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The first use of the word hillbillie goes on record
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Major league baseball opens a now 140 game shortened season
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Charles Paddock sets world record in the 100m (10.4 seconds)
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The Shakespeare Theater opens in Stratford on Avon, Shakespeare's home town.
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Ted WIlliams of the Red Sox hits his first Home Run
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Concentration camp in FLosseburg is liberated
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Hank Aaron hits first of his 755 career home runs
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AIDS virus identified
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Kareem Abdul Jabbar plays final game as a Laker