1997 Death Dorothy Stroud, garden historian, dies at 87 1995 Death John Heawood, actor singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75 1995 Event "Garden District" closes at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City 1995 Event 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80 1995 Event "Garden District" opens at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City 1994 Event Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens 1993 Death John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80 1993 Event "Secret Garden" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 706 performances 1991 Event Paramount at Madison Square Garden in New York City opens 1991 Event "Secret Garden" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 706 performances 1989 Event Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens 1989 Event Madison Square Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan 1989 Event "42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 3,486 performances 1988 Event Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals 1982 Event "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5000+ performances 1982 Birthday Kate Maberly, actress, Secret Garden 1982 Event "Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 48 performances 1981 Event "Camelot" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 48 performances 1981 Birthday Jered Guzman, born in Garden Grove, California, pairs skater, & Natalie Vlandis 1980 Event Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden 1980 Event "42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 3486 performances 1980 Event "Comin' Uptown" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 45 performances 1979 Event "Beatlemania" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 920 performances 1979 Event "Comin' Uptown" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 45 performances 1977 Event "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 920 performances 1977 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 167 performances 1976 Event "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 167 performances 1976 Death Edith Evans, actress (Tom Jones, Scrooge, Chalk Garden), dies at 88 1976 Event "Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 193 performances 1976 Event "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 193 performances 1975 Event Ed Giacomin as a Red Wing returns to Mad Sq Garden beats Rangers 6-4 1975 Event "Dr. Jazz" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 5 performances 1975 Event "Dr. Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5 performances 1975 Event "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 120 performances 1974 Birthday Billy Koch, Garden City, New York, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1974 Event "Gypsy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 120 performances 1974 Birthday Leah O'Brien, born in Garden Grove, California, softball infielder, Olympics gold 96 1973 Birthday Barret Oliver, actor, Never Ending Story, Secret Garden 1973 Death Mike Burke, President (New York Yankees)/dir (Madison Square Garden), dies 1972 Event John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden 1972 Event "Follies" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 524 performances 1972 Event Elvis Presley records a live album at New York's Madison Square Garden 1971 Event "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 524 performances 1971 Death Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72 1970 Event Tippetts Opera "Knot Garden," premieres in London 1970 Event "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 4 performances 1970 Event "Georgy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 4 performances 1970 Event "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 84 performances 1970 Event "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1508 performances 1969 Event "Jimmy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 84 performances 1969 Event New York Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY 1969 Event Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs. North Stars) 1969 Event WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Birthday Darryl Kile, Garden Grove California, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1968 Event 1st NBA game at Madison Square Garden, Knicks beat SD Clippers 1968 Event Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens (New York City) 1967 Event "Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1348 performances 1967 Death Mary Garden, opera star, dies at 92 1966 Event "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1508 performances 1964 Event KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 Event "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1,348 performances 1963 Event "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 8 performances 1963 Event "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances 1963 Event "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances 1962 Event "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 9 performances 1962 Event "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances 1962 Event "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances 1962 Event "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances 1960 Event "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 532 performances 1960 Event "Saratoga" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances 1960 Event "Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 532 performances 1959 Event "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances 1959 Event "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 734 performances 1959 Event "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 16 performances 1959 Event "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 16 performances 1958 Event KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast 1958 Birthday Alan Trammell, Garden Grove California, infielder for the Detroit Tigers 1957 Event "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 734 performances 1957 Birthday Randy Romero, Garden City, New York, jockey, Breeder's Cup 1987-89 1957 Event "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 123 perf 1957 Event "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 123 performances 1956 Event "Shangri-La" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 21 performances 1956 Event "Shangri-La" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 21 performances 1956 Event Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London 1955 Event "Vamp" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 60 performances 1955 Event "Vamp" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 60 performances 1955 Event "Peter Pan" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 149 performances 1954 Birthday Kathleen Quinlan, California, actress, Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1954 Event "Peter Pan" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 149 