2015 Event Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., reaches a new snowfall record of 108.6 inches and may receive even more snow this season; the city's previous record of 107.6 inches was set in the winter of 1995-1996 2015 Event Snowstorms continue to hit Boston, Massachusetts, bringing the city's snowfall this season to 102 inches to date; the city's highest snowfall occurred in the winter of 1995 with 107.6 inches 2015 Event A powerful blizzard covers Boston and nearby New England areas with over two feet of snow under winds that reach over 70 miles per hour; New York City had expected the same weather effects but was spared 2014 Event A 219-year-old time capsule is being excavated from beneath the cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House in Boston; the capsule, first found in 1855 and reburied, is likely the oldest in the U.S. 2014 Event An American, Meb Keflezighi, wins the men's Boston Marathon, one year after the race was targeted by bombings; an American last won the men's race in 1983 2014 Event U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder authorizes federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 2013 Event The robot manufacturer Boston Dynamics is purchased by Google for an undisclosed amount; previously contracted by the U.S. military 2013 Event In Game 3 of the World Series baseball championships, the St. Louis Cardinals score a 2-1 series lead over the Boston Red Sox 2013 Event Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears for the first time in court since his arrest April 19; he pleads not guilty to 30 charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction 2013 Event The Chicago Blackhawks win the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals after beating the Boston Bruins in six games 2013 Event Ibragim Todashev, a suspect under FBI questioning in Orlando, Florida, for his connections to the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, is shot dead after attacking an agent during the course of questioning 2013 Event Prosecutors for Boston Marathon bomber and Islamic terrorist Dzhokar Tsarnaev discuss a plea deal to avoid the death penalty in exchange for life in prison without parole 2013 Event Americans learn the FBI and CIA had previous intelligence from Russia warning U.S. intelligence agencies about Tamerlan Tsarnaev's extremist connections before the Boston Marathon bombings 2013 Event Suspects in the Boston Marathon Bombings are identified as Kyrgyzstan-born Muslims Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, age 19, and his 28-year old brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev 2013 Event Muslim terrorists set off two explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing 3, injuring 183 people, and at least 15 requiring amputations 2013 Event Two hours before the Boston Marathon bombings occur, Ethiopian long-distance runner Lelisa Desisa wins the Boston Marathon, with a time of 2:10:22 2013 Event The FBI reports they have discovered who stole $580 million in masterpieces from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, the greatest art heist in American history 2013 Event The U.S. Army robot, BigDog from Boston Dynamics, is upgraded to include arm that can manipulate nearby objects with great force; it is able to hurl a cinderblock 15 feet 2011 Event The first full face transplant is performed by surgeons at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts 2004 Event World Series, Boston Red Sox beat Saint Louis Cardinals 4 games to 0 1998 Event Boston Celtics retire Robert Parrish's #00 1997 Event Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is 6th unanimous AL Rookie of Year 1997 Event Boston Red Sox trade Mike Stanley back to the New York Yankees 1997 Event 35th NHL draft Boston picks center Joe Thornton 1st 1997 Event Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics 1997 Event 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34 1997 Event 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23 1996 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine 1996 Birthday Matthew Eappen, born in Boston, Massachusetts, baby murdered by nanny Louise Woodward 1996 Event 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9 1996 Event 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6 1996 Event 46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston 1995 Event 1st NBA game at FleetCenter, Boston Celtics lose to Mil Bucks, 101-100 1995 Event Boston's Fleet Center opens, New York Islanders and Boston Bruins tie at 4-4 1995 Event Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics) 1995 Event Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, New York Knicks win 98-92 1995 Event 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11 1995 Event 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22 1994 Event 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45 1994 Event 98th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:07:15 1994 Event 20th century premiere of 6 restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston 1994 Event Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13 1993 Event John Williams final appearance as conductor of Boston Pops 1993 Event Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, and Yankees rally to beat Boston 4-3 1993 Death Reggie Lewis, NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27 1993 Event Don Imus begins broadcasting to Boston on WEEI (590 AM) 1993 Event Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox 1993 Event 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27 1993 Event 97th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33 1993 Event Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery 1992 Death Chuck Connors, U.S. NBA/baseballer/actor (Boston Celtics), dies at 71 1992 Event 21st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43 1992 Event 96th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:14 1992 Death Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83 1991 Event Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award 1991 Event 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins) 1991 Event Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland 1991 Event 20th Boston Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18 1991 Event 95th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:11:06 1990 Event Barb Mucha wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1990 Event Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game 1990 Event Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0 1990 Event Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 1990 Event Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period 1990 Event Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat New York Knicks 157-128 1990 Event 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23 1990 Event 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19 1990 Event "Les Miserables," opens at Shunert Theatre, Boston 1990 Event Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen 1990 Event Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asstistant General Manager (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office) 1990 Event Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs New Jersey Nets) and lose 87-78 1989 Event Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8 1989 Event Amy Alcott wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1989 Event 18th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Nor in 2:24:33 1989 Event 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06 1988 Event Boston Celtics play Spain in Madrid 1988 Event Boston Celtics beat Yugoslavia 113-85 in Madrid 1988 Event Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant 1988 Event Detroit beats Sox, 18-6, at Fenway, ends Boston winning streak at 24 1988 Event Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games 1988 Event Boston Red Sox set AL consecutive home victories at 23 1988 Event Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years 1988 Event Colleen Walker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1988 Event Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home 1988 Event Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East 1988 Event Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games 1988 Event Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals 1988 Event 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30 1988 Event 92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43 1988 Event August Wilson's "Piano Lesson," premieres in Boston 1987 Event "Les Miserables" opens at Shubert Theatre, Boston 1987 Event Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1987 Event 41st NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2 1987 Event 16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21 1987 Event 91st Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:11:50 1987 Death Kent Taylor, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders), dies at 79 1986 Event New York Mets beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 83rd World Series 1986 Event Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1986 Event All star MVP: Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox 1986 Event 40th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Hous Rockets, 4 games to 2 1986 Event Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners 1986 Event 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55 1986 Event 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51 1986 Event Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record 1985 Death Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95 1985 Event Judy Clark wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1985 