1901 – 1st table tennis tournament is held. 1915 – Jack Johnson is 1st African American world heavyweight boxing champion. 1920 – Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC. 1930 – NY Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game. 1938 –...
1931 National Football League Championship: Green Bay Packers (12-2-0) win 3rd straight first past the post title. 1936 – Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Packers 21-6, move to Washington, D.C. 1936 – National Football League Championship, Polo Grounds, NYC:...
1899 – George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee. 1930 – Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book, ball bouncing into stands not a HR, now a double. 1937 – National Football League Championship, Wrigley Field, Chicago: Washington Redskins...
1866 – 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean. 1934 – NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team). 1938 – National Football League Championship, Polo Grounds, NYC: New York Giants beat Green Bay Packers, 23-17; record title game attendance 48,120....
1903 – Boston Beaneater pitcher Wiley Piatt becomes the only pitcher in the 20th century to...
