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