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Jan 4th - Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000
Jan 5th - Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to NY Giants
Jan 10th - Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Det Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates
Jan 13th - Mickey Wright wins Sea Island Golf Open
Jan 13th - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 19-10
Jan 15th - Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new 3 year lease for Ebbets Field
Jan 20th - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
Jan 26th - Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as Pres of Milwaukee Braves
Jan 27th - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
Feb 3rd - Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open
Feb 10th - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
Feb 11th - NHL Players Association forms (NYC), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president
Feb 14th - Georgia Senate unanimously approves Sen Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites
Feb 17th - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
Feb 21st - Dodgers (Fort Worth) & Cubs (LA) "trade" Minor League franchises
Feb 22nd - Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
Feb 22nd - Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958
Feb 25th - Buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"
Feb 25th - Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport
Singer Buddy Holly Feb 28th - Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
Mar 3rd - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
Mar 10th - Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy
Mar 16th - Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
Mar 16th - Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1
Mar 23rd - 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Kansas 54-53 (3 OTs)
Mar 25th - NBA modifies the free-throw rule
Apr 6th - Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
Apr 7th - 21st Golf Masters Championship: Doug Ford wins, shooting a 283
Apr 13th - 11th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
Apr 14th - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
Apr 16th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
Apr 20th - 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Conn in 2:20:05
Apr 21st - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
Apr 22nd - All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
Apr 28th - Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
May 1st - Flevo Boys soccer team forms in Emmeloord
May 4th - 83rd Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Iron Liege wins in 2:02.2
May 5th - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
May 12th - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open
May 18th - 83rd Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold Ruler wins in 1:56.2
May 22nd - Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 HRs in 6th inning in 11-0 win
May 26th - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open
May 28th - NL approves Bkln Dodgers' & NY Giants' move to west coast
May 29th - NYC Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants & Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast
May 30th - Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai v England at Edgbaston
Jun 2nd - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
Jun 7th - Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants
Jun 10th - 3rd LPGA Championship won by Louise Suggs
Jun 12th - Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new NL consecutive-game streak)
Jun 13th - Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season
Jun 15th - 57th US Golf Open: Dick Mayer shoots a 282 at Inverness Club in Toledo
Jun 15th - 89th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant Man wins in 2:26.6
Jun 16th - White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 HRs to beat Wash Senators 8-6
Jun 28th - Frick overrules & names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, & Hank Aaron to team
Jun 29th - 12th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
Jul 5th - 71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper (62 61 62)
Jul 6th - 64th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (63 62)
Jul 9th - 24th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
Jul 21st - 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)
Jul 21st - 39th PGA Championship: Lionel Hebert at Miami Valley GC Dayton Ohio
Jul 21st - Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament
Jul 25th - Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick England v WI Headingley
Jul 26th - Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200
Jul 28th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
Jul 28th - White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times in a game
Jul 29th - Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for Heavyweight boxing title
Aug 1st - Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln)
Aug 1st - Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10")
Aug 5th - Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million
Aug 9th - 24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000)
Aug 11th - Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
Aug 18th - Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4½")
Aug 18th - Betty Dodd wins LPGA Colonial Golf Open
Aug 19th - NY Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to SF in 1958
Aug 20th - Chic White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Wash Senators, 6-0
Aug 20th - White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Senators 6-0
Aug 22nd - Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for Heavyweight boxing title
Aug 24th - British soccer player Jimmy Greaves' (17) 1st game for Chelsea
Sep 2nd - Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game
Sep 3rd - Dodgers play last game in Jersey City (11-4 in NJ)
Sep 7th - 71st US Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough (63 62)
Sep 8th - 77th US Mens Tennis: M J Anderson beats Ashley J Cooper (108 75 64)
Sep 15th - SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game
Sep 16th - LA City Council approves 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for Dodgers
Sep 21st - German sailing school ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean
Sep 23rd - "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly & Crickets reaches #1
Sep 23rd - Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2
Sep 24th - Bkln Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0
Sep 29th - Buddy Holly & Crickets released 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away"
Sep 29th - NY Giants play & lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts)
Oct 2nd - NY Yankees appear in their 25th World Series
Oct 5th - 11th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3 at Montreal
Oct 5th - 12th Ryder Cup: Britain-Ireland win, 7½-4½ at Lindrick Golf Club (Rotherham, Yorkshire, England)
Oct 6th - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA United Voluntary Services Golf Open
Oct 7th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Invitational
Oct 8th - Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles
Oct 10th - Braves' Lew Burdette beats Yankees for 3rd time in 1 World Series
Oct 10th - Milwaukee Braves beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 54th World Series
Oct 15th - Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for SF Seals-franchises only, not the players
Oct 19th - Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Mont, became 1st NHLer to score 500 goals
Oct 21st - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open
Nov 5th - Mrs Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2½ cent soccer pool ticket
Nov 7th - Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year
Nov 10th - NFL record crowd (102,368), '49ers vs Rams in LA
Nov 10th - Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0
Basketball Player Bill Russell Nov 16th - Celtic Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds beat Phila 111-89
Nov 16th - Okla's NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame 7-0
Nov 22nd - Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP
Nov 24th - Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing
Nov 28th - Warren Spahn of the Braves wins Cy Young Award
Nov 29th - NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers & Giants
Nov 30th - 45th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 32-7
Dec 1st - Sam Cooke and Buddy Holly and Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show
Dec 23rd - Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout & Bobby Simpson v South Africa
Dec 28th - CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where Minor League games are on
Dec 29th - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL Championship game
Dec 30th - New York Giants win NFL Championship