Sports History By jmsa1 776 BCE The first Olympic Games is held at Athens. 1839 The Grand National horse race was first run. 1846 The first recorded game of organized baseball was played at Elysian Fields, New Jersey 1855 The first modern game of ice hockey was played in Kingston, Ontario 1874 The first American football game was played between McGill University and Harvard 1877 The first Wimbledon tennis event was held. 1895 The first ever US golf open was held. 1903 The Tour de France was held for the first time 1905 The first year that the Australian Open Tennis Championship was held 1920 The first game of the National Football League (NFL) 1934 The first ever US Golf Masters was held 1967 The first year that the Super Bowl was held. 1978 Muhammed Ali becomes world heavyweight champion for the third time. 1980 US basketball champion Magic Johnson begins 12 years with the lakers 1984 US sprinter and long jumper Carl Lewis wins four gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympics 1986 20-year old US boxer Mike Tyson beats Trevor Berbick to become youngest ever heavyweight champion 1993 US Tennis player Pete Sampras wins first of seven Wimbledon Titles 1997 US golfer Tiger Woods wins both British Open and US Masters 2005 US cyclist Lance Armstrong retires from completion after winning seventh consecutive successive victory in Tour de France. 2007 Barry Bonds breaks baseball's previous record, hitting his 756th home run.