1901: Professional baseball creates a rule that all ___ balls count as strikes except after two strikes
1902: The first ___ Bowl game is held in Pasadena with Michigan beating Stanford 49-0
1903: The first Tour de ___ attracts about 60 participants who race for 19 days to win the 12,000 franc prize
1904: The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, better known as ___, is founded
1905: Gus Mears acquires Stamford Bridge stadium and establishes ___ Football Club to play in it
1906: The American football rules committee legalizes the ___ pass
1907: Eugene Corri becomes first man to referee inside a ___ ring
1908: Baseball's Mills Commission declares (falsely) that Abner ___ invented baseball in Cooperstown in 1839
1909: The first-ever race takes place at the ___ Motor Speedway
1910: Arthur Knight patents ___ shaft golf clubs
1911: Cy ___, at age 44, wins his 511th and final baseball game
1912: ___ Park opens, with the Red Sox defeating the Highlanders 7-6 in 11 innings
1913: Francis Ouimet becomes the first ___ to win the US Open
1914: Pittsburgh Pirate ___ Wagner is the first baseball player of the century (second overall) to reach 3,000 career hits
1915: ___ Ruth hits his first career home run off of Jack Warhop
1916: ___ Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0 in what will stand as the most lopsided college football victory in history
1917: Toronto Maple Leafs' Harry Cameron becomes the first NHL ___ to score a goal
1918: Many major sports are cancelled or cut short due to ___ War I
1919: Football's Green Bay ___ are founded
1920: The Indianapolis ABCs defeat the Chicago American Giants 4–2 in the first game of the inaugural season of the ___ National League
1921: A boxing match between Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee becomes the first sporting event broadcast on ___
1922: The first ___ ski race is held in Mürren, Switzerland
1923: Wembley Stadium hosts its first match as the Bolton Wanderers defeat West Ham 2-0 in the ___ Cup
1924: The first Olympic Winter Games are held in ___, France
1925: ___ Speaker of the Cleveland Indians gets his 3,000th hit
1926: Bobby ___ becomes the first golfer to win the British and US Open titles in the same year
1927: The Harlem ___ play their first game in Hinckley, Illinois
1928: Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur ___
1929: The Cleveland Indians become the first MLB franchise to wear ___ on their back
1930: In the first World ___, Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2
1931: The British House of Commons agrees to allow sports play on ___
1932: Eddie Eagen becomes the only athlete to win ___ medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games
1933: Baseball's first ___ Game is played at the Chicago World's Fair
1934: The first Masters Golf Tournament is held in ___, Georgia
1935: In a span of 45 minutes, Jesse ___ breaks three world records in track and ties a fourth
1936: The U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame inducts its first members in ___, New York
1937: Lionel Conacher misses on the first-ever NHL Stanley Cup ___ shot
1938: Joe ___ knocks out Max Schmeling at 2:04 of first round to retain the heavyweight championship
1939: Oregon beats Ohio State in the first ___ Men's Basketball Championship
1940: The Green Bay Packers are the first NFL team to travel by ___
1941: Joe DiMaggio sets his still-unbroken ___-game hitting streak
1942: The Chicago Cubs drop plans to install ___ at Wrigley Field due to World War II
1943: The Detroit Red Wings score an NHL record 8 goals in one ___
1944: ___-year old Joe Nuxhall becomes the youngest baseball player to pitch a game in major league history
1945: Maurice '___' Richard becomes the first NHL player to score 50 goals
1946: The New York ___ play their first basketball game
1947: Jackie Robinson debuts for the ___ Dodgers, breaking baseball's color barrier
1948: Dick ___ becomes first world figure skating champion from the US
1949: Jockey Bill ___ wins his first race
1950: Connie Mack retires as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics after ___ years
1951: At the Boston ___ arena, the NBA holds its first All-Star Game
1952: Rocky ___ wins his first heavyweight championship fight
