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- Jul 15 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Jack Nicklaus completes 3rd career grand slam; wins by 2 strokes from Ben Crenshaw & Ray Floyd
- Oct 22 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins in her race debut in world record 2:32:30; Bill Rodgers wins his third straight title in 2:12:12
- Dec 8 Commencement of the 1st day/night World Series Cricket supertest at VFL Park, Melbourne
- Dec 9 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does
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- Jan 6 Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer, dies at 78 (b. 1899)
- Jan 9 Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies
- Jan 13 Joe McCarthy, American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (World Series 1932, 36–39, 41, 43; New York Yankees), dies at 96
- Jan 14 Harold Abrahams, British athlete (Olympic gold 100m, silver 4x100m 1924; depicted in film "Chariots of Fire"), dies at 78
- Jan 22 Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (54 Tests for England 4555 runs), dies at 83
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