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Jack Kent Cooke fined his players for “NOT” arguing with the referree. Courtesy photo
December 31
1906 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Christchurch, NZ: All-NZ final; Antony Wilding beats Francis Fisher 6-0, 6-4, 6-4
1918 Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager
1920 Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, v Eng at MCG
1920 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Auckland, NZ: Bill Johnson & Bill Tilden (US) beat Norman Brookes & Gerald Patterson (Australasia) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 for an unassailable 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
1921 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Perth: Australian Rhys Gemmell beats countryman Alf Hedeman 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
1945 Bradman scores 112, his 1st post-War century, SA v Aust Services
1950 Jockeys Bill Shoemaker & Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year
1952 41st Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (4-1)
1952 Danny Nardico stops former world middleweight champion Jake LaMotta in 7 rounds in a light heavyweight non-title bout in Coral Gables, Florida; LaMotta is knocked down for the only time in his career, his corner stopping fight after the round
1953 42nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Melbourne (3-2)
1958 47th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Brisbane (3-2)
1958 Bill Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X
1961 National Football League Championship, City Stadium, Green Bay: Green Bay Packers shutout NY Giants 37-0; first of 5 NFL titles won in 7-season span by Packers and head coach, Vince Lombardi
1962 American Basketball League announces suspension of operation
1966 Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India v WI Calcutta, 2-92
1967 1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, LA Lakers beat Houston 147-118
1967 AFL Championship, Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland: Oakland Raiders beat Houston Oilers 40-7; George Blanda 4 field goals for Raiders in club's 1st AFL Championship
1967 NFL Championship, Lambeau Field, Green Bay: Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17; "The Ice Bowl", -13°F
1968 NY Jets win AFL championship
1970 Would have been start of Aust/Eng Test Cricket at MCG, washed out
1972 AFC Championship, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh: Miami Dolphins beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 21-7
1972 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6-4, 7-5 for her record 11th and final Australian singles crown
1972 NFC Championship, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys 26-3
1972 39th Sugar Bowl: #2 Oklahoma beats #5 Penn State, 14-0
1973 Johan Cruyff chosen European Football Player of the Year
1973 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley beats Chris Evert 7-6, 4-6, 6-0 for her first of 4 home singles titles
1973 40th Sugar Bowl: #3 Notre Dame beats #1 Alabama, 24-23
1974 New York Yankees sign Cy Young Award winner Jim "Catfish" Hunter for 5 years for a record $3.75 million from the Oakland A's
1974 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley retains her title; beats Martina Navratilova of Czechoslovakia 6-3, 6-2
1974 41st Sugar Bowl: #8 Nebraska beats #18 Florida, 13-10
