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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1956 January 6 Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group. [1] January 7 Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy. [1] January 15 Bauer Marlene wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open. [1] NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 31-30. [1] January 19 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field. [1] January 22 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open. [1] Canadian Football Council forms. [1] January 26 (to February 5) The 7th Olympic Winter Games are held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. [7] Hank Greenberg and Joe Cronin are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. [1] January 27 NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium. [1] February 3 Toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the three alpine events. [1] February 4 American League plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training. [1] February 5 7th Winter Olympics games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. [1] Louise Suggs win LPGA Havana Golf Open. [1] New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30 million Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build. [1] February 8 Connie Mack baseball manager (Philadelphia Athletics, 1901-50), dies at age 93. [1] February 12 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Miami Beach Golf Open. [1] February 15 Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Athletics cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham, Alabama, because of local ordinance barring blacks from playing against whites. [1] February 17 Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas Great Britain. [1] Ice Pairs Championship at Garmisch won by Schwarz and Oppelt of Austria. [1] Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by Carol Heiss USA. [1] Men's Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by H A Jenkins USA. [1] February 19 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open. [1] February 22 First British soccer match at Kunstlicht Portsmouth vs Newcastle United. [1] February 26 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open. [1] March 3 Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 metre freestyle (1:04.2). [1] Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice New York Giants to stay in New York. [1] March 5 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open. [1] March 11 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. [1] March 13 New Zealand bowl out West Indies for 77 at Eden Park to score their first Test Cricket win. [1] March 14 Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League). [1] March 15 Whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champion. [1] March 16 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright. [1] US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins. [1] March 19 Biggest NBA margin of victory: Minnesota Lakers-133, Saint Louis Hawks-75. [1] March 23 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71; this is San Francisco's second consecutive national basketball championship. [1] April 7 10th NBA Championship: Philadelphia Warriors beat Fort Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 1. [1] April 8 20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke Jr wins, shooting a 289. [1] April 10 Clarence Beaumont first batter in first World Series, dies at age 75. [1] Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1. [1] April 15 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open. [1] April 19 First major league baseball game in New Jersey, Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies in Roosevelt Stadium. [1] 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14. [1] April 22 Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open. [1] April 24 American League umpire Frank Umont is first to wear glasses in a regular season game. [1] April 27 Heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing. [1] April 28 Cincinnati Reds Frank Robinson hits his first of 586 homeruns. [1] April 29 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open. [1] May 5 82nd Kentucky Derby: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:03.4. [1] Broekster Boys soccer team forms in Damwoude. [1] Jim Bailey (US) runs the mile record 3:58.6 in Los Angeles California. [1] World championships of judo are first held, in Tokyo. [1] May 6 Gus Bell (Cincinnati Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header. [1] May 7 New York Giants Bill White, homers in his first at bat. [1] May 12 Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine's second no-hitter, beats New York Giants, 3-0. [1] May 16 Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey vs Australia at the Oval. [1] May 18 Maurice Tate cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies. [1] Mickey Mantle hits homerun from both sides of plate for record third time. [1] May 19 82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius wins in 1:58.4. [1] Pittsburgh Pirates player Dale Long hits 9th-inning homerun, first homerun in 8 straight games. [1] May 26 Al Simmons Outfielder (Oakland Athletics)/lifetime batting average of .334, dies at age 54. [1] Cincinnati Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman and Joe Blacks no-hitter, broken up with two outs in the 10th and lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1. [1] May 28 Dale Long becomes first to hit homeruns in 8 straight games. [1] May 30 Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting first homerun out of Yankee Stadium. [1] May 31 Mickey Mantle homerun just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof. [1] June 10 (to June 17) The Equestrian games of the 16th Olympic Games are held in Stockholm, due to host country Australia's animal quarantine laws. [7] June 27 Cleveland Indians trailing Baltimore Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings. [1] July 10 National League beats American League 7-3 in 23rd All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington). [1] July 14 Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0. [1] July 16 Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million. [1] July 20 New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford ties American League record of six straight strike-outs. [1] July 21 Cincinnati Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins. [1] July 29 Cathy Cornelius wins the US Women's Golf Open in a playoff. [1] August 3 Willie Williams of the US sets 100 metre record at 10.1. [1] August 18 Cincinnati Reds (8) and Chicago Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 home runs in a 9 inning game. [1] September 2 Baltimore Orioles trailing Boston Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings. [1] September 11 Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th home run. [1] September 17 New York Yankees clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of the year. [1] September 21 New York Yankees set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Boston Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway. [1] September 25 Brooklyn Dodger Sal Maglie no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0. [1] September 27 Mildred "Babe" Didrickson Zaharias great female athlete, dies. [1] September 30 Philadelphia Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run. [1] October 5 Yogi Berra becomes the fourth Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam (World Series #53). [1] October 8 Don Larsen, New York, pitches only perfect world series game, vs Brooklyn (World Series #53). [1] November 6 Holland and Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary. [1] November 17 Fullback Jim Brown, Syracuse, scores 43 points (NCAA record) vs Colgate. [1] November 22 (to December 8) The 16th Olympic Games are held in Melbourne, Australia. [7] December 1 Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympic marathon (2:25:00.0). [1] Frank Robinson (National League) and Luis Aparicio (American League) voted Rookie of the Year. [1] December 3 Wilt Chamberlain's first collegiate basketball game (scores 52). [1] December 4 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (quarterback). [1] December 8 16th Olympic games close in Melbourne, Australia. [1] December 13 Brooklyn Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to New York Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield and $35,000 Robinson retires. [1] December 18 Phil Rizzuto signs as New York Yankees radio-TV announcer. [1] December 27 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0). [1] Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games. [1] December 30 New York Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game. [1]