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Spear throwing is the first recorded sport and was made as a way for hunters to practice their hunting skills. later became javelin throwing which is in the Olympics
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Tsu Chu is a soccer like game that was played in china that involved kicking a ball into a net without the use of hands one of the first sports that wasn't just for military training
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the first Olympic Games that took place in ancient Greece was a way to test your skills in games like chariot races, wrestling and javelin throwing
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king Edward II tried to ban soccer in the U.K saying that the game is far too dangerous for people too play
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cricket was first played in the late 16th century in England and the best players in the village would be professionals and the first recorded game that used country names was played in 1709
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the first baseball field that we would recognize was made in New York in 1845. the first rules of baseball was written by a team based in New York called the Knickerbockers
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the ICC or international cricket council was founded on June 15, 1909 and became one of the first major cricket leagues
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this event took place during world war 1 and was an agreed upon ceasefire between along the western front. Soldiers from different sides were seen playing football during the ceasefire
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world war 1 started after the archduke of Austria was killed by the black hand and has many sports moments that take place in it
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this event took place before world war 2 where a African American sprinter from America won gold in 4 events at the nazi olympics in front of hitler
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world war 2. when America joins world war 2 most of the men are drafted to join the military which causes there to be a slowdown in sports
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the woman's baseball league was made during world war 2 after most of the male MLB players were drafted into the army so they made a baseball league that was made up of woman that didn't get drafted
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Jackie Robinson was the first African American American baseball player that played in the MLB leading to getting rid of segregation in major league sports
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the Cold War was a period of time where the USA and Russia were battling each other through other wars because they didn't like the politics of each others countries
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the Vietnam war was a war in Vietnam between north Vietnam which was backed by the Soviet Union and south Vietnam that was backed up by the United States
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the famous boxer Muhammad Ali gets put in jail for refusing to join the army after getting drafted into the Vietnam war later gets released after his conviction gets over turned
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during the 1968 olympics John Carlos and Tommie Smith took the podium and gave a black power salute the image of this event became a key to the civil rights movement
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in 1973 the United States made a anti tank explosive that was made to be the same size and weight of a football because they thought all the army men would already know how to throw a football
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Walt Frazier was the first basketball player with a signature shoe this paved the way for guys like Jordan and LeBron to get shoes of there own
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nicknamed the rumble in the jungle Muhammad Ali had his first fight since being put in prison. the fight was against gorge Forman and Muhammad Ali won
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the miracle on ice refers to the 1980 U.S olympic mens hockey beat the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics causing a rise in moral during the Cold War
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the Jamaican bobsled team crashed their 4 man bobsled and couldn't Finish their event
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Michael Jordan played the 5th game of the 1997 NBA finals with the flu. this made Jordan be seen as an underdog for one of the first times in his tenure in the NBA
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there is a war in Russia and Ukraine for land and many other reasons
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Russia gets told they can't be a part of the 2024 Olympic Games because of there actions against Ukraine