1960 – Lakers guard Elgin Baylor scores 71 points in a game against the Knicks. 1970 – The expansion Cincinnati Bengals, under coach Paul Brown, beat Brown’s old team, the Cleveland Browns. Brown calls it his “greatest victory”. 1972 – Dick Allen of the White Sox is...

1875 – Harvard and Yale play in the first college football game to feature the team wearing uniforms. 1964 – Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks becomes the first player in NBA history to score 20,000 career points. 1982 – The University of Alabama football team loses...