Event Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs 1985 Event 39th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2 1985 Event 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06 1985 Event 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05 1985 Event Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points 1984 Event 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (quarterback) 1984 Event Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard touchdown (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45 1984 Event Laurie Rinker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1984 Event 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 1984 Event Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) and #4 (Joe Cronin) 1984 Event Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory 1984 Event 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of New Zealand in 2:29:28 1984 Event 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34 1983 Death Humberto Madeiros, U.S. cardinal to Boston, dies at 67 1983 Event Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1983 Event Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion 1983 Event 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43 1983 Event 87th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Mass in 2:09:00 1982 Birthday Lil' Dave, Davis Shelton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rapper, Another Bad Creation 1982 Event Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1982 Event 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Germany in 2:29:33 1982 Event 86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oreg in 2:08:51 1982 Event World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2 1981 Event Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9/3) 1981 Event Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game 1981 Event Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1981 Event 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of New Zealand in 2:26:46 1981 Event 85th Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:09:26 1981 Event 84 penalties (406 minutes) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minnesota and Boston 1981 Event Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak 1980 Birthday Eliza Dushku, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, This Boy's Life, True Lies, Journey 1980 Event 61 degrees F in Boston at 1 AM 1980 Event Dale Lundquis wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1980 Event 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11 1980 Event 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28, Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course 1980 Event Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams) 1979 Event Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center 1979 Event John F. Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston 1979 Event California's Nolan Ryan and Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th 1979 Death Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84 1979 Event Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Association meditation in Boston 1979 Event 83rd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:27 1979 Event 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15 1979 Death Jean Stafford, U.S. author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63 1978 Event Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP 1978 Event Yankees beat Boston 4-0, Guidry wins # 22, Yankees lead 2 games 1978 Event 4th game of Boston Massacre; Yankees beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yankees out hit 'em 67-21; score 42-9 1978 Event 3rd game of Boston Massacre; Yankees beat Red Sox 7-0 1978 Event 2nd game of Boston Massacre; Yankees beat Red Sox 13-2 1978 Event 1st game of Boston Massacre, Yankees beat Red Sox 15-3 1978 Event Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2 1978 Event 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Georgia in 2:44:52 1978 Event 82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:10:13 1977 Event Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games 1977 Event 6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33 1977 Event 81st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46 1977 Event Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point 1976 Birthday Vanessa Kerry, born in Boston, Massachusetts, medical resident, daughter of John Kerry, campaigned with her father in the 2004 Presidential election 1976 Birthday Chauncey Billups, NBA guard for the Boston Celtics 1976 Birthday Antoine Walker, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics 1976 Event 30th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2 1976 Birthday Ron Mercer, NBA guard for the Boston Celtics 1976 Event 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wis in 2:47:10 1976 Event 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Wash, DC in 2:20:19 1975 Event John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals 1975 Event Boston's Fred Lynn is the overwhelming choice as AL Rookie of Year 1975 Event Cincinnati Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series 1975 Event Boston begins court ordered busing of public schools 1975 Birthday John Thomas, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics 1975 Event Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play) 1975 Birthday Dontae' Jones, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics 1975 Event 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24 1975 Event 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55 1975 Event Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24) 1975 Birthday Thomas Hamilton, NBA center for the Boston Celtics 1975 Birthday Paul Frey, born in Boston, Massachusetts, dance skater, & Ponte-1995 Eastern, Jr. champ 1975 Birthday Shannon Kavanaugh, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, Ivory Soul 1975 Event Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage 1974 Event Phil Esposito, Boston, became 6th NHLer to score 500 goals 1974 Event National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing 1974 Event Race riot in Boston due to "busing" 1974 Birthday Travis Knight, NBA center for the Boston Celtics 1974 Birthday Brad Boston, Sarnia Ontario, soling yachter 1996 Olympics 1974 Event Stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2 1974 Event 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee, 4 games to 3 1974 Event 3rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11 1974 Event 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39 1974 Birthday Walter McCarty, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics 1974 Birthday Jonathan Bryan Colling, Boston, rocker, 4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys 1973 Death Albert DiSalvo, Boston strangler, stabbed in prison 1973 Birthday Roy Rogers, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics 1973 Event Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later 1973 Event 2nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59 1973 Event 77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oreg in 2:16:03 1973 Birthday James Michael Kennedy, Boston, rocker, 4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys 1973 Birthday Tyus Edney, NBA guard, Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings 1973 Birthday Andrew DeClercq, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics 1973 Event Boston Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda as 1st player signed as a DH 1973 Birthday Junior Burrough, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics 1972 Birthday Louis Michael Anthony Sassin, Boston, rocker, 4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun 1972 Birthday Erika de Lone, born in Boston, Massachusetts, tennis star, 1996 Futures-Wilmington DE 1972 Birthday Eric Williams, NBA forward, Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics 1972 Birthday Jozef Stumpel, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, NHL forward, Team Slovakia, Boston 1972 Event Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2 1972 Birthday Lori Flick, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Miss America-Massachusetts 1997 1972 Event 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York in 3:10:26 1972 Event 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39 1972 Birthday Jonathan Edwards, born in Boston, Massachusetts, doubles luger 1994 Olympics 1972 Event Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U) 1972 Birthday Dane Cook, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dane Jeffrey Cook, comedian, stand up comic, released five comedy albums, 'Retaliation' went double platinum, the highest charting comedy album in 28 years, appeared in 15 films since 1997, including 'My Best Friend's Girl' 1971 Birthday John Francis Zingg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, 4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys 1971 Birthday Edward "Ted" Murphy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rower, Olympics-5th-1996 1971 Birthday Ted Drury, born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics 1971 Birthday Greg Minor, NBA guard for the Boston Celtics 1971 Birthday Michael Tucker, born in South Boston, Virginia, outfielder for the Kansas City Royals 1971 Birthday Bruce Bowen, NBA guard for the Boston Celtics 1971 Birthday Mark Wahlberg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, rapper, known as 'Marky Mark', starred in film, 'Invincible', 'We Own the Night', 'The Lovely Bones' 1971 Birthday Troy Malave, Cumana Venezuela, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox 1971 Birthday Rich Garces, Maracay Aragua Venezuela, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1971 Event 