2015 Event California Governor Jerry Brown mandates a 25% cut in water usage, the first required water restriction in the state's history, as severe drought continues; earlier calls for a voluntary 20% reduction were not met 2014 Event Disney announces that it will buy Maker Studios for $500 million with an additional payout of $450 million if certain performance targets are met; purchase of the online video producer may help Disney expand marketing outlets for its media 2014 Event Stock shares of automaker Tesla rise above $200 after reports that Apple, Inc. executives met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in 2013 to potentially discuss an acquisition 1997 Event New York Met John Olerud hits for the cycle 1997 Death Rudolf Bing, opera manager (New York Met Opera), dies at 95 1996 Event New York Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 home runs by a catcher 1994 Event New York Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges 1993 Event New York Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games 1993 Event Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans 1993 Event New York Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight 1993 Event New York Met Anthony Young, loses his 26th straight game, goes to 27 1993 Event New York Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27) 1993 Event New York Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game 1993 Event New York Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs 1993 Event New York Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose 1992 Event New York Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter 1992 Event New York Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games 1992 Event New York Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 home runs 1991 Event New York Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies 1990 Event As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score 1990 Event 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally 1990 Event New York Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Alcohol rehab center 1989 Death Zinka Milanov, Met Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83 1989 Event Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing 1989 Event New York Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez 1988 Event 225 at bats after #299, Met Gary Carter is 59th to hit 300th home run 1988 Event New York Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st) 1987 Event New York Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman and Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play 1987 Birthday Milton J. Cross, born in New York City, TV announcer, Met Opera Auditions of the Air 1987 Event New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl 1987 Event Lisa files for separation from husband New York Met Darryl Strawberry 1987 Event Sir Rudolph Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass 1986 Event New York Met Dwight Gooden is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons 1986 Event Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue 1985 Event New York Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive home runs in a game 1985 Event Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d) 1985 Event Met Dwight Gooden strikes out 16 on way to his 13th consecutive win 1984 Event New York Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year 1984 Event New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s 1984 Event New York Met Dwight Goodin sets rookie strike out record at 251 1984 Event Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236 1984 Event Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200 1983 Event New York Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment 1982 Event New York Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game 1981 Event Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career home run off New York Met Mike Scott 1980 Event New York Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game 1976 Death Lily Pons, French/U.S. soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71 1975 Event New York Met Tom Seaver is 1st to strike out 200 in 8 consecutive seasons 1975 Event New York Met Felix Milan hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays 1975 Death Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87 1974 Event New York Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his 1st at bat 1973 Event Mariette Hartley appears on Bob Newhart in "Have You Met Miss Dietz" 1973 Event NLCS game 3 brawl between Cincinnatis' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson 1972 Event In Willie Mays 1st game as a New York Met his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4 1970 Event New York Met Tommy Agee hits for the cycle 1970 Event New York Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher 1970 Event New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19 1969 Death Giovanni Martinelli, Italian opera singer (New York Met), dies on 84th birthday 1969 Event Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a home run in World Series 1969 Event New York Met Ron Swoboda's spectacular diving catch of sinking liner with runners at 1st and 3rd in 9th, Mets win in 10th in World Series game 1969 Death Robert Lehman, U.S. multi-millionaire/director (Met Museum of Art), dies 1969 Death Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (New York Met), dies at 83 1968 Event New York Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack 1967 Event New York Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins hist 1st game 1967 Event New York Met Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1 1966 Birthday Anthony Young, U.S. baseball pitcher, New York Met, Chicago Cubs 1965 Event Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit 3 home runs in a game 1965 Event New York Met Casey Stengel wins his 3,000 game as manager 1963 Event Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit for cycle 1963 Event New York Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends 1963 Event New York Met Duke Snider hits his 400th home run 1963 Birthday Lenny Dykstra, centerfielder, New York Met, Philadelphia Phillies 1962 Event New York Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th home run in 3 games 1962 Birthday Kevin Mitchell, U.S. baseball outfielder, New York Met, San Francisco Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds 1961 Birthday Meg Ryan, Bethel, Connecticut, actress, When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns 1957 Death Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Met Opera), dies 1955 Death Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88 1955 Event Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (New York City) 1953 Event WTCN (now KARE) TV channel 11 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (MET) begins 1953 Event KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, Missouri (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Birthday Barry Sonnenfeld, director, When Harry Met Sally, Big, Misery 1949 Event KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, California (MET) begins broadcasting 1948 Event 1st opera to be televised, "Othello," broadcast from the Met (New York City) 1947 Event WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (MET) begins broadcasting 1946 Birthday Julian Barnes, England, writer, Before She Met Me 1945 Death Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79 1944 Birthday Tom Seaver, pitcher, New York Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young 1969, 1973, 1975 1944 Event WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in New York City (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast 1943 Event FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy 1943 Event Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference in Salzburg 1941 Birthday Mel Stottlemyre, Wash, pitcher, New York Yankee, pitching coach, New York Met 1940 Event Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time) 1937 Birthday Martina Arroyo, New York City, opera soprano, New York Met 1931 Event U.S. opera, "Peter Ibbetson," by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera New York City 1930 Birthday Roberta Peters, New York City, operatic soprano, New York Met 1928 Event Republican National Convention, met in KC, nominated Herbert Hoover 1927 Birthday Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor, New York Met 1967-71 1926 Birthday Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano, Met Opera 1924 Birthday Georges Pratre, Waziers France, conductor, New York Met 1918 Birthday Astrid Varnay, born in Stockholm, Sweden, soprano, Met Opera 1941-56 1913 Birthday Richard Tucker, Reuben Ticker, born in Brooklyn, New York, Tenor, New York Met Opera 1913 Birthday Licia Albanese, born in Bari, Italy, operatic soprano, New York Met Opera 1913 Birthday Rise Stevens, New York City, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera, actor, Going My Way 1910 Event 1st opera by an U.S. composer (Converse) performed at the Met, New York City 1907 Birthday Jarmila Novotna, soprano, Met Opera, President of Czechoslovakia, 1957-68 1904 Birthday Jan Peerce, Jacob Pincus Perelmuth, New York City, tenor, New York Met Opera 1900 Birthday Jennie Tourel, St. Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera 1943-47 1898 Event Championship wrestling match at Met turns into a brawl 1894 Event Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith 1890 Birthday Casey Stengel, baseball manager, Yankees, 1949 - 1960, New York Met's 1st 1885 Birthday Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer, New York Met 1860 Event 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin 1853 Event Women's Right's Convention met (New York City) 1785 Birthday Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero, "We have met the enemy" 1765 Event Stamp Act Congress met in New York, wrote declaration of rights and liberties
