- January 16
- American League owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving Kansas City Athletics to Louisville, Kentucky. [1]
- January 19
- AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 27-24. [1]
- January 24
- CBS purchases 1964 and 1965 NFL TV rights for US$28.2 million. [1]
- January 27
- Barlow and Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval. [1]
- January 29
- (to February 9) The IX Olympic Winter Games are held in Innsbruck, Austria. [7]
- Most lopsided high-school basketball score: 211-29 (Louisiana). [1]
- NBC-TV agrees to pay $36 million for the broadcast rights to the American Football League games during the 1965-1969 seasons. [1] [457]
- February 2
- Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame. [1]
- Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) wins Olympic gold for figure skating. [1]
- February 9
- IX Olympic Winter Games close at Innsbruck, Austria. [1]
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- Hanumant Singh scores 105 India versus England on debut at Delhi. [1]
- February 12
- End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test cricket career. [1]
- US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming. [1]
- US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen. [1]
- February 15
- Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton. [1]
- February 17
- 101st member elected to baseball's Hall of Fame (Luke Appling). [1]
- February 23
- Charlie Finley signs a four-year lease to keep Athletics team in Kansas City. [1]
- February 25
- Cassius Marcellus Clay Junior (later Muhammad Ali) defeats world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout before a crowd of 8,300 at the Convention Hall arena in Miami Beach, Florida. [1] [129] [1302.199]
- February 26
- Boxer Cassius Clay announces he is changing his name to Muhammad Ali. [1302.199]
- February 29
- Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 metres. [1]
- North Carolina high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime. [1]
- March 5
- Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Junior announces a baseball team is moving there. [1]
- March 6
- Tom O'Hara runs world record mile (3:06.4). [1]
- March 9
- Creighton's Paul Silas grabs Midwest record 27 rebounds against Oklahoma. [1]
- March 16
- Paul Hornung and Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after one year suspension. [1]
- March 21
- 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83. [1]
- UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0). [1]
- March 22
- Carol Mann wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open Invitational. [1]
- April 5
- Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Women's Golf Open. [1]
- April 12
- 28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276. [1]
- Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational. [1]
- April 14
- Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk. [1]
- April 17
- First game at Shea Stadium, New York Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3. [1]
- April 18
- Sandy Koufax is first to strike out the side on 9 pitches. [1]
- April 19
- Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational. [1]
- April 20
- 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:19:59. [1]
- April 21
- Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs combine for nine homeruns, Pirates win 8-5. [1]
- April 23
- Houston Colt 45s' Ken Johnson becomes first major league pitcher to lose a 9-inning no-hitter, Cincinnati Reds win 1-0. [1]
- April 25
- Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3. [1]
- April 26
- 18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 1. [1]
- Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. [1]
- May 2
- 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00. [1]
- May 3
- Mickey Wright wins LPGA Clifford Ann Creed Golf Invitational. [1]
- May 10
- Mickey Wright wins LPGA Squirt Ladies' Golf Open Invitational. [1]
- May 15
- Sporting Portugal wins fourth Europe Cup II at Antwerp, Belgium. [1]
- May 16
- 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8. [1]
- May 17
- Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational. [1]
- Philadelphia Phillies triple-play Houston Colt .45s. [1]
- May 20
- Buster Mathis defeats Joe Frazier to qualify for US Olympic team. [1]
- May 23
- Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45). [1]
- May 24
- Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational. [1]
- Longest homerun (471 feet) in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota Twins). [1]
- Panic in Lima, Peru soccer stadium; 300 killed. [1]
- May 25
- Ground is broken for a new sports stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. [1]
- May 27
- Inter Milan wins 9th Europe Cup 1 in Vienna, Austria. [1]
- May 30
- San Francisco Giants sweep New York Mets 5-3 and 8-6 in 23 innings, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for second game and New York's 22 K's in second games. [1]
- May 31
- Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open. [1]
- San Francisco Giants beat New York Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (second game) (7 hours 32 minutes). [1]
- June 4
- Los Angeles Dodgers' Sandy Koufax third no-hitter, beats Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0. [1]
- July 7
- National League beats American League 7-4 at 35th All Star Game (Shea Stadium, New York). [1]
- July 22
- Steve Ballesteros wins the Britsh Golf Open. [1]
- August 12
- 10th time Mickey Mantle switch-hits home run in a game, one goes 502 feet. [1]
- August 15
- Philadelphia Phillies triple-play New York Mets. [1]
- Ralph Boston of the US sets long jump record at 27 feet 3.25 inches. [1]
- August 23
- Saint Louis Cardinals are 11 games back in National League, and go on to win the World Series. [1]
- August 24
- Second Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4. [1]
- September 2
- Norman Manley scores two consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, California. [1]
- September 11
- Gillette's 20-year contract with Madison Square Gardens and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at the Cleveland Auditorium. [1]
- September 12
- First football game at Shea Stadium: New York Jets defeat Denver Broncos 30-6. [1]
- Ralph Boston of the US sets long jump record at 27 feet 4.5 inches. [1]
- September 17
- Mickey Mantle gets hits number 1999, 2000 and 2001. [1]
- September 21
- Constellation (US) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America's Cup. [1]
- Cincinnati Reds' Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Philadelphia Phillies 1-0. Philadelphia Phillies start a ten-game losing streak that gives the Saint Louis Cardinals the pennant. [1]
- September 27
- Philadelphia Phillies seventh straight loss sends them into second place. [1]
- September 28
- Australia beats US in first clay court Davis Cup. [1]
- October 2
- Philadelphia Phillies tie major league record with season's third triple play (Cincinnati Reds). [1]
- October 4
- Boston Patriots' Gino Cappelletti kicks 6-of-6 field goals against Denver Broncos. [1]
- Saint Louis Cardinals clinch National League pennant. [1]
- October 7
- New York Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 and 29th in 61st World Series. [1]
- October 10
- (to October 24) The Games of the XVIII Olympiad are held in Tokyo, Japan. [1]
- October 15
- Saint Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 61st World Series. [1]
- October 17
- New York Yankees fire manager Yogi Berra. [1]
- October 23
- Japanese beat Russians for first Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball. [1]
- October 25
- Minnesota Vikings' Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in the wrong direction for a safety. [1]
- November 1
- George Blanda of Houston Oilers throws NFL-record 37 passes in 68 attempts. [1]
- Kansas City Chiefs' Len Dawson passes for six touchdowns vs Denver Broncos (49-39). [1]
- November 2
- CBS purchases 80 percent of the New York Yankees for US$11,200,000; first corporate owner of a major league team. [1] [56] [457]
- November 7
- National League keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, can move to Atlanta in 1966. [1]
- November 12
- Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH. [1]
- November 13
- Bob Petit (Saint Louis Hawks) becomes first NBA player to score 20,000 points. [1]
- November 15
- Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman professional. [1]
- December 1
- Houston Colt .45s change name to Houston Astros. [1]
- December 4
- American Major League Baseball approves a free-agent draft. [1]
- Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes. [1]
- Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, versus Pakistan Melbourne Cricket Ground, 11, 0-49, 0-31. [1]
- December 12
- Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of five touchdown passes. [1]
- December 13
- Shirley Englehorn and Sam Snead win Haig and Haig Mixed Foursome Golf. [1]
- December 26
- Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game. [1]
- December 27
- Cleveland Browns beat Baltimore Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game. [1]
- December 31
- Donald Campbell of the United Kingdom sets world water speed record (276.33 mph). [1]
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