1912 – The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Giants to clinch a 4-3-1 World Series victory. The series was extended to an eighth game due to darkness.

1936 – Yankees’ slugger Lou Gehrig wins American League MVP.

1942 – National Boxing Association freezes the titles of this serving in the services.

1960 – The NL agrees on a vote to make Houston and New York apart of the league.

1962 – The New York Yankees win the franchises 20th championship in team history, the MVP of the series was pitcher Ralph Terry.

1964 – The Yankees fire manager Yogi Berra the day after losing the World Series. 

1968 – Tommie Smith (Gold) and John Carlos (Bronze) give the famous Black Power Salute on the 200 m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest the racism against African Americans. 

1968 – The Milwaukee Bucks would play the first game, and would go on to lose to the Chicago Bulls 89-84. 

1988 – Los Angeles Dodgers Orel Hershiser becomes the first MLB player to pitch shutouts in both playoffs and World Series.

2004- A 17 year old known as Lionel Messi makes his debut for FC Barcelona in a 1-0 win. 

2005 – The Chicago White Sox beat the LA Angeles 4-1 to win the American League Championship. 

2016- Ed Whitlock (85) would become the oldest person to complete a marathon under 4 hours at the Toronto Marathon.