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Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II.

1 Auto Racing

• August 11 - Jean Bugatti, automobile designer and the 27 year old son of Ettore Bugatti, died in a crash on the Molsheim - Strasbourg highway.

2 Baseball

• January 24: Hall of Fame election: The goal of 10 initial inductees from the 20th century is finally met as voters select George Sisler, Eddie Collins, and Willie Keeler.
• April 23April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). There are 252 days remaining. Events 215 BC A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasum. 303 Sain: Pitcher Alejandro "Alex" CarrasquelAlex Carrasquel [car-ras-KAEL] ( July 24, 1912 August 19, 1969), born Alejandro Eloy Carrasquel Aparicio was the first baseball player from Venezuela to play Major League Baseball. He was born in Caracas. A right-handed pitcher, Carrasquel had a fine fast made his major league debut with the Washington SenatorsThe Washington Senators (officially named the Washington Nationals during the 1901 1956 seasons) were an American League baseball team from 1901 to 1960. The franchise then moved to Minneapolis and became, and still remains, the Minnesota Twins. The Senat. He became the first baseball player from VenezuelaThe Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela "Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela") is a country in northern South America. 1 It borders the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Guyana to the east, Brazil to to play Major League BaseballMajor League Baseball MLB is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. More specifically, Major League Baseball ("MLB") refers to the entity that operates North America's two top leagues, the National League and the American Lea.
• May 2May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). There are 243 days remaining. Events 1194 King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 1335 Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinth: Cap AnsonAdrian Constantine "Cap" Anson ( April 17, 1852, Marshalltown, Iowa April 20, 1922, Chicago) was a professional baseball player for the Rockford Forest Citys, Philadephia Athletics, and Chicago White Stockings. Anson spent a year at Notre Dame before he s, Buck Ewing, Charles "Hoss" Radbourn, Albert Spalding, Charles Comiskey, and Candy Cummings are named to the Hall of Fame by a special committee, just weeks before the Hall opens. Along with the previous selections of Cy Young and Keeler in the writers' elections, Anson, Ewing and Radbourn arguably complete the 5 initial inductees from the 19th century which were promised but long delayed; Spalding, Comiskey and Cummings were largely elected as pioneers and contributors.
• June 12: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.
• July 4: Lou Gehrig announces his retirement from the game at Yankee Stadium.
• World Series: New York Yankees defeat Cincinnati Reds, 4-0.
• December: A special election results in Lou Gehrig being selected to the Hall of Fame; he had announced his retirement after the Hall's June opening.