gistfile1.txt

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      "id": "p_mgbeords_b7d1",
      "prompt": "The beginnings of disc golf",
      "color": "#77bb41",
      "earliest": "1960-01-01",
      "latest": "1983-01-01"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "start_date": {
        "year": 1960,
        "month": 1,
        "day": 1
      },
      "text": {
        "headline": "Early 1960s: Independent Disc Golf Games Emerge",
        "text": "Multiple groups independently played disc golf-like games using trees and trash cans as targets. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_disc_golf' target='_blank'>[source]</a>"
      },
      "background": {
        "color": "#77bb41"
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      "promptId": "p_mgbeords_b7d1"
    },
    {
      "start_date": {
        "year": 1964,
        "month": 1,
        "day": 1
      },
      "text": {
        "headline": "1964: Rice University Students Organize Tournaments",
        "text": "Students at Rice University in Houston, Texas, held tournaments with trees as targets. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_disc_golf' target='_blank'>[source]</a>"
      },
      "background": {
        "color": "#77bb41"
      },
      "promptId": "p_mgbeords_b7d1"
    },
    {
      "start_date": {
        "year": 1965,
        "month": 1,
        "day": 1
      },
      "text": {
        "headline": "1965: Kevin Donnelly Organizes Frisbee Golf Tournaments",
        "text": "Kevin Donnelly organized citywide Frisbee golf tournaments in Newport Beach, California, using hula hoops as holes. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_disc_golf' target='_blank'>[source]</a>"
      },
      "background": {
        "color": "#77bb41"
      },
      "promptId": "p_mgbeords_b7d1"
    },
    {
      "start_date": {
        "year": 1968,
        "month": 1,
        "day": 1
      },
      "text": {
        "headline": "1968: Alameda Park Frisbee Golf in Santa Barbara",
        "text": "Teenagers in Santa Barbara, California, played Frisbee golf in Alameda Park using park features as targets. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_disc_golf' target='_blank'>[source]</a>"
      },
      "background": {
        "color": "#77bb41"
      },
      "promptId": "p_mgbeords_b7d1"
    },
    {
      "start_date": {
        "year": 1970,
        "month": 1,
        "day": 1
      },
      "text": {
        "headline": "1970: Queen's Park Course in Toronto",
        "text": "Ken Westerfield and Jim Kenner designed an 18-hole object course at Queen's Park in Toronto, Canada. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_disc_golf' target='_blank'>[source]</a>"
      },
      "background": {
        "color": "#77bb41"
      },
      "promptId": "p_mgbeords_b7d1"
    },
    {
      "start_date": {
        "year": 1970,
        "month": 1,
        "day": 1
      },
      "text": {
        "headline": "1970: Berkeley Frisbee Group Establishes Course",
        "text": "The Berkeley Frisbee Group established a standardized 18-hole object course on the Berkeley campus in California. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_disc_golf' target='_blank'>[source]</a>"
      },
      "background": {
        "color": "#77bb41"
      },
      "promptId": "p_mgbeords_b7d1"
    },
    {
      "start_date": {
        "year": 1975,
        "month": 1,
        "day": 1
      },
      "text": {
        "headline": "1975: Ed Headrick Leaves Wham-O to Focus on Disc Golf",
        "text": "Ed Headrick left Wham-O to focus on disc golf, coining and trademarking the term 'Disc Golf'. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf' target='_blank'>[source]</a>"
      },
      "background": {
        "color": "#77bb41"
      },
      "promptId": "p_mgbeords_b7d1"
    },
    {
      "start_date": {
        "year": 1976,
        "month": 1,
        "day": 1
      },
      "text": {
        "headline": "1976: First Permanent Disc Golf Course Established",
        "text": "Ed Headrick designed and installed the first permanent disc golf course at Oak Grove Park in Pasadena, California. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Grove_Disc_Golf_Course' target='_blank'>[source]</a>"
      },
      "background": {
        "color": "#77bb41"
      },
      "promptId": "p_mgbeords_b7d1"
    },
    {
      "start_date": {
        "year": 1976,
        "month": 1,
        "day": 1
      },
      "text": {
        "headline": "1976: Disc Golf Association Founded",
        "text": "Ed Headrick and his son Ken founded the Disc Golf Association to formalize the sport and manufacture equipment. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf' target='_blank'>[source]</a>"
      },
      "background": {
        "color": "#77bb41"
      },
      "promptId": "p_mgbeords_b7d1"
    },
    {
      "start_date": {
        "year": 1982,
        "month": 1,
        "day": 1
      },
      "text": {
        "headline": "1982: First PDGA World Championship Tournament",
        "text": "The Professional Disc Golf Association hosted the first World Championship Tournament. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf' target='_blank'>[source]</a>"
      },
      "background": {
        "color": "#77bb41"
      },
      "promptId": "p_mgbeords_b7d1"
    },
    {
      "start_date": {
        "year": 1983,
        "month": 1,
        "day": 1
      },
      "text": {
        "headline": "1983: Dave Dunipace Invents Modern Golf Disc",
        "text": "Dave Dunipace invented the modern golf disc with a beveled rim, allowing greater distance and control. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_disc_golf' target='_blank'>[source]</a>"
      },
      "background": {
        "color": "#77bb41"
      },
      "promptId": "p_mgbeords_b7d1"
    }
  ],
  "timelineTitle": "Timeline Research"
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