2015 Event The Brain Kids, a team of robots from Japan's Chiba Institute of Technology, wins this year's RoboCup, a robotic football (soccer) tournament started 18 years ago to encourage new developments in the robotics field 2014 Event Apple announced the Apple Watch, the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus; the phones will be larger than previous models and have an improved camera; all three devices use Near Field Communication (NFC) to allow instant payments in stores without credit cards 2013 Event Former President George W. Bush's airplane, a Gulfstream IV, on its way to Dallas' Love Field , was diverted safely to Louisville International AIrport when the pilot smelled smoke 2012 Event During the U.S. selection trials, U.S. track and field athlete Ashton Eaton sets the new world record for the decathlon 2012 Event The first comprehensive map of the debris field of the RMS Titanic is revealed 2010 Event Ghana begins pumping oil after its discovery of an offshore oil field three years ago 2010 Event A substantially large oil field that is estimated to contain between 8 and 15 billion barrels, is discovered off the coast of Brazil 1998 Event 69th All Star Baseball Game: at Coors Field, Denver 1997 Event 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland 1997 Event Mark McGwire, is 4th to home run on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, and Cecil Fielder) 1997 Event Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs 1997 Event 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yankees 2-0 (exhibition) 1996 Event Packer Chris Jacke kicks longest field goal to end overtime (53 yards) 1996 Event New York Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374 1996 Event New York Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals 1996 Event Thunderdome in Tampa Bay renamed Tropicana Field 1996 Event Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colorado Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field 1995 Event Coors Field in Colorado opens - Denver Rockies beats Mets 11-9 in 14 1995 Event Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings 1994 Event Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field 1994 Death Karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59 1994 Event Indians loses 1st game at Jacobs Field, Kansas City wins 2-1 1994 Event 1st night game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Indians 6 Seattle 2 1994 Event 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out 1994 Event 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn 1994 Event 1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4 1994 Event Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens 1994 Event Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field) 1994 Event Experts from AL certify Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit 1994 Event Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleveland Indians' park (Jacobs Field) 1994 Event Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23) 1994 Event 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 Event Jacobs Field opens with "Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94" 1993 Event Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed 1993 Event 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 Event Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field 1993 Event Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale 1992 Event 1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1992 Event Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured 1992 Event 1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1992 Event 1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Indians 2-0 1992 Death Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63 1992 Event Excavation of new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) begins 1992 Death Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74 1991 Death Filip J Field, dies at 67 1991 Event 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 Event Indians agree to a lease new ballpark in Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1990 Event 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago 1990 Event New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning 1990 Death Franklyn Seales, actor (Silver Spoon, Onion Field), dies of AIDS at 37 1988 Event Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field 1988 Event 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 Event Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record 8 field goals vs Edmonton 1987 Event New York Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game 1987 Event Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal 1985 Event 57th Academy Awards - "Amadeus," F Murray Abraham and Sally Field win 1985 Death David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies 1984 Event Cleveland Browns' Steve Cox sets club record with a 60-yd field goal 1984 Death Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies 1983 Event Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd New York Giant record 56 yard field goal 1983 Event Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks New York Giant record 56 yard field goal 1983 Event 1st World Track and Field Championships 1982 Event Auburn's Al Del Greco kicks 6 field goals 1982 Death Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi Field Marshal/president/premier, dies 1982 Event 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 Birthday Gaby Hoffman, actress, Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now and Then 1981 Event New York Giant Joe Danelo ties NFL record of 6 field goals in a game 1981 Event Joe Danelo kicks then New York Giant record 55 yard field goal 1980 Event 52nd Academy Awards - "Kramer vs Kramer," D Hoffman and Sally Field win 1980 Event 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman and Sally Field wins 1980 Event Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal 1979 Event Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal 1979 Birthday Karen Smith, Australian field hockey midfielder/halfback 1996 Olympics 1978 Event Jackson slugs a 3-run home run in the 1st inning, and the field is showered 1977 Event Texas' Russell Erideben kicks his 3rd 60 yard field goal of the season 1977 Event Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal 1977 Event Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when manager Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound) 1977 Death Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 1976 Birthday Nikki Mott, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1976 Death Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101 1976 Birthday Nicholas Butcher, born in Los Angeles, California, field hockey midfielder/forward 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Baedon