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2004
Hugh Cave, pulp writer, a professional writer for over 70 years, dies at 95
2001
Foster Brooks, comic, ", ""professional lush"", ", dies at 89
1997
Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris
1995
Eddie J Bush, golf professional, dies at 83
1993
Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83
1992
Professional Spring Football League begins
1990
Senior Professional Baseball Association folds
1990
St. Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship
1981
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified
1981
Natalie Portman, actress, Professional, Everyone Says I Love You
1980
Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
1977
Steve Dunne, actor (Professional Father), dies at 59
1975
Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at 49
1973
Professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile
1971
NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Assn
1964
Marilynn Smith wins Albuquerque Professional Amateur Golf Tournament
1963
Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Naples Professional Golf Tournament
1961
William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99
1961
New York DA arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players
1960
Muhammad Ali's 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6
1960
Cassius Clay wins 1st battle as professional boxer
1952
Nancy Lopez, professional golfer
1949
Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional
1948
Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (DuMont)
1934
Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms
1931
Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball
1922
Harry Greb gave Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat
1921
American Professional Football Association reorganizes in Akron
1920
American Professional Football Association forms (NFL)
1918
Steve Dunne, Northampton Massachusetts, actor, Professional Father
1917
Quebec Bulldogs play their 1st professional hockey game
1916
1st professional golf tournament held
1916
Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms in New York City
1914
Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win
1912
Eddie J Bush, golf professional
1907
English Professional Football Player's Association forms
1904
"Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted
1901
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms
1871
National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized
1868
1st U.S. professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in New York City
1862
William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99
1732
1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, New York City
1732
1st U.S. professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Phila
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