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45 1971 Birthday Peter Schwab, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics 1971 Event Boston Patriots become New England Patriots 1971 Event Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game 1971 Event Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak 1971 Birthday Cory Bailey, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1971 Event 24th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 2-1 at Boston 1971 Birthday Alexander Delgado, Palmerejo Venezuela, catcher for the Boston Red Sox 1970 Birthday David Wesley, NBA guard, Charlotte Hornets, Boston Celtics 1970 Death Richard Cushing, U.S. cardinal to Boston, dies at 75 1970 Birthday Joseph Hudson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1970 Event All star MVP: Carl Yastremski (Boston Red Sox) 1970 Birthday Aaron Sele, born in Golden Valley, Minnesota, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1970 Birthday William Selby, born in Monroeville, Michigan, infielder for the Boston Red Sox 1970 Birthday Carl Everett, born in Tampa, Florida, baseball player, outfielder, played for Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball team, played for New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, 2005 World Series Champion 1970 Event Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep St. Louis Blues in 4 games 1970 Birthday Uma Thurman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction 1970 Event 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30 1970 Event Ron Hill's 2:10:30 at Boston, sets new U.S. marathon record 1970 Birthday Jeremy Roenick, born in Boston, Massachusetts, NHL center, Team USA, Blackhawks, Coyotes 1970 Birthday Todd Day, NBA guard and forward for the Boston Celtics 1969 Birthday Dahlia Salem, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Sofia Carlino-Another World 1969 Birthday Nathan Minchey, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1969 Event Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montreal (NFL expo) 1969 Birthday Edward Norton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, appeared in films, 'Primal Fear', 'Rounder', 'Fight Club', 'Red Dragon', 'The Illusionist' 1969 Birthday Donald E Wahlberg, Jr., Boston, rocker, New Kids-Hangin' Tough 1969 Birthday Becky Delos Santos, born in Boston, Massachusetts, playmate, April, 1994 1969 Event Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million 1969 Birthday Lee O'Leary, born in Compton, California, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox 1969 Birthday Rick Fox, NBA guard and forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics 1969 Birthday Jamie Walters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, singer, record producer, appeared on Beverly Hills, 90210, the Heights, song, 'How Do You Talk To An Angel' hit number 1 on Billboard Hot 100 1969 Birthday Vaughn Eshelman, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1969 Birthday Paige Turco, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Melanie-Guiding Light 1969 Birthday David William Wood, Boston, rocker, New Kids-Lovin' You Forever 1969 Event 23rd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 1969 Event 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49 1969 Event Black Academy of Arts and Letters forms in Boston 1969 Event Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period 1969 Birthday Jeff Tinsley, born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox 1969 Birthday Shawn McEachern, Waltham, Massachusetts, NHL forward, Boston Bruins, Senators 1969 Event 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cincinnati - Detroit, San Diego - Boston 1968 Event Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge 1968 Birthday Dee Brown, NBA guard for the Boston Celtics 1968 Death Charles Munch, French/U.S. conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at 77 1968 Birthday Reggie Jefferson, Tallahassee, Florida, 1st baseman, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Seattle, Boston 1968 Birthday Michael Bivins, Boston, rock vocalist, New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe 1968 Birthday Scott Wolf, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Broken Arrow, Party of 5 1968 Birthday Jeff Bagwell, born in Boston, Massachusetts, infielder for the Houston Astros 1968 Birthday Ralph Tresvant, Boston, singer, New Editon 1968 Event 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2 1968 Event Baltimore Oriole Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston, 6-0 1968 Event 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Connecticut in 2:22:17 1968 Birthday Anthony Michael Hall, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, SNL, Breakfast Club 1968 Birthday Connie Britton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Nikki-Spin City 1968 Birthday Eric Wedge, U.S. baseball catcher for the Boston Red Sox 1967 Birthday Mo Vaughn, Norwalk Conn, infielder, Boston Red Sox, MVP-1995 1967 Birthday Tom Gordon, Sebring, Florida, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1967 Birthday Ronnie Devoe, Boston, vocals, New Edition, Bell Div Devoe-Candy Girl 1967 Event Boston's Carl Yastrzemski wins AL MVP 1967 Event Boston's Jim Lonborg wins AL Cy Young 1967 Event St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series 1967 Event WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Birthday Ricky Bell, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock vocalist, New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe 1967 Event Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus 1967 Event Minnesota Twin Dean Chance perfect games Boston Red Sox, 2-0 in 5 innings 1967 Birthday John Doherty, born in the Bronx, New York, John Harold Doherty, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball teams 1967 Event Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston 1967 Birthday Mike Stanton, born in Houston, Texas, pitcher, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox 1967 Birthday Dino Radja, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics 1967 Event 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45 1967 Event Yankees beat Boston 7-6 in 18 innings 1967 Birthday Dana Barros, NBA guard for the Boston Celtics 1967 Birthday Pervis Ellison, NBA forward and center for the Boston Celtics 1967 Birthday John Valentin, Mineola, New York, infielder for the Boston Red Sox 1967 Birthday Tim Naehring, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, infielder for the Boston Red Sox 1967 Event Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison 1967 Birthday Chris Nabholz, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1966 Birthday Bill Ranford, Brandon Man, NHL goalie, Team Canada, Boston 1966 Birthday Stephanie D Wilson, born in Boston, Massachusetts, astronaut 1966 Birthday Jeff Frye, born in Oakland California, infielder for the Boston Red Sox 1966 Birthday Tim Wakefield, Melbourne, Florida, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1966 Birthday Heathcliff Slocumb, born in Jamaica, New York, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1966 Birthday Bill Haselman, Long Branch, New Jersey, catcher for the Boston Red Sox 1966 Event 20th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 1966 Event Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach 1966 Event 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11 1966 Event Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon 1966 Event Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics) 1966 Birthday Eric Gunderson, born in Portland, Oregon, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1966 Birthday Wendy Fletcher, born in Boston, Massachusetts, WPVA volleyballer, National-5th-1993 1966 Birthday Marissa Laakso, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Miss Mass-America 1991 1966 Event Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics 1965 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4" 1965 Event Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 1965 Event 19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1 1965 Event 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33 1965 Birthday Frank Black, born in Boston, Massachusetts, guitarist, singer, songwriter, albums include, 'Bossanova', 'Trompe le Monde', released two albums with band, Pixies 1965 Birthday Tom Barrasso, born in Boston, NHL goalie for the Pittsburgh Penguins 1965 Birthday Caitlin Bilodeaux, born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. fencer 1992 Olympics 1965 Birthday Maura Tierney, Boston, actress, Lisa-Newsradio 1965 Event Boston Celtic center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in loss to Philadelphia Warriors led by Wilt Chamberlain 1964 Event WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin 1964 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 " 1964 Birthday John Sununu, born in Boston, Massachusetts, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire 2003 - 2009, sits on Congressional Oversight Panel for TARP 1964 Birthday Pete McCutcheon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Quebec Open 1964 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 3" 1964 Event 18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 1 1964 Event 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:19:59 1964 Event 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston 1963 Birthday Justine Greiner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, playmate, February, 1984 1963 Birthday Paul Geary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, heavy metal drummer, Extreme-More Than Words 1963 Birthday Mike Stanley, born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, catcher, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox 