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Results 1 - 105 of 105

Jan 8th - Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt
Jan 8th - Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak
Jan 8th - Louise Sugg wins LPGA LA Golf Open
Jan 16th - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
Jan 16th - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19
Jan 23rd - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
Feb 13th - Patty Berg wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
Feb 17th - Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257
Feb 20th - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
Feb 27th - Betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
Mar 1st - Pakistan v India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw
Mar 6th - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
Mar 7th - Baseball Commish Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter
Mar 13th - Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
Mar 19th - 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: SF beats La Salle 77-63
Mar 28th - NZ cricket all out for 26 v England at Eden Park
Mar 31st - Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI v Aust, Kingston
Apr 2nd - Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules
Apr 3rd - Balt Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics)
Apr 3rd - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Oklahoma City Golf Open
Apr 10th - 19th Golf Masters Championship: Cary Middlecoff wins, shooting a 279
Apr 10th - 9th NBA Championship: Syrac Nats beat Ft Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 3
Apr 11th - Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted
Apr 12th - 1st game in KC, KC A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
Apr 14th - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3
Apr 17th - Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
Apr 19th - 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22
Apr 21st - Bkln Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
Apr 22nd - KC Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2
Apr 23rd - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open
May 1st - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament
May 7th - 81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8
May 13th - Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive HRs of at least 463'
Heavyweight Champion Boxer Rocky Marciano May 16th - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in SF
May 16th - Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown
May 16th - Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
May 27th - Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0
May 28th - 81st Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 1:54.6
May 28th - Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500
May 28th - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
Jun 3rd - Stan Musial hits his 300th HR
Jun 5th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
Jun 5th - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
Jun 8th - Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax
Jun 9th - Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa, Trent Bridge
Jun 11th - 87th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 2:29
Jun 11th - Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators (race continues)
Jun 13th - Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans France
Jun 16th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
Jun 19th - 55th US Golf Open: Jack Fleck shoots a 287 at Olympic CC in SF
Jun 19th - Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100
Jun 19th - Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history
Jun 26th - Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
Jul 1st - 69th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (63 75 61)
Jul 2nd - 10th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Fay Crocker
Jul 2nd - 62nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats B Fleitz (75 86)
Jul 7th - 1st LPGA Championship won by Beverly Hanson
Jul 12th - 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw
Jul 22nd - Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11
Jul 23rd - NY Yankees Bob Cerv & E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs
Jul 24th - Betty Jameson/Mary Faulk wins Virg Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament
Jul 26th - 37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC Detroit
Jul 26th - Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester
Jul 30th - Louison Bobet wins his 3rd Tour de France
Jul 31st - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open
Aug 12th - 22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27 (75,000)
Aug 19th - US raises import duty on bicycles 50%
Aug 23rd - Betty Jameson wins LPGA White Mountain Golf Open
Aug 26th - 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)
Aug 28th - 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17
Aug 28th - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
Sep 5th - Dodger Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season
Sep 7th - Yankees Whitey Ford is 5th to throw consecutive 1-hitters, beats A's
Sep 8th - Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers)
Sep 9th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open
Sep 11th - 69th US Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward (64 62)
Sep 11th - 75th US Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Ken Rosewall beats (97 63 63)
Sep 16th - Bauer & Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st
Sep 16th - Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt
Sep 18th - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Mile High Golf Open
Sep 18th - Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock)
Hall of Fame MLB shortstop Ernie Banks Sep 19th - Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season
Sep 20th - Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH
Sep 20th - Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 HRS in a season
Sep 21st - Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for Heavyweight boxing title
Sep 21st - Heavyweight champ Rocky Mariano KOs Archie Moore in round 9
Sep 23rd - Yanks clinch pennant by beating Red Sox, 3-2
Sep 25th - Patty Berg wins LPGA Clock Golf Open
Sep 28th - 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers)
Oct 2nd - 9th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 3-1 at Detroit
Oct 4th - Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7
Oct 9th - Betty Jameson wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open
Oct 23rd - Dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time
Nov 5th - Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds)
Nov 6th - 11th Ryder Cup: US, 8-4 at Thunderbird Ranch & CC Calif
Nov 12th - E Arcaro, E Sande & G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame
Boxing Champ Archie Moore Nov 20th - Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ
Nov 20th - Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 v NZ
Nov 22nd - RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records & Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss
Nov 26th - 43rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 34-19
Dec 5th - AFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president
Dec 6th - NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing
Dec 8th - Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award
Dec 26th - Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Los Angeles Rams 38-14
Dec 28th - 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0)