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First Major League Baseball Game, Atlanta Braves' streak ended, and only one Sailor finished a Yacht race - This DiSH for April 22
Episode 857
Published 1 month ago
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In 1876 the first major league baseball game was played between the Boston Red Caps in Philadelphia Athletics.
In 1947, the first championship series of the new Basketball Association of America with the Philadelphia Warriors beating the Chicago Stags.
In 1982, the Atlanta Braves lost for the first time after setting the MLB record with 13 straight wins to start the season.
In 1969, Robin Knox-Johnston became the only sailor of 9 who started to finish the first Golden Globe Yacht race, a solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.