1974 Ballon d'Or: Ajax forward Johan Cruyff wins back-to-back awards, and his 3rd overall, for best European football player ahead of Bayern Munich defender Franz Beckenbauer and Legia Warsaw midfielder Kazimierz Deyna
1975 42nd Sugar Bowl: #3 Alabama beats #7 Penn State, 13-6
1977 Australian Open Men's Tennis: American Vitas Gerulaitis wins his first and only Grand Slam event; beats Englishman John Lloyd 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 3-6, 6-2
1980 NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks
1984 Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, v England at Calcutta
1988 Pittsbugh NHL center Mario Lemieux accounts for all his team's goals in Penguins 8-6 win over the NJ Devils; famously scores 5 goals, each in a different way: even strength, power play, shorthanded, penalty shot and empty net; also 3 assists
1989 Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets record with 598 wins in a year
1991 Daniel R McCarthy elected NY Yankee managing general partner
1991 J Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner
1995 Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria
1995 62nd Sugar Bowl: #13 Virginia Tech beats #9 Texas, 28-10
1996 63rd Orange Bowl: #6 Nebraska beats #10 Virginia Tech, 41-21
1997 72-year-old Marv Levy retires as coach of the NFL Buffalo Bills after 12 seasons, including 4 consecutive losing Super Bowl appearances
1997 27th Fiesta Bowl: #10 Kansas State beats #14 Syracuse, 35-18
1997 Buffalo's Czech NHL goalie Dominik Hasek stops 36 shots for his 27th career shutout in Sabres' 3-0 win over Ottawa Senators; his 6th shutout in month of December; first since George Hainsworth in 1928-29 to achieve the feat
2006 The final contest at the old Lansdowne Road Stadium in Dublin is a rugby match with Leinster beating Ulster 20-12 in a Celtic League game
2014 44th Fiesta Bowl: #20 Boise State beats #10 Arizona, 38-30
2014 81st Orange Bowl: #10 Georgia Tech beats #8 Mississippi State, 49-34
2015 82nd Orange Bowl: #1 Clemson beats #4 Oklahoma, 37-17
2017 Cleveland Browns crash to a 28-24 loss to Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field to become only the 2nd team in NFL history to finish season with 0-16 record
2018 Houston guard James Harden scores 43 points in Rockets' 113-101 win over Memphis Grizzlies; 4th straight NBA game with 40+ points and 8th straight with 35+; joins Oscar Robertson as only player with at least 35 points & 5 assists in 8 straight games
January 1
1838 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide
1902 1st Rose Bowl, Tournament Park, Pasadena, California: Michigan beats Stanford, 49-0; MVP: Neil Snow, Michigan, FB
1907 Joe Gans lands a devastating right to the head of Canadian challenger Kid Herman to retain his world lightweight boxing title with an 8th round knockout in Tonopah, Nevada
1908 Jack Hobbs makes his international debut in England's 2nd Test win over Australia at the MCG, scoring 83 and 28 in his two innings. Goes onto become the leading run scorer and century maker in 1st-class cricket history.
1909 American Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4) at Yonkers, NY
1910 England cricket underhand bowler George Simpson-Hayward takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs in 1st Test against South Africa in Johannesburg; SA wins by 19 runs
1913 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Hastings, NZ: Irishman James Cecil Parke beats Alfred Beamish of England 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5
