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1957
 
   
Barbadian cricketer Gary Sobers, playing in Kingston, Jamaica, against Pakistan, makes a record Test score of 365 not out   See in Google maps   
1958
 
   
Eight members of the Manchester United football team die in an air crash when flying back to England from Belgrade via Munich      
1958
 
    
The baseball teams Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants move to California       
1959
 
    
Australian Grand Prix driver Jack Brabham wins the first of his three Formula One titles       
1959
 
    
Billy Wright becomes the first football player to win 100 caps for England       
1962
 
   
US golfer Jack Nicklaus turns professional and in the same year wins the first of four US Open titles      
1962
 
   
British Grand Prix driver Graham Hill wins the first of two world championship titles      
1963
 
    
Australian tennis players Margaret Court and Ken Fletcher achieve the grand slam in mixed doubles       
1963
 
    
Scottish Grand Prix driver Jim Clark wins the first of his two Formula One titles       
1964
 
    
Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) becomes world heavyweight champion for the first time, defeating Sonny Liston