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1998 69th All Star Baseball Game: at Coors Field, Denver
1997 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland 1997 Mark McGwire, is 4th to home run on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, and Cecil Fielder) 1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs 1997 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yankees 2-0 (exhibition) 1996 Packer Chris Jacke kicks longest field goal to end overtime (53 yards) 1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374 1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals 1996 Thunderdome in Tampa Bay renamed Tropicana Field 1996 Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colorado Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field 1995 Coors Field in Colorado opens - Denver Rockies beats Mets 11-9 in 14 1995 Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings 1994 Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field 1994 Karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59 1994 Indians loses 1st game at Jacobs Field, Kansas City wins 2-1 1994 1st night game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Indians 6 Seattle 2 1994 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out 1994 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn 1994 1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4 1994 Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens 1994 Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field) 1994 Experts from AL certify Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit 1994 Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleveland Indians' park (Jacobs Field) 1994 Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23) 1994 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field 1994 Jacobs Field opens with "Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94" 1993 Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed 1993 Red Tom Browning decides to watch his team play at Wrigley Field from the roof of a building across Sheffield Ave, he is fined $500 1993 Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field 1993 Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale 1992 1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1992 Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured 1992 1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1992 1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Indians 2-0 1992 Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63 1992 Excavation of new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) begins 1992 Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74 1991 Filip J Field, dies at 67 1991 Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 Victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title 1990 Indians agree to a lease new ballpark in Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1990 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago 1990 New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning 1990 Franklyn Seales, actor (Silver Spoon, Onion Field), dies of AIDS at 37 1988 Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field 1988 Cubs and Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1 1988 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record 8 field goals vs Edmonton 1987 New York Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game 1987 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal 1985 57th Academy Awards - "Amadeus," F Murray Abraham and Sally Field win 1985 David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies 1984 Cleveland Browns' Steve Cox sets club record with a 60-yd field goal 1984 Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies 1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd New York Giant record 56 yard field goal 1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks New York Giant record 56 yard field goal 1983 1st World Track and Field Championships 1982 Auburn's Al Del Greco kicks 6 field goals 1982 Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi Field Marshal/president/premier, dies 1982 Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, ends after 22 innings - before Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th) 1982 Gaby Hoffman, actress, Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now and Then 1981 New York Giant Joe Danelo ties NFL record of 6 field goals in a game 1981 Joe Danelo kicks then New York Giant record 55 yard field goal 1980 52nd Academy Awards - "Kramer vs Kramer," D Hoffman and Sally Field win 1980 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman and Sally Field wins 1980 Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal 1979 Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal 1979 Karen Smith, Australian field hockey midfielder/halfback 1996 Olympics 1978 Jackson slugs a 3-run home run in the 1st inning, and the field is showered 1977 Texas' Russell Erideben kicks his 3rd 60 yard field goal of the season 1977 Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal 1977 Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when manager Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound) 1977 Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 1976 Nikki Mott, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1976 Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101 1976 Nicholas Butcher, born in Los Angeles, California, field hockey midfielder/forward 1996 Olympics 1976 Baedon Choppy, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1976 Werner C Heisenberg, physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies at 74 1975 Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal 1975 Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals 1975 Paul Gaudoin, Australian field hockey halfback 1996 Olympics 1975 Bianca Langham, Australian field hockey fullback/halfback 1996 Olympics 1975 Cindy Werley, Allentown, Pennsylvania, field hockey forward/midfielder 1996 Olympics 1974 Katie Kauffman, West Lawn, Pennsylvania, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1974 Mark Wetges, Walnut Creek California, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 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 Katie Allen, Australian field hockey full back/half