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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' Assn

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 Natl 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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