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Jesuit missionary Jean de Brebeuf documents the first game of lacrosse
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Caughnawaga indians demonstrate the sport in Montreal and is reported on the newspaper
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Montreal Lacrosse Club formed in Canada
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William George Beers shortens the length of lacrosse games and the number of players
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Queen Victoria watches and endorses a lacrosse game in Winsdor,England
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The first colegiate lacrosse program is established in a New York University
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The First U.S. intercolligate game is played between New York University and Manhattan College
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Winnipeg Shamrock's Lacrosse team takes home the gold medal at 1904's olympics and is adopted as a medal earning sport
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Lacrosse becomes an official olympic sport
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Lacrossse is used as a demonstration sport at the Amsterdam Olympics
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Box lacrosse is formed around this time. Its like Hockey in a similar rink and goals
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Coach Willis Bilderback of Navy wins his eighth consecutive intercollegiate title
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International Federation of Womens Larosse Associations is formed
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Womens lacrosse is introduced at St.Leonards School in Scotland
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Jack Emmers Washington and Lee team used this move against a superior North Carolina team in which 5 players lock arms with one player and move as a unit up the field, the player in the middle had a sawned off stick with a deep pocket so it could not be dislodged, so the ball could not be taken and goals could be made easily
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An illegal move played in college and high school lacrosse called "the dive" in which a player throws the ball into the goal but the ball must readch the goal before the player reaches the ground or the goal does not count
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The Iroquois National is team formed by six nations of the Iroquois confederacy and is finally entered into the International Lacrosse Federation(IFL)
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Lacrosse is taken as Canada's official summer sport
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The European Lacrosse Federation begins running the European Championships
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A mens professional lacrosse team in made know as the Major League Lacrosse(MLL)
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Lacrosse is named the official sport in maryland
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The MLL is bolstered with a ten year contract with ESPN
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The MLL sets the professional lacrosse attendance at 20,116 fans at a game at invesco field in Denver,Colorado
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Duke takes their first NCAA win over Notre Dame
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The Federation of Internationl Lacrosse hosts the World Lacrosse Championship in Manchester,England
