2015 Event The Confederate flag is removed from the South Carolina capitol grounds after the state government enacted a law to permanently remove it; the flag, part of U.S. Civil War history, is viewed by many as a symbol of racism 2015 Event Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina, supports removal of the Confederate flag from state grounds; however, the state legislature must first overturn a law requiring the flag to be flown at the Confederate Soldier Monument 2014 Event The Vatican will install showers for the homeless in public restrooms on the grounds of St. Peter's Square; Archbishop Konrad Krajewski has also requested several local parishes around Rome to do the same 2014 Event The U.S. House Judiciary Committee finds that there are no grounds for impeachment of President Barack Obama, despite calls for such action from political opponents 2014 Event The World Trade Organization upheld its November decision to continue banning European imports of seal products on the grounds of concern for the suffering of the hunted animals; the WTO is also reexamining its exception for indigenous hunters 1988 Event Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism 1986 Death Edna Mae Cooper, actress (Folly of Vanity, Grounds for Divorce), dies 1984 Event Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36 1981 Event Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot 1975 Event Last U.S. helicopter leaves U.S. embassy grounds, Saigon surrenders 1974 Event U.S. House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon 1964 Event Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project 1963 Event Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Phillies beat Mets 5-1 1962 Event Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds 1962 Event Lou Brock is 2nd to home run into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers 1961 Event France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria 1960 Event 2nd French atom bomb explodes in the Reggane Proving Grounds, Algeria 1960 Event France performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria 1957 Event New York Giants play and lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts) 1956 Event NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium 1955 Event John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962) 1953 Event Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers 1946 Event U.S. V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM 1945 Event Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off 1945 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt buried on grounds of Hyde Park home 1944 Event Polo Grounds host 1st New York City night game since 1941 1942 Event 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York 1940 Event 1st night game at New York's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1) 1940 Event New York Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds 1937 Event 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24 1935 Event Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat 1934 Event 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York 1934 Event Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays 1922 Event Yankees play their farewell home game in Polo Grounds win doubleheader 1922 Event Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive home runs 1922 Event Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years) 1921 Event Yankees beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds 1921 Event Memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds 1920 Event 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds 1920 Event Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season 1920 Event Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee home run and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds 1917 Event Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw and Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws 1911 Event Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379) 1911 Event Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames 1911 Event Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000 1907 Event Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds 1905 Event England Pilgrim Association beats All New York 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds 1902 Event AL announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in NY 1901 Event Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds) 1900 Event Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt 1899 Event French Captain Alfred Dreyfus sentenced on unjust grounds 1890 Event 1st pro baseball game, New York Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in New York City 1885 Event U.S. Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds 1884 Event Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds New York City to determine baseball champion 1874 Event Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds 1862 Event Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 1st baseball enclosure, opens 1859 Event Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used 1839 Event 1st Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds) 1796 Event Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds
