1997 Event Carolina Hurricane's 1st exhibition game beat New York Islanders 4-1 1997 Event 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yankees 2-0 (exhibition) 1996 Event New York Mets beats New York Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game 1996 Event New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game 1996 Death James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90 1995 Event Indians and Browns play in Cleveland on same day for 1st time ever both lose - Chicago 5, Indians 1; Giants 19, Browns 13 (exhibition) 1995 Event Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14 1995 Event Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike 1994 Event 1st NFL game on Fox network (exhibition - San Francisco vs Denver) 1994 Event 1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4 1992 Event 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period 1992 Event U.S. Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57 1992 Event 1st exhibition game at Camden Field-Orioles beat New York Mets 1991 Event 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins) 1991 Event 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yankees-Orioles) 1991 Event 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa 1990 Event Calif's Chuck Finley and Seattle's Randy Johnson combine to pitch a no-hitter in exhibition game between U.S. and Japanese all-star teams 1990 Event The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games 1989 Event Yankees beat Mets 6-4 in exhibition game (1st meeting since 1985) 1989 Event To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport, in a New Jersey court 1987 Event New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl 1984 Event IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics 1982 Event Devils beat Rangers 3-2 in exhibition; 1st hockey in Meadowlands, New Jersey 1982 Event New Jersey Devils 1st exhibition game, beating Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa 1982 Event In exhibition game A's pitcher Steve McCatty comes to bat using a 15" toy bat (under Billy Martins orders), protesting disallowing of DH 1980 Event Baseball Players Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games 1979 Event Padres and Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo but Giant players reject it 1979 Event Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro and amateur umpires 1975 Event Fred Newman makes 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition 1973 Event In an exhibition game with the Pirates, Twins Larry Hisle becomes the 1st designated hitter (he hits 2 home runs and knocks in 7 RBIs) 1972 Event 1st game at Nassau Coliseum, Rangers beat Islanders 6-4 (exhibition) 1968 Event John Lennon's 1st full art exhibition (You are Here) 1965 Event 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun 1963 Event 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (New York City) 1956 Event Pirates and Kansas City A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white 1955 Event Yankees begin 16-game exhibition in Japan 1954 Event Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game 1940 Event 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition) 1934 Event Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play 1934 Event Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers 1931 Event Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee 1931 Event Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play 1st exhibition night game 1928 Event Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London 1925 Event Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer 1924 Event British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley 1923 Event Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform 1922 Event Captain Cyril Turner (RAF) gives 1st skywriting exhibition (New York City) Turner spelled out "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200." 47,000 called 1914 Event New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt 1913 Event White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo 1912 Event 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs. Harvard) 1910 Event International Exhibition opens in Brussels 1909 Event Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000 1907 Event Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds 1905 Birthday James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser 1901 Event 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris 1893 Event 1st NSW vs. Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground 1888 Event Chicago and All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand 1876 Event 1st public exhibition of electric light in San Francisco 1873 Event International Exhibition opens in Vienna 1867 Event International Exhibition opens in Paris 1851 Event Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London 1808 Birthday Henry Cole, promotor, Great Exhibition of 1851 1667 Event 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris)
