1999 Mary Kay Bergman, cartoon voice, South Park, dies at 38
1997 Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes
1997 Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park New York for HBO
1997 Sammy Sosa (Cubs) and Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park HRs
1997 Eve Lister, actress and singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84
1996 Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured
1996 Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38
1995 Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, British national park warden, dies at 87
1995 Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs. WI at Sabina Park
1995 Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator, dies at 57
1995 Alexander Knox, actor and writer (Gorky Park, Accident), dies at 88
1994 Mildred Natwick, U.S. actress (Barefoot in Park), dies at 89
1994 New York Central park reservior officially named after Jackie Kennedy Onasis
1994 Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field)
1994 Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleveland Indians' park (Jacobs Field)
1993 Cleveland Metroparks lease Brookside Park from Cleveland for 99-years
1993 Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, U.S. painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at 70
1992 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews at Gulfstream Park
1992 Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, beating Cleveland 2-0
1992 C V Wood Jr, theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71
1992 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box New York City
1991 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box New York City
1991 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park
1991 Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park
1990 Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park
1990 Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)
1990 Angel's Louis Palonia is 74th to hit an inside park grandslam
1990 New York Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer
1990 New York Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0
1989 "Prince of Central Park" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 4 performances
1989 Disney's MGM Studio theme park officially opens to public
1989 Javed Miandad scores 271 vs. NZ at Eden Park
1989 L. A. Baby orangutan, at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
1989 Baby lion-tailed macaques, at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
1988 "Prince of Central Park" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 4 performances
1988 Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame
1988 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years
1988 Baltimore Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Balt and get a new park
1987 Garfield Park Nature Center opens, latest in Cleveland Metroparks
1987 Lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 63
1986 Hall B Wallis, U.S. movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87
1986 Jennifer Levin, strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park
1985 "Sunday in the Park with George" closes at Booth New York City after 604 performances
1985 Central Park's Strawberry Fields, dedicated
1984 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
1984 "Sunday in the Park with George" opens at Booth New York City for 604 performances
1984 Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
1983 Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 home runs onto roof at Comiskey Park
1983 Storm cuts short free Diana Ross concert in New York's Central Park
1983 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
1983 Kirk Gibson (Tigers) and Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park HRs
1982 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park New York City
1981 Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired and working again
1981 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform a reunion concert in Central Park
1981 Simon and Garfunkel reunite for a New York City Central Park concert
1981 Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7
1981 Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7
1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3
1979 Park Chung-hee, South Korean President, assassinated
1979 Recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City
1979 Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, New York City
1979 "Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps New York City after 86 performances
1979 Cars play concert in New York Central Park
1979 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild and causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers
1979 "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens at 22 Steps New York City for 86 performances
1979 "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens on Broadway
1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]
1978 Commencement of the 1st day/night WSC cricket supertest at VFL Park
1978 Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size
1977 Becky Ruehl, Lakeside Park, Kentucky, diver, Olympics-4th-1996
1976 Expo's last game at Montreal's Jarry Park
1976 Richard Park, Seoul Kor, NHL center for the Pittsburgh Penguins
1976 Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through NZ at Eden Park
1975 Sung-Hee Park, Pusan Korea, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Seoul
1974 Wings (Country Hams) release "Walking in the Park with Eloise"
1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination
1974 Mrs Park Chung Hi, wife of South Korean president, murdered
1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cameron Park Golf Open
1973 Frank Robinson homers in record 32nd ML park (Arlington Tx)
1973 Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park, Isle of Man, UK
1973 Munson and Fisk get into a brawl at Fenway Park
1973 Shoelace Park in the Bronx named
1973 Chan Ho Park, born in Kong Ju City, Korea, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
1973 Kansas City opens its new park, Royals Stadium, with 12-1 rout of Rangers
1972 Laxmi Poruri, Guntur India, tennis star, 1994 Futures-College Park
1972 Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin
1972 Tara Dawn Holland, Overland Park Kansas, Miss America 1997
1972 Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers
1971 Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in San Francisco
1971 New York Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
1971 Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established
1971 A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66
1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a California state historical landmark
1970 Janae Lautenschlager, born in Canoga Park, California, diver 1996 Olympics
1970 100 injured in race rioting in Asbury Park, New Jersey
1970 "Park" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances
1970 "Park" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances
1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark
1970 James Calvin Spivey, born in Schiller Park, Illinois, miler
1969 Kimberly Ann Grimm, Mt Lake Park, Maryland, Miss Maryland-America 1991
1969 Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park
1969 James Westphal, born in Oak Park Illinois, 10k runner
1968 "Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park" Show on CBS TV
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Willow Park Ladies Golf Invitational
1968 Jarry Park is approved by Mayor Jean Drapeau for interim use by Expos
1968 Dan Peltier, born in Clifton Park, New York, outfielder for the San Francisco Giants
1968 Alan Levine, Park Ridge, Illinois, pitcher, Chicago White Sox
1968 Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"
1968 John Barrowman, actor, Peter Fairchild-Central Park West
1967 Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park performed
1967 Edna Park Edwards, entertainer, dies at 72
1967 Hank Aaron only inside the park HR (vs Jim Bunning)
1967 Chris Reohr, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, fencer 1996 Olympics
1966 Stephane Talbot, born in Greenfield Park, Quebec, golfer, 1992 Quebec PGA
1966 Michael Michele, Evansville, Indiana, actress, Nikki-Central Park West
1966 Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, SF)
1966 Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
1965 Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues
1965 Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park
1964 Marjorie Judith Vincent, born in Oak Park, Illinois, Miss America 1991
1964 World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens
1964 Linda French, born in Oak Park, Illinois, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1963 Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park," premieres in New York City
1963 Hyde St. Pier re-opens as State Historical Park
1963 Xuxa, [Maria da Graca Meneghel], Brazil, actress, Xuxa Park
1963 Joe Lloyd, Highland Park, Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Space Coast
1963 Cindy Schreyer, Forest Park Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1993 Sun-Times Challenge
1962 Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission
1962 Bev Lidyoff, Huntington Park, California, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-7th-1994
1962 Lori Singer, born in Corpus Christi, Texas, actress, Jurasic Park
1962 Donn Pall, Evergreen Park Illinois, pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies, Fl Marlins
1961 Haleakala National Park forms in Hawaii
1961 Chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St. Louis, opens
1961 Daniel M Tani, Ridley Park, Maryland, astronaut
1960 Mark Derwin, Park Forest, Illinois, actor, AC Mallet-Guiding Light
1960 1st atomic reactor system patents, J W Flora of Canoga Park, California
1960 Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating
1960 Bill Veeck and Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"
1960 Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established, 1st underwater park
1960 Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park
1959 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park
1959 Brian Setzer, born in Massapequa Park, New York, rock guitarist and vocalist, Stray Cats
1959 San Francisco Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park
1958 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actress, Color of Money
1958 Nick Park, British Director
1957 Frederick Law Olmsted, U.S. architect (Central Park), dies at 87
1957 Tim Wallach, Huntington Park, infielder for the California Angels
1957 Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer, Intelligence Park
1957 Harry Stefanki, Mento Park Cal, tennis star
1957 Park Overall, born in Tennessee, actress, Laverne-Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning
1957 Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress, Gorky Park, Kiss
1956 Independence National Historical Park forms in Philadelphia
1956 Frederick Funk, born in Takoma Park, Maryland, PGA golfer, 1992 Shell Houston Open
1956 NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win
1955 NZ cricket all out for 26 vs. England at Eden Park
1954 D. W. Moffett, Highland Park, Illinois, actor, Fine Things, Lisa, Chicago Sons
1954 Janet Dykman, Monterey Park California, archer 1996 Olympics
1953 Thomas Hulce, Plymouth, Michigan, actor, Amadeus, Equus, Echo Park
1953 St. Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game
1953 Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago
1953 Christine Ebersole, Park Forest, Illinois, actress, SNL, Valerie, Tootsie
1953 A's change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium
1952 Keith Szarabajka, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Nightlife
1952 Jeff Goldblum, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Fly, Jurassic Park, Independence Day
1952 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Phila
1951 Snowdonia becomes a National Park in Wales
1951 Cassandra Peterson, [Elvira], Kansas, actress, Echo Park, Elvira
1951 Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, San Francisco opens
1950 Little Steven, [Van Zandt], Asbury Park, New Jersey, rocker, Born to Run
1950 Longest game in Phila's Shribe Park, Phils beat Reds 8-7 in 19
1950 Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
1950 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game
1950 Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
1949 The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Cardinals
1948 Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet" opens at Park Avenue Cinema
