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1997 Death - Dorothy Stroud, garden historian, dies at 87

1995 Death - John Heawood, actor singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75

1995 Event - "Garden District" closes at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City

1995 Event - 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80

1995 Event - "Garden District" opens at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City

1994 Event - Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens

1993 Death - John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80

1993 Event - "Secret Garden" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 706 performances

1991 Event - Paramount at Madison Square Garden in New York City opens

1991 Event - "Secret Garden" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 706 performances

1989 Event - Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens

1989 Event - Madison Square Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan

1989 Event - "42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 3,486 performances

1988 Event - Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals

1982 Event - "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5000+ performances

1982 Birthday - Kate Maberly, actress, Secret Garden

1982 Event - "Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 48 performances

1981 Event - "Camelot" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 48 performances

1981 Birthday - Jered Guzman, born in Garden Grove, California, pairs skater, & Natalie Vlandis

1980 Event - Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden

1980 Event - "42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 3486 performances

1980 Event - "Comin' Uptown" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 45 performances

1979 Event - "Beatlemania" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 920 performances

1979 Event - "Comin' Uptown" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 45 performances

1977 Event - "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 920 performances

1977 Event - "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 167 performances

1976 Event - "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 167 performances

1976 Death - Edith Evans, actress (Tom Jones, Scrooge, Chalk Garden), dies at 88

1976 Event - "Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 193 performances

1976 Event - "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 193 performances

1975 Event - Ed Giacomin as a Red Wing returns to Mad Sq Garden beats Rangers 6-4

1975 Event - "Dr. Jazz" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 5 performances

1975 Event - "Dr. Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5 performances

1975 Event - "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 120 performances

1974 Birthday - Billy Koch, Garden City, New York, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1974 Event - "Gypsy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 120 performances