1916 2nd Rose Bowl, Tournament Park, Pasadena, California: Washington State beats Brown, 14-0; MVP: Carl Dietz, Washington State
1917 3rd Rose Bowl, Tournament Park, Pasadena, California: Oregon beats Pennsylvania, 14-0; MVP: John Beckett, Oregon
1918 4th Rose Bow, Tournament Park, Pasadena, California: Mare Island, USMC beats Camp Lewis, US Army, 19-7; MVP: Hollis Huntington, USMC
1919 5th Rose Bowl, Tournament Park, Pasadena, California: Great Lakes, US Navy beats Mare Island, USMC, 17-0; MVP: George Halas, US Navy
1920 6th Rose Bowl: Harvard beats Oregon 7-6
1921 7th Rose Bowl: California beats Ohio State 28-0
1923 9th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats Penn State, 14-3
1924 10th Rose Bowl: Washington ties Navy, 14-14
1925 11th Rose Bowl: Notre Dame beats Stanford, 27-10
1925 Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford becomes the first batsman to score a century in each of his first 2 Tests when he hits 128 against England in the 2nd Test in Melbourne; Australia wins by 81 runs
1926 12th Rose Bowl: Alabama beats Washington, 20-19
1927 Brooklyn announces release of future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Zack Wheat after 18 consecutive seasons with Robins; Wheat hits .324 in final season with Philadelphia A's
1927 13th Rose Bowl: Stanford ties Alabama, 7-7
1929 15th Rose Bowl: Georgia Tech beats California, 8-7 (Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with fumble recovery)
1930 16th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats Pittsburgh, 47-11
1931 17th Rose Bowl: Alabama beats Washington State, 24-0
1932 18th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats Tulane, 21-12
1934 20th Rose Bowl: Columbia beats Stanford, 7-0
1935 21st Rose Bowl: Alabama beats Stanford, 29-13
1935 1st Sugar Bowl: Tulane beats Temple, 20-14
1935 1st Orange Bowl: Bucknell beats Miami (FL), 26-0
1936 22nd Rose Bowl: Stanford beats SMU, 7-0
1936 2nd Sugar Bowl: TCU beats LSU, 3-2
1936 2nd Orange Bowl: Catholic University beats Mississippi, 20-19
1937 23rd Rose Bowl: #3 Pittsburgh beats #5 Washington, 21-0
1937 3rd Sugar Bowl: Santa Clara beats LSU, 21-14
1937 3rd Orange Bowl: #14 Duquesne beats Mississippi State, 13-12
1938 24th Rose Bowl: #2 California beats #4 Alabama, 13-0
1938 4th Sugar Bowl: Santa Clara beats LSU, 6-0
1938 4th Orange Bowl: Auburn beats Michigan State, 6-0
1939 25th Rose Bowl: #7 Southern California beats #3 Duke, 7-3
1940 26th Rose Bowl: #3 Southern California beats #2 Tennessee, 1-0
1940 6th Sugar Bowl: #1 Texas A&M beats #5 Tulane, 14-13
1940 6th Orange Bowl: #16 Georgia Tech beats #6 Missouri, 21-7
1941 27th Rose Bowl: #2 Stanford beats #7 Nebraska, 21-13
1941 7th Sugar Bowl: #4 Boston College beats #6 Tennessee, 19-13
1941 7th Orange Bowl: #9 Mississippi State beats #13 Georgetown, 14-7
1942 28th Rose Bowl: #12 Oregon State beats #2 Duke, 20-16 (played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat)
1942 8th Sugar Bowl: #6 Fordham beats #7 Missouri, 2-0
1942 8th Orange Bowl: #14 Georgia beats TCU, 40-26
1943 Negro Baseball League star Josh Gibson suffers a nervous breakdown; admitted to hospital for rest and treatment; released in time for pre-season training
1943 Chicago Black Hawks field first trio of brothers to play together in an NHL game; Max, Doug and Reggie Bentley appear for the Hawks in a 6-5 win over the New York Rangers at Chicago Stadium
