In 1946, Yogi Berra made his major league debut, homering in his second at-bat.
In 1974, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos played the first official sudden death OT in NFL history. The game still ended in a tie.
In 1990, Illinois’ RB Howard Griffith scored 8 TDs in a 56-21 win over Southern Illinois.
In 1927, Jack Dempsey knocked the heavyweight champ, Gene Tunney, to the mat in the seventh round but he didn’t retreat to a neutral corner quick enough, giving Tunney an additional five seconds.