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* The inaugural World Light Heavyweight Champion is Jack Root of Bohemia following his ten round victory over Charles " Kid " McCoy at Detroit on 22 April.
** Travis Pastrana won the inaugural X Games rally, beating the former World Rally Champion, Colin McRae by. 52 seconds after the latter rolled his car with two corners to go at the Home Depot Center.
* The inaugural World Lightweight Champion is Jack McAuliffe, generally recognised following his 21st round knockout of Billy Frazier at Boston.
* The inaugural World Welterweight Champion is Paddy Duffy of Boston, Massachusetts who is recognised following his 17th round knockout of Billy McMillan at Fort Foote, Virginia on 30 October.
* The inaugural World Featherweight Champion is Torpedo Billy Murphy of New Zealand who is recognised following his 14th round knockout of Ike Weir at San Francisco on 13 January.
* The inaugural World Bantamweight Champion is Jimmy Barry of Chicago who is recognised following his 28th round knockout of Casper Leon at Lemont, Illinois on 15 September.
Fosse was a member of two World Series Champion clubs: the 1973 and 1974 A's, and also a member of the inaugural Seattle Mariners team that began playing in 1977.
On August 20, 2011, Haas became the inaugural Family Wrestling Entertainment ( FWE ) Heavyweight Champion by defeating Jay Lethal and Eric Young.
Nash debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alongside the returning Scott Hall on November 7, 2004 at the inaugural monthly TNA pay-per-view, Victory Road, with the duo helping NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett retain his title in a ladder match with Jeff Hardy.
New recruit for the following season, 1990 and 1992 World Champion, Carlos Sainz brought the Impreza its inaugural victory on the 1994 Acropolis Rally.
The following year, the inaugural edition of the Campeonato de Portugal ( a knock-out tournament, precursor of the Taça de Portugal ) was contested, the winner was defined as the " Portuguese Champion ".
Due to booking conflict with a mixed martial arts card, the NWA World Heavyweight Champion at the time, Dan Severn, was unable to appear on the inaugural TNA card, and he was stripped of the NWA title.
Thesz wrestled on a part-time basis over the next 13 years, winning his last major Title in 1978, in Mexico, becoming the inaugural Universal Wrestling Alliance Heavyweight Champion at the age of 62, before dropping the championship to El Canek a year later.
After the dissolution of the group, Kim performed as a singles wrestler, eventually going on to become the inaugural TNA Women's Knockout Champion in October 2007.
After fighting to a draw with Gracie in the inaugural Superfight, he became the first UFC Superfight Champion after defeating Dan Severn at UFC 6 ; the title was eventually renamed the UFC Heavyweight Championship when weight categories were introduced to the UFC.
On the inaugural TNA pay-per-view on June 19, Shamrock won the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a Gauntlet for the Gold match, and is recognized as TNA's first ever World Champion.
The International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF ) introduced the event officially as a discipline in 1974, although it was not run at the Olympics until 1984, the first World Champion having been crowned the year before at the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
Later that same month, Morgan took part in TNA's India project, Ring Ka King, defeating Scott Steiner in a tournament final to become the promotion's inaugural Heavyweight Champion.
On August 20, 2011, Haas became her husband manager where he became the inaugural Family Wrestling Entertainment ( FWE ) Heavyweight Champion by defeating Jay Lethal and Eric Young.
In 2009 Windsor joined the management team of the inaugural Grand Prix Shootout to find a future Formula One World Champion.
He was known for his long career, spanning from 1928 to 1955, and for becoming the first 125cc World Champion in the inaugural 1949 campaign.
Regardless, Calhoun first broke into the sport in 1955 ; and he began competing for local promoter ( and the inaugural National Wrestling Alliance World Champion ) Orville Brown, who recognized how a behemoth of his size could become a major box office attraction for a sport that was in great need of added popularity.
In March 2008, Yoshida lost by submission to Josh Barnett, a former training partner, at World Victory Road's inaugural show Sengoku and in June he defeated former UFC Heavyweight Champion Maurice Smith by neck crank in the first round of Sengoku-Third Battle.
He was both the first and last AWF Heavyweight Champion, defeating Bob Orton, Jr. in a tournament final for the inaugural belt in November 1994, and losing and regaining the title from Orton on the same night in October 1996.

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He is probably best known for his three-strand faux pearl necklace worn by Barbara Bush to her husband's inaugural ball.
Since inaugural event in 1950, Indianapolis is the only city in the United States to have hosted the event.
* 1808 – The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
Nawal El Moutawakel () ( born on April 15, 1962 in Casablanca ) is a Moroccan hurdler, who won the inaugural women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, thereby becoming the first female Muslim born on the continent of Africa to become an Olympic champion.
As a result of having hosted the inaugural meeting of Confederation, the Charlottetown Conference, Prince Edward Island presents itself as the " Birthplace of Confederation " and this is commemorated through several buildings, a ferry vessel, and the Confederation Bridge ( constructed 1993 to 1997 ).
Petty is a member of the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
* 1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
The inaugural WBC in 2006 followed the IBAF mercy rule, with an additional rule stopping a game after five innings when a team is ahead by at least 15 runs.
The Legend of Zelda franchise is the inaugural recipient of Spike TV's first ever Video Game Hall of Fame award.
The University of Tulsa is one of 150 colleges to be included in the inaugural edition of “ Colleges of Distinction ” and is also included in " The Unofficial Biased Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges, 2005 edition.
Walt Disney was the inaugural recipient of a star on the Anaheim walk of stars awarded in recognition of his significant contribution to the city of Anaheim and specifically Disneyland, which is now the Disneyland Resort.
In his inaugural speech he declared, " Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much from the government and at the same time do too little for it.
* June 19 – Glenn Dunnaway wins the inaugural NASCAR race at Charlotte Speedway, a 3 / 4 mile oval in Charlotte, North Carolina, but is disqualified due to illegal springs.
* April 14 The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix is won by William_Grover-Williams.
* January 5 – Preston is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England.
* March 2 – The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
Athletics is part of the Paralympic Games since the inaugural Games in 1960.
Fox is credited with writing the first three ( of six ) stories in the inaugural issue of Flash Comics ( Jan. 1940 ), including the debut of the titular character, the Golden Age Flash.
It is named after Arthur Ashe, the African American tennis player who won the men's final of the inaugural US Open in 1968.
The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began ; it is one of the eight original franchises.
The first program offered through SSE is the Master of Arts in Food Studies, which enrolled 30 students in its inaugural year.
Alvin Carl Plantinga ( born November 15, 1932 ) is an American analytic philosopher, the John A. O ' Brien Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and the inaugural holder of the Jellema Chair in Philosophy at Calvin College.
In July 2012, The Choir is scheduled to be the last band to play at the final gathering of the Cornerstone Festival in commemoration of their inaugural 1984 performance.
Branson is a Star Trek fan and named his new spaceship VSS Enterprise in honour of the famous Star Trek ships, and in 2006, reportedly offered actor William Shatner a ride on the inaugural space launch of Virgin Galactic.

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