Sports History

  • Jockey Club Created

    Responsibilities
    -rules
    -Handle disagreement
    -Create eligibility standards
    -Assign officials
    -Most known for creating lineage of the thoroughbred to ensure purebred
    -Lead to the forming of other clubs in cricket and boxing
  • National Association Of Pro Baseball Players Was Formed

    that national association of pro baseball players was formed by a group of professional teams
  • The First Army Navy Game Is Played

    The Army–Navy Game is an American college rivalry game in college football between the Army Black Knights of the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York
  • First Olympic games are held.

    the first modern Olympic Games are held in Athens, Greece, with athletes from 14 countries participating. The International Olympic Committee met for the first time in Paris in June 1984 and chose Greece as the site of the inaugural modern Olympiad.
  • Tour De France

    The Tour de France is an annual men's multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France
  • Philadelphia Athletics defeats Chicago Cubs to win the 1910 World Series

    Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeats Chicago Cubs (NL) to win the 1910 World Series by 4 games to 1.
  • National Football League Founded

    The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).
  • Germany and Belgium in first handball international tournament.

    Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team.
  • FIFA World Cup

    1930 FIFA World Cup was the first world cup to be held. It was won by hosts Uruguay.
  • Chicago Bears defeat Washington Redskins in the NFL championship game.

    Chicago Bears defeat Washington Redskins 73–0 in the NFL championship game.
  • Inaugural season of Formula One

    Formula One is the highest class of single-seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and owned by the Formula One Group.
  • Summer Olympics

    The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from August 25 to September 11, 1960, in Rome, Italy.
  • Winter Olympics

    The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964.
  • Newspapers began to report scores

    the pennant race in 1870 Newspapers began to report scores, injuries and everything else
  • The Oakland Athletics three-peated at the World Series

    The Oakland Athletics, often referred to as the A's, are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California.
  • Los Angeles Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers

    Los Angeles Lakers win four games to two over the Philadelphia 76ers
  • Bidding War In European Football

    took away local players on a team and turned it into a bidding war of big club owners to gather the best players for top money
  • Canada wins gold metals

    In 1998, Canada wins gold metals for the first time in Disc ultimate at the WFDF World Ultimate Championship in Open, Mixed and Masters.
  • National Football League & Major League Baseball canceled their upcoming games for a week

    In 2001, after the 9/11 attacks, both the National Football League and Major League Baseball canceled their upcoming games for a week. As a result, the World Series would be played in November for the first time and the Super Bowl would be played in February for the first time.
  • London became the first city to host the Olympic Games three times.

    The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.