2004: A 6x NBA Champion, SF Scottie Pippen announced his retirement from the NBA after one last season with the Chicago Bulls
2003: Kansas City Chiefs WR Dante Hall scored a game-winning kick return TD, his 4th consecutive game with a return TD, an NFL record
2003: The Chicago Cubs secured their very 1st playoff series victory since the 1908 World Series, defeating the Atlanta Braves in 5 games
2002: The Los Angeles Angels defeated the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the ALDS for their first playoff series victory in franchise history
2001: San Francisco Giants OF Barry Bonds hit his 71st and 72nd home runs of the season, breaking Mark McGwire’s single season record
2001: San Diego Padres OF Rickey Henderson scored his 2,246th career run, breaking Ty Cobb’s all-time career record
2001: Beating the Flordia Marlins 20-3 to clinch the NL East title, the Atlanta Braves became the 1st team in professional sports history to win their division in 10 consecutive seasons
2001: With their 115th win of the season, the Seattle Mariners broke the MLB single-season wins record set by the 1998 Yankees; they would finish 116-46
1993: The Charlotte Hornets signed PF Larry Johnson to the most lucrative deal in NBA history (at the time), a 12-year, $84 million contract
1986: Los Angeles Rams RB Eric Dickerson set an OT record with a game-winning 42-yard TD run to defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1970: An odd occurrence, both the ALCS and NLCS ended on the same day with the same score (3-0) as the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds advanced to the World Series over the Minnesota Twins and Pittsburgh Pirates
1950: To assign players from the defunct Chicago Stags franchise, the NBA had teams randomly draw lots from a hat; the Boston Celtics lucked into 6x NBA Champion PG Bob Cousy
1922: Game 2 of the World Series between the New York Giants and New York Yankees ended in a controversial 2-2 tie after 10 innings; Giants would win 4-0-1
1915: Detroit Tigers OF Ty Cobb recorded his 96th stolen base of the season, a record that stood until 1962 (Maury Wills)
1912: The Boston Red Sox won their 105th game of the season, an AL record that would stand until the 1927 New York Yankees (110)