Events in Sport for Year 1975

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Jan 4th - Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
Jan 12th - Superbowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, RB
Jan 19th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Colgate Golf Triple Crown
Jan 20th - 5th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-10
Jan 21st - 28th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-1 at Montreal
Jan 23rd - Ralph Kiner elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
Jan 25th - 10th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin's 1st
Jan 31st - UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
Feb 1st - 1st successful Wash Cap penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs Vancouver Canucks
Feb 2nd - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
Feb 7th - NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game road losing streak
Feb 9th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
Feb 10th - William "Judy" Johnson selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Feb 16th - Washington Capitals 1st NHL shutout, beating KC Scouts 3-0
Feb 20th - Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan Lahore
Feb 23rd - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
Mar 19th - Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports
Mar 23rd - Sue Roberts wins LPGA Bing Crosby International Golf Classic
Mar 24th - Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title
Mar 26th - Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win & NHL record of 17 straight loses
Mar 29th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open
Mar 30th - Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital
Mar 31st - 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55
Apr 8th - Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball mgr (Cleve, beats NY 5-3)
Baseball Player Hank AaronBaseball Player Hank Aaron Apr 11th - Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer)
Apr 13th - 39th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 276
Apr 20th - 4th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer
Apr 21st - 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55
Apr 21st - Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24)
Apr 26th - Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 HRs ties NL record of 11 HRs in April
Apr 27th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic
May 3rd - 101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02
May 3rd - Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8)
May 4th - Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time
May 4th - Maria Astrologes wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
May 9th - Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
May 11th - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
May 13th - Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville Tenn
May 16th - Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for Heavyweight boxing title
May 17th - 101st Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4
May 21st - Borussia Mönchengladbach wins 4th UEFA Cup at Enschede
May 22nd - 8th ABA Championship: Kentucky Colonels beat Ind Pacers, 4 games to 1
May 25th - 29th NBA Championship: Golden Warriors sweep Wash Bullets in 4 games
May 25th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA American DefenderGolf Classic
May 26th - Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
May 27th - Stanley Cup: Phila Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2
Jun 1st - 21st LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
Jun 1st - California Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Balt Orioles, 1-0
Jun 6th - Nolan Ryan's bid for 2nd no-hitter broken in 6th inning
Jun 7th - Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 v Pakistan World Cup
Jun 7th - Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets
Jun 7th - Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, v WI Cricket World Cup
Jun 8th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic
Jun 9th - 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2
Jun 11th - One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 yrs 364 days
Jun 12th - Hank Aaron's 1st HR in Milwaukee since 1965
Jun 14th - 45th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 62 61)
Jun 15th - 45th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Guillermo Vilas (62 63 64)
Jun 15th - Carol Mann wins Lawson's LPGA Golf Classic
Jun 18th - Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers
Jun 18th - Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi v England
Jun 21st - West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup
Jun 22nd - Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic
Jun 23rd - 75th US Golf Open: Lou Graham shoots a 287 at Medinah CC ILL
Jun 28th - Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill)
Jun 29th - 3rd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner
Jun 30th - Heavyweight Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Bugner in Malaysia
Heavyweight Boxing Champ Muhammad AliHeavyweight Boxing Champ Muhammad Ali Jul 1st - Muhammad Ali beats Joe Bugner in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title
Jul 4th - 82nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (60 61)
Jul 5th - 89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors (61 61 57 64)
Jul 6th - Susie McAllister wins LPGA Wheeling Ladies Golf Classic
Jul 10th - Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, v Australia, out for a pair
Jul 12th - 104th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 279 at Carnoustie
Jul 13th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
Jul 15th - 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee
Jul 15th - All star MVP: Bill Madlock (Pittsburgh Pirates) & John Matlock (NY Mets)
Jul 18th - Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play)
Jul 20th - 30th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer
Jul 21st - Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager
Jul 21st - NY Met Félix Millán hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays
Jul 23rd - LA Dodgers W Crawford & Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
Jul 27th - Carol Mann wins LPGA George Washington Ladies Golf Classic
Aug 1st - 41st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Pittsburgh 21, All-Stars 14 (54,103)
Aug 1st - Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager of NY Yankees
Aug 3rd - Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Aug 5th - Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5
Aug 9th - 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7
Aug 9th - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Colgate European Ladies Golf Open
Aug 10th - 57th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 276 at Firestone Akron
Aug 13th - Viv Richards out for 291 v England at Cricket Oval
Aug 17th - Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
Aug 19th - Astros hire Bill Virdon to replace Preston Gomez as manager
Aug 22nd - McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens
Aug 24th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
Aug 24th - SF Giant Ed Halick no-hits NY Giants, 6-0
Aug 27th - 1st night match at US Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith)
Aug 27th - Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world
Sep 1st - NY Met Tom Seaver is 1st to strike out 200 in 8 consecutive seasons
Sep 6th - 89th US Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats E G Cawley (57 64 62)
Tennis Player Martina NavratilovaTennis Player Martina Navratilova Sep 6th - Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova asks for US political asylum in New York City during the US Open
Sep 7th - 95th US Mens Tennis: Manuel Orantes beats Jimmy Connors (64 63 63)
Sep 7th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
Sep 7th - Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title
Sep 7th - Last day of 1st-class cricket for Hanif Mohammad
Sep 7th - Manuel Orantes upsets #1 seed Jimmy Connors to win US Open
Sep 14th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open
Sep 16th - Pirates beat Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is 3rd to go 7 for 7
Sep 20th - 21st Ryder Cup: US, 21-11 at Laurel Valley Golf Club (Ligonier, Pennsylvania, US)
Sep 21st - Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
Sep 26th - Phillies & NY Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM
Sep 28th - 6th NYC Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:19:27
Oct 1st - Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title in "The Thrilla in Manila"
Oct 7th - Players' Association, files a suit on behalf of Dodgers Andy Messersmith
Oct 11th - Islander's Bryan Trottier's 1st career hat trick
Oct 12th - Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon (2:38:19)
Oct 19th - Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals
Oct 19th - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Japan Golf Classic
Oct 21st - Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning HR beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS
Oct 22nd - Cin Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series
Oct 25th - Denver Nuggets 1st game at McNichols Sports Arena beat St Louis Spirits
Oct 26th - Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball
Oct 26th - Mary Bea Porter wins LPGA Golf Inns of America
Oct 28th - Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games
Oct 30th - John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals
Nov 2nd - Summit in Houston opens - Rockets beat Milwaukee Bucks, 104-89
Nov 4th - Orioles Jim Palmer wins his 2nd Cy Young Award
Nov 12th - NY Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award
Nov 16th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Jacksonville Ladies Golf Open
Nov 18th - Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games
Nov 23rd - 63rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 9-8
Nov 23rd - Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal
Nov 23rd - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Greater Ft Myers Golf Classic
Nov 27th - Red Sox's Fred Lynn is 1st rookie to win MVP (AL)
Nov 28th - Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI v Australia Brisbane
Dec 2nd - G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as capt v WI
Dec 7th - Pat Bradley wins Colgate-Far East Ladies Tournament Golf Tournament
Dec 11th - Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis & Ken Brett from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich
Dec 13th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA 14 Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament
Dec 16th - Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn
Dec 17th - 1st time NY Islanders shut-out NY Rangers, 3-0-Billy Smith's 5th
Dec 21st - 64th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (3-2)
Dec 21st - Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57
Dec 26th - A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test Cricket
Dec 28th - Gary Cosier scores 109 v West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut
Dec 28th - Red Army beats NY Rangers 7-3 at Madison Square Garden


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