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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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