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The [Neutral point of view>neutrality] of this article is [NPOV disputedisputed]. Please see the discussion on the [ 2010s 2010 in sports - 2000s 2009 in sports - 2008 in sports - 2007 in sports - 2006 in sports - 2005 in sports - NHL cancels season due to labor dispute, Lance Armstrong wins a record 7th Tour de France 2004 in sports - Brian Lara scores a test innings record 400 not out against England 2003 in sports - Michael Schumacher wins record sixth Formula One Championship. England win Rugby World Cup in extra time. 2002 in sports - Brazil win record 5th World Cup in Korea/Japan. Real Madrid wins record 9th European Cup 2001 in sports - Tiger Woods becomes first golfer to hold all four major titles simultaneously 2000 in sports - Essendon completes the AFL season with a 24-1 win-loss record, the best in the history of the league 1990s 1999 in sports - Major League Lacrosse is founded 1998 in sports - NHL players compete in Winter Olympic Games for the first time 1997 in sports - Ken Doherty becomes the first player from the Republic of Ireland to win the world championship of snooker 1996 in sports - Professional cyclists compete at Summer Olympic Games for the first time 1995 in sports - Miguel Induráin wins fifth consecutive Tour de France; Bosman ruling. Post apartheid South Africa hosts the 1995 Rugby World Cup; Springboks defeat the All Blacks in the final. 1994 in sports - A.C. Milan go 58 games unbeaten, a record in football; Roland Ratzenberger dies during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix at the Villeneuve corner and Ayrton Senna dies at the Tamburello corner during the race. Colombian international Andres Escobar murdered having scored an own-goal at the USA World Cup 1993 in sports - Monica Seles is stabbed during a tennis tournament; Zambia national football team die in air crash. 1992 in sports - Toronto Blue Jays become the first non-American team to win the World Series 1991 in sports - Magic Johnson retires from basketball 1990 in sports - West Germany ties record and wins third World Cup. 1980s 1989 in sports - Hillsborough disaster 1988 in sports - Ben Johnson breaks 100 metres record but tests positive for banned substances 1987 in sports - New Zealand win the first Rugby World Cup 1986 in sports - Mike Tyson becomes the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion 1985 in sports - Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's major league record for career hits; Sergei Bubka breaks the 6 metre barrier in the pole vault; Bradford City and Heysel Stadium disasters 1984 in sports - First Breeders' Cup in thoroughbred racing; Michel Platini scores 9 goals including two perfect hat-tricks as France win the European Nations Cup 1983 in sports - First World Athletics Championships 1982 in sports - Mary Decker sets six world records in Track and field 1981 in sports - First million dollar horse race 1980 in sports - "Miracle on Ice" as US ice hockey team beats Soviet Union 1970s 1979 in sports - Sugar Ray Leonard wins his first world boxing title 1978 in sports - First Ironman Triathlon; Johan Cruyff pulls out of the World Cup for political reasons 1977 in sports - Pele plays the last game of his professional career in a friendly between the New York Cosmos and Santos Futebol Clube 1976 in sports - Nadia Comaneci earns the first perfect score in the history of Olympic gymnastics 1975 in sports - First Cricket World Cup 1974 in sports - The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match; Gerd"der Bomber" Mueller scores his 14th World Cup goal, still a record, as West Germany win the World Cup; Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's career home run record 1973 in sports - Ajax win third consecutive European Cup; Secretariat wins the Triple Crown of United States Thoroughbred Racing 1972 in sports - USSR beat USA in last second of the Olympic basketball final; Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian terrorists at the same Olympics. 1971 in sports - Richard Petty wins the Daytona 500 and the NASCAR Championship; Ibrox disaster 1970 in sports - Nijinsky II wins the Triple Crown of British Thoroughbred Racing 1960s 1969 in sports - The New York Jets upset the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, the first Super Bowl victory by an American Football League team; New York Mets win an upset victory in the World Series over the Baltimore Orioles 1968 in sports - Jean-Claude Killy wins the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics 1967 in sports - First Super Bowl; Celtic FC's Lisbon Lions win the European Cup, beating the much fancied Inter 1966 in sports - England wins its first and only World Cup 1965 in sports - Bret Hanover wins the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers 1964 in sports - Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, wins the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship 1963 in sports - Craig Breedlove breaks through the 400 mph barrier in setting a new Land speed record; Bundesliga formed in Germany 1962 in sports - Rod Laver wins the men's Grand Slam in tennis 1961 in sports - The World Figure Skating Championships are canceled after the entire United States team is killed in a plane crash 1960 in