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