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1955

January 8
  • Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 points. [1]
  • Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak. [1]
  • Louise Sugg wins LPGA Los Angeles Golf Open. [1]
January 16
  • Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open. [1]
  • NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19. [1]
January 23
  • Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open. [1]
January 25
  • Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race. [1]
January 29
  • John William Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962). [1]
February 13
  • Patty Berg wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open. [1]
February 17
  • Ice Dance Championship at Vienna Austria won by J Westwood/Demmy of Great Britain. [1]
  • Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Frances Dafoe and Bowden of Canada. [1]
  • Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Tenley Albright os the USA. [1]
  • Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257. [1]
February 20
  • Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open. [1]
February 27
  • Betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open. [1]
March 1
  • Pakistan versus India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw. [1]

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March 6
  • Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open. [1]
March 7
  • Baseball commissioner Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter. [1]
March 13
  • Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. [1]
March 17
  • NHL hockey player Maurice "Rocket" Richard is suspended, sparks 7-hour riot in Montréal, Québec, Canada. [1]
March 19
  • 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63. [1]
March 21
  • The Brooklyn Bulletin asks Brooklyn Dodgers' fans not to call their team "Bums". [1]
March 28
  • New Zealand cricket all out for 26 versus England at Eden Park. [1]
March 31
  • Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut West Indies versus Australia, Kingston. [1]
April 2
  • Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules. [1]
  • US female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright. [1]
  • US male Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins. [1]
April 3
  • Baltimore Orioles pull their first triple play (3-6-2 versus Kansas City Athletics). [1]
  • Louise Suggs wins LPGA Oklahoma City Golf Open. [1]
April 10
  • 19th Golf Masters Championship: Cary Middlecoff wins, shooting a 279. [1]
  • 9th NBA Championship: Syracuse Nationals beat Fort Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 3. [1]
April 12
  • First Major League Baseball game in Kansas City; Kansas City Athletics beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2. [1]
April 14
  • NHL Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3. [1]
April 17
  • Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open. [1]
April 19
  • 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22. [1]
April 21
  • Brooklyn Dodgers win record 10th straight game since beginning of a season. [1]
April 22
  • Kansas City Athletic's first game, they beat Detroit Tigers 6-2. [1]
April 23
  • Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open. [1]
May 1
  • Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament. [1]
  • Bobby Feller's 15th one-hit or less game (12 one-hitters, three no-hitters). [1]
May 7
  • 81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8. [1]
May 13
  • Mickey Mantle hits three consecutive homeruns of at least 463 feet. [1]
May 16
  • Heavyweight Rocky Marciano knocks out Don Cockell in 9 rounds (San Francisco) for heavyweight boxing title. [1]
  • Ray Lindwall scores his second Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown. [1]
May 18
  • Atkinson and Depeiaza take West Indies from 6-187 to 6-494 in day versus Australia. [1]
May 19
  • Atkinson and Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt West Indies versus Australia. [1]
May 27
  • Boston Red Sox player Norm Zauchin gets ten RBIs, beating Washington Senators 16-0. [1]
May 28
  • 81st Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 1:54.6. [1]
  • Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500 with an average speed of 128.213 mph. [1]
  • Fay Crocker wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open. [1]
June 11
  • Eddie Arcaro ties record of six Belmont Stakes wins. [1]
June 13
  • Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France. [1]
June 19
  • Mickey Mantle hits career home run number 100. [1]
  • Philadelphia Phillies beat Chicago Cubs 1-0 in 15 innings, ties longest shut out in Philadelphia Phillies history. [1]
June 24
  • Harmon Killebrew hits his first home run (off Billy Hoeff). [1]
July 12
  • National League beats American League 6-5 (12 innings) in 22nd All Star Game (Milwaukee). [1]
July 14
  • Two killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England. [1]
July 22
  • Philadelphia Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11. [1]
July 29
  • Smokey Burgess hits three home runs to help Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cincinnati Reds 16-5. [1]
August 3
  • Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing. [1]
August 26
  • First color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup). [1] [457]
August 28
  • First NFL preseason sudden death football, Los Angeles Rams beats New York Giants 23-17. [1]
September 8
  • Earliest clinching of a National League pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers). [1]
September 16
  • The New York Yankees' Hank Bauer and Yogi Berra homer in the 9th inning beating Boston Red Sox 5-4 taking over first place in the league. [1]
  • US Auto Club forms to oversee four major auto racing categories. [1]
September 21
  • Rocky Marciano versus Archie Moore in heavyweight championship fight; Marciano wins in 9th round. [1302.169]
September 22
  • Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano knocks out Archie Moore in nine rounds. [1]
October 4
  • Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating New York Yankees in 7 (World Series #52). [1]
October 18
  • Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete. [1]
October 20
  • New York Yankees begin 16-game exhibition in Japan. [1]
November 12
  • E Arcaro, E Sande and G Woolf first inductees in Jockey hall of fame. [1]
December 6
  • New York psychologist Joyce Brothers wins TV's $64,000 Question on boxing. [1]
December 8
  • 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (Half Back). [1]
  • Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his third Most Valuable Player Award. [1]
December 26
  • Cleveland Browns beat Los Angeles Rams 38-14 in NFL championship game. [1]
December 28
  • 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0). [1]

End of 1955. Next: 1956.

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