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1939
The first Major League Baseball game is televised. NBC-TV broadcasts a doubleheader at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field between the Cincinnati Reds and the Dodgers.
1972
The New York Cosmos win the NASL championship by defeating the St. Louis Stars 2-1.
1995
Greg Norman sinks a 66-foot chip on the first playoff hole to capture the World Series of Golf and become the leading money winner in PGA history. Norman wins $360,000 in his third tour victory this year to raise his lifetime earnings to $9.49 million and overtake Tom Kite.
1997
Carl Lewis finishes his track and field career anchoring a star-studded team to victory in the 400-meter relay to cap the ISTAF Grand Prix meet in Berlin. The team of Olympic 100-meter champion Donovan Bailey, former world record-holder Leroy Burrell, Namibian sprint champion Frankie Fredericks and Lewis wins in 38.24 seconds.
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