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Sporting Events on April 15

1977 : 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium
1958 : 1st baseball game in Calif, SF Giants beat LA Dodgers, 8-0
1896 : 1st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece
1971 : 43rd Academy Awards - "Patton," George C Scott & Glenda Jackson win
1979 : 43rd Golf Masters Championship: Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280
1984 : 48th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277
1776 : Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy
1994 : Indians loses 1st game at Jacobs Field, KC wins 2-1
1965 : James Baldwin's "Amen Corner," premieres in NYC
1953 : Malans National Party wins South African elections
1965 : NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold
1925 : NHL's NY Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1
1992 : NY Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438)
1954 : Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1
1991 : Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road
1989 : South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries
1937 : Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers, 3 games to 2
1952 : Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in 4 games
1989 : Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48)
1910 : Taft is 1st pres to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game
1991 : Ton Sijbrands improves world record blind checker games (15 wins)
1976 : Yankee stadium reopens, Yanks beat Twins after trailing 4-0
2003 : New Delhi, India : Sachin Tendulkar will undergo minor hand surgery during trip to US.
2003 : Islamabad, Pakistan : Pakistan along with New Zealand will take part in a triangular one-day cricket tournament .

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