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** Negro Leagues Baseball: A Brief History ( with links to " Historical Timeline " ( 1860 – 1959 ); " Diamond Cuts "; " Team Profiles " ( by state ); and " Personal Profiles ").
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** The Nishitetsu Lions baseball club, part of the NPB's Pacific League, is sold to the Fukuoka Baseball Corporation, a subsidiary of Nishi-Nippon Railroad.
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** Cal Ripken, Jr. plays the first of what eventually becomes his record-breaking streak of 2, 632 consecutive Major League Baseball games.
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