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Abner Doubleday
Abner Doubleday is credited with creating baseball in Cooperstown, New York -
Rules of baseball
Alexander Joy Cartwright develops the rules of baseball -
Play ball!
The first official game of baseball is played between a group of cricket players and the knickerbockers -
California
California enters the union -
Civil war
The Civil war begins -
Women in baseball
The first women's baseball team is started by a group from Vassar college -
Curveball!
Candy Cummings throws the first curveball in baseball -
Cincinnati Reds
An all-professional team, the Cincinnati red stockings, takes the field for the first time -
National League
The national league is created with William Hulbert as president -
Custer's defeat
Custer is defeated at Little Bighorn -
Bribery in Baseball
Four players are banned from baseball for accepting bribes -
Beer and Whiskey league
The American Baseball Association, also known the Beer and Whiskey league, is created -
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge opens -
The first African American in baseball
Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first African American player in the major leagues -
Louisville Slugger
Pete browning uses the first Louisville slugger bat -
Player's league
The player's league is created -
Cy Young
Cy young takes the mound in the major leagues for the first time -
Ellis island
Ellis island opens as an immigration station -
Spanish-American war
The Spanish-American war begins
