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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1965 January 2 New York Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath. [1] January 6 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling. [1] January 10 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14. [1] January 16 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14. [1] January 23 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Dick Weber. [1] Boston Celtics' center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in loss to Philadelphia Warriors led by Wilt Chamberlain. [1] January 28 Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies. [1] January 30 Vic Jackson, cricketer (New South Wales/Leicerstershire off-spinner), dies in car. [1] January 31 Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame. [1] February 1 National League adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster. [1] February 3 Milwaukee Braves offer Milwaukee US $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier; the proposal is turned down. [1] February 4 U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at age 33. [1] February 11 Milwaukee Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee. [1] February 13 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming. [1] US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti. [1] February 17 US-Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute. [1] February 18 Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting. [1] February 19 NFL adds sixth official. [1] March 1 Australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-years for misconduct. [1] March 5 Ernie Terrel beats Eddie Machen in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title. [1] March 6 Bruce Taylor hits 105 for New Zealand vs India in first Test Cricket innings. [1] March 7 Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton. [1] March 17 Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (University of Chicago), dies in California at age 102. [1] March 20 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80. [1] Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi, India. [1] March 21 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open. [1] March 28 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational. [1] April 4 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational. [1] April 7 Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man New Zealand vs Pakistan. [1] April 8 Jack Durston, cricketer (one Test for England, 4-102 and 1-34), dies. [1] April 9 First baseball game at Houston Astrodome, Houston Astros beat New York Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits first indoor homerun. [1] April 11 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271. [1] April 12 First National League game at Houston's Astrodome (Philadelphia Phillies beat Houston Astros 2-0). [1] April 15 NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold. [1] April 19 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33. [1] April 24 New York Mets' Casey Stengel wins his 3,000th game as manager. [1] April 25 19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1. [1] Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational. [1] April 28 Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola. [1] May 1 91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker on Lucky Debonair wins in 2:01.2. [1] Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3. [1] May 2 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational. [1] Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open. [1] May 3 Third Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Mets beat New York Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings. [1] May 4 Willie Mays' 512th homerun breaks Mel Ott's 511th National League record homerun. [1] May 6 Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against West Indies. [1] May 8 First shot put over 70 feet (Randy Matson 70 feet 7 inches). [1] H T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 and five in only Test for England), dies. [1] May 11 West Indies becomes first holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy. [1] May 15 91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2. [1] Canadian Football Players Association organizes. [1] May 16 Baltimore Orioles' player Jim Palmer's pitching debut, beats New York Yankees 7-5 and homers. [1] Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open. [1] May 19 West Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II. [1] May 20 Yorkshire all out for 23 vs Hampshire at Middlesbrough. [1] May 23 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open. [1] May 25 Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston in first round for heavyweight boxing title. [1] May 27 Inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan, Italy. [1] May 29 Philadelphia Phillies' Dick Allen hits 529-foot homerun out of Connie Mack Stadium. [1] May 30 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open. [1] May 31 Jim Clark becomes first foreigner in 49 years to win Indianapolis 500. [1] June 9 Michel Fazy runs the mile in 3 minute 53.6 seconds. [1] June 14 Cincinnati Reds' pitcher Jim Maloney no-hits New York Mets but loses in 11, 1-0. [1] June 30 NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise. [1] July 3 Philadelphia Phillies' Dick Allen and Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice. [1] July 13 National League beats American League 6-5 in 36th All Star Game (Metropolitan Stadium, Minneapolis). [1] July 24 Casey Stengel resigns as manager of the New York Mets. [1] July 29 Major league record 26 strikeouts in a game: Philadelphia Phillies (16), Pittsburgh Pirates (10). [1] August 14 Continental Football League plays first games. [1] August 16 AFL awards its first expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins). [1] August 18 Hank Aaron loses a home run, because he hit it while standing out of the batter's box. [1] August 19 Cincinnati Reds' Jim Maloney's second no-hitter of year; beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0. [1] August 22 San Francisco Giants' pitcher Juan Marachal hits Los Angeles Dodgers' catcher John Roseboro on the head with his bat causing a 14-minute brawl. [1] August 30 Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball. [1] September 3 Jim Hickman becomes the first New York Mets' player to hit three home runs in a game. [1] September 8 Kansas City Athletics' Bert Campaneris plays all nine positions in a game. [1] September 9 Sandy Koufax pitches his fourth no-hitter, a perfect game vs Chicago Cubs (1-0). [1] September 10 Philadelphia Phillies' 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phillies beat Saint Louis Cardinals. [1] September 13 Willie Mays hits his 500th home run. [1] September 16 Boston Red Sox' pitcher Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0. [1] September 29 Ralph Boston of the US sets long jump record at 27 feet 4.75 inches. [1] Saint Louis Cardinals' Charlie Johnson passes for six touchdowns vs Cleveland Browns (49-13). [1] October 2 Mel Stottlemyre wins game number 20. [1] Philadelphia Phillies' Chris Short strikes-out 18 New York Mets. [1] October 3 Whitey Ford pitches number 232 to become New York Yankees' winningest pitcher. [1] October 7 50-mph gust carries 165-pound Robert Mitera's tee shot 447 yards to score the world's longest straight hole-in-one at Miracle Hills in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. [1] October 14 Sandy Koufax hurls his second shutout of world series beating Minnesota Twins 2-0 (World Series #62). [1] October 15 Los Angeles Dodgers and Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series vs Minnesota Twins. [1] November 4 Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH). [1] November 9 First New York Knicks' game postponed (black-out) vs Saint Louis Hawks. [1] Willie Mays named National League Most Valuable Player. [1] December 2 The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test captain 1936), dies. [1] December 4 Second New York Knicks game postponed (due to death of opponent Philadelphia 76ers' owner). [1] San Francisco Giants' Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka, Japan for US$40,000. [1] December 9 Frank Robinson is traded from Cincinnati Reds to the Baltimore Orioles. [1] December 10 Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters vs England at the Gabba. [1] December 12 Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in first Test, goes on to 155. [1] Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores six touchdowns, ties NFL record. [1] December 15 William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as fourth commissioner of baseball. [1] December 18 Kenneth LeBel jumps 17 barrels on ice skates. [1] December 26 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game. [1] December 29 CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at US$18.8 million per year. [1]