Saturday, Oct 20, 2018
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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.