1997 Dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at 51
1997 New York Met John Olerud hits for the cycle
1997 Rudolf Bing, opera manager (New York Met Opera), dies at 95
1996 New York Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 home runs by a catcher
1994 New York Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges
1993 New York Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games
1993 Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans
1993 New York Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight
1993 New York Met Anthony Young, loses his 26th straight game, goes to 27
1993 New York Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27)
1993 New York Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game
1993 New York Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs
1993 New York Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose
1992 New York Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter
1992 New York Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games
1992 New York Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 HRS
1991 New York Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies
1990 As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score
1990 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally
1990 New York Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Alcohol rehab center
1989 Zinka Milanov, Met Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83
1989 Soviet president Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing
1989 New York Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez
1988 225 at bats after #299, Met Gary Carter is 59th to hit 300th HR
1988 New York Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st)
1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman and Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play
1987 Milton J. Cross, born in New York City, TV announcer, Met Opera Auditions of the Air
1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
1987 Lisa files for separation from husband New York Met Darryl Strawberry
1987 Sir Rudolph Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass
1986 New York Met Dwight Gooden is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons
1986 Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue
1985 New York Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive home runs in a game
1985 Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d)
1985 Met Dwight Gooden strikes out 16 on way to his 13th consecutive win
1984 New York Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year
1984 New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s
1984 New York Met Dwight Goodin sets rookie strike out record at 251
1984 Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236
1984 Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200
1983 New York Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment
1982 New York Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game
1981 Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career HR off New York Met Mike Scott
1980 New York Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game
1976 Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71
1975 New York Met Tom Seaver is 1st to strike out 200 in 8 consecutive seasons
1975 New York Met Felix Milan hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays
1975 Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87
1974 New York Met Benny Ayala hits a HR in his 1st at bat
1973 Mariette Hartley appears on Bob Newhart in "Have You Met Miss Dietz"
1973 NLCS game 3 brawl between Cins' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson
1972 In Willie Mays 1st game as a New York Met his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4
1970 New York Met Tommy Agee hits for the cycle
1970 New York Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher
1970 New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19
1969 Giovanni Martinelli, Ital opera singer (New York Met), dies on 84th birthday
1969 Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a HR in World Series
1969 New York Met Ron Swoboda's spectacular diving catch of sinking liner with runners at 1st and 3rd in 9th, Mets win in 10th in World Series game
1969 Robert Lehman, U.S. multi-millionaire/director (Met Museum of Art), dies
1969 Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (New York Met), dies at 83
1968 New York Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack
1967 New York Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins hist 1st game
1967 New York Met Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1
1966 Anthony Young, U.S. baseball pitcher, New York Met, Chicago Cubs
1965 Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit 3 home runs in a game
1965 New York Met Casey Stengel wins his 3,000 game as manager
1963 Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit for cycle
1963 New York Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends
1963 New York Met Duke Snider hits his 400th HR
1963 Lenny Dykstra, centerfielder, New York Met, Philadelphia Phillies
1962 New York Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games
1962 Kevin Mitchell, U.S. baseball outfielder, New York Met, San Francisco Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds
1961 Meg Ryan, Bethel, Connecticut, actr, When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns
1957 Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Met Opera), dies
1955 Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88
1955 Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (New York City)
1953 WTCN (now KARE) TV channel 11 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (MET) begins
1953 KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, Missouri (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 Barry Sonnenfeld, director, When Harry Met Sally, Big, Misery
1949 KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, California (MET) begins broadcasting
1948 1st opera to be televised, "Othello," broadcast from the Met (New York City)
1947 WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (MET) begins broadcasting
1946 Julian Barnes, England, writer, Before She Met Me
1945 Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79
1944 Tom Seaver, pitcher, New York Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young '69 '73 '75
1944 WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in New York City (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast
1943 FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy
1943 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference in Salzburg
1941 Mel Stottlemyre, Wash, pitcher, New York Yankee, /pitching coach, New York Met
1940 Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)
1937 Martina Arroyo, New York City, opera soprano, New York Met
1931 U.S. opera, "Peter Ibbetson," by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera New York City
1930 Roberta Peters, New York City, operatic soprano, New York Met
1928 Republican National Convention, met in KC, nominated Herbert Hoover
1927 Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor, New York Met 1967-71
1926 Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano, Met Opera
1924 Georges Prˆtre, Waziers France, conductor, New York Met
1918 Astrid Varnay, born in Stockholm, Sweden, soprano, Met Opera 1941-56
1913 Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], born in Brooklyn, New York, Tenor, New York Met Opera
1913 Licia Albanese, born in Bari, Italy, operatic soprano, New York Met Opera
1913 Rise Stevens, New York City, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera, /actor, Going My Way
1911 Leonard Warren, born in New York City, baritone, Met 1939-60, died on stage
1910 1st opera by an U.S. composer (Converse) performed at the Met, New York City
1907 Jarmila Novotna, soprano, Met Opera, /President of Czechoslovakia, 1957-68
1904 Jan Peerce, [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], New York City, tenor, New York Met Opera
1900 Jennie Tourel, St. Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera 1943-47
1898 Championship wrestling match at Met turns into a brawl
1894 Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith
1890 Casey Stengel, baseball manager, Yankees, 1949-60, /NY Met's 1st
1885 Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer, New York Met
1860 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin
1853 Women's Right's Convention met (New York City)
1785 Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero, "We have met the enemy"
1765 Stamp Act Congress met in New York, wrote declaration of rights and liberties
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