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Sports history for April 20

Monday, April 21, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

1912 - Fenway Park opens in Boston with the Red Sox beating the New York Yankees 7-6 in 11 innings. Tiger Stadium also opens and Detroit defeats the Cleveland Indians 6-5.

1958 - The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup for the third straight year with a 5-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in the sixth game.

1987 - Toshihiko Seko of Japan wins the Boston Marathon in 2:11:50 and Rosa Mota of Portugal wins the women's division in 2:25:21.

1992 - Kenya's Ibrahim Hussein wins his third Boston Marathon. He finishes in 2:08:14, the second-fastest Boston ever. Russia's Olga Markova wins the women's division in 2:23:43.

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