Mike Tyson won a technical knockout against Pinklon Thomas, winning the heavyweight boxing title.
American basketball champion David Robinson scored a career-high 50 points in the NCAA tournament.
Mark Messier was suspended for ten games for starting a fight with Jamie Macoun and breaking his cheekbone.
Mike Tyson wins fight against Trevor Berbick.
Diego Maradona coins the phrase 'Hand of God'.
The NFL started using the instant replay rule where video is analyzed to review what had just happened in a game.
The world's richest tennis player, Martina Navratilova, became the first to make $10 million.
22-year-old Russian Gary Kasparov won the 13th World Chess Championship against Anatoly Karpov to become the youngest World Chess Champion.
Boris Becker becomes the youngest person to win Wimbledon at age 17.
After his first year with the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan was named NBA Rookie of the Year.
56 football fans die in a stadium fire.
The first edition of WrestleMania is held in New York.
Moscow announces that the USSR will not take part in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
The Baltimore Colts NFL team relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana.
World tennis champion Martina Navratilova won her 74th match streak.
Tennis Player Zheng Jie was born in Chengdu, China.
Reggie Jackson became the first major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times.
Sixty-six people die in a crush of fans leaving a UEFA Cup match between Spartak Moscow and Haarlem, of the Netherlands, at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
Wayne Gretzky became the first and only player in NHL history to score 200 points in a season.
Petra Schneider set a world record by swimming 1,500 meters freestyle in just 15:43:31.
Wilfred Benítez became the youngest 3-division world champion in history at age 22 after knocking out Maurice Hope in 12 rounds.
Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali retired for the third time.
The world record for the longest table tennis doubles marathon was broken with a time of 101 hours.
The first Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) game took place, with the Chicago Hustle vs. the Milwaukee Does.
The 'Dodgers' baseball team became the first major league to bring in 3 million fans for the season.
Queen Elizabeth II opened the 11th Commonwealth Games held in Edmonton, Canada.
The Yuba County Five disappeared after attending a college basketball game.
The first Ironman Triathlon was held in Kona, Hawaii, USA.
Runners run the first Chicago Marathon.
Frenchman Jacques Mayol became the first free diver (no scuba or other source of air) to reach the incredible depth of 100 meters.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
The first Cricket World Cup begins.
Muhammad Ali won the bout through a technical knockout in the 11th round against Ron for the heavyweight boxing title.
Daredevil Walks a High Wire Between Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
O.J. Simpson became the first NFL running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.
Billie Jean King wins the Battle of the Sexes.
Secretariat made history when he finished the Kentucky Derby in record time.
Baseball player Roberto Clemente was elected to the Hall of Fame.
The tennis player Chris Evert won the first WTA Tour Championship in Florida.
Massacre begins at Munich Olympics.
Athlete Beth Bonner became the first woman to win the New York City Marathon with a time of 2:55:22.
In the Fight of the Century, Joe Frazier triumphs over Muhammad Ali.
Astronaut Alan Shepard was the first to hit a golf ball on the Moon.
66 football fans die in the Ibrox disaster.
Pelé, the legendary Brazilian soccer star, scored his 1,000th goal.
Arthur Ashe became the first black person to be ranked number one in tennis.
Gold medalist Tommie Smith was suspended for performing the Black Power salute during the Olympics.
Manchester United became the first English football team to win the European Cup.
Jim 'Catfish' Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitched the ninth perfect game, defeating the Minnesota Twins (4-0).
The Stanley Cup Finals took place with the Toronto Maple Leafs beating the Montreal Canadiens.
