2000 Event 27th Olympic games open at Sydney, Australia (sched) 1996 Event 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched) 1992 Event NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games 1984 Event Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990 1961 Event Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games
