1964

January 1

• Alf Hall, cricketer (South African lefty quick took 40 wickets in 7 Tests), dies. [1]

January 5

• San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship. [1]

January 6

• Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City Athletics to Louisville. [1]

January 7

• Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in the air (Boeing 707). [1]

January 12

• C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (West Indies in four Tests, six wickets), dies. [1]
• NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17. [1]

January 14

• 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston, Massachusetts. [1]
• Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 versus England, 21 maiden overs in a row. [1]

January 15

• Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in New York City, New York. [1]

January 16

• American League owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving Kansas City Athletics to Louisville. [1]

January 19

• AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 27-24. [1]

January 24

• CBS purchases 1964 and 1965 NFL TV rights for US$28.2 million. [1]

January 27

• Barlow and Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval. [1]

January 29

• (to February 9) The IX Olympic Winter Games are held in Innsbruck, Austria. [7]
• Most lopsided high-school basketball score: 211-29 (Louisiana). [1]
• NBC purchases AFL five-year (1965-69) TV rights for US$36 million. [1]

February 2

• Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame. [1]
• Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) win Olympics gold for figure skating. [1]

February 6

• W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests versus New Zealand 1930), dies. [1]

February 7

• Boxer Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim and adopts the name Muhammad Ali. [1]
• Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Olympics-gold-32), dies at age 59. [1]

February 9

• IX Olympic Winter Games close at Innsbruck, Austria. [1]
• Hanumant Singh scores 105 India versus England on debut at Delhi. [1]

February 12

• End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test cricket career. [1]
• US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming. [1]
• US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen. [1]

February 15

• Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton. [1]
• Ken Hubbs, second baseman (Chicago Cubs), dies in plane crash at age 22. [1]

February 17

• 101st member elected to baseball's Hall of Fame (Luke Appling). [1]

February 20

• R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies. [1]

February 23

• Charlie Finley signs a four-year lease to keep Athletics team in Kansas City. [1]

February 25

• Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (later Muhammad Ali) defeats world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout before a crowd of 8,300 at the Convention Hall arena in Miami Beach, Florida. [1] [129]

February 29

• Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 metres. [1]
• North Carolina high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime. [1]

March 5

• Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr announces a baseball team is moving there. [1]

March 6

• Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali. [1]
• Tom O'Hara runs world record mile (3:06.4). [1]

March 9

• Creighton's Paul Silas grabs Midwest record 27 rebounds against Oklahoma. [1]

March 16

• Paul Hornung and Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after one year suspension. [1]

March 21

• 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83. [1]
• UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0). [1]

March 22

• Carol Mann wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open Invitational. [1]

April 5

• Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Women's Golf Open. [1]

April 12

• 28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276. [1]
• Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational. [1]

April 14

• Bert McGirr, cricketer (two Tests for New Zealand, 51 runs), dies. [1]

April 17

• First game at Shea Stadium, New York Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3. [1]

April 18

• Sandy Koufax is first to strike out the side on 9 pitches. [1]

April 19

• Cyril Merry, cricketer (West Indies batsman in two Tests 1933), dies. [1]
• Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational. [1]

April 20

• 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:19:59. [1]

April 21

• Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs combine for nine homeruns, Pirates win 8-5. [1]

April 23

• Houston Colt 45s' Ken Johnson becomes first major league pitcher to lose a 9-inning no-hitter, Cincinnati Reds win 1-0. [1]

April 25

• Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3. [1]

April 26

• 18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 1. [1]
• Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. [1]

May 2

• 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00. [1]

May 3

• Mickey Wright wins LPGA Clifford Ann Creed Golf Invitational. [1]

May 10

• Mickey Wright wins LPGA Squirt Ladies' Golf Open Invitational. [1]

May 15

• Sporting Portugal wins fourth Europe Cup II at Antwerp, Belgium. [1]

May 16

• 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8. [1]

May 17

• Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational. [1]
• Philadelphia Phillies triple-play Houston Colt .45s. [1]

May 20

• Buster Mathis defeats Joe Frazier to qualify for US Olympic team. [1]

May 23

• Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45). [1]

May 24

• Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational. [1]
• Longest homerun (471 feet) in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota Twins). [1]
• Panic in Lima, Peru soccer stadium; 300 killed. [1]

