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1839 - First baseball game played in America.

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1880 - First baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleve.

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1907 - New York Yankees commit 11 errors and lose 14-6 to the Detroit Tigers.

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1922 - Saint Louis gets record ten hits in a row and beats Philadelphia Phillies 14-8.

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1931 - Cricket player Charlie Parker equals J.T. Hearne's record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets.

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1939 - Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.

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1947 - Babe Didrikson is first American to win British Women's Amateur Golf Championships.

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1948 - Eddie Arcaro becomes first jockey to win the triple crown twice.

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1954 - Milwaukee Braves' Jim Wilson no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0.

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1957 - Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850kg (6,270 pounds).

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