1966

January 2

• Green Bay Packers beat Cleveland Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game. [1]

January 4

• Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test. [1]

January 5

• George Duckworth; cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies. [1]

January 10

• George Cresswell, cricketer (took 13 wickets in 3 Tests for New Zealand), suicide. [1]

January 12

• Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics. [1]

January 15

• AFL Pro Bowl: All-Stars beats Buffalo 30-19. [1]
• Betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at age 25. [1]
• NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 36-7. [1]

January 26

• Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:06.2). [1]

January 27

• Wisconsin State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or National League must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966. [1]

January 29

• Lawry and Simpson complete 244 opening stand versus England, Adelaide. [1]
• US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming. [1]
• US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen. [1]

January 30

• Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:05.2). [1]

February 14

• Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points. [1]

February 15

• Kees Verkerk becomes world champion all-round skater. [1]

February 16

• Bob Cowper makes 307 versus England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 727 minute s, 20 fours. [1]
• End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Australia WK. [1]

February 27

• Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Diane Towler/Bernard Ford (Great Britain). [1]
• Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Belousova and Protopopov of USSR. [1]
• Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Peggy Fleming of US. [1]
• Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Emmerich Danzer (Austria). [1]

February 28

• Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Los Angeles Dodgers. [1]

March 5

• Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19-metre indoor world record. [1]
• Player representatives elect Marvin Miller, as executive director of Players' Association. [1]

March 8

• Casey Stengel elected to US baseball Hall of Fame. [1]

March 10

• Five-time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires. [1]

March 12

• Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record. [1]
• Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins). [1]

March 13

• Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lagunita Golf Invitational. [1]

March 15

• Abe Saperstein, founder of Harlem Globetrotters, dies at age 63. [1]

March 19

• 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky 72-65. [1]

March 20

• Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Women's Golf Open. [1]

March 27

• Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Louise Suggs Delray Beach Golf Invitational. [1]

March 29

• Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title. [1]

April 3

• Mickey Wright wins LPGA Venice Ladies Golf Open. [1]
• Tom Seaver signs with the New York Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus. [1]

April 8

• AFL chooses 36-year-old Al Davis as commissioner. [1]

April 9

• Anaheim Stadium for the California Angels opens. [1]

April 11

• 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288; Jack Nicklaus is the first man to win consecutive Masters. [1]

April 12

• Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pittsburgh Pirates beat Atlanta Braves 3-2. [1]

April 17

• 100th international soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1). [1]
• Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational. [1]

April 19

• Roberta Bignay becomes the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon. [1]
• 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11. [1]
• In first regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, California Angels lose 3-1 to Chicago Cubs. [1]

April 22

• Atlanta Braves win their first game, beating New York Mets 8-4. [1]

April 24

• Atlanta Braves win National League-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee). [1]
• Carol Mann wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational. [1]

April 26

• Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtics' coach. [1]

April 28

• 20th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3. [1]
• Cleveland Indians tie record with 10th straight win since Opening Day. [1]

May 1

• Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational. [1]

May 5

• Borussia Dortmund wins 6th Europe Cup II. [1]
• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2. [1]
• Willie Mays hit his 512th homerun. [1]

May 6

• Most runs scored in 11th inning (9); Philadelphia Phillies score five to beat Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7. [1]

May 7

• 92nd Kentucky Derby: Donald Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 2:02. [1]
• New York Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene. [1]

May 8

• Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open. [1]
• Last game at old Busch Stadium, Saint Louis Cardinals lose 10-5 to San Francisco Giants. [1]
• Only homerun ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Frank Robinson). [1]

May 11

• Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I. [1]

May 12

• Busch Stadium (Saint Louis, Missouri) opens, Atlanta Braves lose to Saint Louis Cardinals 4-3 in 12 innings. [1]

May 15

• First day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex versus Somerset. [1]
• Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational. [1]

May 16

• Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home. [1]

May 21

• 92nd Preakness: Don Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 1:55.4. [1]
• Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Henry Cooper in six round for heavyweight boxing title in London, England. [1]

May 22

• Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open. [1]
• Tom Goddard, cricketer (22 wickets in 8 Tests for England 1930-39), dies. [1]

May 25

• Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima, Peru; 248 die. [1]

May 29

• Carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational. [1]

May 30

• Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph). [1]

June 8

• NFL and AFL announce plans to become NFC and AFC in 1970. [1]

June 10

• Cleveland Indians' Sonny Siebert no-hits Washington Senators, 2-0. [1]

June 27

• 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; New York Yankees beat New York Mets 5-2. [1]

July 2

• Billie Jean King wins her first (of six) Wimbeldon single titles. [1]

July 3

• Atlanta Braves' pitcher Tony Cloninger is first National League player to hit two grand slams in a game. [1]

July 12

• National League beats American League 2-1 (10 innings) in 37th All Star Game (Busch, Saint Louis). [1]

July 17

• Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.3). [1]

July 25

• New York Yankees' manager Casey Stengel elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. [1]

July 30

• England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London, England. [1]

September 4

• Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no first downs, winning 45-7. [1]

September 11

• Johnny Miller becomes the first New York Yankees' player to hit a home run on his first at bat. [1]

September 19

• Mike Burke named New York Yankees president. [1]

September 25

• Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see Chicago White Sox win 4-1. [1]

October 2

• Two perfect game pitchers face each other (Bunning versus Koufax). [1]

October 6

• Baltimore Orioles' player Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout (World Series #63). [1]

October 8

• University of Wyoming's Cowboys' Jerry DePoyster kicks three field goals over 50 yards (54, 54, 52). [1]

October 9

• Baltimore Orioles sweep Los Angeles Dodgers, in 63rd World Series. [1]

October 28

• Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in one hour. [1]

November 1

• NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise (All Saints Day). [1]

November 8

• US President Lyndon Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger. [1]

November 20

• Dallas Cowboys sack Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterbacks an NFL record 12 times. [1]

November 27

• In highest-scoring NFL game, Washington Redskins defeat New York Giants 72-41. [1]

December 4

• Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies Golf Invitational. [1]

December 5

• Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at age 57. [1]

December 8

• A terrible New York Yankees trade: Roger Maris for Saint Louis Cardinals' Charlie Smith. [1]

December 11

• Al Nelson sets NFL record returning missed field goal, 100 yards. [1]

December 12

• US Supreme Courts votes 4-3 allowing Braves to move to Atlanta. [1]

December 13

• Test debut of Clive Lloyd, versus India Bombay, 82 and 78. [1]

December 15

• John W Mecom Jr becomes first owner of the New Orlean Saints. [1]

December 20

• NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season. [1]

December 31

• Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India versus West Indies Calcutta, 2-92. [1]