1943 29th Rose Bowl: #2 Georgia beats #13 UCLA, 9-0
1943 9th Sugar Bowl: #7 Tennessee beats #4 Tulsa, 14-7
1943 9th Orange Bowl: #10 Alabama beats #8 Boston College, 37-21
1944 30th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats #12 Washington, 29-0
1944 10th Sugar Bowl: Georgia Tech beats Tulsa, 20-18
1944 10th Orange Bowl: LSU beats Texas A&M, 19-14
1945 31st Rose Bowl: #7 Southern California beats #12 Tennessee, 25-0
1945 11th Sugar Bowl: #11 Duke beats Alabama, 29-26
1945 11th Orange Bowl: Tulsa beats #13 Georgia Tech, 26-12
1946 32nd Rose Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #11 Southern California, 34-14
1946 12th Sugar Bowl: #5 Oklahoma State beats #7 Saint Mary's (CA), 33-13
1946 12th Orange Bowl: Miami (FL) beats #16 Holy Cross, 13-6
1947 33rd Rose Bowl: #5 Illinois beats #4 UCLA, 45-14
1947 13th Sugar Bowl: #3 Georgia beats #9 North Carolina, 20-10
1947 13th Orange Bowl: #10 Rice beats #7 Tennessee, 8-0
1948 Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman scores 132 on first day of 3rd Test v India; follows up with 127no in 2nd innings; Australia wins by 233
1948 34th Rose Bowl: #2 Michigan beats #8 Southern California, 49-0
1948 14th Sugar Bowl: #5 Texas beats #6 Alabama, 27-7
1948 14th Orange Bowl: #10 Georgia Tech beats #12 Kansas, 20-14
1949 35th Rose Bowl: #7 Northwestern beats #4 California, 20-14
1949 15th Sugar Bowl: #5 Oklahoma beats #3 North Carolina, 14-6
1949 15th Orange Bowl: Texas beats #8 Georgia, 41-28
1949 Arguably cricket's greatest ever batsman, ex-Australian captain Don Bradman is knighted; first time a cricketer is bestowed with the honour solely for his contribution to the game
1951 37th Rose Bowl: #9 Michigan beats #5 California, 14-6
1951 17th Sugar Bowl: #7 Kentucky beats #1 Oklahoma, 13-7
1951 17th Orange Bowl: #10 Clemson beats #15 Miami (FL), 15-14
1952 38th Rose Bowl: #4 Illinois beats #7 Stanford, 40-7
1952 18th Sugar Bowl: #3 Maryland beats #1 Tennessee, 28-13
1952 18th Orange Bowl: #6 Georgia Tech beats #9 Baylor, 17-14
1953 39th Rose Bowl: #5 Southern California beats #11 Wisconsin, 7-0
1953 19th Sugar Bowl: #2 Georgia Tech beats #7 Mississippi, 24-7
1953 19th Orange Bowl: #9 Alabama beats #14 Syracuse, 61-6
1954 Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts
1954 40th Rose Bowl: #3 Michigan State beats #5 UCLA, 28-20
1954 20th Sugar Bowl: #8 Georgia Tech beats #10 West Virginia, 42-19
1954 20th Orange Bowl: #4 Oklahoma beats #1 Maryland, 7-0
1955 41st Rose Bowl: #1 Ohio State beats #17 Southern California, 20-7
1955 21st Sugar Bowl: #5 Navy beats #6 Mississippi, 21-0
1955 21st Orange Bowl: #14 Duke beats Nebraska, 34-7
1957 43rd Rose Bowl: #3 Iowa beats #10 Oregon State, 35-19
1957 23rd Sugar Bowl: #11 Baylor beats #2 Tennessee, 13-7
1957 23rd Orange Bowl: #20 Colorado beats #19 Clemson, 27-21
1958 44th Rose Bowl: #2 Ohio State beats Oregon, 10-7
1958 24th Sugar Bowl: #7 Mississippi beats #11 Texas, 39-7
1958 24th Orange Bowl: #4 Oklahoma beats #16 Duke, 48-21
1959 45th Rose Bowl: #2 Iowa beats #16 California, 38-12
1959 25th Sugar Bowl: #1 LSU beats #12 Clemson, 7-0
1959 25th Orange Bowl: #5 Oklahoma beats #9 Syracuse, 21-6
1960 46th Rose Bowl: #8 Washington beats #6 Wisconsin, 44-8
1960 26th Sugar Bowl: #2 Mississippi beats #3 LSU, 21-0
1960 26th Orange Bowl: #5 Georgia beats #18 Missouri, 14-0
1961 Briggs Stadium, home of baseball's Detroit Tigers is officially renamed Tigers Stadium
1962 48th Rose Bowl: #6 Minnesota beats #16 UCLA, 21-3
1962 28th Sugar Bowl: #1 Alabama beats #9 Arkansas, 10-3
1962 28th Orange Bowl: #4 LSU beats #7 Colorado, 25-7
1963 49th Rose Bowl: #1 Southern California beats #2 Wisconsin, 42-37
1963 29th Sugar Bowl: #3 Mississippi beats #6 Arkansas, 17-13
1963 29th Orange Bowl: #5 Alabama beats #8 Oklahoma, 17-0
1964 50th Rose Bowl: #3 Illinois beats Washington, 17-7
1964 30th Sugar Bowl: #8 Alabama beats #7 Mississippi, 12-7
1964 30th Orange Bowl: #6 Nebraska beats #5 Auburn, 13-7
1965 51st Rose Bowl: #4 Michigan beats #8 Oregon State, 34-7
1965 31st Sugar Bowl: #7 LSU beats Syracuse, 13-10
1965 31st Orange Bowl: #5 Texas beats #1 Alabama, 21-17
1965 49 year old former England international soccer forward Stanley Matthews becomes only player to be awarded a knighthood while still playing (Stoke City)
1966 52nd Rose Bowl: #5 UCLA beats #1 Michigan State, 14-12
1966 32nd Sugar Bowl: #6 Missouri beats Florida, 20-18
1966 32nd Orange Bowl: #4 Alabama beats #3 Nebraska, 39-28
1967 Canadian Amateur Football Association formally becomes successor to Canadian Rugby Football Union; turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL
1967 Second day's play in Calcutta 2nd cricket Test, India v W Indies is cancelled by riots; ticket holders denied access starts trouble outside ground; escalates with fires in stands and pitch damage; WI win by 45
1967 NFL Championship, Cotton Bowl, Dallas: Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys, 34-27
1967 AFL Championship,
1967 AFL Championship, War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo: Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills, 31-7; QB Len Dawson passes for 2 TDs, RB Mike Garrett runs for 2 TDs
1968 54th Rose Bowl: #1 Southern California beats #4 Indiana, 14-3
1968 34th Sugar Bowl: LSU beats #5 Wyoming, 20-13
1968 34th Orange Bowl: #3 Oklahoma beats #2 Tennessee, 26-24
1969 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's LA Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee
1969 55th Rose Bowl: #1 Ohio State beats #2 Southern California, 27-16
1969 35th Sugar Bowl: #9 Arkansas beats #4 Georgia, 16-2
1969 35th Orange Bowl: #3 Penn State beats #6 Kansas, 15-14
1970 Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League
1970 56th Rose Bowl: #5 Southern California beats #7 Michigan, 10-3
1970 36th Sugar Bowl: #13 Mississippi beats #3 Arkansas, 27-22
1970 36th Orange Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #6 Missouri, 10-3
1971 57th Rose Bowl: #12 Stanford beats #2 Ohio State, 27-17
1971 37th Sugar Bowl: #4 Tennessee beats #11 Air Force, 34-13
1971 37th Orange Bowl: #3 Nebraska beats #5 LSU, 17-12
1972 58th Rose Bowl: #16 Stanford beats #4 Michigan, 13-12
1972 38th Sugar Bowl: #3 Oklahoma beats #5 Auburn, 40-22
1972 38th Orange Bowl: #1 Nebraska beats #2 Alabama, 38-6
1973 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Home favourite John Newcombe beats Onny Parun of New Zealand 6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-1 for his first Australian title
1973 59th Rose Bowl: #1 Southern California beats #3 Ohio State, 42-17
1973 39th Orange Bowl: #9 Nebraska beats #12 Notre Dame, 40-6
1974 Lee MacPhail takes over as AL president, succeeding Joe Cronin
1974 Australian Open Men's Tennis: American Jimmy Connors wins his only Australian title; beats home favourite Phil Dent 7-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
