Events in Sport
- Mar 20 Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death in a plane crash
- Jun 9 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24, becoming the 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years
- Sep 8 Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709)
- Sep 20 Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
- Oct 20 US President Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe to have been the greatest athlete of the 1st half of the 20th century
- Dec 1 Jack Nicklaus finishes at 13-under-par 275 to win the Walt Disney World Open by 1 stroke from Mason Rudolph; becomes the first player to reach $2 million in PGA Tour career earnings
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- Sep 8 Ice hockey star Bobby Orr (25) weds speech therapist Peggy Wood at a secret ceremony in Ontario, Canada
- Nov 10 Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully (45) weds Sandra Hunt
- Nov 12 MLB baseball player Hank Aaron (39) weds Billye Aaron
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