- 1540 The first recorded horse race meeting in England is held at Roodee Fields in Chester
- 1895 William Morgan presents his new sport "Mintonette" to the world at Springfield College, Massachusetts, later renames it "Volleyball" [1]
- 1900 Dwight Davis establishes a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup
- 1912 US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
- 1916 NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, & Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
- 1920 Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances & alterations to baseballs
- 1932 USA enters Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time
- 1936 German skier Franz Pfnür wins the inaugural Olympic men’s combined gold medal at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ahead of teammate Gustav Lantschner
Louis vs. Godoy
1940 Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1942 Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils"
- 1943 National League of Baseball seeks a buyer for the Philadelphia Phillies as owner Gerry Nugent falls in arrears
- 1960 AFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact
- 1964 IX Winter Olympic Games close in Innsbruck, Austria
- 1968 A rare 3-way tie for silver in the women's 500m speed skating at the Grenoble Winter Olympics; Soviet Lyudmila Titova wins from American trio of Jenny Fish, Mary Meyers and Dianne Holum
- 1968 World champion Jean-Claude Killy of France wins the downhill at the Grenoble Winter Olympics; first of 3-event clean sweep of the alpine skiing events at the Games
- 1971 Satchel Paige becomes 1st Negro League player elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1976 Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's Hall of Fame
- 1979 UK Football club Nottingham Forest makes £1m transfer deal
Barry 1st 3-Pointers
1980 Rick Barry of the Houston Rockets is the 1st in NBA history to score eight 3-pointers in a game
1982 34th NHL All-Star Game, Capital Centre, Landover: Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference, 4-2; MVP: Mike Bossy, NY Islanders, RW
- 1984 East German ski jumper Jens Weißflog wins first of 3 career Olympic gold medals in the Normal Hill individual event at the Sarajevo Winter Games
- 1984 East German speed skater Karin Enke wins the 1,500m in world record 2:03.42 at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; also wins 1,000m gold
- 1984 Finnish cross-country skier Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen wins the 10k gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; first of 3 individual medal sweep, also winning 5k and 20k events
1986 36th NBA All-Star Game, Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX: East beats West, 139-132; MVP: Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons, G
- 1986 Marvin Johnson stops Leslie Stewart in 7 rounds in Indianapolis to win WBA light heavyweight boxing title; record 3rd time he regains a version of light heavyweight crown
- 1986 West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)
1988 39th NHL All-Star Game, St. Louis Arena: Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference, 6-5 (OT); MVP: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins, C
- 1988 NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991)
- 1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
- 1991 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)
Norris vs. Leonard
1991 Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him to defend his WBC Super Welterweight title
1992 42nd NBA All-Star Game, Orlando Arena, Orlando, FL: West beats East, 153-113; MVP: Magic Johnson, LA Lakers, F
- 1992 Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
- 1992 Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
- 1997 47th NBA All-Star Game, Gund Arena, Cleveland, OH: East beats West, 132-120; MVP: Glen Rice, Charlotte Hornets, F
- 2002 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 38-30; MVP: Rich Gannon, Oakland Raiders, QB
- 2003 52nd NBA All-Star Game, Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA: West beats East, 155-145 (2 OT); MVP: Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves, F
Sports History
2013 Adam Ondra completes the second ascent of the 9b (5.15b) route, Fight or flight
- 2014 Olympic teams figure skating event debuts in Sochi with Russia taking the gold medal; pairs champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov win first of 2 gold at the Games
- 2014 Slopestyle snowboarding event makes Olympic debut at Sochi Winter Games; American Jamie Anderson is inaugural women's gold medallist
- 2014 Slovak biathlete Anastasiya Kuzmina retains her Olympic 7.5k sprint title (Vancouver 2010) at the Sochi Winter Games
2025 Super Bowl LIX, Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana: Philadelphia Eagles claim second title in franchise history with a 40-22 win over 2-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs; MVP: Jalen Hurts, PH, QB
