The Cincinnati Red Stockings played their first game, winning with 45-9 against the Great Westerns of Cincinnati.
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Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in modern major league baseball.
Baseball player Roberto Clemente was elected to the Hall of Fame.
Babe Ruth Day was commemorated for the first time to celebrate one of baseball's greatest players of all time.
Ty Cobb, a future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder, was the first to gain 1,000 extra-base hits.
Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.
