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Today in History – June 19

1846 – The Knickerbockers led by Alexander Cartwright played the New York Nine in the first organized game between two clubs.

Site of the first organized baseball game

1965 – The fourth and final explosion of Operation Sailor Hat, an explosives effects test conducted by the US Navy at Kaho’olawe Island, Hawaii, is conducted.

Operation Sailor Hat