- Jan 1 Canadian Amateur Football Association formally becomes successor to Canadian Rugby Football Union; turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL
- Jan 1 Second day's play in Calcutta 2nd cricket Test, India v W Indies is cancelled by riots; ticket holders denied access starts trouble outside ground; escalates with fires in stands and pitch damage; WI win by 45
- Jan 1 FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different
- Jan 1 NFL Championship, Cotton Bowl, Dallas: Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys, 34-27
- Jan 1 AFL Championship, War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo: Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills, 31-7; QB Len Dawson passes for 2 TDs, RB Mike Garrett runs for 2 TDs
- Jan 1 St Helena adopts constitution
- Jan 1 Tonga revises constitution
- Jan 1 WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Jan 2 53rd Rose Bowl: #7 Purdue beats Southern California, 14-13
- Jan 2 33rd Sugar Bowl: #6 Alabama beats #3 Nebraska, 34-7
- Jan 2 33rd Orange Bowl: Florida beats #8 Georgia Tech, 27-12
- Jan 3 "The Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes
- Jan 3 Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys is indicted for draft evasion
- Jan 3 WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
- Jan 4 English land and boat racer Donald Campbell is killed while driving jet-powered boat Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water in England trying to beat his own water speed record
- Jan 5 KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, CA (IND) begins
Television Finale
Jan 6 "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV
- Jan 6 KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
- Jan 6 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140
- Jan 6 United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
- Jan 9 Georgia legislature seats Representative Julian Bond
- Jan 9 NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints"
Hey, Hey – We're The Monkees
Jan 9 "More of the Monkees" second album by The Monkees is released
Election of Interest
Jan 10 Edward W. Brooke (Sen-R-Mass), takes his seat as the 1st popularly elected African American to the US Senate
NBA All-Star Game
Jan 10 17th NBA All-Star Game, Cow Palace, San Francisco, Ca: West beats East, 135-120; MVP: Rick Barry, SF Warriors, SF
Sports History
Jan 12 Louisville, Kentucky draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali [1]
- Jan 12 Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation; remains preserved at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation
- Jan 12 NBC revival of Jack Webb's police drama "Dragnet", now broadcast in color, debuts; runs through 1970
- Jan 13 Bloodless coup in Togo led by Lt. Col. Étienne Eyadéma and Kléber Dadjo
- Jan 13 London/Decca Records release Rolling Stones' single "Let's Spend the Night Together"
- Jan 14 20,000 attend Human Be-In, San Francisco
- Jan 14 Earthquake in Sicily kills 231
- Jan 14 New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments
TV Show Appearance
Jan 15 Rolling Stones appear for the fifth time on the Ed Sullivan Show, reluctantly agree to alter lyrics of "Let's Spend The Night Together" [1] [2]
- Jan 15 Super Bowl I, LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA: Green Bay Packers beat KC Chiefs, 35-10; MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB
- Jan 16 1st black government installed in Bahamas led by Lynden Pindling as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party
- Jan 16 Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Alabama) African American sheriff in 20th century
NHL All-Star Game
Jan 18 20th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: Montreal Canadiens beat All-Stars, 3-0; MVP: Henri Richard, Montreal, C
NBA Record
Jan 20 Philadelphia 76ers center Wilt Chamberlain makes all 15 of his field goal attempts in a 119-108 win over LA Lakers; NBA record for consecutive shots made; beats mark twice before 1966-67 season ends
- Jan 21 6th AFL All Star Game, LA Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Division beats Western Division, 30-23: MVPs: Babe Parilli, Boston Patriots, QB; Verlon Biggs, NY Jets, DE
- Jan 21 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
- Jan 21 US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti
NFL Pro Bowl
Jan 22 17th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: East beats West, 20-10; MVPs: Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears, HB; Floyd Peters, Philadelphia Eagles, DT
Sports History
Jan 23 Stan Musial is named GM of Cards
Apollo 1 Fire
Jan 27 A fire in the Apollo 1 Command Module kills astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee during a launch rehearsal
Hall of Fame
Jan 29 Branch Rickey & Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Australian Open Women's Tennis
Jan 30 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: American Nancy Richey wins her first and only Australian title; beats home favourite Lesley Turner Bowrey 6-1, 6-4
Australian Men's Tennis Open
Jan 30 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson repeats previous year's result; beats American Arthur Ashe 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 for his 5th straight Australian title
