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The first elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame were in 1936. Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson were the first players elected. The first induction ceremony in Cooperstown was in 1939.

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The Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12, 1939

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The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was established in 1959 and the first Hall of Fame building opened in 1968 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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In 1939, supposedly the 100th anniversary of baseball's invention.

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12, 1939.

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September 7, 1963

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