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Creation of the Jockey Club
Developed around 1750, Responsibilities, Establish and Enforce rules , Handle disagreements, Create eligibility, Assigning officials. Most known for creating a lineage of the thoroughbreds to ensure pure breeds. This club led to the forming of other similar clubs in cricket and boxing -
First All-Professional Baseball Team
The Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first all-professional baseball team. -
Creation of the National Association of Professional Baseball Players
In 1871 the national association of professional baseball players was formed by a group of professional teams. Any team could join that was willing to pay its elite members. -
First Modern Olympic Games
First modern Olympic games begin in Athens, Greece, as the Games of the I Olympiad are staged; 60,000 spectators welcome 280 athletes from 13 nations to the international competition of 43 events. James Connolly of the USA wins first Olympic gold medal in modern history. -
Golf Us Open
Harry Vardon won with a score of 313. -
First black boxer to win heavyweight championship
Jack Johnson became the first black boxer to win the Heavyweight Boxing Championship, when he knocked out the reigning champion Tommy Burns. -
Summer Olympics
First summer Olympics since 1912 because world war 1 had cancelled the summer Olympics in 1916. -
Fifa World Cup
This Fifa World Cup was held in Uraguay and won by Uruguay. -
Corocan's Tournament
In 1937 he became the tournament director of the PGA. -
NFL championship
The Chicago Bears defeat the Washington Redskins 73-0. -
Fifa World Cup
Fifa World Cup held in Brazil, and Uruguay won it again. -
NFL Champinship
The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Green Bay Packers in the NFL championship. -
First Super Bowl
The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 to win the first ever Super Bowl. -
Plane crash with college football team
The Wichita state football team was flying to the Utah State University. However, one of the two planes they were flying in crashed claiming approximately half of the football teams lives. -
The New Orleans Saints Suck!
The New Orleans Saints become the first ever NFL team to go 1-15. -
Hand of God
Diego Maradona scores the first goal of the game with his hand. Which they then go on to win that World Cup quarterfinal game against England 2-1, and Diego Maradona had the 2nd goal for Argentina also. -
World Cup
West Germany defeated the defending champions, Argentina, 1-0 in the finals. -
Champions League
Real Madrid won the Champions League with a 3-0 victory over Valencia. -
World Cup
Spain won the World Cup in South Africa. -
The Browns are garbage
The Browns were being worse than normal. What's that, you didn't think that was possible, neither did I. The browns went 0-16... that is an entire season without a win! Garbage!!!