Boston in History (Part 3)

Historical Events

Events 201 - 300 of 410

• 1915-08-18 Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1
• 1916-06-16 Boston Brave's Tom Hughes 2nd no-hitter beats Pitts, 2-0

• 1916-06-21 Boston Rube Forster no-hits NY Yankees, 2-0
• 1916-07-14 St Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitches all 17 inns in a 0-0 tie vs Boston
• 1916-08-30 Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0
• 1916-10-02 Pitching in his 3rd start in 5 days, Philadelphia Phillies right hander Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 20th century MLB record 16th shutout of year, a 2-0 win v Boston Braves
• 1918-08-01 Pittsburgh and Boston Braves play a MLB record 20 scoreless innings before Pirates win, 2-0 in 21
• 1919-01-15 Two million gallons of molasses flood Boston Massachusetts in the "Great Molasses Flood" when a storage tank burst, drowning 21 and injuring 150
• 1919-09-09 Boston's police force strikes
• 1919-12-10 NY, Boston, & Chicago, oppose AL resolution accusing Ban Johnson of overstepping his duties
• 1920-05-01 Longest MLB game by innings - Brooklyn Robins tie the Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings
• 1921-09-15 WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions
• 1923-02-20 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson becomes President and owner of Boston Braves; buys the team for $300,000 with NY attorney Judge Emil Fuchs and Bostonian James McDonough
• 1924-01-12 History of Science Society organized at Boston
• 1924-07-17 St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
• 1924-09-24 Boston, Massachusetts, opens its airport


• 1925-07-04 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses
• 1926-05-08 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park, home of Boston Red Sox baseball team
• 1927-04-13 Stanley Cup Final, Ottawa Auditorium, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, 3-1 for a 2-0-2 series win
• 1927-05-09 52nd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 2:01.6
• 1927-05-17 Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings
• 1927-05-18 Ritz Hotel opens in Boston
• 1928-09-29 Cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 win at Boston
• 1928-10-12 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)
• 1928-11-17 Boston Garden officially opens

• 1929-03-29 Stanley Cup Final, Madison Square Garden: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 2-1 for a 2-0 series sweep; Boston's first Championship
• 1930-03-28 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)
• 1930-04-03 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4-3 for a 2-0 series sweep and their 3rd Championship

• 1932-07-09 Washington Redskins (then Boston Braves) formed
• 1932-10-02 Washington Redskins (as Boston Braves) play franchise's debut NFL game; lose 14-0 to Brooklyn Dodgers at Braves Field

• 1934-09-18 St Louis Brown Bobo Newsom loses no-hitter to Boston in 10, 2-1

• 1935-04-16 Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, includes a HR


• 1935-05-25 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs in Pittsburgh, Boston Braves still lose the game 11–7 to the Pirates
• 1935-06-27 Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ
• 1935-06-30 Danno O'Mahoney beats Ed George in Boston, to become wrestling champ
• 1935-09-22 Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115

• 1935-11-03 Philadelphia Eagles beat Boston Redskins, 7-6 at Fenway Park; respective quarterbacks combine to throw an NFL record 11 interceptions
• 1936-01-30 New owners of baseball's Boston Braves survey newspaper journalists to pick a new team nickname; known as 'Bees' in 1940 but return to 'Braves' in 1941
• 1936-07-07 4th MLB All Star Game, Braves Field, Boston: After losing the first 3 AS Games, NL wins 4-3, 4 different Cubs players score the runs
• 1936-09-27 Boston Redskins and Brooklyn Dodgers play one of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Boston wins 14-3 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn

• 1937-02-13 Boston Redskins receive approval from NFL to move to Washington, D.C; to share baseball's Griffith Stadium with first Washington Senators of the American League
• 1937-08-18 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA)
• 1937-09-08 Yankees trailing 6-1 in 9th, score 8 to beat Boston 9-6

• 1938-06-11 Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0
• 1938-06-19 Reds Johnny Vander Meer extends his string of hitless baseball innings to 21 2/3 before Debs Garms singles for Boston in 4th
• 1939-02-24 Roy Harris' 3rd Symphony premieres in Boston
• 1939-04-16 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1 for a 4-1 series win; first best-of-7 SC Final series
• 1939-06-27 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Bees, 2-2 in 23 innings; called on account of darkness after 5 hours 15 minutes

