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- Apr 21 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
- May 5 Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in "modern" baseball as the Boston Americans beat Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0
- May 21 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) forms in Paris
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- Jan 9 Alfred Richard, cricketer (6 & 0 in only Test for S Af 1895-96), dies
- Jun 3 Vincent Tancred, South African cricketer (Bernard & Louis bro, Test for S A), commits suicide at 28
- Jun 19 Mungo Park, Scottish golfer (British Open 1874), dies of pernicious anemia at 67
- Jun 29 Tom Emmett, England cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, famous roundarm action), dies at 62
- Aug 12 William Renshaw, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1881-6, 89), dies of epileptic convulsions at 43
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