1997 Dorothy Stroud, garden historian, dies at 87
1995 John Heawood, actor singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75
1995 "Garden District" closes at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City
1995 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80
1995 "Garden District" opens at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City
1994 Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
1993 John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80
1993 "Secret Garden" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 706 performances
1991 Paramount at Madison Square Garden in New York City opens
1991 "Secret Garden" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 706 performances
1989 Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens
1989 Madison Square Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan
1989 "42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 3,486 performances
1988 Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals
1982 "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5000+ performances
1982 Kate Maberly, actress, Secret Garden
1982 "Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 48 performances
1981 "Camelot" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 48 performances
1981 Jered Guzman, born in Garden Grove, California, pairs skater, & Natalie Vlandis
1980 Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden
1980 "42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 3486 performances
1980 "Comin' Uptown" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 45 performances
1979 "Beatlemania" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 920 performances
1979 "Comin' Uptown" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 45 performances
1977 "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 920 performances
1977 "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 167 performances
1976 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 167 performances
1976 Edith Evans, actress (Tom Jones, Scrooge, Chalk Garden), dies at 88
1976 "Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 193 performances
1976 "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 193 performances
1975 Ed Giacomin as a Red Wing returns to Mad Sq Garden beats Rangers 6-4
1975 "Dr. Jazz" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 5 performances
1975 "Dr. Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5 performances
1975 "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 120 performances
1974 Billy Koch, Garden City, New York, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze
1974 "Gypsy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 120 performances
1974 Leah O'Brien, born in Garden Grove, California, softball infielder, Olympics gold 96
1973 Barret Oliver, actor, Never Ending Story, Secret Garden
1973 Mike Burke, President (New York Yankees)/dir (Madison Square Garden), dies
1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden
1972 "Follies" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 524 performances
1972 Elvis Presley records a live album at New York's Madison Square Garden
1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden
1971 "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 524 performances
1971 Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72
1970 Tippetts Opera "Knot Garden," premieres in London
1970 "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 4 performances
1970 "Georgy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 4 performances
1970 "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 84 performances
1970 "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1508 performances
1969 "Jimmy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 84 performances
1969 New York Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY
1969 Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs. North Stars)
1969 WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Darryl Kile, Garden Grove California, pitcher for the Houston Astros
1968 1st NBA game at Madison Square Garden, Knicks beat SD Clippers
1968 Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens (New York City)
1967 "Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1348 performances
1967 Mary Garden, opera star, dies at 92
1966 "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1508 performances
1964 KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1,348 performances
1963 "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 8 performances
1963 "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances
1963 "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances
1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 9 performances
1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances
1962 "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances
1962 "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances
1960 "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 532 performances
1960 "Saratoga" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances
1960 "Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 532 performances
1959 "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances
1959 "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 734 performances
1959 "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 16 performances
1959 "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 16 performances
1958 KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
1958 Alan Trammell, Garden Grove California, infielder for the Detroit Tigers
1957 "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 734 performances
1957 Randy Romero, Garden City, New York, jockey, Breeder's Cup 1987-89
1957 "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 123 perf
1957 "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 123 performances
1956 "Shangri-La" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 21 performances
1956 "Shangri-La" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 21 performances
1956 Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London
1955 "Vamp" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 60 performances
1955 "Vamp" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 60 performances
1955 "Peter Pan" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 149 performances
1954 Kathleen Quinlan, California, actress, Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1954 "Peter Pan" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 149 performances
1954 "Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 559 performances
1953 "Wonderful Town" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 559 performances
1953 "My Darlin' Aida" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 89 performances
1952 "My Darlin' Aida" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 89 performances
1952 "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 356 performances
1952 John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET
1951 "Top Banana" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 356 performances
1951 Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden
1951 "Make a Wish" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 102 performances
1951 "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 102 performances
1951 Lillian Hellman's "Autumn Garden," premieres in New York City
1951 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 278 perf
1950 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 278 performances
1950 "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 52 performances
1950 "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 52 performances
1950 "Alive and Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 46 performances
1950 "Alive and Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 46 performances
1950 "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 420 performances
1948 "Marinka" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 168 performances
1948 "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 420 performances
1948 "Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 168 performances
1947 Lynn Anderson, ND, country singer, I Never Promised you a Rose Garden
1946 New York Knicks' 1st game at Madison Square Garden loses 78-68 to Chic Stags
1944 Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel
1944 Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem Neth
1942 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
1940 Wrestling returns to Madison Square Garden after 12 year lay off
1940 Ricky Nelson, New Jersey, rock star, Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party
1939 1st Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden
1938 Joyce Carol Oates, born in New York, novelist, Garden of Earthly Delights
1938 Frank Converse, actor, It's About Time, Dr. Cook's Garden, Movin' On
1937 World's largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily
1932 Jeremy Isaacs, general director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
1928 Boston Garden officially opens
1925 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Mont Candiens 3, New York Americans 1
1925 Philip Barry's "In a Garden," premieres in New York City
1924 Telly Savalas, Garden City, New Jersey, actor, Acapulco, Kojak
1923 Elizabeth Sellars, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, Chalk Garden
1923 George H H Lascelles, English earl of Harewood/leader, Covent Garden
1920 Robert Hutton, Kingston, New York, actor, Torture Garden, Rocket
1914 Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox)
1914 John J "John" Beautiful Garden, sculptor
1913 Vivian Fine, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Women in the Garden
1911 RS Hichens and M Hudsons "Garden of Allah," premieres in New York City
1911 Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway New York City
1910 Dorothy Stroud, garden historian
1909 Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, New York City
1908 Frederick Delius' "In a Summer Garden," premieres
1906 Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit
1904 Tilly Losch, Vienna Austria, actress, Garden of Allah
1904 Set Svanholm, Vasteras Sweden, tenor, London Convent Garden 1948-57
1902 8th U.S. Golf Open: Laurie Auchterlonie shoots a 307 at Garden City NY
1900 1st U.S. automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (New York City)
1900 1st-ever U.S. auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in New York City
1900 Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic, Garden of Eros
1898 Virginia Valli, [McSweeney], born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Pleasure Garden
1897 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden
1896 1st U.S. women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
1889 Enid Bagnold, novelist, Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit
1888 Kathrin Mansfield, NZ writer, Aloe, Garden Party
1883 1st New York Horse Show held (Madison Square Garden)
1879 Madison Square Garden opens
1879 Gilmore Garden (New York City) renamed Madison Square Garden
1879 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Square Garden, New York City)
1874 Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star
1858 Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London
1856 Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire
1850 Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities
1849 Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book, My Secret Garden
1835 Alfred Austin, Leeds England, poet laureate of England, Garden
1830 Charles Durant, 1st U.S. aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, New York City to Perth Amboy, NJ
1823 John P Kemble, English actor and director (Covent Garden), dies at 66
1808 Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire
1795 Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England
1791 Jan D Zocher, Jr., Dutch garden architect, Vondelpark, Amsterdam
1783 Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London
1757 John P Kemble, England, actor and director, Drury Lane, Covent Garden
1710 Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor, garden sculptures
1605 Thomas Browne, British writer, Garden of Cyrus
1527 Treaty of Beautiful garden (emperor-ecclesiastical goods)
1516 Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66
1400 Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor, Madonna of Rose Garden
1292 Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
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