Pelé, the legendary Brazilian soccer star, scored his 1,000th goal.
Arthur Ashe became the first black person to be ranked number one in tennis.
Gold medalist Tommie Smith was suspended for performing the Black Power salute during the Olympics.
Manchester United became the first English football team to win the European Cup.
Jim ''Catfish" Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitched the ninth perfect game, defeating the Minnesota Twins (4-0).
The Stanley Cup Finals took place with the Toronto Maple Leafs beating the Montreal Canadiens.
Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali lost his boxing title after refusing to join the army.
The first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles.
England won the FIFA World Cup Final in London against Germany with a score of 4-2.
NBA hired the first African American coach Bill Russell for the Boston Celtics.
Canadian ice hockey pro, Bobby Hull, set a new record with his 51st goal of the season.
A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
Casey Stengel announced that he was retiring from managing the New York Mets after 55 years in baseball.
San Francisco Giants outfielder, Willie Mays, broke the record for home runs.
South Africa was banned from the Olympic Games due to the country’s racist policies.
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali relinquished his 'slave name' of Cassius Clay and joined Islam.
Athlete Tom O'Hara smashed a world record by running 1 mile in just 3 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
Muhammad Ali becomes world heavyweight champion.
Nike was founded.
Chile and Italy played one of the most violent soccer games in history.
Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.
Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams was fined $250 for spitting on fans.
The popular board game Scrabble went on sale in the UK.
The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published.
British man, Roger Bannister, became the first athlete to run one mile in less than four minutes.
Willie Mosconi sets the world record for running most consecutive pool balls without a miss.
American boxer Jersey Joe Walcott became the oldest heavyweight champion aged 37.
The Big Cat, aka Earl Lloyd, became the first African-American to play in the NBA.
The first Formula One World Championship season kicks off.
Adi Dassler founded Adidas with a vision to improve athletic performance.
King George VI officially opened the 11th modern-day Olympic Games at the Wembley Arena in London, UK.
Babe Ruth Day was commemorated for the first time to celebrate one of baseball's greatest players of all time.
Jackie Robinson signed the first Major League Baseball contract for a Black ballplayer.
The first arcade game is patented.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is founded.
A circus performer patented the modern trampoline.
The NBC broadcasted the first live American football game.
Finnish long-distance runner Taisto Mäki broke the 10,000-meter world record in 29:52:06.
The first televised baseball game was broadcasted on NBC, featuring Princeton defeating Colombia 2-1.
Bradman scored his 1000th cricket run of the English season, becoming the earliest to do so.
Lou Thesz beat Everett Marshall in St Louis, making him the youngest to win the National Wrestling Association World heavyweight title.
NBC assembled the first symphony utilized exclusively for radio.
Jack Fingleton, an Australian cricketer, became the first batsman to score 100 runs in four consecutive test matches.
New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio, made his major-league debut.
Parker Brothers released the Monopoly board game.
With a record time of 2:52:29, Armas Toivonen was the first European to win gold for a marathon at the European Athletics Championships.
The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
Host nation Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in Montevideo to win the first FIFA World Cup.
Legendary baseballer Babe Ruth became the first member of the 500 home run club.
Violet Stewart Piercy, a long-distance runner from England, set the first recorded marathon win for women at 3:40:22.
