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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1945 January 10 Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer. [1] January 17 Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4 05.3), retires to do gospel work. [1] January 25 Dan Topping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail purchase New York City, New York Yankees for $2.8 million. [1] February 13 George Studd cricketer (4 Tests with brother vs Australia 1882-83), dies. [1] February 16 Billy Frank cricketer (Test South Africa vs England 1896, 5 and 2, 1-52), dies. [1] February 21 Eric Liddell Scottish runner (Olympics-gold 1924), dies at age 43. [1] March 5 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill. [1] March 15 Bert Shepard (one legged WWII veteran) tries out as a pitcher for Senators. [1] Brooklyn Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain New York. [1] March 18 Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHL player to score 50 goals. [1] March 26 De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34. [1] Venray soccer team forms. [1] March 27 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU 49-44. [1] DePaul beats Bowling Green for NIT title. [1] April 1 Sons of Elburger Soccer team forms in Elburg. [1] April 9 NFL requires players to wear long stockings. [1] April 10 NFL's Boston Yankees and Brooklyn Tigers merge. [1] April 18 One-armed outfielder, Saint Louis Brown Pete Gray, first game he goes 1 for 4. [1] April 19 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Massachusetts in 2:30:40.2. [1] April 22 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3. [1] April 24 Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named second baseball commissioner. [1] May 7 Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League. [1] May 9 Clem Hill cricketer (49 Tests for Australia 1896-1912), dies. [1] New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier. [1] May 18 Detroit Tigers and Athletics both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain. [1] May 19 Start of the first Victory Test Cricket between England and Australia Services. [1] May 20 Keith Miller scores 105 in the first Victory Test Cricket at Lord's. [1] May 21 Australia Services win first Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by six wickets. [1] July 6 Washington Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games. [1] July 21 Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics play 24 inning 1-1 tie. [1] August 4 Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season. [1] Boston Red Sox Tom McBride is third to get six RBIs in an inning (4th). [1] September 1 Philadelphia Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties National League record with fourth grand slam of season. [1] September 4 Ruben Fine wins four simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded. [1] September 22 Stan Musial gets five hits off five pitchers on five consecutive pitches. [1] September 30 Hank Greenberg's final day home run wins the pennant for the Detroit Tigers. [1] October 1 Heavyweight champion Joe Louis is discharged from the army. [1] October 10 Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series. [1] October 14 Chicago Cardinals end a record 29-game losing streak, beat Chicago Bears. [1] November 10 College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0. [1] November 22 Jim Benton, Cleveland end, gains 303 yards (NFL record). [1] November 28 Dwight Davis donator of the Davis cup, dies. [1] December 1 Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg, 35-0 at Toronto. [1] December 4 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB); he is first junior to win the trophy. [1] December 10 Australian Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by six wickets. [1] December 16 Cleveland Rams win NFL championship. [1] December 20 Charles Eady cricketer (Tasmanian player for Australia 1896-1901), dies. [1] December 31 Bradman scores 112, his first post-War century, South Africa vs Australia Services. [1] 1946 January 2 Joe Darling cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies. [1] January 11 Bert Bell becomes second NFL commissioner, moves Chicago Illinois headquarters to Philadelphia Pennsylvania. [1] January 12 NFL champions Cleveland Rams given permission to move to Los Angeles. [1] February 10 First black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum. [1] February 19 New York Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is first major league player to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League. [1] March 3 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill. [1] US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button. [1] March 9 Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses. [1] March 21 Kenny Washington signs with Los Angeles Rams, first black NFL player since 1933. [1] March 23 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina 43-40. [1] March 29 First Test Cricket between Australia and New Zealand. [1] Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller and Tallon. [1] March 30 Australia beats New Zealand in cricket at 3 30pm on second day. [1] Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 and 3-19). [1] April 7 10th Golf Masters Championship: Herman Keiser wins, shooting a 282. [1] April 9 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1. [1] April 13 Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champion Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama. [1] April 14 Manager Mel Ott of New York Giants hits 511th and final homerun. [1] April 17 John Iddon cricketer (car accident five Tests for England 1934-35), dies. [1] April 18 Jackie Robinson debuts as second baseman for the Montréal Royals. [1] April 19 New York Yankees switch from third base to first base dug out. [1] April 20 First televised baseball broadcast in Chicago, Saint Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs. [1] 50th Boston Marathon won by Stylianos Kyriakides of Greece in 2:29:27. [1] April 21 Robert Graham cricketer (3 wickets for South Africa in two Tests 1898-99), dies. [1] April 24 Eleven players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, and McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame. [1] April 25 Albert Knight cricketer (3 Tests for England on 1903-04 tour), dies. [1] Joseph Vine cricketer (batted in two Tests England vs Australia 1911-12), dies. [1] April 30 Cleveland Indian Bob Feller's second no-hitter beats New York Yankees, 1-0. [1] May 4 72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6. [1] May 7 Joe Humphries cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for England 1907-08), dies. [1] May 8 Boston Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores six runs in one game. [1] May 10 Boston Red Sox win 15th straight beat New York Yankees 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam. [1] May 11 First night game at Boston Braves Field (New York Giants 5, Braves 1). [1] 72nd Preakness: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:01.4. [1] May 13 Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 for 10th wicket for Indians vs Surrey. [1] May 20 Chicago Cubs Claude Passeau makes his first error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances. [1] May 22 New York Yankees turn triple-play and defeat Detroit Tigers' 5-3. [1] May 24 Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as New York Yankees manager. [1] May 26 2-for-42 and hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball. [1] May 28 First night game at Yankee Stadium (Senators 2, New York Yankees 1). [1] May 30 Braves Bernard Malamud homerun shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field. [1] June 1 Assault wins Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown. [1] June 6 The 11 Basketball of America Association teams meet to schedule first season. [1] June 9 66,545 fans help New York Yankees break million attendance mark, the earliest. [1] New York Giants Mel Ott becomes the first manager to be ejected from both. [1] June 10 Jack Johnson first black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident. [1] June 16 Lloyd Mangrum wins golf's US open after two playoffs. [1] June 19 First TV sports spectacular-Joe Louis vs Billy Conn. [1] July 14 Cleveland Lou Boudreau hits four doubles and home run but Boston Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted. [1] July 27 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits two grand slams in one game. [1] August 9 First time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night. [1] August 18 Golf Writers Associaton of America formed. [1] August 25 Ben Hogan wins the PGA championship. [1] September 1 Batty Berg wins the US Open. [1] September 2 Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as New York Yankees manager. [1] September 5 Joe Garagiola plays his first major league baseball game. [1] September 6 All-American Football Conference plays first game (Clev 44, Miami 0). [1] September 8 San Francisco 49ers play first AAFC game, lose to New York Yankees 21-7. [1] September 15 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs 2-0 in five innings, games called because of gnats. [1] September 29 First time National League pennant ends in a tie (Saint Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers). [1] Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play first NFL game in Los Angeles, California. [1] October 1 First National League playoffs, Brooklyn Dodgers vs Saint Louis Cardinals (Saint Louis wins two games to 0). [1] Bob Feller 348th strikeout of the season. [1] October 15 Enos Slaughter scores from first on a single in the 43rd World Series. [1] Saint Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 43rd World Series. [1] October 20 Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cardinals vs New York Giants. [1] November 1 New York Knicks first basketball game beat Toronto Huskies 68-66. [1] November 11 New York Knicks' first game at Madison Square Garden loses 78-68 to Chicago Stags. [1] December 1 Australia compile 645 vs India at the Gabba (Bradman 187). [1] December 3 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB). [1] December 10 Walter Johnson great pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at age 59. [1] December 15 Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 24-14 in NFL championship game. [1] New York Giants Frank Filchock and Merle Hapes suspended by NFL, because they didn't report bribe attempt. [1] December 17 Bradman and Barnes complete 405 run 5th wicket stand, score 234 ea. [1] December 22 Cleveland Browns beat New York Yankees 14-9 in AAFC championship game. [1] December 23 University of Tennessee refuses to play Duquesne University, because they may use a black player in their basketball game. [1] December 26 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0). [1] December 27 US wins first Davis Cup since 1938. [1]