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