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 versus 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 versus 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 versus 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 ten 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 versus 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 versus 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 versus 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) versus 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 versus 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]