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2006 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy
1999 Hazel Frederick, face in a crowd, faced the camera when Mary Tyler Moore tossed her hat in the opening credits of her show, dies at 91 1997 Cubs beat New York Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games 1996 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle 1994 Billy Joel performs opening concert at Cleveland's Gund Arena 1994 Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 home runs in 1993 hits 3 home runs on opening 1994 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706 1992 Opening Main-Donau canal (North Sea-Black Sea) 1992 "Tin Bigha Day" protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh 1991 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou 1991 Formal opening ceremony of International One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colorado 1990 Greenidge and Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best 1989 Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor complete 329 opening stand vs. England 1989 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yankees beat Twins on opening day 4-2 1988 Mets set Opening Day record with 6 home runs 1986 Paul Stewart, actor (Opening Night, In Cold Blood, Window), dies 1985 Indians-Brewers game at Cleveland Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out 1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game 1983 New York Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment 1982 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros) 1980 McCosker (168) and Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW vs. WA 1980 Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale Bronx 1979 Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 vs. Pakistan at Kanpur 1979 Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Association meditation in Boston 1976 Opening ceremony of the Dai Bosatsu monastery Catskill Mt., New York 1975 Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba 1973 Ben Johnson, cricketer, promising South Australian opening batsman 1972 Sunjith Somasunder, cricketer, Karnataka and India ODI opening bat 1996 1972 Jason Arnberger, cricketer, NSW opening batsman 1994-95 - 1972 Robert Kennedy, cricketer, New Zealand opening bowler 1996 1972 Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI 1972 Dulip Samaraweera, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test opening batsman 1993- 1971 Mark Lathwell, cricketer, England opening batsman vs. Australia 1993 1971 Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket opening bowler (1932), dies 1971 Adrian Griffith, cricketer, West Indian Test opening batsman 1997 1971 Matthew Elliott, cricketer, Australian Test opening batsman vs. WI 1996 1971 Blair Pocock, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman 1993 1971 Robert Samuels, cricketer, West Indies Test opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996 1971 Zahoor Elahi, cricketer, Pakistan opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996 1971 Ajay Jadeja, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1971 Richard Chee Quee, cricketer, NSW opening batsman Fiji/Chin ancestry 1970 Azhar Saeed, UAE cricketer, opening batsman 1996 World Cup 1970 Grant Flower, cricketer, bro of Andy Zimbabwe Test opening batsman 1970 Sherwin Campbell, cricketer, WI opening batsman 1995 1970 Philo Wallace, cricketer, WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92 1970 Michael Slater, cricketer, devastating Australia opening bat since 1993 1970 Alistair Brown, cricketer, Surrey and England ODI opening batsman 1996 1969 Mark Dekker, Zimbabwe cricket opening batsman, 1993- 1969 Nick Knight, cricketer, England opening batsman 1995- 1969 Martin Haywood, cricketer, NSW opening batsman 1969 Stuart Williams, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1994- 1969 Vikram Rathour, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1996- 1968 Robert van Oosterom, cricket opening batsman, Holland 1996 World Cup 1968 Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King assassination 1968 Johanne Samarasekera, UAE cricket opening bowler, 96 World Cup 1967 Gary Kirsten, cricketer, South African lefty opening batsman 1993- 1967 Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour 1967 Monkees perform at Forest Hills, New York, Jimi Hendrix is opening act 1967 The Who, opening for Herman's Hermits begin a U.S. tour 1967 Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center 1967 Rudi Steyn, cricketer, South African opening batsman 1995 1966 Roshan Mahanama, cricketer, Sri Lankan opening batsman 1966 Cleveland ties record with 10th straight win since Opening Day 1966 Lawry and Simpson complete 244 opening stand vs. England, Adelaide 1965 Gaston Glass, actor (Opening Your Eyes), dies after long illness at 65 1965 Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies 1965 John Stephenson, cricketer, England opening bat in one Test vs. Australia 1989 1965 Champaka Ramanayake, cricketer, Sri Lankan opening bowler 1965 Mark Rushmere, cricketer, South Africa opening bat in comeback Test 1992 1964 Brian Young, cricketer, New Zealand Test opening batsman 1964 Paul Nobes, cricketer, prolific opening batsman for Victoria and SA 1964 Trevor Barsby, cricketer, Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85 1963 Mike Veletta, cricketer, West Aussie opening bat, 8 Tests for Australia 1963 Navjot Singh Sidhu, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1963 Hugh Morris, cricketer, England lefty opening batsman 1991 1963 Rolling Stones 1st tour (opening act for Bo Diddley and Everly Bros) 1963 Dipak Chudasama, cricketer, Kenya opening batsman 1996 World Cup 1963 Phil Simmons, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1963 Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer, Indian opening batsman and opening bowler 1963 Alec Stewart, cricketer, son of Micky/opening bat Occasional WK 1963 Mike Rindel, cricketer, N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton vs. Pak 1995 1962 Peter Cantrell, cricketer, Queensland opening bat, Netherlands WC 1996 1961 Lalchand Rajput, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1985-86 1961 Rod Latham, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman 1961 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78 1960 Mandy Yachad, cricketer, South African ODI