• 1940-05-24 NY Giants swat Boston Bees, 8-1, in 1st night game at Polo Grounds, NYC
• 1941-01-01 7th Sugar Bowl: #4 Boston College beats #6 Tennessee, 19-13
• 1941-04-12 Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Boston Bruins defeat Detroit Red Wings, 3-1 for a 4-0 series sweep
• 1942-11-28 492 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston
• 1943-01-01 9th Orange Bowl: #10 Alabama beats #8 Boston College, 37-21
• 1943-04-08 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Detroit Red Wings beat Boston Bruins, 2-0 for a 4-0 series sweep and their 3rd SC Championship
• 1944-01-27 Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, & Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves
• 1944-04-27 Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-0
• 1944-05-15 Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0
• 1944-06-22 Boston Brave Jim Tobin 2nd no-hitter of yr beats Phils, 7-0 in 5 inn
• 1945-09-01 Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Vince DiMaggio smashes his 4th grand slam of season, tying NL record, in an 8-3 win v Boston Braves
• 1946-04-23 Brooklyn Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
• 1946-05-11 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)
• 1946-07-09 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
• 1947-06-18 Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
• 1947-08-20 Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time
• 1947-09-01 Infielder Jack Lohrke hits NY Giants' 183rd homer of season in 2-1 win v Boston Braves; breaks NY Yankees MLB mark of 182 set in 1936
• 1948-01-09 Walter Piston's 3rd Symphony in E, premieres in Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra; conducted by Serge Koussevitzky; wins 1947 Pulitzer Prize
• 1948-06-09 WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1948-06-21 WNAC (now WHDH) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1948-09-06 "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" opens at Century Theater NYC for 12 performances
• 1948-09-16 "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" closes at Century NYC after 12 performances
• 1948-09-26 Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914
• 1948-10-11 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, 4 games to 2 in 45th World Series

• 1950-01-17 The Great Brinks Robbery - 11 men rob $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities from armored car company Brink's offices in Boston, Massachusetts

• 1950-04-18 Sam Jethroe is 1st African American to play for Boston Braves
• 1950-07-04 Boston Braves slugger Sid Gordon ties MLB season grand slam record (4) with a bases loaded hit vs Phillies
• 1950-08-11 Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Bkln Dodger, 7-0
• 1950-11-09 Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year
• 1951-05-06 Pitts Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0
• 1951-08-11 1st televised baseball game in color, on WCBS in New York City (Boston Braves beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 8-1)
• 1951-09-13 St Louis Cards beat NY Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at night lose to Boston Braves 2-0
• 1952-05-30 Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves
• 1952-09-15 Braves last game in Boston's Braves Field before move to Milwaukee

• 1953-03-03 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee
• 1953-03-18 MLB National League approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
• 1953-04-16 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 for a 4-1 series win
• 1953-06-07 1st color network telecast in compatible color (Boston Massachusetts)
• 1953-08-31 WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins
• 1954-03-04 Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful kidney transplant.

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 201 - 300 of 375

• 1932-12-07 Paul Caponigro, American photographer, born in Boston, Massachusetts

