2015 Event A memorial to the 40 people aboard Flight 93 opens in Shawshank, Pennsylvania, U.S.; terrorists hijacked the flight on September 11, 2001, but passengers rushed the cockpit, crashing the flight and averting the intended attack on the U.S. Capitol 2014 Event A memorial event was held in Hong Kong in remembrance of lives lost in Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing in 1989; authorities on the mainland tightened security and may be detaining many in order to avoid commemorative protests at the square itself 2014 Event Unidentified remains of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack are put to rest in a private depository next to the museum at the World Trade Center Memorial site; the remains will not be accessible or viewable to the public 2014 Event National 9/11 Memorial officials announce that the 9/11 Museum will open mid-May; the long-delayed Museum, dedicated to the victims of the terror attack, plans to charge $24 for most adult tickets 2013 Event Three American economists win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences: Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, and Robert Shiller 2012 Event A memorial service is held for San Diego chargers' Junior Seau; his #55 will be retired by the team 2011 Event Memorial ceremonies are held worldwide to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks 2010 Event The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to economists Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides 2009 Event A crowd of 50,000 people participate in a memorial service at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park 1997 Event Vijay Singh wins Golf Memorial at Muirfield Village CC, 14 under par 1997 Event Bruno's Memorial Senior Golf Classic 1997 Event Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Pasadena California 1997 Event Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca New York 1993 Event 1st commemorative bricks are laid at Bob Feller Memorial 1991 Event Orioles last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Detroit Tigers) 1991 Event New York Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium 1988 Event Longest game in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat New York 7-6) 1984 Event Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed 1984 Event 1st NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - Clipper beat Knick, 107-105 1982 Event Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington D.C. 1982 Event Ground-breaking in Washington, D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1981 Event Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial 1976 Event Piper Cherokee crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt 1969 Event 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Washington D.C. 1968 Event Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Massachusetts, opens 1967 Event Memorial service for Brian Epstein at New London Synagogue 1967 Event John F. Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial 1966 Event Only home run ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson) 1964 Event Longest home run (471') in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota) 1964 Event Britain sets memorial for the late President John F. Kennedy 1963 Event Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial 1960 Birthday [James] Kenneth Perry, born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1991 Memorial 1959 Event Stinchcomb Memorial in Cleveland Metroparks' dedicated 1959 Birthday Maya Lin, born in Athens, Ohio, artist, architect of Chinese descent, known for Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., sculpture, landscape art 1959 Event 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA 1959 Birthday Thomas Edward Lehman, born in Austin, Minnesota, PGA golfer, 1994 Memorial Tournament 1958 Event 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt 1957 Event AAU awards Bobby Morrow, James Sullivan Memorial Trophy 1954 Event Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising U.S. flag) dedicated in Arlington 1951 Event Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (U.S. athlete of 1950) 1950 Event Baltimore's Memorial Stadium opens - Orioles of International League 1945 Event Memorial for executed unveiled in Terbregge 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Jefferson Memorial 1940 Event Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands and attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan 1939 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. 1939 Event NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3 1939 Event Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial 1938 Event Groundbreaking begins for Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. 1938 Event Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx 1937 Event NHL Howie Morenz Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 6-5 in Mont 1937 Event Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers, 10 die 1932 Event Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon 1922 Event President Harding is 1st U.S. president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore 1922 Event Lincoln Memorial dedicated 1922 Event Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin 1921 Event Memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds 1916 Event Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin 1915 Event Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. 1913 Birthday Muriel Rukeyser, U.S., poet, 1977 Shelley Memorial Award 1901 Event Memorial Day 1st observed in U.S. 1899 Event Bronx acquires Keltch Memorial Park 1874 Birthday John Russell Pope, U.S., architect, Jefferson Memorial 1868 Event 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio 1868 Event Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves 1867 Event Congress approves Lincoln Memorial 1866 Birthday Henry Bacon, architect, Lincoln Memorial 1601 Event Memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto
