- 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]
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- 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]
- Marvin Miller, assistant to the President of United Steelworkers, is elected as the first full-time executive director of the Major League Players' Association by the player representatives. [56]
- 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 19
- 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky 72-65. [1]
- March 20
- In Westminster, England, at the Methodist Central Hall, the Jules Rimet trophy, AKA the World Cup, is stolen. (The cup is found by a dog seven days later.) [1391.6]
- Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Women's Golf Open. [1]
- March 27
- Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Louise Suggs Delray Beach Golf Invitational. [1]
- The Jules Rimet trophy (World Cup), stolen March 20, is found by a dog in South Norwood, England. [1391.6]
- 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]
- At the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, USA, the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers play baseball's first game on synthetic grass. The Monsanto chemical company provided the experimental playing surface of nylon grass, dubbed Astro Turf. [56]
- 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
- 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]
- NHL 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]
- Baltimore Orioles' outfielder Frank Robinson hits the first ball ever completely out of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, travelling 541 feet. [1] [56]
- 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 21
- 92nd Preakness: Don Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 1:55.4. [1]
- Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs British champ Henry Cooper in round six for heavyweight boxing title in London, England. [1] [1379.61]
- May 22
- Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open. [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 Federal Republic of Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup at Wembley in London, England. [1] [1379.60]
- 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 is 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 win Major League Baseball's Fall Classic, 4 games to 0 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, winning the final game 1-0 with a home run by Frank Robinson. [1] [56]
- October 28
- Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12.8 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 18
- Brooklyn Dodgers' pitcher Sandy Koufax shocks the baseball world by announcing his retirement at the age of 30, citing his arthritic arm and the fear of permanent damage as the reason. [56]
- 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 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 Court votes 4-3 allowing Braves baseball team to move to Atlanta. [1]
- December 13
- Test debut of Clive Lloyd, versus India Bombay, 82 and 78. [1]
- December 15
- John W Mecom Junior 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]
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