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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

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