List of sports events
This page indexes the individual year in sports pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.
2000s - 1990s - 1980s - 1970s - 1960s - 1950s - 1940s - 1930s - 1920s - 1910s - 1900s - 1890s - 1880s - 1870s - 1860s - 1850s - Pre 1850s
2000s
- 2004 in sports -
- 2003 in sports - Michael Schumacher wins record sixth Formula One Championship
- 2002 in sports - Canada wins double gold in ice hockey at the olympics
- 2001 in sports - Tiger Woods becomes first golfer to hold all four major titles
- 2000 in sports -
1990s
- 1999 in sports - Death of Joe DiMaggio
- 1998 in sports - NHL players compete in Winter Olympic Games for the first time
- 1997 in sports - Mike Tyson banned from boxing after biting a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear
- 1996 in sports - Professional cyclists compete at Summer Olympic Games for the first time
- 1995 in sports - Miguel Induraín wins fifth consecutive Tour de France
- 1994 in sports - Baseball World Series cancelled after player strike
- 1993 in sports - Monica Seles is stabbed during a tennis tournament
- 1992 in sports - Toronto Blue Jays become the first non-American team to win a Baseball World Series
- 1991 in sports - Magic Johnson retires from basketball
- 1990 in sports - James Buster Douglas defeats Mike Tyson to become World Heavyweight Champion
1980s
- 1989 in sports - Pete Rose banned from baseball
- 1988 in sports - Ben Johnson breaks 100 metres record but tests positive for banned substances
- 1987 in sports - First Rugby Union World Cup
- 1986 in sports - Mike Tyson becomes the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion
- 1985 in sports - Libby Riddles is the first woman to win the Iditarod
- 1984 in sports - First North America Cup of harness racing
- 1983 in sports - First World Athletics Championships
- 1982 in sports - Mary Decker sets six world records in Track and field
- 1981 in sports - First million dollar horse race
- 1980 in sports - "Miracle on Ice" as US ice hockey team beats Russia
1970s
- 1979 in sports - Sugar Ray Leonard wins his first word boxing title
- 1978 in sports - First Ironman Triathlon
- 1977 in sports - Shirley Muldowney is the first woman to win the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship
- 1976 in sports - Nadia Comaneci earns the first perfect score in the history of Olympic gymnastics
- 1975 in sports - First Cricket World Cup
- 1974 in sports - The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match
- 1973 in sports - Secretariat wins the Triple Crown of United States Thoroughbred Racing
- 1972 in sports - The 1972 Summit Series between the USSR and Canada
- 1971 in sports - Richard Petty wins the Daytona 500 and the NASCAR Championship
- 1970 in sports - Nijinsky II wins the Triple Crown of British Thoroughbred Racing
1960s
- 1969 in sports -
- 1968 in sports - Jean-Claude Killy wins the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- 1967 in sports - First Super Bowl
- 1966 in sports - England wins its first and only FIFA Football World Cup
- 1965 in sports - Bret Hanover wins the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers
- 1964 in sports - Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, wins the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship.
- 1963 in sports - Craig Breedlove breaks through the 400 mph barrier in setting a new Land speed record
- 1962 in sports - Rod Laver wins the men’s Grand Slam in tennis
- 1961 in sports - The World Figure Skating Championships canceled after the entire United States team dies in a plane crash
- 1960 in sports - First Paralympics
1950s
- 1959 in sports -
- 1958 in sports - The lights go out permanently in Brooklyn as baseball’s |Dodgers move to Los Angeles.
