Sports history

  • Jockey clubs

    Around 1750 jockey clubs are invented.
  • National league

    The national association of professional baseball players is formed.
  • Hulbert created the pennant race

    The first pennant race is created in baseball.
  • First professional baseball game

    First professional baseball game against the New York Metropolitans and the Washington Nationals.
  • First modern Olympics

    The first modern Olympic games are held in Athens, Greece.
  • Boston marathon

    The second Boston marathon is won by Ron Mcdonald.
  • Newcastle badminton club forms in England

    January 24th of 1900 the first badminton club forms.
  • First cork centered baseball

    The first cork centered baseball is used in the 1910 World Series (#7)
  • First women wins Olympics

    First women ever wins Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)
  • Fred Corcoran becomes the tournament director of the PGA

    Fred Corcoran become tournament director for the PGA then 12 years later becomes director for WPGA
  • Third American football league

    The third American football league plays their first game.
  • The PGA allows black participants

    The PGA starts allowing black participants
  • First football hall of fame inductees

    Jim Thorpe, Red Grange, and George Halas are the first 3 men inducted into the football hall of fame.
  • Baseball Hall of Fame

    Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • Professional athletes in Olympic games.

    Professional athletes could compete in the Olympic games.
  • World football league is founded.

  • Mike Tyson wins boxing title.

    Mike Tyson wins his first world boxing title by beating Trevor berbick in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • ESPN radio

    ESPN radio is debuted for the first time ever.
  • Derek Jeter

    Derek Jeter gets his 2,000th hit and becomes the 8th player in Yankees history with 2,000 hits.
  • Mark McGwire admits to using steroids

    Mark McGwire admits to using steroids when he broke the MLB home run record in 1998