2011 Event New Zealand's highest mountain, the south ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook, is renamed Hillary Ridge after Sir Edmund Hillary, first to conquer Mt. Everest 1996 Event Thunderdome in Tampa Bay renamed Tropicana Field 1994 Event Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field) 1992 Event Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue 1987 Event Rookie of the Year Award is renamed to honor Jackie Robinson 1982 Event Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare 1980 Event ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline" 1980 Event Chrysler U.K. renamed Talbot 1976 Event Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea" 1974 Event Monmouthshire renamed Gwent and becomes part of Wales 1972 Event Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd 1971 Event NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Association 1966 Event Leopoldville Congo is renamed Kinshasa 1964 Event United Rep of Tanganyika and Zanzibar renamed United Rep of Tanzania 1962 Event NY's Philharmonic Hall (since renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as 1st unit of Lincoln Center for Performing Arts 1962 Event Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard 1961 Event Stalingrad renamed Volgograd 1961 Event Briggs Stadium is renamed Tigers Stadium 1959 Event Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England 1958 Event U.S. manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury 1958 Event National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA 1958 Event British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day" 1958 Event Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League 1952 Event "I am an American Day" and "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day" 1949 Event National Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense 1949 Event Transjordan renamed Jordan 1948 Event O'Neil Place in the Bronx erronously renamed O'Neill Place 1947 Event Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover 1942 Event Eastern Blvd in the Bronx renamed Bruckner Blvd 1941 Event Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street 1937 Event 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie 1935 Event Persia officially renamed Iran 1931 Event Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager 1926 Event Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square 1926 Event Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street 1924 Event Russian city of St. Petersburg renamed Leningrad 1922 Event Kennelworth in Bronx renamed Dwight Place 1922 Event American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League" 1920 Event British East Africa renamed Kenya and becomes a British crown colony 1920 Event 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park 1916 Event 2nd Ave and Bronx Terrace renamed Bronx Blvd; Seward Pl renamed Sycamore Ave; Herald Ave renamed Dickinson Ave; Monroe and Selwyn Avenue named 1915 Event Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road 1911 Event Post Hospital at Presidio, San Francisco renamed Letterman General Hospital 1896 Event Western Conference forms of Midwestern U, later renamed Big 10 Conf 1892 Event Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y" 1879 Event Gilmore Garden (New York City) renamed Madison Square Garden 1847 Event Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco 1847 Event California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco 1812 Event Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory" 1789 Event Department of Foreign Affairs, renamed Department of State 1754 Event Kings College in New York City opens (renamed Columbia College) 1714 Event A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street 1664 Event New Amsterdam renamed New York City 1639 Event Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard 1621 Event Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia
