1995 Baseball season opener delayed until April 26
1992 Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win opener (7-2)
1989 Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St. Louis at Shea Stad
1980 Phils rally from 4-0 deficit to beat the Royals, 7-6 to take WS opener
1979 New York Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in New York City
1978 New York Yanks defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day
1976 Saleem Elahi, cricketer, bro of Manzoor Pak, Test opener vs. Aust 1995
1970 Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation
1968 Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge
1966 Blair Hartland, cricketer, NZ opener
1963 Mark Greatbatch, cricketer, big-hitting NZ opener
1962 Wayne Norman Phillips, Vic opener cricketer, Test for Aust vs. Ind 1992
1961 Robbie Kerr, cricketer, Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985
1959 Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer, big-hitting Indian opener
1958 Tim Robinson, cricketer, solid England opener in 29 Tests 1984-89
1958 Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo
1957 Rick Darling, cricketer, accident-prone/dashing Aussie opener 1978-79
1957 Graeme Fowler, cricketer, England left-handed opener early 80s
1956 Bruce Edgar, cricketer, NZ opener through the 80'
1956 Alvin Greenidge, cricketer, WI opener, no relation to Gordon or Geoff
1956 Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener, 190 vs. England Lords 1984
1954 Chris Tavare, cricketer, England opener and occasional scorer of runs
1953 Graham Gooch, cricketer, prolific England opener and captain
1952 Ric Charlesworth, cricketer, WA opener, Aust hockey capt, /MP, Labour
1951 Gordon Greenidge, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1974-91
1950 Bruce Laird, cricketer, tough Australian opener 1979-82
1950 Alan Turner, Aussie cricket left-handed opener, World Cup ton 1975
1949 Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricket player, opener, 10122 Test runs
1948 Geoff Greenidge, cricketer, no relation to Gordon, WI opener 1972-74
1948 Bruce Francis, cricketer, Australian opener in 3 Tests 1972
1947 Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket opener, Gavaskar's partner for a while
1947 David Lloyd, cricketer, England opener, 214 vs. India 1974
1946 Rick McCosker, cricketer, fine Australian opener 1975-80
1946 Leonard Baichan, cricketer, WI opener, 103 vs. Pakistan on debut 1975
1944 Rodney Redmond, NZ cricket, opener scored century in Test vs. Pak 1973
1944 Terry Jarvis, NZ cricket opener, 387 partnership w/Turner vs. WI 1972
1942 Barry Wood, cricketer, England opener in early 70's
1942 Roy Fredericks, cricketer, brilliant WI lefty opener 169 vs. Aust 1975
1941 Yankees beat Dodgers 3-2 at Yankee Stadium in opener of World Series
1940 Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer, stoic England opener 1964-82
1940 Keith Stackpole, cricketer, aggressive Australian opener 1966-74
1939 Shahid Mahmoud, cricketer, opener scored 16 and 9 in only Pak Test
1939 Brian Luckhurst, cricketer, England opener of 60's and early 70's
1937 Bill Lawry, cricketer, dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit
1932 Conrad Hunte, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1958-66
1930 Jim Burke, cricketer, Australian opener of 50s
1930 Roy Marshall, cricket opener, prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for WI
1928 Pankaj Roy, cricketer, Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad
1926 John Dewes, cricketer, England opener late 40's early 50's
1920 Reg Simpson, cricketer, prolific England opener 1948-55
1919 John Moroney, cricketer, Australian opener 1949-51
1916 Len Hutton, cricketer, England opener, 364 vs. Australia The Oval 1938
1914 Winston Place, cricketer, England opener in West Indies 1948
1914 Cyril Washbrook, cricketer, stalwart Lancs and England opener
1912 Bill Brown, cricketer, Australian opener of the 30's and 40's
1908 Jack Fingleton, cricketer, Australian opener of 30's
1901 In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia 12-4
1900 AL opener in Cleveland draws 6,500
1866 J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener
1738 Bottle opener invented
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