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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1954 January 1 Rose and Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts. [1] January 9 Bert Olmstead, Montreal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game. [1] January 14 Marilyn Monroe marries baseball star, New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio. [1] January 17 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9. [1] Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister). [1] January 20 Fred Root cricketer (England pace bowler in three Tests vs Australia 1926), dies. [1] Warren Bardsley cricketer (41 Tests for Australia, 2469 runs), dies. [1] January 24 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter. [1] Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open. [1] February 1 Soccer team The County forms in Doetinchem. [1] February 2 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 points in basketball game. [1] February 3 Jeen van den Berg win Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32). [1] February 10 Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy Great Britain. [1] Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN. [1] Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch Germany. [1] Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US. [1] February 13 Frank Selvey scores 100 points for Furman beating Newberry 149-95. [1] Furman basketball star Frank Selvy scores 100 points in a game vs Newberry. [1] February 14 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open. [1] February 20 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open. [1] February 28 Patty Berg/Pete Cooper win LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament. [1] March 7 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open. [1] Russia wins title in their first international ice hockey competition. [1] March 8 Percy Twentyman-Jones cricketer (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies. [1] March 14 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. [1] NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak. [1] March 18 Walter Mead cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies. [1] March 19 First color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York. [1] US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright. [1] US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins. [1] Weekes, Worrell and Walcott complete tons in innings vs England. [1] March 20 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76. [1] March 28 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open. [1] March 30 Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers vs England at Kingston. [1] April 3 Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record). [1] April 4 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open. [1] April 11 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open. [1] April 12 18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead beats Ben Hogan to win his third Masters tournament, shooting a 289. [1] 8th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3. [1] April 13 Baltimore Orioles first game, lose to Detroit Tigers in Detroit 3-0. [1] April 15 Orioles first game in Baltimore; beat Chicago White Sox 3-1. [1] New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow. [1] April 16 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3. [1] April 18 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open. [1] April 19 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39. [1] 7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th. [1] April 22 NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock and six team-foul rule. [1] May 1 80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03. [1] May 2 Stan Musial hits five homeruns in a doubleheader. [1] May 10 George Hirst cricketer (36,323 first-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies. [1] May 13 Robin Roberts gives up a homerun then retires the next 27 men in a row. [1] May 16 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open. [1] May 22 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4. [1] May 23 H R Bromley-Davenport cricketer (batted in four Tests for England), dies. [1] May 30 Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2). [1] June 12 Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0. [1] June 30 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting three batters in one inning. [1] July 4 West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern. [1] July 12 Major League Baseball Players Association founded. [1] July 13 American League beats National League 11-9 in 21st All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium). [1] Dean Stone gets credit for American League win, although he didn't retire a. [1] July 17 First major league game where majority of team is black (Brooklyn Dodgers). [1] July 18 Saint Louis Cardinals losing 8-1 to Philadelphia Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forefeit game. [1] July 20 Tennis Champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident. [1] July 31 Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hours, one double). [1] August 5 Boxing Hall of Fame's first election selects 24 modern and 15 pioneers. [1] August 10 Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins. [1] September 6 New York Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters. [1] September 8 With a 3-2 count, Philadelphia Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks. [1] September 12 Cleveland Indians sweep New York Yankees at Municipal Stadium; largest American League crowd (86,563). [1] September 17 Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano knocks out Ezzard Charles in 8. [1] September 18 Cleveland Indians clinch American League pennant, beat Detroit Tigers (3-2). [1] September 20 Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy. [1] September 22 Brooklyn Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 New York Giants in his first game. [1] September 24 New York Yankees tie a record, three of their pinch hitters strike out in one inning. [1] October 2 New York Giants sweep Cleveland Indians, in 51st World Series. [1] October 17 Philadelphia Eagle Adrian Burk passes for 7 touchdowns vs Washington (49-21). [1] October 20 Willie Shaw race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40), dies at age 51. [1] November 8 American League approves Philadelphia Athletics move to Kansas City. [1] November 18 New York Yankees trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada and Smith to Baltimore Orioles for Turley, Larsen and Hunter as part of an 18 player deal. [1] December 1 New York Yankees send Miller, Segrist, Leppert and two minors to Baltimore Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley and Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal). [1] December 2 Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws. [1] December 10 Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium. [1] December 15 Fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons. [1] December 26 Cleveland Browns beat Detroit Lions 56-10 in NFL championship game. [1] December 28 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2). [1] December 30 First use of 24-second shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston). [1]