Choppy, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1976 Death Werner C Heisenberg, physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies at 74 1975 Event Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal 1975 Event Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals 1975 Birthday Paul Gaudoin, Australian field hockey halfback 1996 Olympics 1975 Birthday Bianca Langham, Australian field hockey fullback/halfback 1996 Olympics 1975 Birthday Cindy Werley, Allentown, Pennsylvania, field hockey forward/midfielder 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Katie Kauffman, West Lawn, Pennsylvania, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Mark Wetges, Walnut Creek California, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1974 Event 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 Birthday Katie Allen, Australian field hockey full back/half back 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Daniel Sproule, Australian field hockey halfback 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Eelco Wassenaar, Netherlands, U.S. field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Matthew Smith, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1973 Death Betty Field, actress (Kings Row), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 60 1973 Event 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 Birthday Alyson Annan, born in Sydney, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Kate Sage, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Brendan Garard, Australian field hockey halfback 1996 Olympics 1972 Event Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal 1972 Birthday Otto Steffers, born in Louisville, Kentucky, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Jenny Morris, born in Maryborough, Australia, field hockey fullback 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Louise Dobson, born in Shepparton, Australia, field hockey fullback 1996 Olympics 1972 Event Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers 1972 Birthday Renita Farrell, born in Townsville, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Katrina Powell, born in Canberra, Australia, field hockey striker 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Steve Danielson, born in Honolulu, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Clover Maitland, Australian field hockey goal keeper 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Larry Amar, Camarillo California, field hockey midfielder/captain 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Michelle Andrews, born in Newcastle, Australia, field hockey striker 1996 Olympics 1971 Event 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 Birthday Kate Starre, born in Armadale, Australia, field hockey utility 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Grant Smith, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Nova Peris, Darwin Australia, field hockey left halfback 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Scott Williams, Orange California, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1970 Event Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal 1970 Birthday Kris[ten] Fillat, born in San Diego, California, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Tom Vano, Plainfield, New Jersey, field hockey goalkeeper 1996 Olympics 1970 Event Kansas City Chiefs Jan Stenerud kicks 55-yard field goal 1970 Birthday Justine Sowry, Australian field hockey goalie 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Philip Sykes, born in Tacoma, Washington, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Lisa Powell, born in Sydney, NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1970 Event Reds play final game at Cincinnati's Crosley Field, beat Giants 5-4 1970 Birthday Claire Mitchell-Taverner, Australian field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Danni Roche, Melbourne VIC Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey goal keeper, Silver Medal 1992, 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Stuart Carruthers, Australian field hockey fullback 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Kelli James, born in Medford, New Jersey, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Ben Maruquin, Ventura California, field hockey sweeper 1996 Olympics 1970 Event 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 Birthday Jill Reeve, Hoosick Falls, New York, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Alison Peek, Australia, field hockey halfback/midfielder 1996 Olympics 1969 Event Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks 55-yard field goal 1969 Birthday Steven Van Randwijck, Washington D.C., field hockey player 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Andrea Wieland, born in Atlanta, Georgia, field hockey goaltender 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Steve Jennings, Washington D.C., field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1969 Death Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal, dies at 78 1969 Birthday Laurel Martin, born in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Lachlan Elmer, Australian field hockey halfback, Silver Medal 1992, 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Juliet Haslam, Adelaide SA Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Stephen John Davies, Australia field hockey forward/vice captain, 2 Bronze Medals and 1 Silver Medal 1992, 1996, 2000 Olympics 1968 Birthday John O'Neill, Detroit, U.S. field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1968 Event New York Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21 1968 Birthday Antoinette Lucas, Crozier, Virginia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1968 Event 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 Birthday Jay Stacy, Australia field hockey midfielder, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Leslie Lyness, born in Paoli, Pennsylvania, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Ahmed Elmaghraby, born in Suez, Egypt, U.S. field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Marq Mellor, born in Long Island, New York, field hockey forward, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Steve Wagner, Philadelphia, field hockey goalkeeper 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Michael York, Australian field hockey fullback, Silver Medal 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Event Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named 1967 Birthday Diane Madl, Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, field hockey forward/midfielder 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Rechelle Hawkes, born in Albany, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Pam[ela] Bustin, born in Somerset, Massachusetts, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Lachlan