1974 60th Rose Bowl: #4 Ohio State beats #7 Southern California, 42-21
1974 40th Orange Bowl: #6 Penn State beats #13 LSU, 16-9
1974 Ernie DiGregorio of Buffalo hands out 25 assists in the Braves' 120-119 win over Portland, establishing an NBA single-game record for assists by a rookie
1975 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Home favourite John Newcombe wins 7th and last career Grand Slam singles title; beats Jimmy Connors of the US 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6
1975 61st Rose Bowl: #5 Southern California beats #3 Ohio State, 18-17
1975 41st Orange Bowl: #9 Notre Dame beats #2 Alabama, 13-11
1976 After 45 years of coaching, Paul Brown announces his retirement from the National Football League
1976 42nd Orange Bowl: #3 Oklahoma beats #5 Michigan, 14-6
1977 63rd Rose Bowl: #3 Southern California beats #2 Michigan, 14-6
1977 43rd Sugar Bowl: #1 Pittsburgh beats #4 Georgia, 27-3; Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards
1977 43rd Orange Bowl: #11 Ohio State beats #12 Colorado, 27-10
1978 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat Oakland Raiders, 20-17
1978 NFC Championship, Texas Stadium, Irving: Dallas Cowboys beat Minnesota Vikings, 23-6
1979 65th Rose Bowl: #3 Southern California beats #5 Michigan, 17-10
1979 45th Sugar Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #1 Penn State, 14-7
1979 45th Orange Bowl: #4 Oklahoma beats #6 Nebraska, 31-24
1979 John Y. Brown attends his first game as owner of the Boston Celtics NBA franchise after trading the Buffalo Braves to previous Celtics owner, Irving H. Levin
1980 Australian Open Women's Tennis: In an all-American final Barbara Jordan wins her first and only Grand Slam singles title; beats Sharon Walsh 6-3, 6-3
1980 66th Rose Bowl: #3 Southern California beats #1 Ohio State, 17-16
1980 46th Sugar Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #6 Arkansas, 24-9
1980 46th Orange Bowl: #5 Oklahoma beats #4 Florida State, 24-7
1981 67th Rose Bowl: #5 Michigan beats #16 Washington, 23-6
1981 47th Sugar Bowl: #1 Georgia beats #7 Notre Dame, 17-10
1981 47th Orange Bowl: #4 Oklahoma beats #2 Florida State, 18-17
1982 68th Rose Bowl: #12 Washington beats #13 Iowa, 28-0
1982 48th Sugar Bowl: #10 Pittsburgh beats #2 Georgia, 24-20
1982 11th Fiesta Bowl: #7 Penn State beats #8 Southern California, 26-10
1982 48th Orange Bowl: #1 Clemson beats #4 Nebraska, 22-15
1983 PGA inaugurates allexempt tour
1983 69th Rose Bowl: #5 UCLA beats #19 Michigan, 24-14
1983 49th Sugar Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #1 Georgia, 27-23
1983 12th Fiesta Bowl: #11 Arizona State beats #12 Oklahoma, 32-21
1983 49th Orange Bowl: #3 Nebraska beats #13 LSU, 21-20
1985 71st Rose Bowl: #18 Southern California beats #6 Ohio State, 20-17
1985 51st Sugar Bowl: #5 Nebraska beats #11 LSU, 28-10
1985 14th Fiesta Bowl: #14 UCLA beats #13 Miami, 39-37
1985 51st Orange Bowl: #4 Washington beats #2 Oklahoma, 28-17
1986 72nd Rose Bowl: #13 UCLA beats #4 Iowa, 45-28; Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game.
1986 52nd Sugar Bowl: #8 Tennessee beats #2 Miami, 35-7
1986 15th Fiesta Bowl: #5 Michigan beats #7 Nebraska, 27-23
1986 52nd Orange Bowl: #3 Oklahoma beats #1 Penn State, 25-10
1987 73rd Rose Bowl: #7 Arizona State beats #4 Michigan, 22-15
1987 53rd Sugar Bowl: #6 Nebraska beats #5 LSU, 30-15
1987 53rd Orange Bowl: #3 Oklahoma beats #9 Arkansas, 42-8
1988 Czech born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen
1988 Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship
1988 74th Rose Bowl: #8 Michigan State beats #16 Southern California, 20-17
1988 54th Sugar Bowl: #4 Syracuse ties #6 Auburn, 16-16
1988 17th Fiesta Bowl: #3 Florida State beats #5 Nebraska, 31-28
1988 54th Orange Bowl: #2 Miami (FL) beats #1 Oklahoma, 20-14
1989 1st Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Helena Suková & Miloslav Mecir win inaugural event for Czechoslovakia; beat Australian pair Hana Mandlíková & Pat Cash 6-2, 6-4 for 2-0 victory
1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV
1990 76th Rose Bowl: #12 Southern California beats #3 Michigan, 17-10
1990 56th Sugar Bowl: #2 Miami beats #7 Alabama, 33-25
1990 19th Fiesta Bowl: #5 Florida State beats #6 Nebraska, 41-17
1990 56th Orange Bowl: #4 Notre Dame beats #1 Colorado, 21-6
1990 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario beats American Pam Shriver 6-3, 6-3 to clinch 2-1 win for Spain's first title
1991 77th Rose Bowl: #8 Washington beats #17 Iowa, 46-34
1991 57th Sugar Bowl: #6 Tennessee beats Virginia, 23-22
1991 20th Fiesta Bowl: #18 Louisville beats #25 Alabama, 34-7
1991 57th Orange Bowl: #1 Colorado beats #5 Notre Dame, 10-9
1992 78th Rose Bowl: #2 Washington beats #4 Michigan, 34-14
1992 58th Sugar Bowl: #18 Notre Dame beats #3 Florida, 39-28
1992 21st Fiesta Bowl: #6 Penn State beats #10 Tennessee, 42-17
1992 58th Orange Bowl: #1 Miami (FL) beats #11 Nebraska, 22-0
1993 Blockbuster Bowl 3: Stanford beats Penn State, 24-3
1993 79th Rose Bowl: #7 Michigan beats #9 Washington, 38-31
1993 59th Sugar Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #1 Miami, 34-13
1993 22nd Fiesta Bowl: #6 Syracuse beats #10 Colorado, 26-22
1993 59th Orange Bowl: #3 Florida State beats #11 Nebraska, 27-14
1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83)
1994 80th Rose Bowl: #9 Wisconsin beats #14 UCLA, 21-16
1994 60th Sugar Bowl: #8 Florida beats #3 West Virginia, 41-7
1994 23rd Fiesta Bowl: #16 Arizona beats #10 Miami, 29-0
1994 60th Orange Bowl: #1 Florida State beats #2 Nebraska, 18-16
1995 Raman Lamba (312) & Ravi Sehgal (216) put on an Indian 1st-class record opening partnership 464 in Delhi's innings & 310 run win over Himachal Pradesh in a Ranji Trophy cricket match in Delhi
1995 61st Orange Bowl: #1 Nebraska beats #3 Miami (FL), 24-17
1996 82nd Rose Bowl: #17 Southern California beats #3 Northwestern, 41-32
1996 62nd Orange Bowl: #6 Florida State beats #8 Notre Dame, 31-26
1997 83rd Rose Bowl: #4 Ohio State beats #2 Arizona State, 20-17
1997 26th Fiesta Bowl: #7 Penn State beats #20 Texas, 38-15
1998 84th Rose Bowl: #1 Michigan beats #8 Washington State, 21-16
1998 64th Sugar Bowl: #4 Florida State beats #9 Ohio State, 31-14
1999 85th Rose Bowl: #9 Wisconsin beats #6 UCLA, 38-31
1999 65th Sugar Bowl: #3 Ohio State beats #8 Texas A&M, 24-14
2000 86th Rose Bowl: #4 Wisconsin beats #22 Stanford, 17-9
2000 66th Orange Bowl: #8 Michigan beats #5 Alabama, 35-34
2001 87th Rose Bowl: #4 Washington beats #14 Purdue, 34-24
2001 30th Fiesta Bowl: #5 Oregon State beats #10 Notre Dame, 41-9
2002 68th Sugar Bowl: #12 LSU beats #7 Illinois, 47-34
2002 31st Fiesta Bowl: #2 Oregon beats #3 Colorado, 38-16
2003 89th Rose Bowl: #8 Oklahoma beats #7 Washington State, 34-14
2003 69th Sugar Bowl: #4 Georgia beats #16 Florida State, 26-13
2004 90th Rose Bowl: #1 Southern California beats #4 Michigan, 28-14
2004 70th Orange Bowl: #10 Miami (FL) beats #9 Florida State, 16-14
2004 St. Louis head coach Joel Quenneville records his 300th NHL win with the Blues, a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at Savvis Center, St. Louis; Quenneville is Blues coaching games and wins leader
2005 91st Rose Bowl: #6 Texas beats #13 Michigan, 38-37
2005 34th Fiesta Bowl: #5 Utah beats #19 Pittsburgh, 35-7
2007 93rd Rose Bowl: #8 Southern California beats #3 Michigan, 32-18
2007 36th Fiesta Bowl: #9 Boise State beats #7 Oklahoma, 43-42 (OT)
2008 94th Rose Bowl: #6 Southern California beats #13 Illinois, 49-17
2008 74th Sugar Bowl: #5 Georgia beats #10 Hawai'i, 41-10
2009 95th Rose Bowl: #5 Southern California beats #6 Penn State, 38-24
2009 75th Orange Bowl: #21 Virginia Tech beats #12 Cincinnati, 20-7
2010 Suicide car bomb detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100
2010 96th Rose Bowl: #8 Ohio State beats #7 Oregon, 26-17
2010 76th Sugar Bowl: #5 Florida beats #3 Cincinnati, 51-24
2011 97th Rose Bowl: #3 TCU beats #4 Wisconsin, 21-19
2011 40th Fiesta Bowl: #9 Oklahoma beats #25 Connecticut, 48-20
2013 Magnus Carlsen breaks Garry Kasparov's chess FIDE rating, reaching 2,861
2013 99th Rose Bowl: #8 Stanford beats Wisconsin, 20-14
2013 79th Orange Bowl: #13 Florida State beats #16 Northern Illinois, 31-10
2013 Phil Taylor claims his 16th and last PDC World Darts Championship title with a 7–4 victory over Dutchman Michael van Gerwen in the final in London
2014 Dutchman Michael van Gerwen wins his first PDC World Darts Championship beating Peter Wright of Scotland, 7-4; first time no Englishman in the final
2014 100th Rose Bowl: #4 Michigan State beats #5 Stanford, 24-20
2014 43rd Fiesta Bowl: #15 UCF beats #6 Baylor, 52-42
2014 New Zealand cricket batsman Corey Anderson smashes a record century off just 36 balls in the Black Caps' 159 run ODI win over the West Indies in Queenstown; finishes on 131 not out off 47 balls
2015 101st Rose Bowl: #2 Oregon beats #3 Florida State, 59-20 (National Championship Playoff Semi-Final)
2015 81st Sugar Bowl: #4 Ohio State beats #1 Alabama, 42-35 (National Championship Playoff Semi-Final)
2017 Indian provincial cricket team Vidarbha wins first Ranji Trophy title in their first final appearance in 61 years beating Delhi by 9 wickets in Indore; medium pacer Rajneesh Gurbani stars with the ball taking 6 wickets
2018 World Darts Championship: Retiring 16-time title holder Phil Taylor loses 7-2 to fellow Englishman Rob Cross in the Final at the Alexandra Palace, London.
2018 16-time world darts champion Phil Taylor loses, 7-2 to fellow Englishman Rob Cross in the final of his last World Championship in London
2019 Dutchman Michael van Gerwen wins his 3rd PDC World Darts Championship; beats Englishman Michael Smith 7-3 at the Alexandra Palace in London
2019 Level at 1-1 in Hopman Cup tennis tie, Roger Federer and Serena Williams (combined 43 major singles titles) matchup in deciding mixed doubles; with teammate Belinda Bencic, Federer wins 4-2, 4-3 for 2-1 Swiss victory over US
2020 Scotland's Peter Wright beats Dutch defending champion Michael Van Gerwen, 7-3 with 102.79 average, 34 x 140s, 11 maximums and 53% on doubles to seal his first PDC World Darts Championship in London
2020 106th Rose Bowl: #6 Oregon beats #8 Wisconsin, 28-27
2020 86th Sugar Bowl: #5 Georgia beats #7 Baylor, 26-14