sports - First Paralympics; USSR win first European Football Championship 1950s 1959 in sports - First Daytona 500; In this season, Real Madrid win the greatest ever final of the European Cup, 7-3, in Hampden Park, Glasgow, vs Eintracht Frankfurt 1958 in sports - The lights go out permanently in Brooklyn as baseball's Dodgers move to Los Angeles; Munich air disaster devastates Man United 1957 in sports - Juan Manuel Fangio wins his fifth Formula One championship title 1956 in sports - Real Madrid win the first European Cup in football 1955 in sports - 86 spectators and driver Pierre Levegh are killed in a crash at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1954 in sports - Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four minute mile 1953 in sports - Maureen Connolly is the first woman to win the Grand Slam in tennis; First Four Hills Tournament 1952 in sports - Dick Button performs the first triple jump in figure skating in the Winter Olympic Games. Emil Zatopek wins the 5,000m, 10,000m and the Marathon in the Summer Olympic Games. 1951 in sports - The National Football League has its first Pro Bowl Game (Los Angeles, California). 1950 in sports - First Formula One championship; first Japan Series (baseball) played 1940s 1949 in sports - NHL goaltender Bill Durnan sets shutout record of 309:21 minutes; The Torino F.C. squad is all but wiped out in the Superga air disaster 1948 in sports - Fanny Blankers-Koen wins four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London 1947 in sports - Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's color barrier; first College World Series 1946 in sports - NBA founded (originally known as Basketball Association of America) 1945 in sports - Maurice Richard is the first NHL player to score 50 goals in one season 1944 in sports - Oxford beat Cambridge in an unofficial Boat Race on the Great Ouse 1943 in sports - First women's professional baseball league is formed, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 1942 in sports - The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup after losing the first three games of the best-of-seven final series 1941 in sports - Ted Williams is the last batter in Major League Baseball to hit over .400 1940 in sports - Seabiscuit becomes the top money-earner in horse racing of all time 1930s 1939 in sports - The Baseball Hall of Fame opens; Lou Gehrig retires from baseball 1938 in sports - Don Budge becomes the first person to win the Grand Slam in tennis 1937 in sports - Joe Louis becomes world heavyweight champion 1936 in sports - To the consternation of Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin; Japan's first professional baseball league formed 1935 in sports - Babe Ruth retires from Major League Baseball 1934 in sports - The Masters in golf first held 1933 in sports - England cricket team's Bodyline tour; first NFL championship game played 1932 in sports - India become the sixth Test cricketing nation. 1931 in sports - France are thrown out of the rugby union Five Nations Championship for professionalism. 1930 in sports - Uruguay win the first FIFA World Cup 1920s 1929 in sports - Wally Hammond scores 905 runs at an average of 113.12 as England defeat Australia in The Ashes 1928 in sports - Women's Olympic athletics and gymnastics are held for the first time at the 1928 Summer Olympics; "Dixie" Dean scores 60 league goals in 39 matches as Everton F.C. win the Football League 1927 in sports - First Ryder Cup of golf 1926 in sports - Jack Dempsey loses his world heavyweight boxing title to Gene Tunney; Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English channel 1925 in sports - French Open in tennis opened to non-French players for the first time; first handball international between Germany and Belgium 1924 in sports - First Winter Olympic Games; in the Summer Olympics, Paavo Nurmi wins 5 golds in Athletics 1923 in sports - First 24 hours of Le Mans race; Ty Cobb breaks Honus Wagner's major league record for career hits 1922 in sports - First sub-one minute 100m freestyle swim 1921 in sports - The schooner Bluenose begins her undefeated career in racing, winning the International Fishermen's Trophy 1920 in sports - National Football League formed; baseball's Negro National League formed; Babe Ruth sold to New York Yankees and hits 54 home runs, signalling the arrival of the lively ball era in baseball; Cleveland Indians' shortstop Ray Chapman is killed by a Carl Mays pitch; the Grand Prix de Paris horse race changes its name to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1910s 1919 in sports - Black Sox scandal in baseball 1918 in sports - The Boston Red Sox win the 1918 World Series with Babe Ruth pitching 1917 in sports - National Hockey League formed 1916 in sports - First PGA Championship 1915 in sports - No football anywhere in Europe, thanks to World War I 1914 in sports - Babe Ruth makes his major league debut; German and UK soldiers celebrate Christmas with a football match 1913 in sports - Emily Davison throws herself in front of King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby horse race 1912 in sports - Electronic timers introduced for the first time at the Stockholm Olympic Games 1911 in sports - First Indianapolis 500 1910 in sports - The rugby union Home Championship admits France, creating the Five Nations (now Six Nations) 1900s 1909 in sports - Imperial Cricket Conference formed to administrate world cricket 1908 in sports - Great Britain wins the first Olympic football title 1907 in sports - Norman Brookes becomes the first overseas men's singles tennis Wimbledon champion 1906 in sports - First Grand Prix motor racing; National Collegiate Athletic Association formed 1905 in sports - New Zealand's first All Blacks Rugby Union tour of Britain (The Originals), winning 31 matches and losing one to a controversial refereeing decision. 