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1974 Birthday - Jeremy Laster, Fullerton California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Wolf Wigo, Abington Penn, water polo driver 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - James Young, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - Nathan Thomas, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Chris Oeding, born in Santa Ana, California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Troy Barnhart, Hanford California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Chi Kredell, born in Long Beach, California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics

1970 Birthday - Dan Hackett, born in Syracuse, New York, water polo goalkeeper 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Chris Humbert, Modesto California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Guy Newman, Australian water polo goalie 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Colin Keely, Buffalo, New York, water polo driver 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Rick McNair, born in Berkeley, California, water polo 2m defender 1996 Olympics

1967 Birthday - Alex Rousseau, Paris, France, U.S. water polo 2m Offense, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1967 Birthday - Kirk Everist, Houston Texas, water polo driver 1996 Olympics

1966 Birthday - Kyle Kopp, San Bernardino California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics

1966 Birthday - Erich Fischer, born in Dinuba, California, U.S. Olympic water polo foward 1992 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Chris Duplanty, Palo Alto California, water polo goalkeeper 1996 Olympics

1964 Event - Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project

1963 Event - Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Phillies beat Mets 5-1

1962 Event - Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds

1962 Event - Lou Brock is 2nd to home run into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers

1960 Birthday - Michael Evans, born in Fontana, California, U.S. water polo player 1988 Olympics silver

1957 Event - New York Giants play and lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts)

1957 Birthday - Craig Wilson, Beeville, Texas, U.S. water polo goalie, Olym-silver-84, 88

1956 Event - NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium

1953 Event - Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers

1952 Death - Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for England 3 for Ind), dies

1945 Event - Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off

1944 Event - Polo Grounds host 1st New York City night game since 1941

1944 Death - Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44

1942 Event - 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York

1940 Event - 1st night game at New York's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)

1940 Event - New York Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds

1937 Event - Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China

1937 Event - Japanese and Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II

1937 Event - 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24

1935 Birthday - Gyorgy Karpati, born in Hungary, water polo, Gold Medals 1952, 1956, 1964 Olympics

1934 Event - 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York

1927 Birthday - Dezso Gyarmati, Hungary, water polo player, Gold Medals 1956. 1960, 1964 Olympics

1926 Birthday - Russel Firestone, polo great, Circle F-1959 champs

1924 Birthday - Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary water polo player, Olympics, 1948-60

1922 Event - Yankees play their farewell home game in Polo Grounds win doubleheader

1922 Event - Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive home runs

1922 Event - Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years)

1922 Event - 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale)

1921 Event - Yankees beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds

1921 Event - Memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds

1920 Event - 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds

1920 Birthday - Franco Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold

1920 Birthday - Istvan Szivos, Hungary, water polo player 1976 Olympics gold

1920 Event - Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season

1920 Event - Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee home run and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds

1917 Event - Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw and Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws

1914 Birthday - Roberto Cavanagh, Argentina, polo 1936 Olympics gold

1914 Birthday - Tullio Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold

1911 Event - Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379)

1911 Event - Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames

1905 Event - England Pilgrim Association beats All New York 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds

1905 Birthday - Binnie Barnes, London, actress, Adv of Marco Polo, Diamond Jim

1900 Birthday - Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., great polo player, Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39

1890 Event - 1st pro baseball game, New York Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in New York City

1890 Event - United States Polo Association forms, New York City

1886 Event - 1st International polo meet, U.S. vs England

1884 Event - 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 Death - Marco Polo, Venetian explorer and Governor of Nanking, dies













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