1945: The Chicago Cardinals snapped the longest losing streak in NFL history at 29 games with a 16-7 victory over the Chicago Bears.
1951: Detroit's Jack Christiansen returned two punts for touchdowns, but the Lions lost 27-21 to the Los Angeles Rams.
1962: Houston's George Blanda threw six touchdown passes to lead the Oilers to a 56-17 rout of the New York Titans.
1978: Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs had seven assists in a 10-7 victory over the New York Islanders.
1990: Joe Montana passed for career highs of 476 yards and six touchdowns and Jerry Rice tied an NFL record with five scoring receptions as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 45-35.
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1991: New York Rangers right wing Mike Gartner scored his 500th career goal in the first period of a 5-3 loss to the Washington Capitals.
2002: Kenny Lofton's RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning sent Barry Bonds to his first World Series as the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 to win the NL championship series.
2005: Ryan Newman set a NASCAR record by winning his fifth consecutive Busch Series race, the Charlotte 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
2006: Mats Sundin scored his 500th career goal, completing a hat trick with a short-handed overtime game-winner and giving Toronto a 5-4 victory over Calgary. The third goal was Sundin's 15th in overtime -- the most in NHL history.
