2015 Event Construction workers discover an unexploded bomb from World War II near Wembley Stadium in London; after evacuations near the site, explosives specialists safely defused and removed the threat 2014 Event The Superbowl takes place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey; the Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos 43-8, a historic win for the Seahawks, who haven't won a major championship in 30 years 2013 Event Indian cricketeer Sachin Tendulkar scores 74 runs in the final Test innings of his career at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium 2013 Event Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium hosts the 2013 World Championships in Athletics 2011 Event In a bid to attract international sponsorship, England's Newcastle United F.C. rebrands the St. James' Park stadium as the Sports Direct Arena 2010 Event In Parana, Brazil, a stadium collapses during a car race, injuring 110 people 2010 Event In New Zealand, 100,000 people are left without water after a large storm; the storm took the roof off of Stadium Southland in Invercargill 2004 Event Super Bowl XXXVIII, Reliant Stadium, Houston, New England Patriots beat Carolina Panthers 32-29 2003 Event Super Bowl XXXVII, Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Oakland Raiders 48-21 2001 Event Super Bowl XXXV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants 34-7 1999 Event Super Bowl XXXIII, Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Denver Broncos beat Atlanta Falcons 34-19 1998 Event Super Bowl XXXII, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24 1997 Event Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a home run out of Dodger Stadium 1997 Event Edison International purchases Anaheim Stadium naming rights for $50M 1997 Event San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii 1996 Event Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yankees win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses) 1996 Event Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million 1996 Event 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia 1995 Event San Francisco Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000 1995 Event White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium 1995 Event 1st game at Coors Stadium Colorado (replacement Rockies beat Yankees 4-1) 1994 Event FA cup final at Wembley Stadium London 1994 Event 7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda 1994 Event Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706 1994 Event 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 Event Indians play their last game at Cleveland Stadium, Chicago wins 4-0 1993 Event Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4 1993 Event Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium 1993 Event Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium 1993 Event Kansas Royals rename stadium Ewing Kaufman Stadium after founder 1993 Event Dante Bichette hits the 1st Colorado Rockie home run (Shea Stadium New York) 1992 Event Largest wrestling crowd out side of U.S. (75,000) at Wembley Stadium 1992 Event Oakland A's rip Jose Canseco for leaving stadium before end of game 1992 Event Ground breaking of Florida Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium 1992 Event 63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD 1992 Event San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium 1992 Event All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium 1991 Death William Shea, (Shea Stadium namesake), dies at 84 1991 Event Orioles last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Detroit Tigers) 1991 Event 4,355 turn out to see Expos play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1991 Event 55 ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium 1991 Event New York Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium 1991 Event 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium, Mets beat Cubs 6-0 1991 Event Yankee Stadium fans throw cups and blowup dolls at Jose Canseco 1991 Event Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' home run in Yankee Stadium 1991 Event Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco 1991 Event Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking 1991 Event New York - New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giant Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17 1991 Event 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yankees-Orioles) 1991 Event Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die 1990 Event 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 Event Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium 1990 Event At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a New York Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!" 1990 Event H. Wayne Huizenga buys Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30M 1990 Event Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium 1989 Event 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (Kansas City Royals) 1989 Event Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher home run hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium 1989 Event Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons 1989 Event 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 Event Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3 1989 Event 96 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England 1988 Event 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin 1988 Event Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla 1988 Event Freedomfest - Mandela addresses Wembley Stadium London 1988 Event Longest game in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat New York 7-6) 1987 Event Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens 1987 Event Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0) 1986 Event 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 Event Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS 1986 Event Bo Jackson's 1st home run - a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium) 1986 Event Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium 1985 Event During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin 1985 Death 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match 1985 Event 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 Event Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die 1984 Event 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1984 Event Lou Pinella Day at Yankee Stadium 1983 Event Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Steelers beat New York Jets 34-7 1983 Event 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1983 Event Bobby Murcer Day at Yankee Stadium 1982 Event 2,251 turn out to see Expos play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1982 Event 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal 1981 Event Last game at Minn's Metropolitan Stadium, lose to Kansas City 5-2 1981 Event Rolling Stones begin their 6th U.S. tour at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia 1981 Event 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1981 Event NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium) 1980 Event 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1980 Event Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of Thurman Munson at Yankee Stadium 1980 Event Plaque dedicated in Thurman Munson's memory at Yankee Stadium 1980 Event 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles 1980 Event Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision 1979 Event Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium 1979 Event San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium 1978 Event 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium 1977 Event N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship 1977 Event 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 Event 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York 1977 Event 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium 1976 Event Piper Cherokee crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt 1976 Event New Jersey Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens 1976 Event 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia 1976 Event In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling "Headlocks and Wedlocks" 1976 Event Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium 1976 Event Yankee stadium reopens, Yankees beat Twins after trailing 4-0 1975 Event 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee 1975 Event 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 Event 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts 1974 Event Never-to-be-repeated 10 cents Beer Night at Cleveland Stadium occurs 1974 Event Smallest attendance at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium (4,149) 1974 Event Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1 1973 Event New York Yankees close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk 1973 Event Mets beat Expos 2-1 on Willie Mays Night at Shea Stadium 1973 Event Willie Mays night at Shea Stadium 1973 Event John Adams and his drum - become a right-field fixture in Cleveland Stadium 1973 Event 44th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, KC 1973 Event Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 1973 Event Kansas City opens its new park, Royals Stadium, with 12-1 rout of Rangers 1972 Event New York Yankees sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium 1972 Death Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80 1972 Event Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen) 1971 Event Texas Stadium opens-Cowboys beat Patriots 44-21 1971 Event 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit 1971 Event 1st baseball game at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1 1971 Event Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated 1970 Event Last game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium, Phils-2 Expos-1 1970 Event Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2 1970 Event 41st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin 1970 Event Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium opens, Braves beat Reds 8-2 1969 Event Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium 1969 Event Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a home run outside of Dodger Stadium 1968 Event A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Baltimore Orioles 1968 Event Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens 1967 Event Groundbreaking begins on Veteran Stadium in Philadelphia 1967 Event 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA 1967 Event Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium 1967 Event Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch 1966 Event Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1 1966 Event Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game 1966 Event Cleveland Stadium's 1st rock concert is held, featuring Beatles 1966 Event St. Louis' Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns 1966 Event Last game at old Busch stadium, St. Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF 1966 Event In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic 1966 Event Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2 1966 Event Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens 1965 Event Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game 1965 Event Beatles play to 55,000 at Shea Stadium 1965 Event 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn 1965 Event Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' home run out of Connie Mack Stadium 1964 Event Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium 1964 Event Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium 1964 Event 1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6 1964 Event Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of Angels 1964 Event 35th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-4 at Shea Stadium, New York 1964 Event Ground is broken for a new stadium in St. Louis 1964 Event Longest home run (471') in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota) 1964 Event Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 1964 Event 1st game at Shea Stadium, New York Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3 1963 Event 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1963 Event Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade 1962 Event Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s 1962 Event 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington 1962 Event 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds 1962 Event John F. Kennedy throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium 1962 Event St. Louis vote to build a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals 1961 Event Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for New York Mets 1961 Event Norm Cash becomes 1st Det Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium 1961 Event Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia is sold to J Schleifer Properties 1961 Event New York Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows 1961 Event Houston voters approve bond to finance luxury domed stadium 1961 Event Briggs Stadium is renamed Tigers Stadium 1960 Event Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium 1960 Event CFL's Calgary Stampeders move into McMahon Stadium 1960 Event 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York 1960 Event 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC 1959 Event William Shea shows proposed New York City stadium with transparent roof 1959 Event Seals Stadium in San Francisco, demolished 1959 Event AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium) 1959 Event San Francisco Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park 1958 Event Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium 1958 Event 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt 1958 Event William Shea outlines plans for a $12M stadium at Flushing Meadows New York 1957 Event Giants rent Seals Stadium until Candlestick is built 1957 Event Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million 1956 Event Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million 1956 Event 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington D.C. 1956 Event At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there) 1956 Event Mickey Mantle home run just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof 1956 Event Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st home run out of Yankee Stadium 1956 Event 1st ML baseball game in New Jersey, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium 1956 Event Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in NY 1956 Event NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium 1955 Event John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962) 1954 Event Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium 1954 Event Indians sweep Yankees at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563) 1954 Birthday Derek Warwick, born in Alresford, England, racecar driver, at age 16, won Superstox English Championship and age 18, won the World Championship at Wimbledon Stadium 1954 Event 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1953 Event Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) home run in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium 1953 Event A's change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium 1951 Event Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 1951 Event 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit 1950 Event Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 home run in a game at Griffith Stadium 1950 Event Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium 1950 Event Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4 1950 Event Baltimore's Memorial Stadium opens - Orioles of International League 1948 Event 1st night game at Briggs Stadium: Detroit Tigers beat Philadelphia A's 1948 Event Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th 1947 Event Record World Series crowd of 73,365 at Yankee Stadium ($325,828) 1947 Event 1st night game at Detroit Briggs Stadium (Tigers 4, Athletics 1) 1947 Event Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out United States 1946 Event 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yankees 1) 1945 Event Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park home run, only home run hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium 1944 Event Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore 1941 Event Yankees beat Dodgers 3-2 at Yankee Stadium in opener of World Series 1941 Event 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit 1941 Event 1st night game at Washington D.C., Griffith stadium (Yankees 6, Senators 5) 1941 Event New York Yankees nip Washington Senators 6-5 in 1st night game at Griffith Stadium 1941 Event A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium for the Chicago Cubs 1940 Event 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 Event 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 Event 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0) 1938 Event Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium 1938 Event Yankees sweep Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium 1937 Event 5th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 8-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash 1937 Event Josh Gibson home run just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium, 580' drive 1936 Event Explosion caused by leaking gas rips out section 12 of Cleveland Stadium 1936 Event Record 66,669 at Yankee Stadium for 4th game of World Series 1935 Event 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1935 Event Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium 1934 Event 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium 1932 Event Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Philadelphia A's beat Indians 1-0 1931 Event 1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium 1931 Event Cleveland Municipal Stadium is completed 1931 Event Seals Stadium opens in San Francisco 1930 Event Ground is broken for construction of Cleveland Stadium 1929 Event Chicago Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1 1929 Event Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death 1928 Event Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds 1927 Event Tony Lazzeri Day at Yankee Stadium 1926 Event Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf Germany 1926 Event Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins 1925 Event Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park opens 1925 Event Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens 1923 Event 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 Event Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup) 1923 Event 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium 1922 Event Construction begins on Yankee Stadium 1922 Event Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium 1921 Event Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium 1912 Event Yankees win final game at Hilltop stadium 1912 Event Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6-5 1911 Event Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000 1909 Event Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens 1904 Event 1st stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium) 1902 Event AL announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in NY 1894 Event Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium and 170 other buildings 1891 Birthday Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium 1850 Birthday Isaac L. Rice, Germany, namesake of Columbia University's Rice stadium
