The first Indianapolis 500 is held.
Two baseball teams played a night match at White Sox Party using three 100-foot towers lit with 12 electric lamps.
The Giro d'Italia cycle race is held for the first time.
The British runner, Henry Barrett, ran a world record marathon at 2 hours, 42 minutes, and 31 seconds in the Polytechnic Marathon in London.
Jack Johnson became the first African American to win the world heavyweight boxing title.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game was copyrighted.
Frank Gotch won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship after a 2-hour match.
The quickest boxing match in history took place.
The Inter Milan soccer club was formed.
The first Grand Prix car race is held.
The 1906 Olympic Games begin in Athens.
The International Federation of Association Football was founded in Paris.
Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in modern major league baseball.
The first international rugby league took place in Wigan, England.
New Zealand's All Blacks played their first international test against Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Maurice-François Garin won the first Tour de France.
The Tour de France Bicycle Race is flagged off for the first time.
First Rose Bowl Game held in the Rose Bowl Stadium.
American baseball player Joe McGinnity was suspended after a brawl in which he punched and spat at umpire Tom Connolly.
Thomas Gibson and James Mcgrath patented a steerable sled.
Charlotte Cooper won a gold medal, making her the first individual female Olympic champion.
FC Barcelona was founded by a group of English, German, Swiss, and Spanish soccer players.
Isaac R. Johnson received his patent for the bicycle frame.
Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag ReykjavÃkurv (ReykjavÃk Football Club), was founded.
Edwin Prescott was awarded a patent for the vertical loop Roller Coaster.
The first modern international Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece.
Englishman wins the first U.S. Open golf tournament.
John Brallier became the first openly paid professional American Football player when he was paid $10 to play a match.
World's first competitive motor race.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is founded.
Henri Desgrange made the world's first world record for a bicycle, reaching a speed of 21.95 miles per hour.
Pudge Heffelfinger played his first paid game, making him the first professional American Football player.
The first-ever American football game played at night occurred in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
Lord Stanley of Preston pledges to donate a challenge cup for the best ice hockey team in Canada.
The rules of Basketball are published.
The world's first weightlifting championship took place in London, England.
The first-ever cricket County Championship started, finishing with Yorkshire beating Gloucestershire.
The Football League meets for the first time.
Aston Villa's director, William McGregor, formed the English Football League.
George Hancock, who invented softball, played the first match in Chicago.
Modern hockey is born.
General Laborer Thomas Stevens started his first bicycle trip around the world.
When Cubs' player Billy Sunday played his first game, he struck out four times.
The first-ever inaugural US National Championship for tennis occurred in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
The world's first black international football player, Andrew Watson, played his first of three matches in Scotland.
The first-ever Wimbledon Championship began.
Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought in America's first public women's boxing match.
The world's first international soccer match took place.
England and Scotland compete in the first international rugby match.
The first city to city cycle race was held between Paris and Rouen.