back 1996 Olympics 1974 Daniel Sproule, Australian field hockey halfback 1996 Olympics 1973 Eelco Wassenaar, Netherlands, U.S. field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1973 Matthew Smith, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1973 Betty Field, actress (Kings Row), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 60 1973 10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, California, beating a field of 1,500 runners 1973 Alyson Annan, born in Sydney, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1973 Kate Sage, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1972 Brendan Garard, Australian field hockey halfback 1996 Olympics 1972 Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal 1972 Otto Steffers, born in Louisville, Kentucky, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1972 Jenny Morris, born in Maryborough, Australia, field hockey fullback 1996 Olympics 1972 Louise Dobson, born in Shepparton, Australia, field hockey fullback 1996 Olympics 1972 Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers 1972 Renita Farrell, born in Townsville, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1972 Katrina Powell, born in Canberra, Australia, field hockey striker 1996 Olympics 1972 Steve Danielson, born in Honolulu, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1972 Clover Maitland, Australian field hockey goal keeper 1996 Olympics 1972 Larry Amar, Camarillo California, field hockey midfielder/captain 1996 Olympics 1971 Michelle Andrews, born in Newcastle, Australia, field hockey striker 1996 Olympics 1971 Last Washington Senator home game, New York Yankees win career 5th forfeit game Yankees trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field 1971 Kate Starre, born in Armadale, Australia, field hockey utility 1996 Olympics 1971 Grant Smith, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1971 Nova Peris, Darwin Australia, field hockey left halfback 1996 Olympics 1971 Scott Williams, Orange California, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1970 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal 1970 Kris[ten] Fillat, born in San Diego, California, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1970 Tom Vano, Plainfield, New Jersey, field hockey goalkeeper 1996 Olympics 1970 Kansas City Chiefs Jan Stenerud kicks 55-yard field goal 1970 Justine Sowry, Australian field hockey goalie 1996 Olympics 1970 Philip Sykes, born in Tacoma, Washington, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1970 Lisa Powell, born in Sydney, NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1970 Reds play final game at Cincinnati's Crosley Field, beat Giants 5-4 1970 Claire Mitchell-Taverner, Australian field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1970 Danni Roche, Melbourne VIC Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1970 Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey goal keeper, Silver Medal 1992, 1996 Olympics 1970 Stuart Carruthers, Australian field hockey fullback 1996 Olympics 1970 Kelli James, born in Medford, New Jersey, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1970 Ben Maruquin, Ventura California, field hockey sweeper 1996 Olympics 1970 AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3 " from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed 1969 Jill Reeve, Hoosick Falls, New York, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1969 Alison Peek, Australia, field hockey halfback/midfielder 1996 Olympics 1969 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks 55-yard field goal 1969 Steven Van Randwijck, Washington D.C., field hockey player 1996 Olympics 1969 Andrea Wieland, born in Atlanta, Georgia, field hockey goaltender 1996 Olympics 1969 Steve Jennings, Washington D.C., field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1969 Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal, dies at 78 1969 Laurel Martin, born in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1969 Lachlan Elmer, Australian field hockey halfback, Silver Medal 1992, 1996 Olympics 1969 Juliet Haslam, Adelaide SA Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1969 Stephen John Davies, Australia field hockey forward/vice captain, 2 Bronze Medals and 1 Silver Medal 1992, 1996, 2000 Olympics 1968 John O'Neill, Detroit, U.S. field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1968 New York Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21 1968 Antoinette Lucas, Crozier, Virginia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1968 New York Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game and homered 1968 Jay Stacy, Australia field hockey midfielder, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1968 Leslie Lyness, born in Paoli, Pennsylvania, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1968 Ahmed Elmaghraby, born in Suez, Egypt, U.S. field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1968 Marq Mellor, born in Long Island, New York, field hockey forward, 1996 Olympics 1967 Steve Wagner, Philadelphia, field hockey goalkeeper 1996 Olympics 1967 Michael York, Australian field hockey fullback, Silver Medal 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named 1967 Diane Madl, Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, field hockey forward/midfielder 1996 Olympics 1967 Rechelle Hawkes, born in Albany, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1967 Pam[ela] Bustin, born in Somerset, Massachusetts, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1967 Lachlan Dreher, Australian field hockey goal keeper, Olympicss silver 1992, 1996 1967 Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal 1967 Sling-shot goal post and 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL 1966 Al Nelson sets NFL record returning missed field goal, 100 yards 1966 Tracey Fuchs, born in Centereach, New York, field hockey midfielder, 1988, 1996 Olympics 1966 Paul Lewis, Australian field hockey forward, Olympics-silver-92, 96 1966 Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yards (54, 54, 52) 1966 Elizabeth "Liz" Tchou, Medford, New Jersey, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1966 Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1964 Jackie Pereira, born in Perth, Australia, field hockey center and forward 1996 Olympics 1964 Patriots' Gino Cappelletti kicks 6-of-6 field goals against Broncos 1964 Marcia Pankratz, born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, field hockey forward, 1988, 1996 Olympics 1964 Mark Hager, Australian field hockey forward/captain, Olympics-4th-88, 96 1963 Roger Harper, cricketer, Guyana and WI off-spinner Extraordinary field 1963 Barb[ara] Marois, Auburn Massachusetts, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1962 Karen Marsden, born in Perth, Australia, field hockey goalie 1996 Olympics 1962 Patricia "Patty" Shea, Belmont, New York, field hockey goalie 1996 Olympics 1962 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago 1962 Lou Brock is 2nd to home run into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers 1962 Liane Tooth, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1962 Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named 1961 George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal 1961 Arlene Boxhall, Zimbabwe, field hockey, 1980 Olympics gold 1961 Ken Wark, Australian field hockey fullback, Silver Medal 1992 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 1960 Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen 1960 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' home run over right field roof in Detroit 1960 Albrecht von Kesselring, German Field Marshal (Italy), dies at 74 1960 Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field (opened in 1913) 1960 Sean Kerly, born in Whitstable, Kent, England, Sean Robin Kerly, athlete, field hockey player, awarded bronze medal at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 1984, scored eight goals at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, playing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad 1959 Chris Spice, Australian field hockey coach 1996 Olympics 1959 26th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh 1959 During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time 1958 University of Pitts agrees to buy Forbes Field from the Pirates 1958 Mark Miller, Dayton Ohio, actor, Search for Grace, Love Field 1958 Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line 1957 Charlene Morett, born in Darby, Pennsylvania, field hockey left wing, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0 1957 Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field 1957 Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new 3 year lease for Ebbets Field 1956 Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961 1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there) 1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field 1955 British troops occupy Saudi-Arabic oil field at Boeraimi 1955 Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete 1955 Alexander Papagos, Greek Field Marshal, dies 1955 Willie Mays hits record tying 9th home run at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock) 1953 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1953 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1953 Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal 1953 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati 1953 Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers 1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory 1952 Braves last game in Boston's Braves Field before move to Milwaukee 1952 Richard Charsworth, Australian women field hockey head coach 1996 Olympics 1951 Beth Anders, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, field hockey sweeper, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics 1951 Gwen Cheeseman, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, field hockey goalie, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics 1950 Frank Murray, Australian field hockey national coach, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1949 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman 1949 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn 1949 Wendy Pritchard, Australian women's field hockey team manager 1996 Olympics 1948 Storm Field, Elliot, New York, weatherman, WABC TV, WCBS TV 1948 [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German Field Marshal, dies 1948 President Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), New York 1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant 1947 Alan Greisman, Sally Field's husband/producer, Fletch, Surrender 1947 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago 1947 Tom Dempsey, NFL record-holder, longest field goal, 63 yards 1946 Sally Field, born in Pasadena, California, we really like her, Gidget, Flying Nun 1946 Wilhelm Keitel, German Field Marshal, hanged 1946 Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0 1946 Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese Field Marshal, dies 1946 Michael Wilkes, commander, UK Field Army 1946 Braves Bama Rowell double shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field 1946 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1) 1946 Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander 1945 Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off 1945 Walter Model, German Field Marshal, commits suicide at 54 1945 Field Marshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander 1944 Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwe, field hockey coach/player, Olympic-1980 1944 Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52 1944 Field Marshal Rommel gets order to return to Berlin 1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged at 62 1944 King George VI promotes Montgomery to field marshal 1944 Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62 1944 German Field Marshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy 1944 German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day 1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged at 62 1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged 1944 Field Marshal von Kluge consults with German commandant at Caen 1944 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh 1943 Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY 1943 Hitler visits Field Marshal von Mansteins hq in Zaporozje 1942 Field Marshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk 1942 Hitler names Field Marshal Erich von Manstein becomes commanding 1942 2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 1942 Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins 1942 Field Marshal Rommel back in North-Africa 1942 Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 1942 Frank Field, born in Edmonton, London, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Birkhead, served as Minister of Welfare Reform 1942 Hitler visits Field Marshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine 1941 Dan Penn, U.S. songwriter/producer/gospel singer, Out in Left Field 1941 Ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout 1940 Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot" 1940 British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" 1940 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2) 1940 Boston's Jimmie Foxx home run goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof 1940 U.S. Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, New York 1939 1st NFL pro bowl, New York Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field 1938 6th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati 1938 1st night game at Brooklyn Ebbets Field (Reds 6, Dodgers 0) as Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer hurls unprecedented 2nd consecutive no-hitter 1938 Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field 1938 Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941 1938 Colin Bland, cricketer, South African bat Maybe the best cover field 1937 Betty Carver, wife of English Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, dies 1937 Norman O'Neill, cricketer, great Aussie bat of 60's Brilliant field 1936 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston 1936 Edmond HH Allenby, English Field Marshal in Egypt, dies at 74 1934 Karl Francis Hettinger, Onion Field survivor 1934 Jimmie Foxx hits 1st home run in Comiskey Park center field bleachers 1933 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0 1933 Moffatt Field commissioned 1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field 1932 Paul S Methuen, English baron/Field Marshal/Governor of Natal, dies at 87 1932 Chinadorai Deshmutu, India, field hockey player, 1952 1932 World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points and hits next pitch into center field bleachers 1931 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field, Virginia 1931 Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track and field 1931 Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager 1929 Amar Bose, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, electrical engineer, Ph.D. from MIT, founder, chairman, Bose Corporation, patented dominantly reflecting sound field mimicking listening space of the audience in a concert hall 1929 Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player, Gold Medal Gold Medals 1948, 1956 Olympics 1929 Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in New York in 1st all-instrument flight 1929 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca 1929 Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field 1928 Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal (WW I, Caporetto), dies at 78 1928 Wim van Heumen, coach of Dutch field hockey team 1928 Udham Singh, born in India, field hockey player, Gold Medals 1952, 1956, 1964 Olympics 1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game 1928 Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yankees beat A's 9-7 1928 Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, Boer war, WW I, dies at 66 1928 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66 1927 Joe Adcock, born in Coushatta, Louisiana, first baseman, outfielder, played for Cincinnati Reds, homered four times in a single game against Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field 1927 San Francisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated 1927 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill) 1927 Leslie Claudius, born in India, field hockey, Gold Medals 1948, 1952, 1956 Olympics 1927 Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal 1926 Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard 1925 John [Denton Pinkstone] French, British field marshall (WWI), dies at 72 1925 Warren G. Bennis, born in New York City, New York, scholar, author, Leadership Studies pioneer, studied group behavior at MIT, prompting interest in the then-nonexistent field of leadership, published 'Revisionist Theory of Leadership', 1961, stating that humanistic, democratic-style leaders can best manage change in the leadership environment 1925 Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player, Olympic-Bronze-48/Silver-52 1924 Forest Peters of Montana State University hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals 1924 Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships 1922 Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards 1922 Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London 1922 Abdul Rashid, born in Pakistan, field hockey player, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics 1921 Federation Sportive Feminine International forms (1st woman track and field association) 1920 Ranganandhan Francis, born in India, field hockey, Gold Medals 1948, 1952, 1956 Olympics 1919 Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player 1964 Olympic gold 1917 Walt Cruise hit 1st home run out of Braves Field 1916 Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor, Chicago Daily News, Sunday Times 1916 Chicago Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds 1916 Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) in Chicago opens, Cubs beat Cincinnati Reds 7-6 1915 Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1 1914 British field marshal John French and General Wilson land in France 1914 Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens 1913 Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 1913 Betty Field, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Kings Row, Bus Stop 1912 Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game 1912 Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi Field Marshal/president/premier 1911 Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames 1904 Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian 1904 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71 1902 Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender 1928 Olympics gold 1899 Field Marshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa 1899 Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa 1899 Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa 1899 Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of British field marshal, dies in battle 1894 Corinne Griffith, Texarkana, Texas, actress, 3 Hours, Lilies of Field 1891 Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal, WW II-African campaign 1891 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/Field Marshal, dies 1891 Walter Model, German Field Marshal 1887 Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall, WW II-African campaign 1886 John SSPV Gort, viscount of Limerick/Field Marshal of Palestine 1885 Albrecht, von, Kesselring, German Field Marshal, Poland/Netherland 1884 Claude "Auk" Auchinleck, British Field Marshal North-Africa 1884 Potters Field reopened as Madison Park 1883 Alexander Papagos, Greek Field Marshal/supreme commander 1882 Gunther von Kluge, German Field Marshal 1882 Wilhelm Keitel, German Field Marshal 1881 Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, July 20th plot 1881 [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German Field Marshal 1881 George KFW von Kuchler, German Field Marshal, Invasion Netherlands 1880 Baron W. Edmund, Archangel and Ironside, British Field Marshal 1879 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years and 198 days 1879 Don Joaquin BF Espartero, Field Marshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 1873 "Field and Stream" begins publishing 1870 Francisco Solano Lopez, Field Marshal/president of Paraguay 1868 1st baseball game played in enclosed field in SF, at 25th and Folsom 1868 1st American amateur track and field meet (New York City) 1865 U.S. Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service 1865 General Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks) 1862 Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days 1862 Beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time 1861 Edmond H H Allenby, English Field Marshal/high director, Egypt 1861 Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, WW I 1861 Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Field Marshal 1859 Charles Ebbets, namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn 1858 Cyrus W. Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable 1858 Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 1852 John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall 1852 Joseph J C Joffre, French Field Marshal, Indo China, Marne 1850 Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal/earl, WW I-Caporetto 1850 Eugene Field, author/journalist, Little Boy Blue 1845 Paul S Methuen, English Field Marshal/governor of Natal/Malta 1842 Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/Field Marshal 1839 1st Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds) 1837 John Field, composer, dies at 54 1837 John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 1836 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/Field Marshal, dies at 75 1834 Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner, Field Department Store 1832 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian Field Marshal 1831 August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian Field Marshal, dies at 70 1828 Charles William Field, Major General Confederate Army 1823 Louis Nicholas Davout, French Field Marshal, dies at 53 1819 Cyrus West Field, financier/success of 1st transatlantic cable 1818 Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian Field Marshal/War Minister, dies 1814 Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author, dies at 79 1814 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub 1805 David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier 1792 Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/Field Marshal 1782 John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer, Nocturnes 1770 Louis Nicholas Davout, French Field Marshal, defeated Prussians 1760 August W. A. Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian Field Marshal 1760 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/Field Marshal 1759 Hans D L earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian Field Marshal/Governor-General 1743 John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/Field Marshal, dies at 64 1742 Gebhard Leberecht Furst Blucher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal 1737 Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/Field Marshal, dies at 79 1735 Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author 1718 Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63 1717 Jeffrey Amherst, English Governor-General of America/Field Marshal 1708 Henry Van Nassau, stable master/Field Marshal, dies at 67 1708 Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk/Field Marshal, dies at 67 1701 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 1690 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian Field Marshal, dies 1678 John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/Field Marshal, Union of 1707 1668 Wierich PL earl von Daun, Austrian prince of Thiano/Field Marshall 1657 Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/Field Marshal, Turkish Wars 1657 Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Field Marshal, Nassau 1655 Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56 1655 Francois Fagel, Dutch Field Marshal, baptized 1643 Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies 1643 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and field marshal in Austria 1638 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian Field Marshal, Turkish Wars 1635 Walraad, the Elder, Dutch Field Marshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen 1632 Jean de Tilly, Field Marshal, dies 1599 Jan W van Brederode, governor, Hertogenbosch, Field Marshal 1583 Johan VIII, the Younger, count of Nassau-Siegen/field marshall 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry VII's forces defeat Richard III 1461 Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses) 408 Flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48 |
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