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, Colo
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 Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2
1988 Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs
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. NZ 1996
1971 Zahoor Elahi, cricketer, Pakistan opening batsman vs. NZ 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 Aust 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. Aust 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, NZ 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 Aust
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, NZ 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 HR
1958 Geoff Marsh, cricketer, Aust 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 Yanks 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. NZ, 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, NZ 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 NZ 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, NZ 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 NZ 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, NZ 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. Aust at MCG
1911 Congress names San Francisco as Panama Canal opening celebration site
1910 John Kerr, NZ, 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, NZ 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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