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What happened in history on this day: October 20?
On October 20 in ...
- 1888 - Chicago and All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand.
- 1891 - First International six-day bike race (New York, Madison Square Gardens) begins.
- 1899 - Columbia (US) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup.
- 1910 - First appearance of cork-centered baseball in World Series (World Series #7).
- 1946 - Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yards, Chicago Cardinals versus New York Giants.
- 1955 - New York Yankees begin 16-game exhibition in Japan.
- 1960 - Ralph Houk replaces Casey Stengel as New York Yankees manager.
- 1963 - Jim Brown sets NFL single-season rushing record, 1,863 yards.
- 1973 - US President Richard Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe greatest athlete of first half century.
- 1976 - New York Nets' Julius "Dr J" Erving sold to the Philadelphia 76ers.
- 1982 - During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem at least 63 people are crushed to death.
- 1984 - New York Islander's Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick-4 goals.
- 1988 - Gastineau sacks New York Jets, retires from football "for personal reasons".
- 1988 - Los Angeles first to have both NBA and baseball champions as Los Angeles Dodgers beat Oakland Athletics, four games to one in 85th World Series.
- 1988 - Reggie Rogers, Detroit Lions' number one pick, kills three by driving intoxicated.
- 1990 - Cincinnati Reds sweep Oakland Athletics in four games in the 87th World Series.
- 2000 - Toronto Blue Jays signs Carlos Delgado to a Major League record four-year $68 million contract.
- 2004 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the New York Yankees 10-3 in Game 7 of the Major League Baseball's American League Championship Series to win the series 4 games to 3. The Boston Red Sox become the first team in baseball history to come back from a 0-3 deficit to win a series. Overcoming a 3-0 series deficit has only happened twice previously in all of professional sports.
- 2007 - South Africa defeats England at the Rugby World Cup 2007 final in Stade de France, Paris.
- 2021 - At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 3-1.
- 2021 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Philadelphia Flyers beats Boston Bruins by score 6-3.
Births of sports figures on October 20
- 1926 - Birth of Ursula Happe in Germany; 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956).
- 1931 - Birth of Mickey Mantle; American baseball player (New York Yankees), home run slugger (1956 Triple Crown) (dies 1995).
- 1932 - Birth of Roosevelt Brown in Virginia, USA; NFL hall of fame tackle (New York Giants).
- 1937 - Birth of Juan Marichal; baseball pitcher (San Francisco Giants).
- 1948 - Birth of Andrei Suraikin in the USSR; pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1972).
- 1949 - Birth of Valery Borzov in the USSR; 100m/200m dash (Olympic-gold-1972).
- 1949 - Birth of Wayne Collett; American 400m runner (Olympic-silver-1972).
- 1953 - Birth of Keith Hernandez in San Francisco, California, USA; New York Mets' first baseman (nine golden gloves).
Deaths of sports figures on October 20
- 1906 - William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (New York Giants), dies at age 67.
- 1954 - Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 1939, 1940), dies at age 51.
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