1860 - First British Golf Open as Willie Park shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club.
1920 - Decatur Staleys, later to be known as Chicago Bears, play first NFL game and win 7-0.
1964 - Yankees fire manager Yogi Berra.
1974 - NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak.
1974 - Oakland A's beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4 games to 1 in the 71st World Series to become the only team besides the Yankees to win 3 straight series.
1978 - NY Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8).
1982 - Robin Yount is the first player to have two 4-hit games in a World Series.
1987 - First indoor World Series game is played at the Metodome in Minneapolis.
1989 - Earthquake in San Francisco of 6.9, killing 67, cancels the third game of the World Series.
1991 - Pittsburgh Penguins Paul Coffey sets NHL defensemen scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists).
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