June 19th

On this day - June 19th 1846 - The first official organized Baseball game 

New York Nine won against New York Knickerbockers 23-1 in the first official organized Base ball game. The Game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey and followed the rules that the New York Knickerbockers had developed. Alexander Cartwright, also known as the father of baseball, was the umpire in this first baseball game. He was also the founder of the Knickerbockers team, which is considered one of the first baseball teams who played under rules similar to today.  The National Association of Baseball players were established 10 year later.

The team with Cartwright in the top middle

February 27th

On this day - February 27th 1900 - FC Bayern Munchen was established 

FC Bayern Munchen is a German football (soccer) team that was founded when a group of members of the Munich Gymnastics Club were told they were not allowed to join German Football Association. They left the gymnastic club and created their own football team. The team did alright already from their first season, and they joined the Bavarian league right after it was created in 1910. They won their first national title in 1932. During the Second World War, the coach and the president of the club had to leave Germany because they were Jewish. This impacted Bayern Munich's results, and it would take several years before they again won the national title. In 2005 opened their new arena, Allianz Arena in Munich. The a stadium take 75.000 people and is one of the worlds most modern football stadiums.

February 22

On this day -February 22 1980 - The "Miracle on Ice" ice hockey match

The USA won 4-3 against the Soviet Union in an ice hockey match during the Olympic winter games in Lake Placid, USA. The Soviet Union was the favorite to win the match, as they had won six out of the seven last Olympic Gold medals in Ice Hockey. After the second round was the Soviet Union leading 3-2 and it wasn't until the last round that the US actually gained the lead. The US went on to win the tournament after beating Finland, while the Soviet Union took the Silver medal in a round-robin organized final. It wasn't until 1991 that the US again managed to beat the Soviet Union. Walt Disneys movie Miracle (2004) (Amazon) is about this Ice Hockey match.

Sports Illustrated did not see the need for any text to explain the picture because everyone knew what it was about anyways 

February 18th

On this day - February 18th 1978 - The first Ironman Triathlon was held

The first Ironman Triathlon was held in Hawaii after a debate about who were the most fit athletes, swimmers, runners or bikers. The Ironman Triathlon World Championship has been held in the same Place ever since. It was also at this first event that the slogan "Swim 2.4 miles! Bike 112 miles! Run 26.2 miles! Brag for the rest of your life" were first used. This was a handwritten slogan on the participants course and rule description papers. 12 out of the 15 participants completed this first Iron Man Triathlon. Gordn Haller, a US navy, became the first Ironman by completing the race in 11 hours and 46 minuts. The runner up, John Dunbar, came in second after his support team resorted to giving him beer after they ran out of water on the last parts of the race. When the event was arranged again the Next year had the participant number increased to 50, and "Ironman's popularity have increased ever since.