Sports Timeline
This page indexes the individual
year in sports
pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.
2000s
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1990s
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1980s
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1970s
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1960s
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1950s
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1940s
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1930s
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1920s
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1910s
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1900s
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1890s
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1880s
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1870s
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1860s
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1850s
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Pre 1850s
2000s
2005 in sports
-
NHL
cancels season due to
labor dispute
2004 in sports
-
Lance Armstrong
wins a record 6th
Tour de France
,
Brian Lara
scores a test innings record 400 not out against
England
.
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 simultaneously
2000 in sports
-
Essendon
completes the
AFL
season with a 24-1 win-loss record, the best in the history of the league
1990s
1999 in sports
- Death of
Joe DiMaggio
;
Lance Armstrong
comes back from
testicular cancer
to win his first
Tour de France
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 Indurin
wins fifth consecutive
Tour de France
1994 in sports
-
World Series
cancelled after player
strike
;
Roland Ratzenberger
dies during qualifying for the
San Marino Grand Prix
at the Villeneuve corner and
Ayrton Senna
dies at the Tamburello corner during the race.
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 the
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
;
Hillsborough disaster
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
-
Pete Rose
breaks
Ty Cobb
's
major league
record for career hits;
Libby Riddles
is the first woman to win the
Iditarod
;
Bradford City
and
Heysel Stadium disasters
1984 in sports
- First
Breeders' Cup
in
thoroughbred racing
and
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
;
Major League Baseball
season interrupted by player
strike
, causing cancellation of over 600 games
1980 in sports
- "
Miracle on Ice
" as
US
ice hockey
team beats
Soviet Union
1970s
1979 in sports
-
Sugar Ray Leonard
wins his first world 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
;
Ibrox disaster
1970 in sports
-
Nijinsky II
wins the
Triple Crown of British Thoroughbred Racing
1960s
1969 in sports
- The
New York Jets
upset the heavily favored
Baltimore Colts
in
Super Bowl
III; the first Super Bowl victory by an
American Football League
team.
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
- First
Daytona 500
1958 in sports
- The lights go out permanently in
Brooklyn
as baseball's
Dodgers
move to Los Angeles;
Munich air disaster
devastates
Man U
1957 in sports
-
Juan Manuel Fangio
wins his fifth
Formula One
championship title
1956 in sports
-
Don Larsen
pitches the first and only post-season no-hitter in
Major League Baseball
history (a
perfect game
, no less); first
European Cup
in
football
1955 in sports
-
Calvin Rice
wins the
NHRA
's inaugural "
Top Fuel
" championship
1954 in sports
-
Roger Bannister
runs the first sub-
four minute mile
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
- The first
Pan American Games
are held in
Buenos Aires
,
Argentina
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
-
Fanny Blankers-Koen
wins four gold medals at the
1948 Summer Olympics
in
London
1947 in sports
-
Jackie Robinson
breaks baseball's
color barrier
; first
College World Series
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
-
Oxford
beat
Cambridge
in an unoffical
Boat Race
on the
Great Ouse
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 Men's Division I Basketball Championship
; the
Baseball Hall of Fame
opens;
Lou Gehrig
retires from baseball
1938 in sports
-
Don Budge
becomes the first person to win the
Grand Slam in tennis
1937 in sports
-
Joe Louis
becomes world heavyweight champion
1936 in sports
- To the consternation of
Adolf Hitler
,
Jesse Owens
wins four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin
1935 in sports
-
Babe Ruth
retires from Major League Baseball; first
Heisman Trophy
awarded
1934 in sports
-
The Masters
in
golf
first held
1933 in sports
- England
cricket
team's
Bodyline
tour; first
NFL
championship game played
1932 in sports
-
India
become the sixth Test cricketing nation.
1931 in sports
-
France
are thrown out of the
Rugby Union
Five Nations Championship
for professionalism.
1930 in sports
- First
Football World Cup
1920s
1929 in sports
-
Wally Hammond
scores 905 runs at an average of 113.12 as
England
defeat
Australia
in
The Ashes
1928 in sports
- Women's Olympic athletics and gymnastics are held for the first time at the
1928 Summer Olympics
.
