1903 7th Boston Marathon won by Irishman John Lorden in 2:41:29.81908 12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey in 2:25:43.21908 Opening day of competition of
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1897 1st Boston Marathon (B.A.A. Road Race), won by John J. McDermott in 2:55:10; the world’s oldest annual marathon inspired by success of the first
1809 First run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket, England1869 1st international cricket match, held in San Francisco, won by California1898 2nd Boston Marathon
1869 1st pro baseball games-Cincinnati Reds 24, Cin amateurs 151875 Modern Snooker invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain, a bored British officer in Jabalpur, India1892 1st
1900 4th Boston Marathon won by Canadian Jim Caffrey in race record 2:39:44.41906 10th Boston Marathon won by 18-year old Tim Ford in 2:45:45; youngest
1896 1st modern Summer Olympic Games close in Athens, Greece; USA wins gold medal count, 11; Greece wins total medal count, 46; IOC has retroactively
1904 NY Highlanders’ future Baseball HOF pitcher Jack Chesbro’s first of 41 wins this season; pitches complete game and beats Boston Americans, 8-2 at Hilltop
1908 Groundbreaking for Philadelphia’s Shibe Park, home of MLB Athletics (AL), 1909-54, MLB Phillies (NL), 1938-70, and NFL Eagles, 1940-571926 Cyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up
1858 1st US billiards championship, Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit1877 Catcher’s mask 1st used in a baseball game1896 Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to
1750 Jack Slack retains Champion of England boxing title, beats Frenchman Jean Petit in 7 rounds in Harlston, England; acknowledged as first international prize fight1896