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1909: Francois Faber becomes the first foreigner (non-French) to win the Tour-De-France. What country was he from?
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1918: Boston and Pittsburgh play 20 scoreless innings before Pittsburg finally scores 2 runs in the 21st. What was Boston’s team name?
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1928: Sabin Carr, William Droegmueller, and Charles McGinnis win medals at a rainy pole vault event. What country were they from?
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1936: The Olympics are opened by this German leader.
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1941: Yankee Lefty Gomez somehow gives up 11 of these and still shuts out the opponent.
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1945: This Giants outfielder joins Jimmie Fox and Babe Ruth in the 500 home run club.
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1957: Glen Gorbous throws a baseball this far in a game promotion.
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1971: Richard Petty becomes the first what to win 1 million dollars in career earnings.
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1973: The Virginia Squires of the ABA trade this hall-of-famer to the NBA New York Nets
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1976: This team plays their first NFL game.
Washington Football Team
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1987: This heavyweight boxer becomes the first to own all 3 major belts at the same time.
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1994: This shortstop becomes the second ever to play 2,000 consecutive MLB games.
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1996: This country beats China 2-1 to earn the first every Olympic gold medal for women’s soccer/football.
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2002: The Baltimore Ravens give this linebacker a 19 million dollar bonus, the highest in NFL history at the time.
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2014: This Pacer suffers a gruesome leg injury in a Team USA scrimmage