- January 31
- Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame. [1]
- February 1
- National League adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster. [1]
- February 3
- Milwaukee Braves offer Milwaukee US$500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier; the proposal is turned down. [1]
- February 11
- Milwaukee Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee. [1]
- February 13
- US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming. [1]
- US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti. [1]
- February 17
- US-Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute. [1]
- February 18
- Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting. [1]
- February 19
- NFL adds sixth official. [1]
- March 1
- Australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10 years for misconduct. [1]
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- March 5
- Ernie Terrel beats Eddie Machen in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title. [1]
- March 6
- Bruce Taylor hits 105 for New Zealand versus India in first Test Cricket innings. [1]
- March 7
- Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton. [1]
- March 20
- 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80. [1]
- Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 versus New Zealand at Delhi, India. [1]
- March 21
- Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open. [1]
- March 28
- Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational. [1]
- April 4
- Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational. [1]
- April 7
- Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man New Zealand versus Pakistan. [1]
- April 9
- First baseball game at Houston Astrodome, Houston Astros beat New York Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits first indoor homerun. [1]
- April 11
- 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271. [1]
- April 12
- First National League game at Houston's Astrodome (Philadelphia Phillies beat Houston Astros 2-0). [1]
- April 15
- NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold. [1]
- April 19
- 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33. [1]
- April 24
- New York Mets' Casey Stengel wins his 3,000th game as manager. [1]
- April 25
- 19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1. [1]
- Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational. [1]
- April 28
- Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola. [1]
- May 1
- 91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker on Lucky Debonair wins in 2:01.2. [1]
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3. [1]
- May 2
- Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational. [1]
- Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open. [1]
- May 3
- Third Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Mets beat New York Yankees 2-1 in ten innings. [1]
- May 4
- Willie Mays' 512th homerun breaks Mel Ott's 511th National League record homerun. [1]
- May 6
- Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against West Indies. [1]
- May 8
- First shot put over 70 feet (Randy Matson 70 feet 7 inches). [1]
- May 11
- West Indies becomes first holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy. [1]
- May 15
- 91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2. [1]
- Canadian Football Players Association organizes. [1]
- May 16
- Baltimore Orioles' player Jim Palmer's pitching debut, beats New York Yankees 7-5 and homers. [1]
- Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open. [1]
- May 19
- West Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II. [1]
- May 20
- Yorkshire all out for 23 versus Hampshire at Middlesbrough. [1]
- May 23
- Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open. [1]
- May 25
- Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston in first round for heavyweight boxing title. [1]
- May 27
- Inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan, Italy. [1]
- May 29
- Philadelphia Phillies' Dick Allen hits 529-foot homerun out of Connie Mack Stadium. [1]
- May 30
- Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open. [1]
- May 31
- Jim Clark becomes first foreigner in 49 years to win Indianapolis 500 car race. [1]
- June 9
- Michel Fazy runs the mile in 3 minute 53.6 seconds. [1]
- June 14
- Cincinnati Reds' pitcher Jim Maloney no-hits New York Mets but loses in 11, 1-0. [1]
- June 30
- NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise. [1]
- July 3
- Philadelphia Phillies' Dick Allen and Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice. [1]
- July 13
- National League beats American League 6-5 in 36th All Star Game (Metropolitan Stadium, Minneapolis). [1]
- July 24
- Casey Stengel resigns as manager of the New York Mets. [1]
- July 29
- Major league record 26 strikeouts in a game: Philadelphia Phillies (16), Pittsburgh Pirates (10). [1]
- August 14
- Continental Football League plays first games. [1]
- August 16
- AFL awards its first expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins). [1]
- August 18
- Hank Aaron loses a home run, because he hit it while standing out of the batter's box. [1]
- August 19
- Cincinnati Reds' Jim Maloney's second no-hitter of year; beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0. [1]
- August 22
- San Francisco Giants' pitcher Juan Marachal hits Los Angeles Dodgers' catcher John Roseboro on the head with his bat causing a 14-minute brawl. [1]
- August 30
- Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball. [1]
- September 3
- Jim Hickman becomes the first New York Mets' player to hit three home runs in a game. [1]
- In preparation of their move to Anaheim, the Los Angeles Angels baseball team change their name to the California Angels. [56]
- September 8
- Kansas City Athletics' Bert Campaneris is first in Major League Baseball to play all nine positions in one game. [1] [56]
- September 9
- Sandy Koufax's perfect game against the Cubs bests Bob Hendley's one hit effort, 1-0. It is the Dodger's southpaw record fourth no-hitter. [56]
- September 10
- Philadelphia Phillies' 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phillies beat Saint Louis Cardinals. [1]
- September 13
- Willie Mays hits his 500th home run. [1]
- September 16
- At Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead pitches a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians. [1] [56]
- September 25
- At age 34, Willie Mays becomes the oldest Major League Baseball player to hit 50 home runs in a season. The Giants' center fielder was also the youngest to accomplish the feat hitting 51 homers in 1955. [56]
- September 29
- Ralph Boston of the US sets long jump record at 27 feet 4.75 inches. [1]
- Saint Louis Cardinals' Charlie Johnson passes for six touchdowns vs Cleveland Browns (49-13). [1]
- October 2
- Philadelphia Phillies' Chris Short strikes-out 18 New York Mets. [1]
- October 3
- Whitey Ford pitches number 232 to become New York Yankees' winningest pitcher. [1]
- On the last day of the season, San Francisco Giants' outfielder Willie Mays hits his 52nd home run to break the franchise record he established in 1955. San Francisco Giants defeat Cincinnati Reds at Candlestick Park, 6-3. [56]
- October 7
- 50-mph gust carries 165-pound Robert Mitera's tee shot 447 yards to score the world's longest straight hole-in-one at Miracle Hills in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. [1]
- October 14
- Sandy Koufax hurls his second shutout of World Series beating Minnesota Twins 2-0 (World Series #62). [1]
- October 15
- Los Angeles Dodgers and Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series versus Minnesota Twins. [1]
- November 3
- In an unanimous vote, Dodger southpaw Sandy Koufax (26-8, 2.04, 382) is named the Cy Young Award winner. [56]
- November 9
- First New York Knicks' game postponed (black-out) versus Saint Louis Hawks. [1]
- Willie Mays named National League Most Valuable Player. [1]
- November 17
- William D. Eckert is selected by the owners to become US Major League Baseball's fourth commissioner. The retired Air Force Lieutenant General succeeds Ford Frick. [56]
- December 4
- Second New York Knicks game postponed (due to death of opponent Philadelphia 76ers' owner). [1]
- San Francisco Giants' Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka, Japan for US$40,000. [1]
- December 9
- Frank Robinson is traded from Cincinnati Reds to the Baltimore Orioles. [1]
- December 10
- Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters versus England at the Gabba. [1]
- December 12
- Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in first Test, goes on to 155. [1]
- Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores six touchdowns, ties NFL record. [1]
- December 15
- William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as fourth commissioner of baseball. [1]
- December 26
- Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game. [1]
- December 29
- CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at US$18.8 million per year. [1] [457]
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