, 8-5 1942 Event Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II) 1942 Event U.S. Navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance 1941 Event Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy 1939 Event 27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7 1939 Event 1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer 1938 Event 26th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7 1938 Event Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941 1938 Event Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT 1937 Event 25th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7 1936 Event 24th CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20 1936 Event 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5 1935 Event 23rd CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Winnipegs defeats Hamilton Tigers, 18-12 1935 Event Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium 1933 Event 21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3 1932 Event 20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6 1932 Event German election - KPD defeats NSDAP 1930 Event 1st International bridge match is held in London. U.S. team defeats England 1930 Event Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights 1930 Event Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball 1929 Event 17th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 14-3 1928 Event England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane 1927 Event 15th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Hamilton Tigers, 9-6 1926 Event 14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats University of Toronto, 10-7 1926 Event U.S. defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship 1926 Event Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France 1925 Event 13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1 1922 Event 10th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 13-1 1922 Event Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2 1922 Event Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0 1921 Event 9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0 1920 Event 8th CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3 1915 Event 7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7 1914 Event 6th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats University of Toronto, 14-2 1914 Event Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die) 1914 Event Battle of Tannenberg - 8th German army defeats Russian Narev army 1913 Event 5th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Parkdale, 44-2 1912 Event 4th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Alerts defeats Toronto Argonauts, 11-4 1912 Event Woodrow Wilson (D) defeats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) and President Taft (R) 1911 Event 3rd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-7 1910 Event 2nd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Hamilton Tigers, 16-7 1909 Event 1st CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Parkdale, 26-6 1905 Event Waseda University of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball 1904 Event Germany defeats Hottentotten in Warmbad SW-Africa 1904 Event President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D) 1904 Event German-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa 1901 Event In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia 12-4 1898 Event U.S. Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba 1898 Event Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game 1896 Event William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for president 1896 Event Battle of Aduwa, Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats invading Italians 1894 Event 1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, University of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, California in football 1894 Event Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang 1892 Event 1st CRU championship game: Osgoode Hall defeats Montreal, 45-5 1888 Event Longest U.S. men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest 1887 Event Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship 1887 Event Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians 1884 Event Montreal Foot Ball Club (QFRU) defeats Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) 30-0 in 1st CRFU Championship game 1878 Event Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match 1870 Event Magic (U.S.) defeats Cambria (England) in 2nd running of America's Cup 1869 Event Mike McCoole (U.S.) defeats Tom Allen (England) in bare-knuckle bout 1868 Event Battle at Washita, General Custer defeats Cheyennes 1864 Event Union General Samuel R Curtis defeats Confederate General Stirling Price 1863 Event Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds 1863 Event South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia 1862 Event Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, Island #10 falls 1862 Event Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee 1861 Event Battle of Boonville, MI-Brigadier General Lyon defeats Confederate forces 1861 Event 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV 1861 Event Col Bernard Irwin attacks and defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians 1859 Event General Horsford defeats Begum of Oudh and Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny 1856 Event Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders 1847 Event U.S. defeats Mexico in battle of Sacramento 1847 Event Battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans 1824 Event Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain 1821 Event Battle of Carabobo; Bolivar defeats royalists outside of Caracas 1819 Event Battle of Boyaca; Bolivar defeats Spanish in Colombia 1814 Event Battle of Lake Champlain, New York; American Navy defeats British 1813 Event Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie 1813 Event Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians 1812 Event U.S. warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere 1812 Event Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain 1809 Event Napoleon I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria 1807 Event Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau 1805 Event Napoleon defeats Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz 1805 Event Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies 1800 Event French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, and advance to Cairo 1798 Event Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet 1796 Event Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge 1796 Event Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi 1794 Event English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French 1779 Event John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis 1777 Event Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, New Jersey 1776 Event George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton 1776 Event Washington crosses Delaware and surprises and defeats 1,400 Hessians 1757 Event Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal 1754 Event George Washington defeats French and indians at Ft. Duquesne near Pittsburgh 1746 Event Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats and massacres Scots 1745 Event Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians and Saxons 1739 Event Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia and threaten Belgrade 1706 Event Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed 1700 Event King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva 1690 Event Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II 1690 Event Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland 1689 Event Battle of Killicrankie, Viscount Dundee defeats Whig General MacKay 1687 Event Charles of Lotharingen defeats Turkish leaders 1673 Event Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English and French fleet 1671 Event Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama 1665 Event Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft 1648 Event Battle of Lens: French duke d'Enghien defeats Spaniards 1648 Event Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria 1643 Event Cromwell defeats Royalist at Battle of Gainsborough 1639 Event Dunes (Marten Tromp defeats Spanish armada under De Oquendo) 1631 Event Battle of Breitenfeld: King Gustaaf Adolf defeats General Tilly 1604 Event Tsar Ivan IV defeats False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar 1588 Event English fleet defeats Spanish armada 1580 Event Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal 1569 Event Battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots 1520 Event Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde 1460 Event Wars of Roses: Richard of York defeats King Henry VI at Northampton 1396 Event Battle of Nicopolis: Sultan Bajezid I defeats Crusades armies 1385 Event Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castilie 1322 Event Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence 1278 Event Battle of Marchfeld: Rudolf van Habsburg defeats Ottokar II 1260 Event Battle of Ain Djaloet, Palestine defeats Mongols army 1244 Event Chwarizneense Turken defeats Jerusalem 1242 Event Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights 1187 Event Battle of Hittin (Tiberias): Saladin defeats Reinoud of Chatillon 1141 Event Battle of Samarkand: Yelutashi defeats Islams 1139 Event Battle of Ourique: Afonso I defeats Moors 1128 Event Afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa 1096 Event Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea defeats 1st Crusaders 1071 Event Battle of Cassel-Robert I the Frisian defeats Arnulf III/I 451 Event General Aetius defeats Attila the Hun at Chalons-sur-Marne 378 Event Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army
