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2004 Super Bowl XXXVIII, Reliant Stadium, Houston, New England Patriots beat Carolina Panthers 32-29
2003 Super Bowl XXXVII, Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Oakland Raiders 48-21 2001 Super Bowl XXXV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants 34-7 1999 Super Bowl XXXIII, Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Denver Broncos beat Atlanta Falcons 34-19 1998 Super Bowl XXXII, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24 1997 Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a home run out of Dodger Stadium 1997 Edison International purchases Anaheim Stadium naming rights for $50M 1997 San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii 1996 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yankees win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses) 1996 Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million 1996 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia 1995 San Francisco Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000 1995 White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium 1995 1st game at Coors Stadium Colorado (replacement Rockies beat Yankees 4-1) 1994 FA cup final at Wembley Stadium London 1994 7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda 1994 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706 1994 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field 1993 Indians play their last game at Cleveland Stadium, Chicago wins 4-0 1993 Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4 1993 Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium 1993 Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium 1993 Kansas Royals rename stadium Ewing Kaufman Stadium after founder 1993 Dante Bichette hits the 1st Colorado Rockie home run (Shea Stadium New York) 1992 Largest wrestling crowd out side of U.S. (75,000) at Wembley Stadium 1992 Oakland A's rip Jose Canseco for leaving stadium before end of game 1992 Ground breaking of Florida Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium 1992 63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD 1992 San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium 1992 All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium 1991 William Shea, (Shea Stadium namesake), dies at 84 1991 Orioles last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Detroit Tigers) 1991 4,355 turn out to see Expos play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1991 55 ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium 1991 New York Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium 1991 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium, Mets beat Cubs 6-0 1991 Yankee Stadium fans throw cups and blowup dolls at Jose Canseco 1991 Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' home run in Yankee Stadium 1991 Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco 1991 Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking 1991 New York - New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giant Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17 1991 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yankees-Orioles) 1991 Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die 1990 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990) 1990 Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium 1990 At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a New York Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!" 1990 H. Wayne Huizenga buys Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30M 1990 Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium 1989 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (Kansas City Royals) 1989 Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher home run hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium 1989 Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons 1989 1st Baseball game to start outdoors and end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, and beat Brewers 4-2 1989 Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3 1989 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England 1988 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin 1988 Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla 1988 Freedomfest - Mandela addresses Wembley Stadium London 1988 Longest game in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat New York 7-6) 1987 Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens 1987 Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0) 1986 Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500 1986 Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS 1986 Bo Jackson's 1st home run - a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium) 1986 Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium 1985 During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin 1985 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match 1985 Indians-Brewers game at Cleveland Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out 1985 Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die 1984 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1984 Lou Pinella Day at Yankee Stadium 1983 Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Steelers beat New York Jets 34-7 1983 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1983 Bobby Murcer Day at Yankee Stadium 1982 2,251 turn out to see Expos play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1982 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal 1981 Last game at Minn's Metropolitan Stadium, lose to Kansas City 5-2 1981 Rolling Stones begin their 6th U.S. tour at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia 1981 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1981 NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium) 1980 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1980 Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of Thurman Munson at Yankee Stadium 1980 Plaque dedicated in Thurman Munson's memory at Yankee Stadium 1980 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles 1980 Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision 1979 Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium 1979 San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium 1978 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium 1977 N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship 1977 Toby Harrah and Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2 1977 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York 1977 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium 1976 Piper Cherokee crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt 1976 New Jersey Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens 1976 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia 1976 In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling "Headlocks and Wedlocks" 1976 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium 1976 Yankee stadium reopens, Yankees beat Twins after trailing 4-0 1975 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee 1975 Yankees sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, and another part is set afire 1974 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts 1974 Never-to-be-repeated 10 cents Beer Night at Cleveland Stadium occurs 1974 Smallest attendance at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium (4,149) 1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1 1973 New York Yankees close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk 1973 Mets beat Expos 2-1 on Willie Mays Night at Shea Stadium 1973 Willie Mays night at Shea Stadium 1973 John Adams and his drum - become a right-field fixture in Cleveland Stadium 1973 44th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, KC 1973 Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 1973 Kansas City opens its new park, Royals Stadium, with 12-1 rout of Rangers 1972 New York Yankees sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium 1972 Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80 1972 Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen) 1971 Texas Stadium opens-Cowboys beat Patriots 44-21 1971 1st game played at Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium, Phils win 4-1 1971 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit 1971 1st baseball game at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1 1971 Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated 1970 Last game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium, Phils-2 Expos-1 1970 Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2 1970 41st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin 1970 Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium opens, Braves beat Reds 8-2 1969 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium 1969 Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a home run outside of Dodger Stadium 1968 A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Baltimore Orioles 1968 Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens 1967 Groundbreaking begins on Veteran Stadium in Philadelphia 1967 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA 1967 Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium 1967 Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch 1966 Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1 1966 Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game 1966 Cleveland Stadium's 1st rock concert is held, featuring Beatles 1966 St. Louis' Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns 1966 Last game at old Busch stadium, St. Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF 1966 In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic 1966 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2 1966 Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens 1965 Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game 1965 Beatles play to 55,000 at Shea Stadium 1965 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn 1965 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' home run out of Connie Mack Stadium 1964 Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium 1964 Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium 1964 1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6 1964 Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of Angels 1964 35th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-4 at Shea Stadium, New York 1964 Ground is broken for a new stadium in St. Louis 1964 Longest home run (471') in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota) 1964 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 1964 1st game at Shea Stadium, New York Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3 1963 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1963 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade 1962 Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s 1962 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington 1962 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds 1962 John F. Kennedy throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium 1962 St. Louis vote to build a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals 1961 Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for New York Mets 1961 Norm Cash becomes 1st Det Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium 1961 Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia is sold to J Schleifer Properties 1961 New York Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows 1961 Houston voters approve bond to finance luxury domed stadium 1961 Briggs Stadium is renamed Tigers Stadium 1960 Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium 1960 CFL's Calgary Stampeders move into McMahon Stadium 1960 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York 1960 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC 1959 William Shea shows proposed New York City stadium with transparent roof 1959 Seals Stadium in San Francisco, demolished 1959 AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium) 1959 San Francisco Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park 1958 Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium 1958 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt 1958 William Shea outlines plans for a $12M stadium at Flushing Meadows New York 1957 Giants rent Seals Stadium until Candlestick is built 1957 Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million 1956 Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million 1956 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington D.C. 1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there) 1956 Mickey Mantle home run just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof 1956 Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st home run out of Yankee Stadium 1956 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium 1956 Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in NY 1956 NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium 1955 John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962) 1954 Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium 1954 Indians sweep Yankees at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563) 1954 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) home run in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium 1953 A's change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium 1951 Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 1951 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit 1950 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 home run in a game at Griffith Stadium 1950 Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium 1950 Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4 1950 Baltimore's Memorial Stadium opens - Orioles of International League 1948 1st night game at Briggs Stadium: Detroit Tigers beat Philadelphia A's 1948 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th 1947 Record World Series crowd of 73,365 at Yankee Stadium ($325,828) 1947 1st night game at Detroit Briggs Stadium (Tigers 4, Athletics 1) 1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out United States 1946 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yankees 1) 1945 Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park home run, only home run hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium 1944 Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore 1941 Yankees beat Dodgers 3-2 at Yankee Stadium in opener of World Series 1941 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit 1941 1st night game at Washington D.C., Griffith stadium (Yankees 6, Senators 5) 1941 New York Yankees nip Washington Senators 6-5 in 1st night game at Griffith Stadium 1941 A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium for the Chicago Cubs 1940 Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands and attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan 1939 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York New York Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees 1939 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0) 1938 Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium 1938 Yankees sweep Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium 1937 5th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 8-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash 1937 Josh Gibson home run just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium, 580' drive 1936 Explosion caused by leaking gas rips out section 12 of Cleveland Stadium 1936 Record 66,669 at Yankee Stadium for 4th game of World Series 1935 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1935 Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium 1934 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium 1932 Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Philadelphia A's beat Indians 1-0 1931 1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium 1931 Cleveland Municipal Stadium is completed 1931 Seals Stadium opens in San Francisco 1930 Ground is broken for construction of Cleveland Stadium 1929 Chicago Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1 1929 Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death 1928 Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds 1927 Tony Lazzeri Day at Yankee Stadium 1926 Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf Germany 1926 Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins 1925 Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park opens 1925 Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens 1923 New York Giants and New York Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium 1923 Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup) 1923 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium 1922 Construction begins on Yankee Stadium 1922 Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium 1921 Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium 1912 Yankees win final game at Hilltop stadium 1912 Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6-5 1911 Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000 1909 Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens 1904 1st stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium) 1902 AL announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in NY 1894 Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium and 170 other buildings 1891 Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium 1850 Isaac L. 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