Dreher, Australian field hockey goal keeper, Olympicss silver 1992, 1996 1967 Event Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal 1967 Event Sling-shot goal post and 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL 1966 Event Al Nelson sets NFL record returning missed field goal, 100 yards 1966 Birthday Tracey Fuchs, born in Centereach, New York, field hockey midfielder, 1988, 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Paul Lewis, Australian field hockey forward, Olympics-silver-92, 96 1966 Event Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yards (54, 54, 52) 1966 Birthday Elizabeth "Liz" Tchou, Medford, New Jersey, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday 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 Birthday Jackie Pereira, born in Perth, Australia, field hockey center and forward 1996 Olympics 1964 Event Patriots' Gino Cappelletti kicks 6-of-6 field goals against Broncos 1964 Birthday Marcia Pankratz, born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, field hockey forward, 1988, 1996 Olympics 1964 Birthday Mark Hager, Australian field hockey forward/captain, Olympics-4th-88, 96 1963 Birthday Roger Harper, cricketer, Guyana and WI off-spinner Extraordinary field 1963 Birthday Barb[ara] Marois, Auburn Massachusetts, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1962 Birthday Karen Marsden, born in Perth, Australia, field hockey goalie 1996 Olympics 1962 Birthday Patricia "Patty" Shea, Belmont, New York, field hockey goalie 1996 Olympics 1962 Event 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago 1962 Event Lou Brock is 2nd to home run into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers 1962 Birthday Liane Tooth, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1962 Event Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named 1961 Event George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal 1961 Birthday Arlene Boxhall, Zimbabwe, field hockey, 1980 Olympics gold 1961 Birthday Ken Wark, Australian field hockey fullback, Silver Medal 1992 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 1960 Event Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen 1960 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' home run over right field roof in Detroit 1960 Death Albrecht von Kesselring, German Field Marshal (Italy), dies at 74 1960 Event Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field (opened in 1913) 1960 Birthday 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 Birthday Chris Spice, Australian field hockey coach 1996 Olympics 1959 Event 26th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh 1959 Event During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time 1958 Event University of Pitts agrees to buy Forbes Field from the Pirates 1958 Birthday Mark Miller, Dayton Ohio, actor, Search for Grace, Love Field 1958 Event 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 Birthday Charlene Morett, born in Darby, Pennsylvania, field hockey left wing, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics 1957 Event Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0 1957 Event Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field 1957 Death Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66 1957 Event Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new 3 year lease for Ebbets Field 1956 Event Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961 1956 Event At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there) 1956 Event Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field 1955 Event British troops occupy Saudi-Arabic oil field at Boeraimi 1955 Event Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete 1955 Death Alexander Papagos, Greek Field Marshal, dies 1955 Event Willie Mays hits record tying 9th home run at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock) 1953 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1953 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1953 Event Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal 1953 Event 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati 1953 Event Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers 1953 Event Einstein announces revised unified field theory 1952 Event Braves last game in Boston's Braves Field before move to Milwaukee 1952 Birthday Richard Charsworth, Australian women field hockey head coach 1996 Olympics 1951 Birthday Beth Anders, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, field hockey sweeper, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics 1951 Birthday Gwen Cheeseman, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, field hockey goalie, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics 1950 Birthday Frank Murray, Australian field hockey national coach, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1949 Event Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman 1949 Event 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn 1949 Birthday Wendy Pritchard, Australian women's field hockey team manager 1996 Olympics 1948 Birthday Storm Field, Elliot, New York, weatherman, WABC TV, WCBS TV 1948 Death [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German Field Marshal, dies 1948 Event President Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), New York 1948 Event Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant 1947 Birthday Alan Greisman, Sally Field's husband/producer, Fletch, Surrender 1947 Event 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago 1947 Birthday Tom Dempsey, NFL record-holder, longest field goal, 63 yards 1946 Birthday Sally Field, born in Pasadena, California, we really like her, Gidget, Flying Nun 1946 Death Wilhelm Keitel, German Field Marshal, hanged 1946 Event Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0 1946 Death Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese Field Marshal, dies 1946 Birthday Michael Wilkes, commander, UK Field Army 1946 Event Braves Bama Rowell double shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field 1946 Event 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1) 1946 Event Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander 1945 Event Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off 1945 Death Walter Model, German Field Marshal, commits suicide at 54 1945 Event Field Marshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander 1944 Birthday Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwe, field hockey coach/player, Olympic-1980 1944 Death Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52 1944 Event Field Marshal Rommel gets order to return to Berlin 1944 Death Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged at 62 1944 Event King George VI promotes Montgomery to field marshal 1944 Death Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62 1944 Event German Field Marshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy 1944 Event German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day 1944 Death Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged at 62 1944 Death Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged 1944 Event Field Marshal von Kluge consults with German commandant at Caen 1944 Event 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh 1943 Event Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY 1943 Event Hitler visits Field Marshal von Mansteins hq in Zaporozje 1942 Event Field Marshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk 1942 Event Hitler names Field Marshal Erich von Manstein becomes commanding 1942 Event 2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 1942 Event Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins 1942 Event Field Marshal Rommel back in North-Africa 1942 Event Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 1942 Birthday Frank Field, born in Edmonton, London, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Birkhead, served as Minister of Welfare Reform 1942 Event Hitler visits Field Marshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine 1941 Birthday Dan Penn, U.S. songwriter/producer/gospel singer, Out in Left Field 1941 Event Ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout 1940 Event Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot" 1940 Event 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 Event 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2) 1940 Event Boston's Jimmie Foxx home run goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof 1940 Event U.S. Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, New York 1939 Event 1st NFL pro bowl, New York Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field 1938 Event 6th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati 1938 Event 1st night game at Brooklyn Ebbets Field (Reds 6, Dodgers 0) as Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer hurls unprecedented 2nd consecutive no-hitter 1938 Event Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field 1938 Event 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 Birthday Colin Bland, cricketer, South African bat Maybe the best cover field 1937 Death Betty Carver, wife of English Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, dies 1937 Birthday Norman O'Neill, cricketer, great Aussie bat of 60's Brilliant field 1936 Event 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston 1936 Death Edmond HH Allenby, English Field Marshal in Egypt, dies at 74 1934 Birthday Karl Francis Hettinger, Onion Field survivor 1934 Event Jimmie Foxx hits 1st home run in Comiskey Park center field bleachers 1933 Event 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0 1933 Event Moffatt Field commissioned 1933 Event Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field 1932 Death Paul S Methuen, English baron/Field Marshal/Governor of Natal, dies at 87 1932 Birthday Chinadorai Deshmutu, India, field hockey player, 1952 1932 Event 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 Event 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field, Virginia 1931 Event Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track and field 1931 Event Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager 1929 Birthday 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 Birthday Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player, Gold Medal Gold Medals 1948, 1956 Olympics 1929 Event Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in New York in 1st all-instrument flight 1929 Event 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca 1929 Event Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field 1928 Death Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal (WW I, Caporetto), dies at 78 1928 Birthday Wim van Heumen, coach of Dutch field hockey team 1928 Birthday Udham Singh, born in India, field hockey player, Gold Medals 1952, 1956, 1964 Olympics 1928 Event 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 Event Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yankees beat A's 9-7 1928 Death Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, Boer war, WW I, dies at 66 1928 Death Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66 1927 Birthday 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 Event San Francisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated 1927 Event 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill) 1927 Birthday Leslie Claudius, born in India, field hockey, Gold Medals 1948, 1952, 1956 Olympics 1927 Birthday Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal 1926 Event Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard 1925 Death John [Denton Pinkstone] French, British field marshall (WWI), dies at 72 1925 Birthday 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 Birthday Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player, Olympic-Bronze-48/Silver-52 1924 Event Forest Peters of Montana State University hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals 1924 Event Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships 1922 Event Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards 1922 Death Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London 1922 Birthday Abdul Rashid, born in Pakistan, field hockey player, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics 1921 Event Federation Sportive Feminine International forms (1st woman track and field association) 1920 Birthday Ranganandhan Francis, born in India, field hockey, Gold Medals 1948, 1952, 1956 Olympics 1919 Birthday Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player 1964 Olympic gold 1917 Event Walt Cruise hit 1st home run out of Braves Field 1916 Birthday Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor, Chicago Daily News, Sunday Times 1916 Event Chicago Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds 1916 Event Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) in Chicago opens, Cubs beat Cincinnati Reds 7-6 1915 Event Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1 1914 Event British field marshal John French and General Wilson land in France 1914 Event Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens 1913 Event Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 1913 Birthday Betty Field, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Kings Row, Bus Stop 1912 Event Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game 1912 Birthday Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi Field Marshal/president/premier 1911 Event Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames 1904 Event Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian 1904 Death Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71 1902 Birthday Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender 