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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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