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1 Baseball

• The American and National Leagues agree to peacefully coexist and organise a World Series between their champions, which would be first held in 1903.

2 Football ( Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League
  • Essendon wins the 5th VFL Premiership (Essendon 6.7 (43) d Collingwood 2.4 (16))
  • See also Victorian Football League season 1901

3 Events

• March 25 - At the five-day "Week of Nice" race in Nice, France, MercedesThis page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. For other uses of the name Mercedes see Mercedes. Mercedes-Benz is a brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler company (f wins its first racing victory.
• November 15November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. Events 600-1799 655 Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. 1777 American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of - James Jeffries defends the heavyweight boxing title in San Francisco against Gus Rublin
• The first Mann CupThe Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's lacrosse champions of Canada. It was donated in 1901 by Sir Donald Mann. It was originally a challenge trophy, but in 1925 the champion New Westminster Salmonbellies turned the trophy over to the Cana of lacrosse is won by the Ottawa Capitals

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