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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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