1928 Olympics gold 1899 Event Field Marshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa 1899 Event Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa 1899 Event Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa 1899 Death Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of British field marshal, dies in battle 1894 Birthday Corinne Griffith, Texarkana, Texas, actress, 3 Hours, Lilies of Field 1891 Birthday Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal, WW II-African campaign 1891 Death Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/Field Marshal, dies 1891 Birthday Walter Model, German Field Marshal 1887 Birthday Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall, WW II-African campaign 1886 Birthday John SSPV Gort, viscount of Limerick/Field Marshal of Palestine 1885 Birthday Albrecht, von, Kesselring, German Field Marshal, Poland/Netherland 1884 Birthday Claude "Auk" Auchinleck, British Field Marshal North-Africa 1884 Event Potters Field reopened as Madison Park 1883 Birthday Alexander Papagos, Greek Field Marshal/supreme commander 1882 Birthday Gunther von Kluge, German Field Marshal 1882 Birthday Wilhelm Keitel, German Field Marshal 1881 Birthday Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, July 20th plot 1881 Birthday [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German Field Marshal 1881 Birthday George KFW von Kuchler, German Field Marshal, Invasion Netherlands 1880 Birthday Baron W. Edmund, Archangel and Ironside, British Field Marshal 1879 Event Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years and 198 days 1879 Death Don Joaquin BF Espartero, Field Marshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 1873 Event "Field and Stream" begins publishing 1870 Death Francisco Solano Lopez, Field Marshal/president of Paraguay 1868 Event 1st baseball game played in enclosed field in SF, at 25th and Folsom 1868 Event 1st American amateur track and field meet (New York City) 1865 Event U.S. Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service 1865 Event General Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks) 1862 Event Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days 1862 Event Beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time 1861 Birthday Edmond H H Allenby, English Field Marshal/high director, Egypt 1861 Birthday Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, WW I 1861 Birthday Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Field Marshal 1859 Birthday Charles Ebbets, namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn 1858 Event Cyrus W. Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable 1858 Death Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91 1852 Birthday John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall 1852 Birthday Joseph J C Joffre, French Field Marshal, Indo China, Marne 1850 Birthday Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal/earl, WW I-Caporetto 1850 Birthday Eugene Field, author/journalist, Little Boy Blue 1845 Birthday Paul S Methuen, English Field Marshal/governor of Natal/Malta 1842 Birthday Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/Field Marshal 1839 Event 1st Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds) 1837 Death John Field, composer, dies at 54 1837 Death John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 1836 Death Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/Field Marshal, dies at 75 1834 Birthday Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner, Field Department Store 1832 Birthday Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian Field Marshal 1831 Death August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian Field Marshal, dies at 70 1828 Birthday Charles William Field, Major General Confederate Army 1823 Death Louis Nicholas Davout, French Field Marshal, dies at 53 1819 Birthday Cyrus West Field, financier/success of 1st transatlantic cable 1818 Death Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian Field Marshal/War Minister, dies 1814 Death Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author, dies at 79 1814 Event Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub 1805 Birthday David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier 1792 Birthday Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/Field Marshal 1782 Birthday John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer, Nocturnes 1770 Birthday Louis Nicholas Davout, French Field Marshal, defeated Prussians 1760 Birthday August W. A. Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian Field Marshal 1760 Birthday Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/Field Marshal 1759 Birthday Hans D L earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian Field Marshal/Governor-General 1743 Death John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/Field Marshal, dies at 64 1742 Birthday Gebhard Leberecht Furst Blucher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal 1737 Death Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/Field Marshal, dies at 79 1735 Birthday Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author 1718 Death Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63 1717 Birthday Jeffrey Amherst, English Governor-General of America/Field Marshal 1708 Death Henry Van Nassau, stable master/Field Marshal, dies at 67 1708 Death Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk/Field Marshal, dies at 67 1701 Death Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 1690 Death Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian Field Marshal, dies 1678 Birthday John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/Field Marshal, Union of 1707 1668 Birthday Wierich PL earl von Daun, Austrian prince of Thiano/Field Marshall 1657 Birthday Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/Field Marshal, Turkish Wars 1657 Birthday Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Field Marshal, Nassau 1655 Death Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56 1655 Birthday Francois Fagel, Dutch Field Marshal, baptized 1643 Event Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies 1643 Birthday Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and field marshal in Austria 1638 Birthday Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian Field Marshal, Turkish Wars 1635 Birthday Walraad, the Elder, Dutch Field Marshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen 1632 Death Jean de Tilly, Field Marshal, dies 1599 Birthday Jan W van Brederode, governor, Hertogenbosch, Field Marshal 1583 Birthday Johan VIII, the Younger, count of Nassau-Siegen/field marshall 1485 Event Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry VII's forces defeat Richard III 1461 Event Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses) 408 Death Flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48
