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Timeline of Events
YearMonthDayEvent
1829 Jun 10 UOX And UOC Take First Boat Race
1851 Aug 22 Yacht America Wins First America's Cup
1858 Aug 07 The First Australian Rules Football Match Is Played
1863 Oct 26 Football Association First Formed In London
1871 May 04 National Association Baseball League Opens Season
1878 Oct 22 Broughton And Swinton Play First Rugby Match Under Floodlights
1879 Feb 08 Sydney, Cricket Led By Lord Harris , Attacked
1885 Sep 12 Arbroath Scored A World Record Breaking 36 Points
1892 Jan 15 James Naismith Publishes The Rules Of Basketball
1895 Feb 09 William Morgan Invented Volleyball
1895 Oct 05 First Cycling Time Trial London
1899 Oct 11 Western League Is Renamed American League
1906 Jun 26 First Grand Prix Motor Racing Held
1908 Sep 26 Norwegian Football Club SK Founded
1909 Jun 15 England, Australia, South Africa Form Imperial Cricket Conference
1914 Apr 23 Baseball Was Played On Wrigley's Field
1919 Oct 03 Adolfo Luque Is World Series's First Latino
1924 Jan 25 1924 Winter Olympics Inauguration Opens In Chamonix
1927 Apr 23 Cardiff City Become First Non-English FA Cup Winner
1927 Sep 22 Dempsey Loser To Tunney
1928 Jul 27 Tich Freeman Take 200 First-class Wickets
1936 Aug 09 Jesse Owens Gold Medal On Olympic Games
1936 Sep 10 Wembley Stadium: Motorcycle Speedway Championship
1944 Dec 28 Richard Scores Eight Points In Ice Hockey
1950 Sep 04 The First 500mile Nascar Race
1954 May 06 Roger Bannister Runs Mile Four Minutes
1965 Apr 09 Astrodome Hosts First Indoor Baseball Game
1966 Mar 19 Texas Western Wins Final Four With All-black Lineup
1967 Jan 15 The First Super Bowl Hosted In L.A
1970 Aug 15 Patricia Palinkas - First Woman Playing Professional Football
1971 Jan 02 66 Killed In Disaster At Football Match
1971 Feb 09 Paige First Negro Leaguer Elected To Hall
1972 Sep 30 Clemente: 3000th And Final Career Hit
1973 Jan 11 American League Adopts Baseball DH Rule
1973 Sep 20 Billie Jean King Victorious Over Boby Riggs
1974 Oct 30 Ali And Frazier Box In Kinshasa
1975 Oct 01 Ali Defeats Frazier In Philippines Boxing Match
1983 Mar 06 First USFL Game
1983 Sep 23 First African Boxer Named World Heavyweight Champion
1985 May 29 Amputee Steve Fonyo Completes Cross-Canada Marathon
1985 Jul 07 Becker: Youngest Player To Win Wimbledon
1986 Nov 22 Tyson Becomes Youngest Heavyweight Boxing Champ
1987 May 22 New Zealand Hosts First Rugby World Cup
1987 Jul 01 WFAN, The World's First All-sport Radio Station
1989 Aug 24 Rose Banned From Baseball For Gambling
1992 Mar 25 Pakistan Wins Cricket World Cup At Melbourne
1993 Feb 01 Gary Bettman, The NHL's First Commissioner
1994 Jan 30 Lékó The Youngest Chess Grandmaster
1997 Mar 22 Tara Lipinski, 14, Youngest Figure Skating Champion
1997 Apr 13 Woods: Youngest Golfer To Win Masters
1997 Jun 28 Tyson Disqualified After Biting Holyfield's Ear Off!
2001 Jul 28 Swimmer Ian Thorpe, First To Win Six Gold Medals
2001 Oct 05 Barry Bonds Surpasses Mark McGwire's Record
2003 May 22 PGA Tour, The First Woman 58 Years
2006 Jan 29 Pathan Takes Opening Over Test Cricket Hat-trick
2011 Apr 02 World-cup Winner Is India Against SriLanka In Wankhede
2014 Feb 15 Frenchman Breaks Pole Vault Record: 6.16m
2014 Jul 08 Brazil Dismantled By Germany 1-7. Labeled Mineirazo