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Alexander joy Cartwright develops the rules of baseball
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the first official game of baseball is played between the knickerbockers and cricket players
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California enters the union
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the civil war begins
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the first women's baseball team is started
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candy Cummings throws the first curveball in baseball
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the first professional team in the Cincinnati Red Stockings take the field for the first time
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custers defeat at little bighorn
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the National League is established and William Hulbert as president
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four players are banned from baseball for accepting a bribe
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American baseball association is created also known as the beer and whiskey league is created
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the Brooklyn bridge opens
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Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first African american player in the big leagues
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Pete Browning uses the first Louisville slugger bat
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the players league is created
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Ellis island opens as an immigration station
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The Spanish American War begins
