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This Day in Sports (August 16)

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about sports events that happened on August 16th?
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1. 1743: Jack Broughton publishes 'Rules of the Ring', which contains the “code” for which sport?
Wrestling ✓
Boxing ✓
Sumo Wrestling ✓
Taekwondo ✓
2. 1903: The Detroit Tigers play a home game in this Ohio city.
Cleveland ✓
Toledo ✓
Akron ✓
Cincinnati ✓
3. 1920: This MLB player is hit in the head with a baseball and later dies because of the injuries caused by it.
Aroldis Chapman ✓
John Lekison ✓
Ray Chapman ✓
Rex Chapman ✓
4. 1948: This baseball player dies at the age of 53 of throat cancer.
Babe Ruth ✓
Lou Gehrig ✓
Hank Aaron ✓
Cy Young ✓
5. 1954: This magazine begins publishing.
Sports Illustrated ✓
ESPN ✓
Slam ✓
Baseball Digest ✓
6. 1965: The AFL awards its first expansion franchise. Which team was it?
Jacksonville Jaguars ✓
Green Bay Packers ✓
Miami Dolphins ✓
Tampa Bay Buccaneers ✓
7. 1976: The NFL plays a game in this East Asian country.
Laos ✓
Japan ✓
Taiwan ✓
China ✓
8. 1981: New Zealand records the highest score in a World Cup soccer(football) match. How many goals did they score?
11 ✓
12 ✓
13 ✓
14 ✓
9. 1997: The Stanley Cup leaves North America for the second time to go to this country.
Italy ✓
Nigeria ✓
Norway ✓
Russia ✓
10. 2003: This 18 year old makes his Premier League debut for Manchester United.
Patrick Vieira ✓
Ryan Giggs ✓
Christiano Ronaldo ✓
Thierry Henry ✓
11. 2009: This sprinter sets the record for the 100 meter sprint.
Justin Gatlin ✓
Carl Lewis ✓
Usain Bolt ✓
The Flash ✓
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