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2001 Police tear gas unruly soccer fans, ensuing panic kills over 100 in Ghana

1995 Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly

1993 Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans

1992 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home

1991 Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title and becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans

1991 Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland

1991 Yankee Stadium fans throw cups and blowup dolls at Jose Canseco

1991 Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco

1990 400 New Kids on the Block fans treated for heat exhaustion in Minn

1988 Howard Stern fans disrupt WMMR's and John DeBella's "Louie Louie" parade

1987 "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands

1984 101,799 fans at soccer match Brazilie-France

1984 Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game

1982 Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans

1981 George Steinbrenner scuffles with 2 fans in a hotel elevator

1979 NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new

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

1978 Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans

1976 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome

1976 Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues U.S. flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire

1975 Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage

1974 10 cents Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th

1974 Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life"

1971 Last Washington Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game Yanks trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field

1970 Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans

1969 1st Elvis convention, 2500 fans attend in Cincinnati

1966 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die

1964 George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans

1964 During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home

1963 Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans

1963 Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatles and their fans at London Airport

1958 Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans again

1958 Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record

1958 Baseball announces players and coaches rather than fans pick all stars

1957 Reds' fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters

1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy

1956 Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans

1955 Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds, both teams combine for record 23 strikeouts

1955 Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums"

1951 Bill Veeck's "Fans Managers' Night," Browns defeat A's 5-3; Browns coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on

1949 Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners

1946 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest

1934 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium

1931 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St. Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game and 21 in 2nd game for 32

1925 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans

1924 White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend

1920 Policemen raid the Cubs' bleachers and arrest 24 fans for gambling

1913 Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled

1908 Smallest crowd at World Series, 6,210 fans see Cubs beat Tigers

1906 Philadelphia Giants win Negro Championship Cup in Philadelphia before 10,000 fans

1897 Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official)

1853 John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans



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