1904 in sports - Louis Rigolly breaks through the 100 mph barrier in setting a new Land speed record 1903 in sports - First Tour de France; first modern World Series 1902 in sports - First Rose Bowl, American college football game - Michigan defeated Stanford 49-0 1901 in sports - The American League arrives as a rival to baseball's National League 1900 in sports - For the first time, women are allowed to compete in the Olympic Games; baseball's Cuban League is integrated, with an all-black team allowed to play 1890s 1899 in sports - FC Barcelona is founded by Joan Gamper 1898 in sports - First Serie A Championship held; standardization of the rules of handball 1897 in sports - Victorian Football League is formed; Juventus founded by high school students 1896 in sports - First modern Olympic Games 1895 in sports - First US Open of golf; game of volleyball invented. Northern clubs split from Rugby Football Union and rugby league is created. 1894 in sports - First auto race; Charles William Miller introduces football and rugby to Brazil 1893 in sports - Stanley Cup first awarded in ice hockey 1892 in sports - First official game of basketball 1891 in sports - First French Open of tennis 1890 in sports - 1880s 1889 in sports - Preston North End win the first double in English football. They go undefeated for the entire season in the league. 1888 in sports - The Football League founded 1887 in sports - Celtic Football Club founded by Brother Walfrid in Glasgow; Gaelic Football codified 1886 in sports - Workers at Royal Woolwich form Dial Square football team, later known as Arsenal F.C. 1885 in sports - 1884 in sports - First baseball World Series occurs between National League and American Association 1883 in sports - First luge competition; first Home Championship in rugby union (predecessor to the modern Six Nations) 1882 in sports - First time Australia beat England in Test cricket in England, beginning The Ashes; John L Sullivan becomes the first Heavyweight boxing champion of the world 1881 in sports - 1880 in sports - 1870s 1879 in sports - 1878 in sports - First football game played at Deepdale in Preston - the oldest continuously used ground in English League Football; The Cuban League, the first baseball league outside the United States, is formed 1877 in sports - First cricket Test match; first Wimbledon Championships; first intercollegiate lacrosse game 1876 in sports - The debut of baseball's National League 1875 in sports - First running of the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks horse race 1874 in sports - First documented baseball game in Cuba 1873 in sports - First running of the Preakness Stakes horse race 1872 in sports - First football FA Cup final; England beat Scotland in the first official international football match 1871 in sports - The National Association, baseball's first professional league, debuts. Scotland defeat England 4-1 in first ever rugby union international. 1870 in sports - 1860s 1869 in sports - The original Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball's first openly all-professional team, was founded. 1868 in sports - 1867 in sports - Marquess of Queensberry boxing rules published; First running of the Belmont Stakes horse race 1866 in sports - The Amateur Athletic Club introduce the definition of an 'amateur' into sport and hosting the first United Kingdom national championships. 1865 in sports - 1864 in sports - Overarm bowling becomes legal in cricket; First running of the Travers Stakes horse race 1863 in sports - The Football Association formed to oversee football. 1862 in sports - First ski jumping competition; Notts County, the world's oldest professional football team, founded 1861 in sports - First running of the Melbourne Cup horse race 1860 in sports - First Open Championship of golf 1850s 1859 in sports - The Queen's Plate horse race is organized 1858 in sports - Australian Rules Football codified 1857 in sports - Sheffield F.C. is founded, the oldest football (soccer) club in the world still in existence; National Association of Base Ball Players formed to oversee amateur baseball in the United States 1856 in sports - Montreal Lacrosse Club is formed, the first organized lacrosse team 1855 in sports - 1854 in sports - Dublin University Football Club (rugby) in Trinity College, Dublin founded. It is the oldest football club of any code documented in the world 1853 in sports - West Australian becomes the first horse to win the Triple Crown 1852 in sports - 1851 in sports - Birth of the America's Cup 1850 in sports - Students at the University of Oxford hold the first university Athletic Sports Pre-1850s Pre-1850s in sports   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: