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 HR 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 Yanks 2-0 (exhibition)
1996 Packer Chris Jacke kicks longest field goal to end overtime (53 yds)
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 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 HR 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 mgr 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, Neth, 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, Townsville Qld Aust, 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, Newcastle NSW Aust, field hockey striker 1996 Olympics
1971 Last Washington Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game Yanks 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, Oly-silver-92, 96
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, Oly-silver-92, 96
1969 Juliet Haslam, Adelaide SA Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics
1969 Stephen Davies, Aust field hockey forward/vice capt, Oly-sil-92, 96
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 Longest Oly field hockey game, Hol beats Spain 1-0 in 2h25m (6 OT)
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, Aust field hockey midfielder, Oly-4th/silver-88, 92, 96
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, Oly-silver-92, 96
1967 Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named
1967 Diane Madl, Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, field hockey forward/midfielder 1996 Olympics
1967 Rechelle Hawkes, Albany W Aust, 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, Centereach, New York, field hockey midfielder, Olympics-88, 96
1966 Paul Lewis, Australian field hockey forward, Olympics-silver-92, 96
1966 Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yds (54, 54, 52)
1966 Elizabeth "Liz" Tchou, Medford, New Jersey, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics
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, Oly-88, 96
1964 Mark Hager, Australian field hockey forward/capt, 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 HR 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, Oly-4th/silver-88, 92, 96
1960 Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen
1960 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit
1960 Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field (opened in 1913)
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, Darby, Pennsylvania, field hockey left wing, Oly-bronze-1984
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 Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR 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, Norristown Penn, field hockey sweeper, Oly-bronze-1984
1951 Gwen Cheeseman, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, field hockey goalie, Oly-bronze-1984
1950 Frank Murray, Australian field hockey national coach, Oly-sil-92, 96
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 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 Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0
1946 Michael Wilkes, commander, UK Field Army
1946 Braves Bernard Malamud HR 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
1946 Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama
1945 Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off
1944 Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwe, field hockey coach/player, Olympic-1980
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 von Kluge vanishes for one day
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
1942 2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
1942 Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins
1942 Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
1942 Frank Field, MP, Labour
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 HR 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 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
1934 Karl Francis Hettinger, Onion Field survivor
1934 Jimmie Foxx hits 1st HR 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 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 Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player, Olympics gold 1948-56
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 Wim van Heumen, coach of Dutch field hockey team
1928 Udham Singh, born in India, field hockey player, Olympics gold 1952, 56, 64
1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yanks 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 Yanks beat A's 9-7
1928 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66
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, Olympics gold 1948, 52, 56
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 Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player, Olympic-Bronze-48/Silver-52
1924 Forest Peters of Montana State U 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, Pakistan, field hockey player 1960 Olympics gold
1921 Federation Sportive Feminine International forms (1st woman track and field assn)
1920 Ranganandhan Francis, born in India, field hockey, Olympics gold 1948, 52, 56
1919 Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player 1964 Olympic gold
1917 Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field
1916 Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor, Chic 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 Cin Reds 7-6
1915 Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1
1914 British field marshal John French and Gen 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
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 Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to 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
1887 Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall, WW II-African campaign
1884 Potters Field reopened as Madison Park
1879 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years and 198 days
1874 Walter Field,
1873 "Field and Stream" begins publishing
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 US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service
1865 Gen 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
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
1850 Eugene Field, author/journalist, Little Boy Blue
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
1834 Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner, Field Department Store
1828 Charles William Field, Major General Confederate Army, died in 1892
1819 Cyrus West Field, financier/success of 1st transatlantic cable
1814 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
1805 David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier
1782 John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer, Nocturnes
1718 Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63
1701 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
1655 Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56
1643 Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies
1643 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and field marshal in Austria
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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