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Sports History

By Ryan Kaufman

  • Golf rules are created and play begins at St. Andrews.

    Golf rules are created and play begins at St. Andrews.

  • First baseball club is created and named the KnickerBockers.

  • Lawn Tennis is played for the first time at Wimbledon and only watched by a couple hundred people.

  • The International Olympic Committee was founded by the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

  • Baseball World Series is introduced.

  • Muhammad Ali is born.

  • Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France bicycling title.

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