1963 Event 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school 1963 Event 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2 1963 Event 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58 1963 Event Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston 1963 Birthday Jasmine Guy, born in Boston Massachusetts, actress, Whitley-Different World 1963 Event San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game 1962 Birthday Jamie Moyer, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1962 Birthday Gene Craig Sauers, Savannah Georgia, PGA golfer, 1986 Bank of Boston 1962 Event Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0 1962 Event Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0 1962 Event 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48 1962 Event 16th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 1962 Death Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82 1962 Death Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of UNIVAC computer, dies at 59 1961 Event 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston 1961 Birthday Gary Cherone, born in Boston, heavy metal vocalist, Extreme-More Than Words 1961 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 2" 1961 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' " 1961 Birthday Kevin Romine, born in Exeter, New Hampshire, professional baseball player, outfielder, played for Major Baseball team, the Boston Redsox 1961 Event 1st shuttle flights between Washington D.C., Boston and New York City begin (Eastern) 1961 Event 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39 1961 Event Francis Poulenc's "Gloria," premieres in Boston 1960 Birthday Raymond Bourque, Montreal, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, Boston 1960 Event Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die) 1960 Event 4th American Football League plays 1st game (Denver 13, Boston 10) 1960 Event Boston 2nd baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7 1960 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26' 11" 1960 Event 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7) 1960 Birthday Steve Lyons, born in Tacoma, Washington, Stephen John Lyons, nicknamed 'Psycho', baseball player, outfielder, third baseman, television sportscaster, played with Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball team, known for oddities, such as playing hangman and tic-tac-toe with his spikes 1960 Event 64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54 1960 Event Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51) 1959 Event Boston Patriots enters AFL 1959 Birthday [Dennis Ray] "Oil Can" Boyd, baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1959 Birthday Kate Collins, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Natalie Hunter-All My Children 1959 Event 63rd Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:22:42 1959 Event 13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minnesota Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title 1959 Event Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws 1959 Event Boston Celtic Bob Cousy sets NBA record with 28 assists Boston Celtics score 173 points against Minneapolis Lakers 1959 Birthday Joe Hesketh, U.S. baseball player for the Boston Red Sox 1959 Birthday Otis Nixon, U.S. baseball outfielder, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers 1958 Event Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0 1958 Event Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans again 1958 Birthday Ibrahim Hussein, marathoner, Boston Marathon-1988, 91, 92 1958 Event WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits 1958 Event Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 1958 Event 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54 1958 Birthday Alexandra Neil, born in Boston, actress, Rose-Guiding Light 1958 Event 1st black in NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins) 1957 Birthday Kevin McHale, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics 1957 Event WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Birthday Chico Walker, born in Jackson, Mississippi, professional baseball player, second base, played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, California Angels, New York Mets 1957 Birthday Hillary Bailey Smith, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Nora-One Life to Live 1957 Event 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Connecticut in 2:20:05 1957 Event Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 1957 Event Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score 1957 Event 1st performance of David Diamond's 6th Symphony in Boston 1957 Birthday Carney Lansford, born in San Jose, California, Major League Baseball player, third baseman, played for California Angels, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics 1978 - 1992 1956 Event Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games 1956 Birthday Larry Bird, hoop star for the Boston Celtics 1956 Event Bill Sharman (Boston) begins NBA free throw streak of 55 games 1956 Birthday Ned Rothenberg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, plays woodwind instruments, extended techniques include playing chords on saxophone 1956 Event Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans 1956 Event 38th PGA Championship: Jack Burke at Blue Hill CC Boston 1956 Event Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 1956 Event 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14 1955 Event Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0 1955 Event WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22 1955 Birthday Dale Bozzio, Boston, vocalist, Missing Persons-Destination Unknown 1955 Birthday Rolf Benirschke, Boston, NFL place kicker/TV host, Wheel of Fortune 1954 Event 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston) 1954 Birthday Angelo Kimball, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Face To Face 1954 Event 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39 1954 Event 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th 1953 Birthday James Remar, Boston, actor, 48 Hours, Rent-a-Cop, Cotton Club 1953 Birthday Joe Toplyn, Boston, comedic writer, Late Night with David Letterman 1953 Death Eugene O'Neill, playwright (Nobel 1936), dies in Boston at 65 1953 Birthday Lenny Clarke, born in Boston, actor, Officer Hampton-John Larroquette Show 1953 Birthday Robert Parish, NBA center, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets 1953 Birthday Tony Armas, born in Puerto Piritu, Venezuela, Antonio Rafael Armas Machado, baseball player, two-time All-Star, played with California Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, susceptible to injuries, on disabled list 12 times, missing 302 games 1953 Birthday Brian J. Duffy, born in Boston, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-45, 57, 72, sk:92 1953 Event 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts 1953 Birthday Ron Jackson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, professional baseball player, played Major League Baseball, hitting coach for Boston Red Sox, 2003 - 2006 1953 Event 57th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51 1953 Event Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 1953 Event Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston 1953 Event Boston Braves move to Milwaukee 1953 Event NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903) 1953 Birthday Jim Rice, Boston Red Sox outfielder, AL MVP 1978 1953 Event Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee 1953 Event New York, Cleveland, and Boston retaliate at Bill Veeck, forcing the Browns to play afternoon games to avoid sharing TV revenues 1952 Birthday Bill Walton, NBA center, Portland Trailblazers, Boston Celtics 1952 Event Braves last game in Boston's Braves Field before move to Milwaukee 1952 Event Boston Brave Warren Spahn strikes out 18 Cubs in 15 innings 1952 Event Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves 1952 Event 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53 1952 Birthday Fred Lynn, Chicago, baseball outfielder, Boston, California, Baltimore 1951 Birthday Johnny Contardo, born in Boston, Massachusetts, lead singer for Sha Na Na, appeared in hit musical Grease as Johnny Casino and the Gamblers 1951 Birthday Barry Doudreau, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Boston 1951 Event St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at night lose to Boston Braves 2-0 1951 Birthday Brad Delp, born in Massachusetts, musician, rock, hard rock, lead vocalist for rock band 'Boston' 1951 Birthday Anne Twomey, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Secret, Deadly Friend, Imagemaker 1951 Event Pittsburgh Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0 1951 Event 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45 1951 Birthday Barry Goudreau, born in America, guitarist, vocalist, original guitarist for Boston, the rock band, recorded his first solo LP using Brad Delp and Fran Cosmo, and Sib Hashian 1951 Birthday Bobby Lalonde, NHLer, Boston Bruins 1951 Event 1st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-94 at Boston 1950 Birthday Paul Westphal, NBA guard, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns 1950 Birthday Livingston Taylor, Boston, rocker, I Will be in Love With You 1950 Event Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year 1950 Event Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo wins AL Rookie of Year 1950 Event Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year 1950 Birthday Joe Perry, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Aerosmith-Walk this Way 1950 Event Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Brooklyn Dodger, 7-0 1950 Birthday Erik