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1900
 
    
Charles Stewart Rolls wins the Automobile Club's Thousand Mile Trial in a 12 horse-power Panhard       
1900
 
    
The American League emerges from baseball's Western League, before going national in 1901       
1901
 
   
The British batsman C.B. Fry hits a record six consecutive centuries in first-class cricket      
1903
 
    
The first World Series is played between nine leading baseball teams from the National League and the American League       
1906
 
    
The first Grand Prix of motor-racing is held near Le Mans over a 64-mile course       
1907
 
   
The world's first custom-built motor-racing track opens at Brooklands, near Weybridge in Surrey      
1907
 
   
The first International Horse Show takes place in London's Olympia stadium      
1908
 
    
US boxer Jack Johnson becomes the first black heavyweight champion when he knocks out Tommy Burns in Australia       
1909
 
   
Rugby Union acquires new headquarters and a state-of-the-art stadium at Twickenham      
England versus Scotland 1926
Museum of Rugby, Twickenham
1911
 
    
US driver Ray Harroun wins the first Indianapolis 500 motor race