2013 Event Heavy snowfall in Great Britain and Ireland causes Heathrow airport in London to cancel 100 flights; many passengers spend the night sleeping on the floor in the terminal 1994 Event All 28 baseball owners vote to cancel rest of 1994 season 1989 Event Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami 1980 Event Baseball Players Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games 1956 Event Pirates and Kansas City A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white 1920 Event In memory of Ray Chapman (died Aug 16), Yankees cancel game with Indians
