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Results 1 - 27 of 27

1st - Dutch law provides for an 8 hour working day
1st - Sir Percy Cox landed in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
2nd - Only tripleheader of century (Reds win 13-4, 7-3 then Pirates win 6-0)
3rd - Browns 1st baseman George Sisler gets his record 257th hit of season
3rd - NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games
6th - 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleve's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Bkln
9th - 1st World Series game in Cleveland, Indians win 2-1
10th - 1st Grandslam in WS (Smith) & 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss)
10th - Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st post-season grand slam
10th - Italy annexes South Tirol (Alto Adige)
10th - Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play 1st NFL game, a 0-0 tie
10th - Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play
10th - Indian's Elmer Smith hits 1st World Series grand slam
12th - Cleve Indians beat Bkln Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series
12th - Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting NJ & NYC
12th - Man O'War's last race & win
12th - Soccer team Quick '20 forms
13th - World Series celebration in Wade Park brings out 50,000+ Clevelanders
14th - Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland
17th - Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play 1st NFL game, win 7-0
20th - "1st Year" with Frank Craven premieres in NYC
23rd - Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, & Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal
27th - League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva
27th - Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins
29th - Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees
30th - The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
31st - Romania annexes Bessarabia