May 25

• Ground is broken for a new sports stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. [1]

May 27

• Inter Milan wins 9th Europe Cup 1 in Vienna, Austria. [1]

May 30

• San Francisco Giants sweep New York Mets 5-3 and 8-6 in 23 innings, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for second game and New York's 22 K's in second games. [1]

May 31

• Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open. [1]
• San Francisco Giants beat New York Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (second game) (7 hours 32 minutes). [1]

June 4

• Los Angeles Dodgers' Sandy Koufax third no-hitter, beats Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0. [1]

July 2

• Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash. [1]

July 7

• National League beats American League 7-4 at 35th All Star Game (Shea Stadium, New York). [1]

July 22

• Steve Ballesteros wins the Britsh Golf Open. [1]

August 9

• Bunning continues pitching perfectly to the New York Mets until two outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings. [1]

August 12

• 10th time Mickey Mantle switch-hits home run in a game, one goes 502 feet. [1]

August 15

• Philadelphia Phillies triple-play New York Mets. [1]
• Ralph Boston of the US sets long jump record at 27 feet 3.25 inches. [1]

August 23

• Saint Louis Cardinals are 11 games back in National League, and go on to win the World Series. [1]

August 24

• Second Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4. [1]

August 31

• Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash. [1]

September 2

• Norman Manley scores two consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, California. [1]

September 11

• Gillette's 20-year contract with Madison Square Gardens and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at the Cleveland Auditorium. [1]

September 12

• First football game at Shea Stadium: New York Jets defeat Denver Broncos 30-6. [1]
• Ralph Boston of the US sets long jump record at 27 feet 4.5 inches. [1]

September 17

• Mickey Mantle gets hits number 1999, 2000 and 2001. [1]

September 21

• Constellation (US) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America's Cup. [1]
• Cincinnati Reds' Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Philadelphia Phillies 1-0. Philadelphia Phillies start a ten-game losing streak that gives the Saint Louis Cardinals the pennant. [1]

September 27

• Philadelphia Phillies seventh straight loss sends them into second place. [1]

September 28

• Australia beats US in first clay court Davis Cup. [1]

October 2

• Philadelphia Phillies tie major league record with season's third triple play (Cincinnati Reds). [1]

October 4

• Boston Patriots' Gino Cappelletti kicks 6-of-6 field goals against Denver Broncos. [1]
• Saint Louis Cardinals clinch National League pennant. [1]

October 7

• New York Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 and 29th in 61st World Series. [1]

October 10

• (to October 24) The Games of the XVIII Olympiad are held in Tokyo, Japan. [1]

October 15

• Craig Breedlove sets auto speed record of 846.97 kph. [1]
• Saint Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 61st World Series. [1]

October 17

• New York Yankees fire manager Yogi Berra. [1]

October 23

• Japanese beats Russian for first Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball. [1]

October 25

• Minnesota Vikings' Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in the wrong direction for a safety. [1]

November 1

• George Blanda of Houston Oilers throws NFL-record 37 passes in 68 attempts. [1]
• Kansas City Chiefs' Len Dawson passes for six touchdowns vs Denver Broncos (49-39). [1]

November 2

• CBS purchases the New York Yankees. [1]

November 7

• National League keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, can move to Atlanta in 1966. [1]

November 12

• Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH. [1]

November 13

• Bob Petit (Saint Louis Hawks) becomes first NBA player to score 20,000 points. [1]

November 15

• Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman professional. [1]

December 1

• Houston Colt .45s change name to Houston Astros. [1]

December 3

• George Brown, cricketer (7 Tests for England), dies. [1]

December 4

• American Major League Baseball approves a free-agent draft. [1]
• Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes. [1]
• Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, versus Pakistan Melbourne Cricket Ground, 11, 0-49, 0-31. [1]

December 12

• Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of five touchdown passes. [1]
• H I "Sailor" Young, cricketer (left-arm bowler England versus Australia 1899), dies. [1]

December 13

• Shirley Englehorn and Sam Snead win Haig and Haig Mixed Foursome Golf. [1]

December 26

• Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game. [1]

December 27

• Cleveland Browns beat Baltimore Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game. [1]

December 31

• Donald Campbell of the United Kingdom sets world water speed record (276.33 mph). [1]