1948 Beverly Archer, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actress, Iola-Mama's Family
1948 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
1948 Brad Park, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins
1947 Sam Neill, Northern Ireland, actor, Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Piano
1947 Walter Willison, born in Monterrey Park, California, actor, McDuff the Talking Dog, Two By Two [Tony Award nomination, Theatre World Award]
1947 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)
1947 Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stad
1947 Earlie Fires, jockey, Hialeah Park
1947 "Park Avenue" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 72 performances
1946 "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 72 performances
1946 Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay
1946 Jimmy Webb, born in Elk City, Oklahoma, songwriter, MacArthur Park, Up Up and Away
1946 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
1945 Goldie Hawn, Takoma Park, Maryland, actress, Laugh-in, Private Benjamin
1945 Carrie Snodgress, Park Ridge, Illinois, actress, Diary of Mad Housewife
1945 David Dukes, actor, Beacon Hill, 79 Park Avenue, Winds of War
1945 Jimmy Winston, born in London, organist, Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park
1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
1944 1st All St. Louis World Series, all games played at Sportsman's Park
1944 Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore
1944 Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79
1943 Veronica Hamel, Philadelphia, actress, Joyce-Hill St. Blues, 79 Park Ave
1943 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia
1943 Roberta Shore, born in Monterrey Park, California, actress and singer, Virginian
1943 -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)
1942 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
1942 Karen Black, [Ziegler], Park Ridge, Illinois, 5 Easy Pieces, Pyx
1941 Young Park (2) in the Bronx named in honor of Samuel Young
1941 Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street
1940 Freddy Cannon, [Picariello], Lynn, Massachusetts, rocker, Palisades Park
1940 Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated
1940 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
1940 1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1)
1940 1st night game at St. Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
1940 Boston's Jimmie Foxx HR goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof
1939 In 1st night game at Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2
1939 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2)
1939 1st night game at Phil's Shribe Park (Pirates 5, Phillies 2)
1939 1st AL night game, Philadelphia Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10)
1939 Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is dedicated
1938 On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader
1938 Olympic National Park forms
1938 1st game at Shribe Park, Phila; Braves beat Phillies 10-5
1938 Lenny Welch, Asbury Park, New Jersey, Breaking up is Hard to Do
1938 Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941
1937 A recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City
1937 Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator
1935 Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand
1934 17th PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Park CC Williamsville NY
1934 Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated
1934 Jimmie Foxx hits 1st HR in Comiskey Park center field bleachers
1934 New Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5
1934 BR White, principal, Regent's Park College-Oxford
1934 Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also)
1933 CCC Camps are established in Cleveland Park District
1933 Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young
1933 1st Negro League All-Star Game, West beats East 11-7 (Comiskey Park)
1933 1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
1933 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair
1932 Robert Reed, born in Highland Park, Illinois, actor, Mike-Brady Bunch, Nurse
1932 1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2
1932 Joseph P Kerwin, born in Oak Park, Illinois, Capt Med Corps USN/astro, Skylab 2
1931 Crystal Palace in Hyde Park London destroyed by fire
1931 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St. Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game and 21 in 2nd game for 32
1930 World Series opens at Phila's Shibe Park, Philadelphia A's beat St. Louis 5-2
1930 Richard Harris, Ire, actor, Man Called Horse, /singer, MacArthur Park
1930 Scoey Mitchill, born in Newburgh, New York, comedian, Barefoot in the Park, Rhoda
1929 Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park
1929 Bob Newhart, born in Oak Park, Illinois, comedian, Bob Newhart Show, Newhart
1929 President Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park
1929 Acadia National Park, Maine established
1928 John Lupton, Highland Park, Illinois, actor, Tom-Broken Arrow
1928 Ian Bannen, born in Airdrie, Scotland, actor, Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park
1928 Albert Salmi, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Daniel Boone, 79 Park Avenue
1927 Red Sox beat New York Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings at Fenway Park
1927 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago (New York Yankee Babe Ruth)
1927 Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park)
1926 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park
1926 Hildy Park, born in Washington D.C., actress, To Tell the Truth
1925 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans
1925 Bill Haley, Highland Park, Michigan, rock vocalist, Rock Around the Clock
1925 Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park opens
1924 Robert Webber, born in Santa Ana California, actor, 79 Park Avenue
1924 Nipsey Russell, comedian, Car 54 Where Are You?, Barefoot in the Park
1923 Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public
1922 Richard C Diebenkorn, Jr., U.S., painter, Ocean Park Paintings
1922 Betty White, Oak Park, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls
1921 Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas
1921 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens
1920 Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, vs. Eng at MCG
1920 World Series celebration in Wade Park brings out 50,000+ Clevelanders
1920 Nipsey Russell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, comedian, Car 54, Barefoot in the Park
1920 John La Montaine, born in Oak Park, Illinois, composer, Pulitzer 1959
1920 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park
1919 Babe Ruth's 29th HR is 1st of year in Washington (1st in every park in league in one season)
1919 Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine
1919 Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona
1918 Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park
1918 Vito Scotti, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park
1917 Chung Hee Park, general/president of S Korea, 1961-79, assassinated
1917 Cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes
1917 William Bishop, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Steve-It's a Great Life
1916 Department of Interior forms National Park Service
1916 Hawaii National Park forms
1916 Chicago Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds
1916 Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) in Chicago opens, Cubs beat Cin Reds 7-6
1915 Red Sox ask Braves for use of their larger park for World Series
1915 Oscar Comras, Bronx, drummer, namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park
1915 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established
1913 Eve Lister, actress and singer, No Limit, Hyde Park
1912 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
1912 Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11
1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs. Harvard)
1911 Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park
1911 Cleve's League Park hosts 1st unofficial ML All Star game (benefit game for Addie Joss' family). Cleveland Naps lose to All Stars 5-3
1911 1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)
1910 Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park
1910 Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0
1910 Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St. Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0
1910 White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns
1910 Montana's Glacier National Park forms
1910 Cleveland Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0
1909 Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000
1909 Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens
1908 Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's and Phillies)
1908 Staats Cotsworth, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Peyton Place
1908 Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, national Park Warden
1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec
1907 Lina Basquette, born in Mateo, California, actress, Paradise Park, Pleasure, Goldie
1907 Alexander Knox, Canada, actor, Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind
1905 1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark)
1903 In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleve, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game
1903 International Theater (Majestic, Park) opens at 5 Columbus Circle New York City
1903 Wind Cave National Park, SD established
1900 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt
1899 Hal Wallis, movie producer, Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park
1899 Ernest Hemingway, born in Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled..., Nobel 1954
1899 Bronx acquires Keltch Memorial Park
1899 President McKinley signs bill creating Mt. Rainier National Park (5th in U.S.)
1897 Henry Dixon Cowell, born in Menlo Park, California, composer, New Musical Resources
1896 Yosemite becomes a National Park
1895 Doris Humphrey, born in Oak Park, Illinois, dancer, Dances of Women
1895 Edna Park Edwards, PA
1894 Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park
1893 1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms
1893 Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)
1892 Roy Park, cricketer, one Test Aust vs. Eng 1920, out 1st ball
1891 Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3
1891 1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park
1890 Yosemite National Park forms
1890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park
1889 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady)
1889 Stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC
1889 Charles Boyer, France, actor, Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park
1888 Pelham Bay Park in Bronx, vested
1887 1st game played at Broad and Huntingdon St. Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10
1886 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, New York (tuxedo)
1884 Potters Field reopened as Madison Park
1881 Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park
1879 Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park
1878 CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston
1877 Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park
1872 Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park
1871 William Hammond Hall's maps and surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted
1870 Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800
1870 California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible
1867 Stephen Mather, organized U.S. National Park Service
1865 John Park, composer, dies at 61
1864 Robert E Park, U.S., sociologist, human ecology, marginal man
1863 Alexandra Park opens in North London
1860 1st British Golf Open: Willie Park shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club
1860 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins)
1854 1st park land purchased by a U.S. city, Worcester, Massachusetts
1849 Start of 1st Lancashire-Yorkshire clash at Hyde Park, Sheffield
1843 Tivoli Park in Copenhagen opens
1835 John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies
1828 Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens
1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer, designed Central Park
1804 Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River
1804 John Park, composer
1771 Mungo Park, Scotish explorer, Africa
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