OTD in 1998 - The Barenaked Ladies played the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA on the Stunt Tour. Billed as A Holiday Stunt, this was the second to last date on the tour, one night before the closing New Year’s Eve show in Philadelphia.
OTD in 2003 - the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Washington Redskins 31-7 at FedEx Field in Landover, MD. Donovan McNabb completed 23 of 32 passes for 242 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score, as the Eagles' clinched their third consecutive NFC East title.
OTD in 1992 - the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers played to a 5-5 tie at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. Eric Lindros scored three goals including a penalty shot with 19 seconds remaining for the Flyers.
OTD in 1997 - the Washington Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles 35-32 at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium in Landover, MD. Daryl Pounds returned a fumble 18 yards and Darrell Green returned an INT 83 yards for two first quarter TDs and the Skins finished the season 8-7-1.
OTD in 2014 - the Washington Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-24 at FedEx Field in Landover, MD. DeSean Jackson had 126 receiving yards for the Skins against his former team and Kai Forbath kicked the game winning FG with 5 seconds remaining.
OTD in 1998 - the Washington Redskins beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-16 at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium in Landover, MD. Stephen Alexander caught a 15 yard TD pass from Trent Green with six minutes remaining for the game winner.
OTD in 1987 - the Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. Dave Christian scored twice and Kelly Miller had a goal and two assists to lead the Caps. Scott Stevens scored short handed in the second period.
OTD in 1980 - the Chicago Bulls beat the Washington Bullets 96-94 at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. Reggie Theus led all scorers with 23 points for the Bulls while Kevin Grevey had 22 points to lead the Bullets.
OTD in 1982 - American University upset the No. 5 Georgetown Hoyas 62-61 at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. Patrick Ewing scored 11 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for the Hoyas before fouling out with 3:46 to play.
OTD in 2013 - Dublin 5 play the Ram’s Head Onstage in Annapolis, MD. This was one of the first shows after they changed their name from The Rovers to avoid a lawsuit from the Irish Rovers. Seamus Kennedy opened.
OTD in 1994 - Virginia won their fourth straight NCAA soccer championship with a 1-0 win against #1 seed Indiana at Richardson Stadium in Davidson, NC.
OTD in 2007 - the Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Nick Backstrom earned star of the game with a first period goal while Olie Kolzig stopped 20 of 22 agora for the win.
OTD in 1995 - Duke upset #1 ranked Virginia 3-2 and Wisconsin beat Portland 1-0 in the NCAA Men’s Soccer semifinals at the University of Richmond in Virginia. Wisconsin would win the title 2-0 over Duke.
OTD in 2003 - the Eagles beat the Dallas Cowboys 36-10 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Donovan McNabb threw for 248 yards and three touchdowns to move the Eagles to 10-3 on their way to a third straight NFC East title.
OTD in 1988 - The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. Mike Ridley had three goals and an assist to lead the Caps and Pete Peeters stopped 21 shots for the win.
OTD in 1992 - The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 8-4 at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. Defensemen Kevin Hatcher and Sylvain Cote each scored twice to chase John Vanbiesbrouk early in the third period.
OTD in 2006 - the Washington Capitals beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 at Verizon Center in DC. Ollie Kolzig made 35 saves for his first ever win against Dallas, the only NHL team he had not beaten.
OTD in 2005 - Barenaked Ladies played the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, MD on the Barenaked for the Holidays Tour. The All Children’s Chorus of Annapolis opened with three holiday songs. The show was later released as Barenaked for the Holidays Tour ‘05 Live.
OTD in 1970 - the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants 23-20 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, PA. Norm Snead ran for two TDs and threw for another to lead the Eagles while Fran Tarkenton had a rushing TD for the Giants.