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Fans paid to attend a baseball game between two teams in the New York City area at Fashion Rack Course in Queens.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was officially formed to govern collegiate athletics.
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Charlie Chaplin signed with Essanay for $1,250/week to make 14 films.
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Development of recording of sound on motion picture film.
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First commercial radio stations with regularly scheduled broadcasts.
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RCA established the National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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Farnsworth transmits first electronic television picture; receives patent.
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The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) is founded.
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The Stock Market Crash leads to the Great Depression closing nearly three-fourths of amusement parks.
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Lou Gehrig appeared on a Wheaties box.
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed due to many Major League Baseball players serving in WWII.
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Wilson Sporting Goods signed golfer Babe Didrickson Zaharias to an endorsement contract for $100,000 per year.
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Lucille Ball won Emmy Award for Best Comedienne.
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Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California.
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Lucille Ball woon Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Continuing Perormance, I Love Lucy.
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Phil Knight opens Blue Ribbon Sports.
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Lucille Ball won Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in Comedy Series, I Love Lucy.
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The Beates split.
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Walt Disney developed Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
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Blue Ribbon Sports renamed to Nike.
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Title IX is enacted, mandating equal access to educational opportunities for men and women.
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Rich Foods pays $60,000/year for the naming rights to the Buffalo Bills football stadium.
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John Lennon killed.
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The US boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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Vince McMahon purchased Capitol Wrestling from father, later called World Wrestling Federation.
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The Olympics becomes commercialized. Peter Ueberoth helps to make the Olympics profitable.
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Olympic Park in Atlanta, GA is bombed.
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Oxygen channel.