1974 Birthday - Leah O'Brien, born in Garden Grove, California, softball infielder, Olympics gold 96

1973 Birthday - Barret Oliver, actor, Never Ending Story, Secret Garden

1973 Death - Mike Burke, President (New York Yankees)/dir (Madison Square Garden), dies

1972 Event - John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden

1972 Event - "Follies" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 524 performances

1972 Event - Elvis Presley records a live album at New York's Madison Square Garden

1971 Event - Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden

1971 Event - "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 524 performances

1971 Death - Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72

1970 Event - Tippetts Opera "Knot Garden," premieres in London

1970 Event - "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 4 performances

1970 Event - "Georgy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 4 performances

1970 Event - "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 84 performances

1970 Event - "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1508 performances

1969 Event - "Jimmy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 84 performances

1969 Event - New York Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY

1969 Event - Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs. North Stars)

1969 Event - WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting

1968 Birthday - Darryl Kile, Garden Grove California, pitcher for the Houston Astros

1968 Event - 1st NBA game at Madison Square Garden, Knicks beat SD Clippers

1968 Event - Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens (New York City)

1967 Event - "Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1348 performances

1967 Death - Mary Garden, opera star, dies at 92

1966 Event - "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1508 performances

1964 Event - KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting

1964 Event - "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1,348 performances

1963 Event - "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 8 performances

1963 Event - "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances

1963 Event - "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances

1962 Event - "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 9 performances

1962 Event - "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances

1962 Event - "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances

1962 Event - "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances

1960 Event - "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 532 performances

1960 Event - "Saratoga" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances

1960 Event - "Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 532 performances

1959 Event - "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances

1959 Event - "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 734 performances

1959 Event - "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 16 performances

1959 Event - "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 16 performances

1958 Event - KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast

1958 Birthday - Alan Trammell, Garden Grove California, infielder for the Detroit Tigers

1957 Event - "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 734 performances

1957 Birthday - Randy Romero, Garden City, New York, jockey, Breeder's Cup 1987-89

1957 Event - "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 123 perf

1957 Event - "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 123 performances

1956 Event - "Shangri-La" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 21 performances

1956 Event - "Shangri-La" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 21 performances

1956 Event - Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London

1955 Event - "Vamp" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 60 performances

1955 Event - "Vamp" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 60 performances

1955 Event - "Peter Pan" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 149 performances

1954 Birthday - Kathleen Quinlan, California, actress, Never Promised You a Rose Garden

1954 Event - "Peter Pan" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 149 performances

1954 Event - "Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 559 performances

1953 Event - "Wonderful Town" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 559 performances

1953 Event - "My Darlin' Aida" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 89 performances

1952 Event - "My Darlin' Aida" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 89 performances

1952 Event - "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 356 performances

1952 Birthday - John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET

1951 Event - "Top Banana" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 356 performances

1951 Event - Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden

1951 Event - "Make a Wish" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 102 performances

1951 Event - "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 102 performances

1951 Event - Lillian Hellman's "Autumn Garden," premieres in New York City

1951 Event - "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 278 perf

1950 Event - "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 278 performances

1950 Event - "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 52 performances

1950 Event - "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 52 performances

1950 Event - "Alive and Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 46 performances

1950 Event - "Alive and Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 46 performances

1950 Event - "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 420 performances

1948 Event - "Marinka" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 168 performances

1948 Event - "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 420 performances

1948 Event - "Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 168 performances

1947 Birthday - Lynn Anderson, ND, country singer, I Never Promised you a Rose Garden

1947 Birthday - John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow'

1946 Event - New York Knicks' 1st game at Madison Square Garden loses 78-68 to Chicago Stags

1944 Event - Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel

1944 Event - Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem, Netherlands

1942 Event - 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens

1940 Event - Wrestling returns to Madison Square Garden after 12 year lay off

1940 Birthday - Ricky Nelson, New Jersey, rock star, Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party

1939 Event - 1st Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden

1938 Birthday - Joyce Carol Oates, born in New York, novelist, Garden of Earthly Delights

1938 Birthday - Frank Converse, actor, It's About Time, Dr. Cook's Garden, Movin' On

1937 Event - World's largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily

1932 Birthday - Jeremy Isaacs, general director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

1928 Event - Boston Garden officially opens

1925 Event - 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Mont Candiens 3, New York Americans 1

1925 Event - Philip Barry's "In a Garden," premieres in New York City

1924 Birthday - Telly Savalas, Garden City, New Jersey, actor, Acapulco, Kojak

1923 Birthday - Elizabeth Sellars, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, Chalk Garden

1923 Birthday - George H H Lascelles, English earl of Harewood/leader, Covent Garden

1920 Birthday - Robert Hutton, Kingston, New York, actor, Torture Garden, Rocket

1918 Birthday - W. Eugene Smith, U.S. photographer, Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden

1914 Event - Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox)

1914 Birthday - John J "John" Beautiful Garden, sculptor

1913 Birthday - Vivian Fine, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Women in the Garden

1912 Birthday - Edgar Evans, born in Cardiganshire, Wales, tenor, singer, founder of Covent Garden Opera Company, performed more than 45 roles

1911 Event - RS Hichens and M Hudsons "Garden of Allah," premieres in New York City

1911 Event - Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway New York City

1910 Birthday - Dorothy Stroud, garden historian

1909 Event - Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, New York City

1908 Event - Frederick Delius' "In a Summer Garden," premieres

1906 Death - Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit

1904 Birthday - Tilly Losch, Vienna Austria, actress, Garden of Allah

1904 Birthday - Set Svanholm, Vasteras Sweden, tenor, London Convent Garden 1948-57

1902 Event - 8th U.S. Golf Open: Laurie Auchterlonie shoots a 307 at Garden City NY

1900 Event - 1st U.S. automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (New York City)

1900 Event - 1st-ever U.S. auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in New York City

1900 Birthday - Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic, Garden of Eros

1898 Birthday - Virginia Valli, McSweeney, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Pleasure Garden

1897 Event - 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden

1896 Event - 1st U.S. women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden

1889 Birthday - Enid Bagnold, novelist, Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit

1888 Birthday - Kathrin Mansfield, New Zealand writer, Aloe, Garden Party

1883 Event - 1st New York Horse Show held (Madison Square Garden)

1879 Event - Madison Square Garden opens

1879 Event - Gilmore Garden (New York City) renamed Madison Square Garden

1879 Event - 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Square Garden, New York City)

1874 Birthday - Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star

1858 Event - Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London

1856 Event - Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire

1850 Birthday - Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities

1849 Birthday - Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book, My Secret Garden

1835 Birthday - Alfred Austin, Leeds England, poet laureate of England, Garden

1830 Event - Charles Durant, 1st U.S. aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, New York City to Perth Amboy, New Jersey

1823 Death - John P Kemble, English actor and director (Covent Garden), dies at 66

1808 Event - Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire

1795 Event - Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England

1791 Birthday - Jan D Zocher, Jr., Dutch garden architect, Vondelpark, Amsterdam

1783 Event - Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London

1768 Birthday - Dolley Madison, born in New Garden, North Carolina, wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison, First Lady of the United States, 1809 - 1817, acted as First Lady for Thomas Jefferson, portrait appears on United States Mint 1/2 ounce $10 gold coins

1757 Birthday - John P Kemble, England, actor and director, Drury Lane, Covent Garden

1710 Birthday - Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor, garden sculptures

1605 Birthday - Thomas Browne, British writer, Garden of Cyrus

1516 Death - Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66

1400 Birthday - Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor, Madonna of Rose Garden

1292 Death - Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies













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