1986 Event 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston 1979 Event J. R. Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome 1976 Event Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium 1974 Event Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof 1968 Event 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston 1965 Event Astrodome opens, 1st event is Judy Garland and Supremes concert 1965 Event Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola 1965 Event At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die 1965 Event 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun 1962 Event Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome 1912 Birthday Roy Hofheinz, engineer, Houston Astrodome
