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2017

Gift Ngoepe is the first African-born player to join baseball's major league

Mpho' Gift Ngoepe is a South African professional baseball shortstop and second baseman in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays. In 2017, he became the first native of continental Africa to reach the Major Leagues.

1991

Diego Maradona is arrested in Buenos Aires for cocaine possession

Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona was arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs, shocking the nation which had idolised their rags-to-riches hero. Police said Maradona was being held at drug squad headquarters after his arrest with two other men at a flat in a Buenos Aires suburb.

1941

A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)

The first ballpark organ was put to use at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. The Chicago Tribune and the Sporting News reported an anonymous organist played "classic and soulful compositions" before a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. The Sporting News article also sang the organ's praises.

1903

Spanish professional football club Atlético Madrid is founded

Club Atlético de Madrid, SAD, commonly known as Atlético Madrid, or simply as Atlético or Atleti, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, that plays in La Liga. The club plays his home games at the Wanda Metropolitano, which has a capacity of 68,000.

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