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1994 Wrestlemania X at MSG NY, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna

1994 East beats West 9-8 in 45th NHL All Star Game at MSG in New York City

1988 New York Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M

1988 Elton John sells out MSG for a record 26th time

1987 Rollermania at MSG, Eastern Express beats Midwest Pioneers

1986 James "Bone Crusher" Smith TKO's WBA champ Tim Witherspoon in MSG

1985 Wrestlemania I at MSG NY, Hogan and Mr. T beat Piper and Orndorf

1982 Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at New York MSG

1980 Yes performs its last concert (MSG)

1979 Red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG

1979 New York Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in New York City

1979 No Nukes Concert at MSG includes Springsteen and Crosby, Stills and Nash

1979 The Who opens New York City concerts at MSG

1979 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, New York

1977 Elton John honored by MSG Hall of Fame

1975 Red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG

1974 John Lennon's last concert appearance (Elton John concert in MSG New York City)

1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to New York Rangers at MSG Washington Caps begin a 37 game road losing streak

1970 New York Knicks 1st game against Cleveland Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG

1968 Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors and 2 game misconducts in a game against New York Rangers in New York's MSG

1968 John and Yoko's "One on One" benefit for children at MSG

1968 Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens (New York City)

1964 Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleveland Auditorium

1961 Smallest New York Knick, 49th St. MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm)

1960 Largest New York Knick 49th St. MSG crowd-18,499

1954 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, New York City

1948 Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, New York City

1940 1st intercollegiate track meet telecast, MSG, New York City

1936 Tony Kubek, shortstop, New York Yankees, sportscaster, NBC-TV, MSG

1934 1st collegiate basketball doubleheader (MSG)

1908 Dorando Pietri (It) beats Johnny Hayes (U.S.) in MSG marathon by 60 yards

1908 New York Giants scores shown on electric diamonds known as "Compton's Baseball Bulletin" at MSG

1902 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Philadelphia 6-0 (MSG, New York City)

1899 1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in U.S. begins, MSG, New York City

1891 1st International 6 day bike race (New York MSG) ends

1891 1st International 6 day bike race (New York MSG) begins

1891 1st international 6-day bicycle race in U.S. (MSG, New York City) begins

1881 Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)

1877 Erno [Ernst von] Dohnanyi, Hungary, composer, Msg to Posterity

1844 Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg)


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