1995 Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, russion Orthodox Priest, dies at 68
1982 Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Aust/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies
1981 Last game at Minn's Metropolitan Stadium, lose to Kansas City 5-2
1981 Rosa Ponselle, U.S. singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84
1976 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 Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes metropolitan of Imbros/Tenedos
1966 Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center
1966 Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center
1965 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn
1958 Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium
1948 Catherine Malfitano, born in New York City, soprano, Metropolitan Opera
1943 James Levine, musical conductor, Tosca, /dir, Metropolitan Opera
1943 Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase
1932 Christopher Price, Director, Leeds Metropolitan U
1931 NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio
1931 John Dellow, commisioner, London Metropolitan Police
1927 Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, Russion Orthodox Priest
1925 David McNee, commissioner, Metropolitan Police
1923 Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso, New York Metropolitan Opera
1919 Antony Tudor, born in England, choreographer, Metropolitan Opera 1957
1917 Cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes
1917 Robert Merrill, born in Brooklyn, New York, baritone, New York Metropolitan Opera
1916 Eleanor Steber, born in Wheeling, West Virginia, soprano, Metropolitan Opera-1940
1908 Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting New York's Metropolitan Opera
1907 G Mahler conducts the Metropolitan Opera
1907 John Canaday, art critic, Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios
1903 Enrico Caruso U.S. debut (Metropolitan Opera House, New York) in "Rigoletto"
1902 Rudolph Bing, opera manager, New York Metropolitan Opera
1898 John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies
1897 George Szell, born in Budapest, Hungary, conductor, Metropolitan 1942-45
1896 Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield California, baritone, Metropolitan 1923-50
1892 New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire
1883 Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust)
1881 Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams)
1872 Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time
1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City
1870 Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in New York City
1868 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms
1867 Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co
1866 New York Legislature forms New York City Metropolitan Board of Health
1829 London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty (Scotland Yard)
1829 Sir Robert Peel found London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies)
1817 John Fowler, English engineer, London Metropolitan Railway
1693 Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies
1569 St. Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1448 Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication
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