Braunn, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Iron Butterfly 1950 Event Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs) 1950 Event 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39 1950 Event Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves 1950 Birthday Judy Dickinson, born in Akron, Ohio, LPGA golfer, 1985 Boston Five Classic 1950 Event 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash and $1.5M securities 1949 Birthday Sib Hashian, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock drummer, Boston 1949 Birthday Kate Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, singer, songwriter, musical family members include Alex, Livingston, Hugh and James, albums include Sister Kate, Kate Taylor, famous hit 'It's In His Kiss' 1949 Birthday Albert Sacco, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 1949 Event 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8 1949 Birthday Fran Sheehan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock bassist, Boston-More than a Feeling 1948 Birthday Donna Summer, Boston, singer, Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio 1948 Birthday Dave Cowens, NBA forward, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks 1948 Event Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, 4 games to 2 in 45th World Series 1948 Event Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914 1948 Event Yankees, Boston and Cleveland are tied for 1st place in AL (91-56) 1948 Birthday Brad Park, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins 1948 Event WNAC (now KNEV) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Birthday Stephen Schnetzer, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Cass Winthrop-Another World 1948 Event WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:02 1948 Birthday Bobby Orr, born in Parry Sound, Ontario, HOF NHL defenseman for the Boston Bruins 1948 Birthday James Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, vocalist and guitarist, Up on the Roof 1948 Event Walter Piston's 3rd Symphony in E, premieres in Boston 1947 Birthday Bill Rodgers, marathon runner, Boston, New York 1947 Event Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time 1947 Event Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0 1947 Event 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39 1947 Birthday Tom Sullivan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, blind actor, If You Could See What I Hear 1947 Birthday Donna Loren, born in Boston, Massachusetts, singer and actress, Beach Blanket Bingo 1947 Birthday Jim Nollman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, graduated from Tufts University, composer, musical theater, conceptual artist, environmental activist, recorded interspecies music with wolves, whales, dolphins, deer, elk, desert rats 1946 Event St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 43rd World Series 1946 Event Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant 1946 Event Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs 1946 Event 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston 1946 Event 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1) 1946 Event Brooklyn Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 1946 Event 50th Boston Marathon won by Stylianos Kyriakides of Greece in 2:29:27 1946 Event Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 1946 Birthday Brian J. Donnelly, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1979 - 1993 1945 Event "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" opens at Century Theater New York City for 12 performances 1945 Event 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.2 1945 Event NFL's Boston Yankees and Brooklyn Tigers merge 1945 Birthday Tony Conigliaro, Massachusetts, baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox 1944 Birthday Dave Loggins, singer, Please come to Boston 1944 Birthday Warren Entner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock vocalist and guitarist, Grass Roots 1944 Event Boston Brave Jim Tobin 2nd no-hitter of yr beats Phils, 7-0 in 5 inn 1944 Event Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0 1944 Event Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0 1944 Event 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:50.4 1944 Event Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves 1943 Birthday Paul Silas, NBAer, Boston Celtic, Seattle SuperSonic 1943 Birthday Tison Street, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, violinist, contemporary classical music, winner, Guggenheim Fellowship 1943 Event 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:25.8 1943 Event Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games 1943 Birthday Ronald Hunter, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Lazarus Syndrome 1942 Event 500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston 1942 Event Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire kills 602 (Boston Mass) 1942 Birthday Madeline Kahn, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety 1942 Birthday Stephen Jo Bladd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, J Geils Band-Centerfold 1942 Event 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Mass in 2:26:51.2 1942 Birthday Daniel Dennett, born in Boston, Massachusetts, philosopher, atheist, focus of study includes philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, relative to cognitive science and evolutionary biology 1941 Birthday Beth Howland, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Vera-Alice, Company 1941 Event 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:30:38 1941 Event Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games 1941 Event NHL Chicago goalie Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston shots 1941 Event Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8) 1940 Birthday Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees 1940 Birthday Jean Ratelle, NHL center, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins 1940 Event New York Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds 1940 Birthday Paul Rudd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' 1940 Event Boston's Jimmie Foxx home run goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof 1940 Event 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:28.6 1940 Birthday John Havlicek, born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio, NBA hall-of-famer for the Boston Celtics 1940 Birthday Brian T O'Leary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, astronaut 1939 Birthday Jane Alexander, Quigley, Boston, actress, Betsy, Kramer vs Kramer 1939 Birthday Carl Yastrzemski, born in New York, Boston Red Sox great, 1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame 1939 Event Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings 1939 Birthday Ralph Boston, Laurel, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympic-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68 1939 Event Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st home run 1939 Event 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:28:51.8 1939 Event Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1 1939 Birthday Joe Kapp, NFL QB, Minnesota Vikings, Boston Patriots, Houston Oilers 1939 Event Roy Harris' 3rd Symphony, premieres in Boston 1939 Birthday John Schuck, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, McMillan and Wife, Holmes and Yoyo 1938 Birthday David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley 1938 Birthday David Freiberg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock bassist, Quicksilver Messenger 1938 Event Reds Johnny Vander Meer extends his string of hitless innings to 21 2/3 before Debs Garms singles for Boston in 4th 1938 Event St. Louis Browns walk Boston Red Sox Jimmy Foxx 6 times in a row 1938 Event Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0 1938 Event 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:35:34.8 1938 Birthday A Bartlett Giamatti, born in Boston, President of Yale and baseball commissioner, 1989 1938 Event Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champ 1937 Birthday Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist, Boston Competition 1964 1937 Event Casey Stengel signs to manage Boston Bees 1937 Event Yankees trailing 6-1 in 9th, score 8 to beat Boston 9-6 1937 Birthday Tom Heinsohn, NBA star/coach, Boston Celtic 1937 Event 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA) 1937 Birthday Bruce McCandless II, Boston, Cap USN/astronaut, STS 41B, STS-31 1937 Event 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20 1937 Event NFL Boston Redskins move to Washington D.C. 1936 Event Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Packers 21-6, move to Washington D.C. 1936 Birthday Barry Newman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Amy, Deadline, Petrocelli 1936 Event Brooklyn and Boston play a penalty free NFL game 1936 Event 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson and Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with home runs 1936 Event 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston 1936 Event 40th Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:33:40.8 1936 Birthday Gary Conway, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Burke's Law, Land of the Giants 1936 Event New owners of Boston Braves ask newspapermen to pick a new nickname 1935 Birthday John B Coleman, Boston, hotel magnate, Ritz Carlton 1935 Event Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" premieres in Boston 1935 Event Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115 1935 Birthday Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1935 Birthday F Story Musgrave, Boston, MD/astronaut, STS-6, 51-F, 33, 44, 61, 80 1935 Birthday Tenley