1927 in sports
- First
Ryder Cup
of
golf
1926 in sports
-
Jack Dempsey
loses his world heavyweight boxing title to
Gene Tunney
;
Gertrude Ederle
becomes the first woman to swim the
English channel
1925 in sports
-
French Open
in
tennis
opened to non-French players for the first time
1924 in sports
- First
Winter Olympic Games
1923 in sports
- First
24 hours of Le Mans
race;
Ty Cobb
breaks
Honus Wagner
's
major league
record for career hits
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
-
National Football League
formed; the Grand Prix de Paris horse race changes its name to the
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
1910s
1919 in sports
-
Black Sox scandal
in baseball
1918 in sports
-
1917 in sports
-
1916 in sports
- First
PGA Championship
1915 in sports
-
1914 in sports
-
Babe Ruth
makes his major league debut;
Honus Wagner
breaks
Cap Anson
's
major league
record for career hits
1913 in sports
-
Emily Davison
throws herself in front of King
George V's
horse at the
Epsom Derby
horse race
1912 in sports
- Electronic timers introduced for the first time at the Stockholm
Olympic Games
1911 in sports
- First
Indianapolis 500
1910 in sports
- The
rugby union
Home Championship admits
France
, creating the
Five Nations
(now Six Nations)
1900s
1909 in sports
-
Imperial Cricket Conference
formed to administrate world
cricket
1908 in sports
- First women compete in the modern
Olympic Games
1907 in sports
-
Norman Brookes
becomes the first overseas men's singles tennis
Wimbledon
champion
1906 in sports
- First
Grand Prix motor racing
;
National Collegiate Athletic Association
formed
1905 in sports
- New Zealand's first
All Blacks
Rugby Union
tour of Britain (
The Originals
), winning 31 matches and losing one to a controversial refereeing decision.
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
; first modern
World Series
1902 in sports
- First
Rose Bowl
, American
college football
game -
Michigan
defeated
Stanford
49-0
1901 in sports
- The
American League
arrives as a rival to baseball's
National League
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
-
Victorian Football League
is formed
1896 in sports
- First modern
Olympic Games
1895 in sports
- First
US Open
of
golf
; game of
volleyball
invented
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
- First World Figure Skating Championships
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
-
The Football League
founded
1887 in sports
-
1886 in sports
- Workers at Royal
Woolwich
form Dial Square football team, later known as
Arsenal F.C.
1885 in sports
-
1884 in sports
- First
baseball
World Series
1883 in sports
- First
luge
competition; first Home Championship in
rugby union
(predecessor to the modern
Six Nations
)
1882 in sports
- First time
Australia
beat
England
in
Test cricket
in England, beginning
The Ashes
legend.
1881 in sports
-
1880 in sports
-
1870s
1879 in sports
-
1878 in sports
-
1877 in sports
- First
cricket
Test match
; first
Wimbledon Championships
1876 in sports
- First season of
Major League Baseball
, with the debut of the
National League
1875 in sports
- First running of the
Kentucky Derby
and the
Kentucky Oaks
horse race
1874 in sports
-
1873 in sports
- First running of the
Preakness Stakes
horse race
1872 in sports
- First
football
FA Cup
final
1871 in sports
- The
National Association
, baseball's first professional league, debuts
1870 in sports
-
1860s
1869 in sports
-
1868 in sports
-
1867 in sports
-
Marquess of Queensberry
boxing rules published; First running of the
Belmont Stakes
horse race
1866 in sports
- The Amateur Athletic Club introduce the definition of an 'amateur' into sport and hosting the first
United Kingdom
national championships.
1865 in sports
-
1864 in sports
- Overarm
bowling
becomes legal in
cricket
1863 in sports
-
The Football Association
formed to oversee
football
.
1862 in sports
- First
ski jumping
competition
1861 in sports
- First running of the
Melbourne Cup
horse race
1860 in sports
- First
Open Championship
of golf
1850s
1859 in sports
- The
Queen's Plate
horse race is organized
1858 in sports
-
Australian Rules Football
codified
1857 in sports
-
1856 in sports
-
1855 in sports
-
1854 in sports
-
1853 in sports
-
1852 in sports
-
1851 in sports
- Birth of the
America's Cup
1850 in sports
-
Pre 1850s
1840s in sports
- First codification of rules of baseball by
Alexander Cartwright
1830s in sports
- First
Aintree Grand National
1820s in sports
- First
Oxford and Cambridge boat race
1810s in sports
- English champion
Tom Cribb
narrowly defeats ex-slave
Tom Molineaux
at boxing; First
One Thousand Guineas Stakes
1800s in sports
- First
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
1790s in sports
-
1780s in sports
- First
Epsom Derby
1770s in sports
- First
St. Leger Stakes
,
Epsom Oaks
1760s in sports
-
1750s in sports
-
Early 18th century in sports
- First codification of the
Laws of Cricket
17th century in sports
-
Pre 17th century in sports
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