opening batsman 1991 1960 Ravi Ratnayeke, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler and opening batsman 1960 Raman Lamba, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1986-87 1959 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities (On The Beach) 1959 Asantha De Mel, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler 1959 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day home run 1958 Geoff Marsh, cricketer, Australia opening batsman 1985-92 1958 AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9 1957 Chris Broad, cricketer, prolific England opening batsman 1984-89 1956 Graeme Wood, cricketer, Australian lefty opening batsman 1978-88 1956 Sal Maglie and Dodgers defeat Yankees 6-3 in opening game of World Series 1956 Andrew Hilditch, cricketer, Australian opening bat 1979-85 1956 Peter Roebuck, cricketer, Somerset opening batsman and SMH writer 1956 Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs. New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy 1955 Julien Wiener, cricketer, Australian opening batsman 1979-80 1955 Mohsin Khan, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman late 70s early 80s 1955 Steve Small, cricketer, stalwart NSW opening batsman 1954 John Wright, New Zealand cricketer, opening batsman 1978-92 1954 John Dyson, cricketer, NSW and Australian opening batsman 1953 Wayne Larkins, cricketer, England opening batsman of 80's 1953 Jimmy Cook, cricketer, South African opening batsman 1992 1951 In opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn 1951 President Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference 1950 T E Srinivasan, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1981 1950 Talat Ali, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman in ten Tests 1972-80 1950 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2 1949 Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day" 1947 Glenn Turner, cricketer, masterful New Zealand opening batsman 1947 1st opening session of Congress to be televised 1946 Aftab Gul, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman in six Tests 1969-71 1945 Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer, attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81 1945 Graeme Watson, cricketer, Australian opening batsman 5 Tests 1966-72 1941 Ian Redpath, cricketer, dependable Australian opening batsman 1964-76 1941 Robin Bynoe, cricketer, WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67 1940 Cleveland Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chic, 1-0 1939 NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair 1938 Ijaz Butt, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman in 8 Tests 1958-60 1936 Eric Russell, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60s 1935 David White, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs. Pak 1961 1935 Alan Brown, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs Pak 1961 1935 Ken Taylor, cricketer, England opening batsman three times 1959-64 1935 Geoff Pullar, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's early 60's 1934 David Smith, cricketer, England opening bowler vs. India 1961-62 1934 Bruce Pairaudeau, cricketer, WI opening bat in 13 Tests, 115 on debut 1934 Brian Bolus, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60's 1933 Cammie Smith, WI cricket opening batsman, 1960-62 1933 Roger Harris, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman vs England 1959 1932 Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks vs. Essex 1931 Trevor Goddard, cricketer, South African opening batsman and opening bowler 1931 Bill Watson, cricketer, NSW and Australian opening batsman mid-50s 1929 Sydney Gedye, cricketer, opening batsman in four Tests for New Zealand 1964 1929 Jackie McGlew, cricketer, dour South African opening bat of the 50' 1928 Colin McDonald, cricketer, stalwart Australian opening bat for 1950's 1928 Jack Nel, cricketer, South African opening bat in 6 Tests 1949-57 1928 Arthur Milton, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's 1926 At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout 1925 Alistair Taylor, cricketer, one Test as opening bat for South Africa 1956 1923 Bill Ponsford and Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict 1923 Donald Smith, cricketer, uneventful England opening batsman 1957 1923 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium 1923 Longest NL opening game, Phillies and Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14 1923 Lawrie Miller, New Zealand cricketer, opening bat in 13 Tests 1922 Nyron Sultan Asgarali, cricketer, West Indian opening bat 1957 1922 Allan Rae, cricketer, prolific WI opening batsman 1948-53 1922 Arthur Morris, cricketer, great Australian lefty opening batsman 1915 A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter 1913 Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing) 1912 Hobbs and Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand vs. Australia at MCG 1911 Congress names San Francisco as Panama Canal opening celebration site 1910 John Kerr, New Zealand, cricketer, opening batsman in 1930's 1910 Mahomed Nissar, cricketer, pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests 1910 President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day 1910 Paul Whitelaw, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman vs. England 1933 1904 Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer, pioneer Indian Test opening batsman 1900 Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10 1894 Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great opening batsman for Engl 1889 President Harrison visits opening of Chicago Auditorium 1883 Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust) 1882 Warren Bardsley, cricketer, great NSW and Aussie opening bat 1909-26 1875 Formal opening of U.S. Marine Hospital at Presidio 1875 Freddie Fane, cricketer, Hobbs' 1st Test opening partner 1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University 1871 Giusseppi Verdi's "Aida" premieres in Cairo, at Suez canal opening 1866 Mary Baker Eddy cures her injuries by opening a bible 1793 President Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in U.S. 1792 Opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city 1636 University of Utrecht opening ceremony 1491 Opening ceremony of Daitokuji's Shinju at subtemple |
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