performances 1954 Event "Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 559 performances 1953 Event "Wonderful Town" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 559 performances 1953 Event "My Darlin' Aida" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 89 performances 1952 Event "My Darlin' Aida" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 89 performances 1952 Event "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 356 performances 1952 Birthday John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET 1951 Event "Top Banana" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 356 performances 1951 Event Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden 1951 Event "Make a Wish" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 102 performances 1951 Event "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 102 performances 1951 Event Lillian Hellman's "Autumn Garden," premieres in New York City 1951 Event "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 278 perf 1950 Event "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 278 performances 1950 Event "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 52 performances 1950 Event "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 52 performances 1950 Event "Alive and Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 46 performances 1950 Event "Alive and Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 46 performances 1950 Event "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 420 performances 1948 Event "Marinka" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 168 performances 1948 Event "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 420 performances 1948 Event "Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 168 performances 1947 Birthday Lynn Anderson, ND, country singer, I Never Promised you a Rose Garden 1947 Birthday John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow' 1946 Event New York Knicks' 1st game at Madison Square Garden loses 78-68 to Chicago Stags 1944 Event Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel 1944 Event Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem, Netherlands 1942 Event 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens 1940 Event Wrestling returns to Madison Square Garden after 12 year lay off 1940 Birthday Ricky Nelson, New Jersey, rock star, Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party 1939 Event 1st Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden 1938 Birthday Joyce Carol Oates, born in New York, novelist, Garden of Earthly Delights 1938 Birthday Frank Converse, actor, It's About Time, Dr. Cook's Garden, Movin' On 1937 Event World's largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily 1932 Birthday Jeremy Isaacs, general director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1928 Event Boston Garden officially opens 1925 Event 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Mont Candiens 3, New York Americans 1 1925 Event Philip Barry's "In a Garden," premieres in New York City 1924 Birthday Telly Savalas, Garden City, New Jersey, actor, Acapulco, Kojak 1923 Birthday Elizabeth Sellars, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, Chalk Garden 1923 Birthday George H H Lascelles, English earl of Harewood/leader, Covent Garden 1920 Birthday Robert Hutton, Kingston, New York, actor, Torture Garden, Rocket 1918 Birthday W. Eugene Smith, U.S. photographer, Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden 1914 Event Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox) 1914 Birthday John J "John" Beautiful Garden, sculptor 1913 Birthday Vivian Fine, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Women in the Garden 1912 Birthday Edgar Evans, born in Cardiganshire, Wales, tenor, singer, founder of Covent Garden Opera Company, performed more than 45 roles 1911 Event RS Hichens and M Hudsons "Garden of Allah," premieres in New York City 1911 Event Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway New York City 1910 Birthday Dorothy Stroud, garden historian 1909 Event Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, New York City 1908 Event Frederick Delius' "In a Summer Garden," premieres 1906 Death Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit 1904 Birthday Tilly Losch, Vienna Austria, actress, Garden of Allah 1904 Birthday Set Svanholm, Vasteras Sweden, tenor, London Convent Garden 1948-57 1902 Event 8th U.S. Golf Open: Laurie Auchterlonie shoots a 307 at Garden City NY 1900 Event 1st U.S. automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (New York City) 1900 Event 1st-ever U.S. auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in New York City 1900 Birthday Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic, Garden of Eros 1898 Birthday Virginia Valli, McSweeney, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Pleasure Garden 1897 Event 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden 1896 Event 1st U.S. women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden 1889 Birthday Enid Bagnold, novelist, Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit 1888 Birthday Kathrin Mansfield, New Zealand writer, Aloe, Garden Party 1883 Event 1st New York Horse Show held (Madison Square Garden) 1879 Event Madison Square Garden opens 1879 Event Gilmore Garden (New York City) renamed Madison Square Garden 1879 Event 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Square Garden, New York City) 1874 Birthday Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star 1858 Event Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London 1856 Event Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire 1850 Birthday Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities 1849 Birthday Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book, My Secret Garden 1835 Birthday Alfred Austin, Leeds England, poet laureate of England, Garden 1830 Event Charles Durant, 1st U.S. aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, New York City to Perth Amboy, New Jersey 1823 Death John P Kemble, English actor and director (Covent Garden), dies at 66 1808 Event Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire 1795 Event Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England 1791 Birthday Jan D Zocher, Jr., Dutch garden architect, Vondelpark, Amsterdam 1783 Event Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London 1768 Birthday Dolley Madison, born in New Garden, North Carolina, wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison, First Lady of the United States, 1809 - 1817, acted as First Lady for Thomas Jefferson, portrait appears on United States Mint 1/2 ounce $10 gold coins 1757 Birthday John P Kemble, England, actor and director, Drury Lane, Covent Garden 1710 Birthday Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor, garden sculptures 1605 Birthday Thomas Browne, British writer, Garden of Cyrus 1516 Death Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66 1400 Birthday Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor, Madonna of Rose Garden 1292 Death Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
