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Golf rules are created and play begins at St. Andrews.
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First baseball club is created and named the KnickerBockers.
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Lawn Tennis is played for the first time at Wimbledon and only watched by a couple hundred people.
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The International Olympic Committee was founded by the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
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Baseball World Series is introduced.
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Muhammad Ali is born.
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Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France bicycling title.