Albright, born in Boston, Massachusetts, figure skater, Gold Medals 1952, 1956 Olympics 1935 Event Danno O'Mahoney beats Ed George in Boston, to become wrestling champ 1935 Event Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ 1935 Event Yankees set solo home run record with 6 beat Boston 7-2 1935 Event Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs. Pirates 1935 Event 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4 1935 Event Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a home run 1935 Birthday Joan Darling, born in Boston, actress, Frieda-Owen Marshall 1935 Event New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves 1934 Birthday Joanna Barnes, Boston, actress, Parent Trap, Spartacus, Goodbye Charlie 1934 Birthday Peter Haskell, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Bracken's World, Rituals 1934 Event St. Louis Brown Bobo Newsom loses no-hitter to Boston in 10, 2-1 1934 Event 38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53.8 1934 Death William Monroe Trotter, African, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston 1934 Birthday Bill Russell, Monroe, Louisiana, NBAer, Boston Celtics, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics 1934 Birthday Richard Wernick, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer 1933 Birthday Jack Burns, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Burns and Schreiber 1933 Event Yankees commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12 1933 Event 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:31:01.6 1933 Event Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox 1932 Event Washington Redskins (as Boston Braves) play 1st NFL game, lose 14-0 1932 Event Washington Redskins, then Boston Braves, forms 1932 Event Yankees 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland and Boston 1932 Event 36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4 1932 Death "Big Ed" Morris, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies 1932 Birthday John Towner Williams, Flushing, New York, composer and conductor, Boston Pops 1931 Birthday Barbara Walters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, newscaster, Today, 20/20, ABC-TV 1931 Event Washington Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0 1931 Event 35th Boston Marathon won by Jim Henigan of Mass in 2:46:45.8 1931 Birthday Leonard Nimoy, born in Boston, actor, Spock-Star Trek, Mission Impossible 1930 Event George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him 1930 Birthday Warren Rudman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Senator-R-New Hampshire 1980 - 1993 1930 Event 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:34:48.2 1930 Event Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 2 games 1930 Event 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston) 1930 Event Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game 1930 Event NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game 1930 Event Boston Bruins wins then NHL record 14th straight game 1929 Event Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak 1929 Birthday Norma Connolly, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Ruby Anderson-General Hospital 1929 Event 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6 1929 Event Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep New York Rangers in 2 games 1928 Event Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 1928 Event Boston Garden officially opens 1928 Event Cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 win at Boston 1928 Birthday Eugene Roche, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Foul Play, Slaughterhouse Five 1928 Birthday Bob Cousy, NBA guard, Boston Celtics, 1957 MVP 1928 Event 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:37:07.8 1928 Birthday Ed Macauley, NBAer, Boston Celtics 1927 Birthday Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian/double talker, Liar's Club 1927 Birthday Susan Cabot, Boston, actress, Carnival Rock 1927 Event Ritz Hotel opens in Boston 1927 Event Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings 1927 Birthday Joe Moakley, born in Boston Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1973 - 2001 1927 Event 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:40:22.2 1927 Event Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, in 2 games and 2 ties 1927 Birthday Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Young at Heart Comedians 1926 Event Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings 1926 Event 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4 1925 Event 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses 1925 Event 29th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor of Illinois in 2:33:00.6 1925 Birthday Jack Lemmon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Days of Wine and Roses, Missing 1924 Event 1st U.S. NHL franchise, Boston Bruins founded 1924 Event Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport 1924 Birthday Zelda Fichandler, Boston, theater director/producer, Raisin, K2 1924 Event St. Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 1924 Birthday Peggy Cass, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress/TV panelist, To Tell the Truth, Mame 1924 Event 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:29:40.2 1924 Event History of Science Society organized at Boston 1923 Birthday Ruth Roman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Sylvia-Knots Landing, Dallas 1923 Event Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Philadelphia A's, 4-0 1923 Event Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning 1923 Birthday Edith Fellows, Boston, actress, Pennies From Heaven, City Streets 1923 Event 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:23:37.4 1923 Birthday Bob Elliot, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray, Get a Life 1923 Event Christy Mathewson becomes President of Boston Braves 1922 Event New York Yankees clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1 1922 Event 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:18:10 1921 Birthday Harper MacKay, born in Boston, Massachusetts, orchestra leader, NBC Follies 1921 Event WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions 1921 Birthday Ben Bradlee, Boston, editor/journalist/executive, Washington Post 1921 Birthday Warren Spahn, born in Buffalo, New York, left-handed pitcher, Boston/Milwaukee Braves 1921 Event 25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of New Jersey in 2:18:57.6 1920 Event Red Sox-Indians game postponed in Boston to allow Indian players to attend Ray Chapman's funeral in Cleveland 1920 Event Washington Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0 1920 Event Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings 1920 Event 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31 1920 Birthday Hayes Gordon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Sky Pirates, Dark Room 1920 Event Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to New York Yankees 1919 Event NY, Boston, and Chicago, oppose AL resolution accusing Ban Johnson of overstepping his duties 1919 Event Boston's police force forms strike 1919 Birthday John Cox, Flemish/U.S. painter/dir, Museum of Fine Physician, Boston 1919 Event 23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Mass in 2:29:13.4 1919 Birthday McGeorge Bundy, born in Boston, national security adviser, John F. Kennedy 1919 Event "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston 1919 Event 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21 1919 Birthday Veda Ann Borg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Avalanche, Accomplice 1918 Event 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) 1918 Event Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series 1918 Event Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) 1918 Birthday Ted Williams, Baseball's last .400 hitter for the Boston Red Sox 1918 Event Pittsburgh Pirates beat Boston Braves, 2-0, in 21 innings 1918 Event Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0 1918 Birthday Joseph Allen, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Champion 1918 Birthday Dominic DiMaggio, baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox 1917 Birthday Jan Miner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Crime Photographer 1917 Birthday Arnold "Red" Auerbach, NBA coach/GM, Boston Celtic 1917 Event 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of New York in 2:28:37.2 1917 Birthday Johnny Andrews, born in Boston, singer and host, Songs at Twilight 1916 Event Boston Red Sox beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series 1916 Event Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St. Louis Browns, 4-0 1916 Event St. Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitches all 17 inns in a 0-0 tie vs Boston 1916 Event Boston Rube Forster no-hits New York Yankees, 2-0 1916 Event Boston Brave's Tom Hughes 2nd no-hitter beats Pitts, 2-0 1916 Event 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Mass in 2:27:16.4 1915 Event Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 1 in 12th World Series 1915 Birthday Ann Nagel, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Don Winslow of the Navy 1915 Event Boston Braves trounce St. Louis Cardinals 20-1 1915 Event Boston Braves beat St. Louis Cardinals 20-1 1915 Event Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1 1915 Event Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs 1915 Birthday Jean Stafford, U.S. writer, Boston Adventure, Lion and Carpenter 1915 Birthday Curt Conway, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Raw Deal 1915 Event 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2 1914 Birthday Irving Fine, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, Toccata 1914 Event Boston Braves sweep Philadelphia A's, 1st sweep in World Series history 1914 Event Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant 1914 Event Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves 1914 Event Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0 1914 Event Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL 1914 Event NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep 1914 Event Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleveland 4-3 1914 Event Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles 1914 Event Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, and win World Series 1914 Birthday Barbara Mullen, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Thunder Rock, Innocent Sinners 1914 Event 18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2 1913 Event 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minnesota in 2:25:14.8 1913 Birthday Betty Field, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Kings Row, Bus Stop 1913 Birthday Wayne Millner, NFL end, Boston/Washington Redskins 1912 Event Boston beats New York Giants, 4 games to 3 with a tie in 9th World Series 1912 Birthday Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director, Man in the White Suit, Mandy 1912 Birthday Clarence "Ace" Parker, NFL quarterback, Brooklyn, Boston Yankees 1912 Event 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of New York in 2:21:18.2 1911 Event Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park 1911 Event Boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0 1911 Event Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0 1911 Event Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St. Louis Browns, 5-0 1911 Event Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St. Louis Browns, 5-0 1911 Event 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:21:39.6 1911 Birthday Alan Gifford, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Time Lock, Up Periscope 1910 Event 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4 1909 Event 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of New Hampshire in 2:53:36.8 1909 Birthday Emil "Dutch" Leonard, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox 1909 Event Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps 1908 Event Robert B Rhoads becomes 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1 1908 Event Cleveland Indian Bob "Dusty" Rhoades no-hits Boston, 2-1 1908 Event Dodger Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0 1908 Event Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team 1908 Event Boston's Cy Young's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Highlanders, 8-0 1908 Event 12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of New York in 2:25:43.2 1907 Birthday Arlene Francis, Boston, radio/TV host, What's My Line? 1907 Event Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice and Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston) 1907 Birthday Glen "Turk" Edwards, NFL tackle, Boston/Washington Redskins 1907 Birthday John A Kelly, U.S. marathon runner, Berlin 1936, Boston 1935..1991 1907 Event Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0 1907 Event 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24 1907 Birthday Ralph F. Marston, born in Malden, Massachusetts, Ralph Fulsom Marston, professional football player, played with National Football League's Boston Bulldogs, 1929 1907 Birthday Aubrey "Dit" Clapper, NHL hall of famer, Boston Bruins 1906 Event Joseph Harris (Boston) and Jack Coombs (A's) pitch complete 24 inn game 1906 Event Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3 1906 Event After 20 straight losses, Boston Americans win vs. Chicago White Sox 3-0 1906 Birthday Kent Taylor, Louis Weiss, Iowa, actor, Boston Blackie, Rough Riders 1906 Event 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2:45:45 1905 Event Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0 1905 Event Philadelphia A's beat Boston Red Sox 4-2 in 20 inning game 1905 Event 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of New York in 2:38:25.4 1905 Event 1st U.S. Esperanto club organizes in Boston 1904 Birthday Roland Winters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Mama, Smothers Brothers 1904 Event Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089 1904 Birthday Jerry Colonna, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Road to Morocco, Road to Singapore 1904 Event Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913 1904 Event Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0 1904 Event Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to New York club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913) 1904 Event Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Philadelphia A's (3-0) 1904 Event 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of New York in 2:38:04.4 1903 Birthday Jerry Colona, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Jerry Colona Show 1903 Event Boston Pilgrims clinch AL pennant, beating Cleveland, 14-3 1903 Event 3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1) 1903 Event Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 and 5-3 1903 Event 7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29.8 1903 Birthday Thomas Yawkey, baseball owner for the Boston Red Sox 1903 Birthday Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1902 Birthday Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins, #2, hall of famer 1902 Birthday Jesus Maria Sanroma, Carolina PR, pianist, Boston Symphony 1902 Birthday Howard T. Engstrom, born in Boston, computer designer, UNIVAC 1902 Event 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of New York in 2:43:12 1902 Event Jimmy Collins, leaves Boston Beaneaters (NL) club to manage AL's new Boston Somersets 1901 Event In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia 12-4 1901 Event 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6 1901 Event James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon (2:29:23.6) 1901 Event Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds) 1900 Birthday Quincy Howe, born in Boston, Massachusetts, newscaster, CBS Weekend News 1900 Event 1st Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Boston (3-0) 1900 Event Boston hurler Kid Nichols notches his 300th career victory 1900 Event 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4 1900 Event NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee) 1899 Event George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee 1899 Birthday Jack Haley, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Tin Man-Wizard of Oz, Ford Star Revue 1899 Birthday William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor, Boston Symph-1969-71 1899 Event 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) 1899 Event 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38 1899 Birthday Ian Keith, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Rochefort-3 Musketeers 1899 Birthday Benny Rubin, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor/comedian, Benny Rubin Show 1898 Event Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 1898 Event Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0 1898 Event 2nd Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Mass in 2:42:00 1897 Event 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston) 1897 Event 1st Boston Marathon won by John McDermott of New York in 2:55:10 1894 Birthday Arthur Fiedler, born in Boston, Massachusetts, conductor, Boston Pops 1894 Birthday Mabel Normand, Muriel Fortescue, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedienne, Mickey 1894 Birthday Johnnie Gough, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Smooth as Satin, Circus Kid 1894 Event Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium and 170 other buildings 1894 Event Fire in Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings 1893 Event Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet and Ophelia," premieres in Boston 1891 Event 1st Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston) 1888 Birthday Joseph P. Kennedy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, diplomat, father of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Teddy 1887 Birthday Nadia Boulanger, conductor, 1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony 1887 Birthday Estelle Hemsley, Boston MA 1887 Event Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000 1885 Event Boston Pops Orchestra forms 1884 Birthday Helene Deutsch, Rosenbach, psychoanalyst, Boston 1884 Event 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston - New York 1883 Event 1st U.S. vaudeville theater opens in Boston 1882 Event Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" 1882 Birthday Thurston Hall, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Roaming Lady, In Society 1881 Event Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert 1880 Birthday Frank Orth, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Boston Blackie, Brothers 1878 Event 1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston) 1878 Event CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston 1878 Event 1st U.S. bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms 1877 Event "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Massachusetts) 1877 Event 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston and Salem, Mass 1876 Birthday William Farnum, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Spoilers, Man who Fights Alone 1876 Death Boston Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn 1876 Event 1st NL no-hitter (Joe Borden, Boston) 1876 Event 1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5 1876 Event Philadelphia A's and Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila 1876 Event Historic Elm at Boston blown down 1876 Event Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 1875 Event Peter Tsjaikofsky's "1st Pianoconcert up. 23" premieres in Boston 1875 Birthday Pierre Monteux, born in Paris, France, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919 - 1924 1874 Birthday Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor, Boston Symp 1872 Event Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston 1872 Birthday Henry Warren, born in Boston, Massachusetts, inventor, Telechon electric clock 1872 Event -8 degrees F in Boston, Massachusetts 1870 Event "City of Boston" vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard 1869 Event Hotel in Boston becomes 1st to have indoor plumbing 1869 Event 1st carload of freight (boots and shoes) arrives in SF, from Boston 1865 Death Reuben B Boston, U.S. Confederate cavalery colonel, dies in battle 1863 Event 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War 1863 Event 1st U.S. newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal 1862 Event Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston 1861 Birthday Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, U.S. Open, 1881 1861 Event On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration 1860 Event 1st aerial photo taken in U.S. (from a balloon), Boston 1858 Event 1st mailboxes installed in Boston and New York City streets 1858 Event Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Massachusetts) 1858 Birthday William Pickering, Boston, astronomer, 9th and 10th moons of Saturn 1856 Birthday Louis Henri Sullivan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, father of modern U.S. architecture 1855 Event 1st veterinary college in U.S. incorporated in Boston 1855 Event Manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston Kansas 1854 Event Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair 1854 Event Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by U.S. Deputy marshals in Boston 1852 Event Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants 1852 Event Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston) 1851 Event 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston) 1851 Event Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave 1849 Event 1st chamber music group in U.S. gives their 1st concert (Boston) 1849 Event 1st U.S. poultry show opens in Boston 1848 Event Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston 1848 Event 1st U.S. woman's medical school opens (Boston) 1848 Event Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston 1847 Event NY and Boston linked by telegraph wires 1844 Birthday Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator, Boston Cooking School 1843 Event Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall) 1842 Event Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston 1839 Event American Statistical Association organizes in Boston 1839 Event 1st known use of term OK (Boston) 1839 Event 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post) 1838 Birthday Henry B. Adams, born in Boston, Massachusetts, historian, writer, Education of Henry Adams 1837 Event American Physiological Society organizes in Boston 1836 Birthday Francis Ellingwood Abbot, Boston, theologian, Scientific Theism 1834 Birthday Charles William Elliot, born in Boston, President of Harvard, 1869-1909 1833 Event Boston Academy of Music, 1st U.S. music school, established 1832 Event "America" 1st sung publicly in Boston 1832 Event New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston) 1831 Event Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston 1829 Event Tremont Hotel, 1st U.S. modern hotel opens (Boston) 1829 Event Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston 1829 Event Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited 1829 Event New England Asylum for the Blind, 1st in U.S., incorporated, Boston 1827 Event 1st U.S. swim school opens (Boston Mass) 1826 Event American Temperance Society, forms in Boston 1822 Event John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston 1822 Event Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city 1822 Event Boston is incorporated as a city 1820 Event 1st General pharmacopoeia in U.S. published, Boston 1818 Event Handel's Messiah, U.S. premieres in Boston 1816 Event Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston 1812 Birthday Thomas Gold Appleton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, American critic, writer, and artist 1809 Event Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston 1809 Birthday Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author, Pit and the Pendulum 1807 Death Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston 1803 Death Samuel Adams, U.S. revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81 1802 Event 1st leopard exhibited in U.S., Boston (admission 25 cents ) 1798 Event Federal St. Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in U.S. destroyed by fire 1797 Event U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston 1797 Event U.S. frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston 1796 Event Boston African Society establishes with 44 members 1791 Birthday Charles Sprague, Boston, banker/poet, Curiosity 1790 Event Columbia returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st ship to carry U.S. flag around the world 1788 Birthday Sarah Hale, founder, Seaman's Aid Society of Boston 1787 Event 1st Unitarian minister in U.S. ordained, Boston 1787 Event Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities 1787 Event 1st U.S. voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston 1787 Event 1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston 1784 Death Phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston 1782 Event 1st nautical almanac in U.S. published by Samuel Stearns, Boston 1780 Event 2nd oldest learned society in U.S. (American Academy of Arts and Sciences) forms (Boston) 1776 Event British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War 1776 Event Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston 1775 Event British begin siege of Boston 1774 Event Boston Port Bill, British government orders Port of Boston closed 1774 Event English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill 1774 Event Boston Port Bill passes, British close port of Boston to all commerce on June 1st 1774 1773 Event Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) 1773 Event British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) 1772 Event Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms 1770 Event Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom 1770 Death Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre 1770 Death Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of U.S. Revolution 1768 Event English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston 1768 Event Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song 1763 Birthday Charles Bulfinch, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1st U.S. pro architect, Mass State House 1762 Event 1st reported counterfeiting attempt, Boston 1760 Event Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings 1755 Event Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report 1746 Birthday William Billings, born in Boston, Massachusetts, hymn composer, Rose of Sharon 1745 Event Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston 1743 Event 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall) 1743 Event 1st U.S. religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston 1735 Event Evening Post begins publishing (Boston Mass) 1733 Event Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston 1733 Event 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) 1731 Event 1st U.S. music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston) 1716 Event 1st lion exhibited in America (Boston) 1716 Event 1st lighthouse in U.S. lit (Boston Harbor) 1716 Event 1st U.S. lighthouse built (Boston) 1706 Birthday Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer, statesman, and inventor 1704 Event Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad 1704 Event "Boston News-Letter," 1st successful newspaper in U.S., forms 1704 Event 1st successful U.S. newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell 1699 Event Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston 1690 Event Publick Occurrences, 1st U.S. (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st and last ed 1677 Event 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston 1673 Event Postal service between New York and Boston inaugurated 1673 Event Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston 1672 Event New York Governor Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston 1664 Event 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of New York, arrive in Boston 1664 Event 1st Baptist Church organizes (Boston) 1661 Death William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston 1659 Death Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged 1656 Event 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested) 1652 Event In Boston, John Hull opens the 1st mint in America 1648 Event 1st U.S. labor organization forms, Boston Shoemakers 1644 Event 1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed pilgrims in Boston 1644 Event Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting 1635 Event Oldest U.S. public institution, Boston Latin School founded 1634 Event 1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole) 1631 Event Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England 1630 Event In Boston the 1st general court is held 1630 Event Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston 1630 Event 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston)
