1974 Jeremy Laster, Fullerton California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics
1973 Wolf Wigo, Abington Penn, water polo driver 1996 Olympics
1973 James Young, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics
1972 Nathan Thomas, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics
1971 Chris Oeding, born in Santa Ana, California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics
1971 Troy Barnhart, Hanford California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics
1971 Chi Kredell, born in Long Beach, California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics
1970 Dan Hackett, born in Syracuse, New York, water polo goalkeeper 1996 Olympics
1969 Chris Humbert, Modesto California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics
1969 Guy Newman, Australian water polo goalie 1996 Olympics
1969 Colin Keely, Buffalo, New York, water polo driver 1996 Olympics
1968 Rick McNair, born in Berkeley, California, water polo 2m defender 1996 Olympics
1967 Alex Rousseau, Paris, France, U.S. water polo 2m Offense, Oly-4th-92, 96
1967 Kirk Everist, Houston Texas, water polo driver 1996 Olympics
1966 Kyle Kopp, San Bernardino California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics
1966 Erich Fischer, born in Dinuba, California, U.S. Olympic water polo foward 1992 Olympics
1965 Chris Duplanty, Palo Alto California, water polo goalkeeper 1996 Olympics
1964 Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project
1963 Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Phillies beat Mets 5-1
1962 Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds
1962 Lou Brock is 2nd to HR into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers
1960 Michael Evans, born in Fontana, California, U.S. water polo player 1988 Olympics silver
1957 New York Giants play and lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts)
1957 Craig Wilson, Beeville, Texas, U.S. water polo goalie, Olym-silver-84, 88
1956 NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium
1953 Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers
1952 Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for Eng 3 for Ind), dies
1945 Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off
1944 Polo Grounds host 1st New York City night game since 1941
1944 Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44
1942 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York
1940 1st night game at New York's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)
1940 New York Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds
1937 Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China
1937 Japanese and Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II
1937 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24
1935 Gyorgy Karpati, born in Hungary, water polo, Olympics gold 1952, 56, 64
1934 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York
1927 Dezso Gyarmati, Hungary, water polo player, Olympics gold 1956, 60, 64
1926 Russel Firestone, polo great, Circle F-1959 champs
1924 Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary water polo player, Olympics, 1948-60
1922 Yankees play their farewell home game in Polo Grounds win doubleheader
1922 Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive HRs
1922 Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years)
1922 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale)
1921 Yanks beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds
1921 Memorial to Capt Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds
1920 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds
1920 Franco Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold
1920 Istvan Szivos, Hungary, water polo player 1976 Olympics gold
1920 Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season
1920 Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds
1917 Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw and Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws
1914 Roberto Cavanagh, Argentina, polo 1936 Olympics gold
1914 Tullio Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold
1911 Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379)
1911 Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames
1905 England Pilgrim Association beats All New York 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds
1905 Binnie Barnes, London, actress, Adv of Marco Polo, Diamond Jim
1900 Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., great polo player, Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39
1890 1st pro baseball game, New York Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in New York City
1890 United States Polo Association forms, New York City
1886 1st International polo meet, U.S. vs England
1884 Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds New York City to determine baseball champion
1324 Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
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