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1. BASEBALL : When the Pittsburgh Pirates won their 3rd World Series title, it was the first time in the history of the World Series (first played in 1903) that the title was won with a home run.
CRICKET : Australia v West Indies: for the first time in the history of Test Cricket (first played in 1877) a match ends in a tie. With one wicket remaining, and one run required by Australia for victory (and only 2 balls left in the match), the 10th and last wicket falls when Australia are run out attempting a single.
OLYMPIC GAMES : Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila wins the marathon, barefoot, and Al Oerter again wins gold, successfully defending his discus title.
2. AMERICA'S CUP : After 132 long years the New York Yacht Club lost the America's Cup, for the first time, when the US boat, Liberty, was defeated by the boat from downunder, Australia II, with its revolutionary winged keel.
GOLF : US Women's Open: Jan Stephenson becomes the first Australian to win the US Women's Open, winning by one stroke from two-time former champion, JoAnne Carner.
BASKETBALL : The Philadelphia 76ers are crowned NBA champions when they beat the LA Lakers 4-0 in the finals, reversing their 2-4 loss to the Lakers in the previous season's finals.
3. SUPER BOWL : On January 14th of this year the Miami Dolphins won the Super Bowl, finishing their season undefeated; in fact they won every game from start to finish.
FA CUP : In a huge boilover, Leeds United, from the First Division of the Football League, and defending title-holders, lost the FA Cup Final 0-1 to Sunderland, of the Second Division.
HORSE RACING : Wonder horse Secretariat wins the Triple Crown, winning the 3rd leg (the Belmont Stakes) by an incredible earth-shattering margin of 31 lengths.
4. ICE HOCKEY : In this year the Stanley Cup was contested for the last time by the "original six", prior to expansion of the National Hockey League, when the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2.
TENNIS : Roy Emerson of Australia wins his 12th and last grand slam singles title, eclipsing the record set by William Tilden of the USA whose 1930 Wimbledon triumph was his 10th grand slam title.
SUPER BOWL : The first Super Bowl was contested on January 15th of this year, when the Green Bay Packers (National Football League champions) defeated the Kansas City Chiefs (American Football League champions).
RUGBY LEAGUE : The end of an era in the New South Wales premiership. The minor premiers St George lost 11-12 to 3rd-placed Canterbury-Bankstown in the Preliminary Final, bringing to a close St George's record run of eleven consecutive NSWRL premierships.
5. FORMULA 1 GP : Phil Hill becomes the first American to win the Drivers Championship. His team mate, Wolfgang von Trips, is killed at Monza in the second last race for the year.
FA CUP : The FA Cup was won by Tottenham Hotspur, who became the first team to win The Double in the 20th century: the FA Cup and the Football League Championship in the same season.
BASEBALL : Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hits 61 dingers and breaks the long standing record of Babe Ruth, set decades earlier in 1927, for the most home runs hit in a season.
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