Kenesaw Mountain Landis takes office as baseball’s commissioner. 1947 — Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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It is played on hard courts, however, before 1987, it was played on grass courts. The Australian Open was first played at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in Melbourne in November 1905.