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1996 Event - Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises New York City bridge tolls to $3.50 each way
1995 Event - New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises subway and bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50 1995 Death - Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, russion Orthodox Priest, dies at 68 1995 Event - Dean St. Station in Brooklyn, is 6th Metropolitan Transportation Authority station to close since 1904 1993 Event - Cigarette advertisements are banned in New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority 1992 Event - Metropolitan Transportation Authority begins installing automated fare collection turnstiles 1992 Event - New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993 1992 Event - Metropolitan Transportation Authority raised tolls on most New York City bridges from $2.50 to $3.00 1990 Event - New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority stops token redemption at subway stations 1989 Event - New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority opens 63rd street extension to subway 1988 Event - New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes 1982 Death - Maria Jeritza, Jedlicka, Australia/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies 1982 Event - Metropolitan Transportation Authority launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the New York City subway system 1981 Event - Last game at Minn's Metropolitan Stadium, lose to Kansas City 5-2 1981 Death - Rosa Ponselle, U.S. singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84 1976 Event - Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata" 1972 Event - Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes metropolitan of Imbros/Tenedos 1966 Event - Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center 1966 Event - Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center 1965 Event - 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn 1958 Event - Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium 1950 Birthday - Maria Ewing, born in Detroit, Michigan, opera singer, soprano, mezzo-soprano, debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 'The Marriage of Figaro', 1976 1948 Birthday - Catherine Malfitano, born in New York City, soprano, Metropolitan Opera 1943 Birthday - James Levine, musical conductor, Tosca, dir, Metropolitan Opera 1943 Event - Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase 1932 Birthday - Christopher Price, Director, Leeds Metropolitan U 1931 Event - New Yorks's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio 1931 Birthday - John Dellow, commisioner, London Metropolitan Police 1927 Birthday - Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, Russion Orthodox Priest 1925 Birthday - David McNee, commissioner, Metropolitan Police 1923 Birthday - Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso, New York Metropolitan Opera 1919 Birthday - Antony Tudor, born in England, choreographer, Metropolitan Opera 1957 1917 Event - Cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes 1917 Birthday - Robert Merrill, born in Brooklyn, New York, baritone, New York Metropolitan Opera 1916 Birthday - Eleanor Steber, born in Wheeling, West Virginia, soprano, Metropolitan Opera-1940 1911 Birthday - Leonard Warren, born in New York City, baritone, Metropolitan Opera 1939 - 1960 1908 Event - Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting New York's Metropolitan Opera 1907 Event - G Mahler conducts the Metropolitan Opera 1907 Birthday - John Canaday, art critic, Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios 1903 Event - Enrico Caruso U.S. debut (Metropolitan Opera House, New York) in "Rigoletto" 1902 Birthday - Rudolph Bing, opera manager, New York Metropolitan Opera 1898 Death - John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies 1897 Birthday - George Szell, born in Budapest, Hungary, conductor, Metropolitan 1942-45 1896 Birthday - Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield California, baritone, Metropolitan 1923-50 1892 Event - New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire 1883 Event - Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust) 1881 Event - Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams) 1872 Event - Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time 1872 Event - Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City 1870 Event - Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in New York City 1868 Event - Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms 1867 Birthday - Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co 1866 Event - New York Legislature forms New York City Metropolitan Board of Health 1829 Event - London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty (Scotland Yard) 1829 Event - Sir Robert Peel found London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies) 1817 Birthday - John Fowler, English engineer, London Metropolitan Railway 1693 Death - Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies 1569 Death - St. Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible 1448 Event - Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication |
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