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1991 Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park

1990 Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park

1990 New York Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0

1983 Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 home runs onto roof at Comiskey Park

1983 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago

1979 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild and causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers

1972 Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers

1972 Dan Comiskey, CFL guard for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

1960 Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating

1960 Bill Veeck and Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"

1950 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chicago Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game

1940 Boston's Jimmie Foxx home run goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof

1939 In 1st night game at Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2

1939 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2)

1934 Jimmie Foxx hits 1st home run in Comiskey Park center field bleachers

1933 1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago

1933 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair

1927 1st home run hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago by New York Yankee Babe Ruth

1925 French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings

1910 Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0

1910 Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St. Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0

1910 White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns

1859 Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager, Chicago White Sox


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