- 1957 in sports -
- 1956 in sports - Don Larsen pitches the first and only post-season no-hitter in Major League Baseball history (a perfect game, no less)
- 1955 in sports - Calvin Rice wins the NHRA’s inaugural "Top Fuel" championship
- 1954 in sports - First sub-four minute mile run
- 1953 in sports - Maureen Connolly is the first woman to win the Grand Slam in tennis
- 1952 in sports - Dick Button, performs the first triple jump in figure skating in the Winter Olympic Games
- 1951 in sports -
- 1950 in sports - First Formula One championship
1940s
- 1949 in sports - NHL goaltender, Bill Durnan sets shutout record of 309:21 minutes
- 1948 in sports -
- 1947 in sports - Jackie Robinson breaks baseball’s "color" barrier
- 1946 in sports - NBA founded (originally known as Basketball Association of America)
- 1945 in sports - Maurice Richard is the first NHL player to score 50 goals in one season
- 1944 in sports -
- 1943 in sports -
- 1942 in sports -
- 1941 in sports - Ted Williams is the last batter in Major League Baseball to hit over .400
- 1940 in sports -
1930s
- 1939 in sports - First NCAA championship tournament in basketball
- 1938 in sports - Don Budge becomes the first person to win the Grand Slam in tennis
- 1937 in sports -
- 1936 in sports - To the consternation of Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin
- 1935 in sports -
- 1934 in sports - The Masters golf tournament first held
- 1933 in sports - England cricket team's Bodyline tour
- 1932 in sports -
- 1931 in sports -
- 1930 in sports - First football World Cup
1920s
- 1929 in sports -
- 1928 in sports -
- 1927 in sports - First Ryder Cup of golf
- 1926 in sports -
- 1925 in sports -
- 1924 in sports - First Winter Olympic Games
- 1923 in sports - First 24 hours of Le Mans race
- 1922 in sports - First sub-one minute 100m freestyle swim
- 1921 in sports - The schooner Bluenose begins her undefeated career in racing, winning the International Fishermen's Trophy
- 1920 in sports - First running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race
1910s
- 1919 in sports - Black Sox scandal in baseball
- 1918 in sports -
- 1917 in sports -
- 1916 in sports -
- 1915 in sports - Braggo Roth leads the American League with 7 home runs for the season.
- 1914 in sports -
- 1913 in sports -
- 1912 in sports - Electronic timers introduced for the first time at the Stockholm Olympic Games
- 1911 in sports - First Indianapolis 500
- 1910 in sports -
1900s
- 1909 in sports -
- 1908 in sports - First women compete in the modern Olympic Games
- 1907 in sports -
- 1906 in sports - First Grand Prix motor racing
- 1905 in sports -
- 1904 in sports - Louis Rigolly breaks through the 100 mph barrier in setting a new Land speed record
- 1903 in sports - First Tour de France
- 1902 in sports -
- 1901 in sports -
- 1900 in sports - For the first time, women are allowed to compete in the Olympic Games
1890s
- 1899 in sports -
- 1898 in sports -
- 1897 in sports -
- 1896 in sports - First modern Olympic Games
- 1895 in sports - First US Open of golf
- 1894 in sports - First auto race
- 1893 in sports - Stanley Cup first awarded in ice hockey
- 1892 in sports - First official game of basketball
- 1891 in sports - First French Open of tennis
- 1890 in sports -
1880s
- 1889 in sports - Handsome Dan, a bulldog, becomes Yale University’s mascot, the first animal to hold such a position in American sports
- 1888 in sports - English Football League founded
- 1887 in sports -
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- 1885 in sports -
- 1884 in sports - First baseball World Series
- 1883 in sports - First luge competition
- 1882 in sports -
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- 1880 in sports -
1870s
- 1879 in sports -
- 1878 in sports -
- 1877 in sports - First cricket test match
- 1876 in sports -
- 1875 in sports - First running of the Kentucky Derby horse race
- 1874 in sports -
- 1873 in sports -
- 1872 in sports - First football FA Cup final
- 1871 in sports -
- 1870 in sports -
1860s
- 1869 in sports -
- 1868 in sports -
- 1867 in sports - Marquess of Queensberry boxing rules published
- 1866 in sports -
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- 1864 in sports -
- 1863 in sports -
- 1862 in sports - First ski jumping competition
- 1861 in sports -
- 1860 in sports - First British Open of golf
1850s
- 1859 in sports - The Queen's Plate horse race is organized
- 1858 in sports - Australian Rules Football codified
- 1857 in sports -
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- 1851 in sports - Birth of the America's Cup
- 1850 in sports -
Pre 1850s
- 1840s in sports -
- 1830s in sports - First Aintree Grand National
- 1820s in sports - First Oxford and Cambridge boat race
- 1810s in sports -
- 1800s in sports - First Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
- 1790s in sports -
- 1780s in sports - First Epsom Derby
- 1770s in sports - First St. Leger Stakes
- 1760s in sports -
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- Early 18th century in sports -
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