1953: Frank Selvy sets the still-unbroken NCAA Division I Basketball single-game scoring record with ___ points
1954: To quicken the pace of games, the NBA introduces the shot ___
1955: After moving from Philadelphia, the Kansas City ___ win their MLB home opener against the Tigers
1956: Don Larsen pitches the only ___ game in World Series history
1957: MLB approves the New York ___ move to the West Coast
1958: Arnold ___ wins his first Masters
1959: The Soviet Union gives the US its first international ___ loss, winning 62–37
1960: Lamar Clark sets the pro boxing record of ___ consecutive knockouts
1961: Chicago Bears' Willard Dewveall becomes first NFL player to join the ___
1962: Jack ___, soon to be nicknamed the Golden Bear, makes his first pro golf appearance and finishes 50th
1963: Jim Thorpe, Red Grange and George Halas become the first inductees into the Pro ___ Hall of Fame
1964: Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) defeats world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny ___
1965: 50-mph gusts carry Robert Mitera's tee shot ___ yards for the world's longest hole-in-one
1966: Billie Jean King wins the first of her six ___ single titles
1967: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosts the first ___ Bowl
1968: Peggy ___ wins gold at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France
1969: Joe ___ leads the AFL's Jets to a historic Super Bowl victory over the NFL's Colts
1970: Pete Maravich becomes first college basketball player to score ___ career points
1971: Alan Shepard drives a golf ball on the ___
1972: In a famed play known as the '___ Reception,' Pittsburgh's Franco Harris snags a deflected pass and runs for the game-winning TD in an AFC playoff game
1973: MLB's American League adopts the ___ hitter rule
1974: On April 8, Hank Aaron hits home run number ___ to break Babe Ruth's record
1975: Ohio State's Archie Griffin becomes the only college football player to win two ___ Trophies
1976: At age 14, Olympian ___ Comăneci of Romania becomes the first female gymnast to score a perfect 10.0
1977: A.J. ___ becomes the first driver to win the Indianapolis 500 four times
1978: The first ___ Triathlon, in which participants swim, bike, and run a marathon, is held in Kona, Hawaii
1979: On September 7 at 7pm, an estimated 30,000 viewers tune in to watch the first broadcast on ___
1980: In what is known as the '___ on Ice,' the US Olympic hockey team defeats the USSR and goes on to win the gold medal
1981: Paul 'Bear' Bryant wins his ___th game to become college football's winningest coach
1982: Wayne Gretzky becomes the first NHL player to score ___ points in a season
1983: The Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $___ in semipro baseball
1984: David ___ succeeds Larry O'Brien as NBA Commissioner
1985: Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a ___ during a game
1986: Sir Alex ___ becomes manager of Manchester United
1987: For the first time, a World Series game is played indoors — at the Hubert H. Humphrey ___
1988: At age 50, Bobby Allison becomes the oldest driver to win the ___ 500
1989: An earthquake at ___ Park delays the World Series for 10 days
1990: After swearing at an official, John ___ becames the first tennis player to be expelled from the Australian Open
1991: The Baseball Hall of Fame bans Pete 'Charlie ___' Rose from being inducted
1992: Cincinnati Reds' owner ___ Schott apologizes for racist remarks
1993: Tennis star ___ Seles is stabbed in the back by an obsessed fan of rival Steffi Graf
1994: In Detroit, the ex-husband of figure skater ___ Harding carries out an attack on Nancy Kerrigan
1995: Citing the labor unrest as the reason, former Chicago Bulls' great Michael Jordan announces he is leaving the sport of ___ to return to the NBA
1996: MLB owners unanimously approve ___ play
1997: The NHL's Hartford Whalers become the Carolina ___
1998: Finland beats Sweden 6-0 in the first ___ ice hockey game in Olympic history
1999: After her game-winning penalty shootout kick against China in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final, Brandi ___ whips off her jersey
2000: A 1919 Chicago 'Black Sox' autographed baseball is auctioned for $93,666 on ___
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