2012: The NFL and NFL Referees Association reached an agreement to officially end to the NFL referee lockout and replace the “replacement officials”
1996: San Francisco Giants OF Barry Bonds achieved just the 2nd 40 HR-40 SB season in MLB history (Jose Canseco, 1988)
1981: Houston Astros SP Nolan Ryan set an MLB record by throwing his 5th career no-hitter
1973: A year after retiring from the Lakers and the NBA, future HOF C Wilt Chamberlain signed with the ABA’s San Diego Conquistadors as a player-coach in a comeback attempt
1970: With SP Jim Palmer’s 20th win of the season, the Baltimore Orioles became just the 2nd team in MLB history with 4 20-game winners (1920 White Sox)
1967: After a falling out with Cleveland ownership, founder and namesake Paul Brown was granted an AFL expansion franchise in Cincinnati, Ohio (Bengals)
1965: Baltimore Colts RB Lenny Moore failed to reach the end zone for the 1st time in 18 games against the Packers, ending his NFL-record streak
1962: Los Angeles Dodgers SS Maury Wills became the 1st player in MLB history to steal 100 bases in a season
1961: New York Yankees OF Roger Maris became just the 2nd in MLB history to hit 60s HRs in a season, tying Babe Ruth’s record from 1927
1954: The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the New York Yankees 8-6 in what would be their final game in Philadelphia, as the franchise moved to Kansas City the following season; Yankees C Yogi Berra played his only career game at 3B and OF Mickey Mantle played SS