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1868 - First baseball game played in enclosed field in San Francisco, at 25th and Folsom.

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1896 - First large indoor football game, University of Chicago beats University of Michigan 7-6.

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1896 - A.A. Stagg of University of Chicago creates the football huddle.

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1941 - Amateur tennis champion Bobby Riggs turns pro.

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1972 - Pete Gogolak scores New York Giants record 8 points after a touchdown.

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1982 - Clyde King named New York Yankees' manager.

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1982 - Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by the Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch.

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1984 - John W Mercom Jr announces New Orleans Saints are up for sale for US$75 million.

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1990 - Buffalo Bills become 6th first place NFL team to lose on same weekend.

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2000 - The BC Lions win the Canadian Football League Championship for the first time since 1994, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 28-26 in the 88th Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta.

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