• 1933-11-15 Jack Burns, comedian (Burns & Schreiber), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1934-01-16 Richard Wernick, American composer (1977 Pulitzer Prize: Visions of Terror and Wonder), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1934-10-15 Peter Haskell, American actor (Bracken's World, Rituals), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2010)
• 1934-11-08 Roberta Hazard, American retired Rear Admiral (US Navy), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2017)
• 1934-11-15 Joanna Barnes, actress (Parent Trap, Spartacus, Goodbye Charlie), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1935-04-14 Joan Darling, American actress (Frieda-Owen Marshall), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1935-07-18 Tenley Albright, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1952, 56), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1935-08-19 F Story Musgrave, MD/astronaut (STS 6, 51-F, 33, 44, 61, 80), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1935-09-01 Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1973-2002), born in Mukden, Manchuria
• 1935-10-15 Willie O'Ree, Canadian former professional ice hockey player and the first black player in the National Hockey League (Boston Bruins), born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
• 1935-10-18 John B. Coleman, American hotel magnate (Ritz Carlton), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1936-02-04 Gary Conway, actor (Burke's Law, Land of the Giants), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1936-09-05 Jonathan Kozol, American writer and sociologist, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1937-05-04 Dick Dale [Richard Anthony Mansour], American guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d.2019)
• 1937-06-08 Bruce McCandless II, American aviator, electrical engineer and astronaut who made the 1st untethered space walk (STS 41B, STS-31), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2017)
• 1937-10-29 Michael Ponti, German pianist (Boston Competition 1964), born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
• 1938-02-20 Jack Bicknell, American football coach (Boston College, Barcelona Dragons), born in North Plainfield, New Jersey
• 1938-04-04 A. Bartlett Giamatti, American executive (MLB Commissioner 1989; President Yale University 1978-86), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1989)
• 1938-05-18 Janet Fish, Boston USA, American realist artist
• 1938-05-24 David Viscott, American psychiatrist and media personality, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
• 1938-08-24 David Freiberg, American rock bassist (Quicksilver Messenger, Jefferson Airplane/Starship - "Jane"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1938-11-07 Barry Newman, American film and television actor (Vanishing Point; Amy; Petrocelli), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1939-03-19 Joe Kapp, NFL quarterback (Minnesota Vikings, Boston Patriots, Houston Oilers)
• 1939-10-28 Jane Alexander, American actress (Betsy, Kramer vs Kramer), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1939-12-20 Bill Keith, American bluegrass and country banjoist, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
• 1940-01-27 Brian T O'Leary, astronaut, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1940-02-04 John Schuck, American actor (McMillan & Wife, Holmes & Yoyo), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1940-05-15 Paul Ryan Rudd, American stage and screen actor, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2010)
• 1940-12-02 Gerry Cheevers, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame goalie and broadcaster (longest undefeated streak-32 games 1972; Boston Bruins), born in St. Catharines, Ontario
• 1941-05-28 Beth Howland, actress (Vera - Alice, Company), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
• 1942-02-14 Michael Bloomberg, American philanthropist, politician, and CEO of Bloomberg L.P., born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1942-03-28 Daniel Dennett, American philosopher, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1942-07-13 Stephen Jo Bladd, rocker (J Geils Band-Centerfold), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1942-08-06 George Jung [Boston George], American convicted drug felon whose story was portrayed in the biopic "Blow", born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1942-09-29 Madeline Kahn, actress (Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1943-01-14 Ronald Hunter, American actor (Lazarus Syndrome), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1943-05-02 Regina Carrol, American actress (Jessi's Girl), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1992)
• 1943-11-07 Stephen Greenblatt, American literary historian and author (The Swerve: How the World Became Modern), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1944-02-03 Stephen Ross, American economist (arbitrage pricing theory), born in Boston, Massachusetts, (d. 2017)
• 1944-07-07 Warren Entner, rock vocalist/guitarist (Grass Roots), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1944-11-10 Dave Loggins, American singer (Please come to Boston), born in Mountain City, Tennessee
• 1945-06-26 Dwight York, Nuwaubian leader (Nuwaubian Nation), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1946-05-25 Janet Morris, American sci-fi author (Golden Sword, Tempus), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1946-06-06 [Anthony Frederick] Tony Levin, American bassist and Chapman Stick player (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1946-07-06 Jamie Wyeth, American artist (An American Vision-Boston), born in Wilmington, Delaware
• 1946-10-07 Anita Shreve, American writer (Weight of Water, Past the Island; Drifting), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2018)
• 1947-01-31 Jim Nollman, American theatre composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1947-03-07 Donna Loren, American singer and actress (Beach Blanket Bingo), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1947-03-10 Tom Scholz, American rock guitarist, singwriter, and inventor (Boston - "More Than a Feeling"), born in Toledo, Ohio
• 1947-03-27 Tom Sullivan, blind actor (If You Could See What I Hear), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1947-06-17 Christopher Allport, American actor (To Live and Die in L.A.), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2008)
• 1947-07-30 Jonathan Mann, American physician and AIDS activist, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
• 1947-08-29 Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1947-09-16 Dusty Hughes, English playwright, born in Boston, Lincolnshire
• 1948-03-12 James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Fire And Rain"; "You've Got A Friend"; "Shower The People"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1948-06-11 Stephen Schnetzer, American actor (Cass Winthrop-Another World), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1948-09-02 Christa McAuliffe, American teacher who died in Challenger space shuttle disaster, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1986)

• 1949-03-26 Fran Sheehan, American rock bassist (Boston - "More Than A Feeling"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1949-04-25 Watermelon Slim [William Homans], American blues musician (The Wheel Man), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1949-04-28 Paul Guilfoyle, American actor (CSI, Mrs. Doubtfire), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1949-05-03 Albert Sacco Jr., American chemical engineer and astronaut (STS 73), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1949-08-15 Kate Taylor, American singer and songwriter (It's In His Kiss), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1949-08-17 Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (Boston), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1950-05-11 John Kelly, American General, President Trump's Chief of Staff (2017-), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1950-08-11 Erik Brann, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2003), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1950-11-03 Karen Stives, American equestrian rider (Olympic gold team, silver individual 1984), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
• 1950-11-21 Livingston Taylor, American singer-songwriter (I Will Be In Love With You), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1951-06-07 Anne Twomey, American actress (Secret, Deadly Friend, Imagemaker), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1951-06-12 Brad Delp, American rock musician (lead singer of Boston and RTZ), born in Peabody, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
• 1951-11-29 Barry Goudreau, American rock guitarist (Boston - "More Than A Feeling"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1951-12-23 Johnny Contardo, American doo-wop singer (Sha Na Na), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1952-02-03 Fred Lynn, American baseball outfielder (Boston, California, Baltimore), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1952-09-24 Joseph P. Kennedy II, American politician (Rep-D-Massachusetts 1987-99), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1953-06-20 Brian J Duffy, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 45, 57, 72, sk:92), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1953-09-16 Lenny Clarke, American actor (Officer Hampton-John Larroquette Show), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1953-12-14 Joe Toplyn, comedic writer (Late Night with David Letterman), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1953-12-31 James Remar, American actor (48 Hours, Rent-a-Cop, Cotton Club), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1954-05-05 Angelo Kimball, American rock guitarist (Face To Face), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1954-11-16 Andrea Barrett, American novelist (Servants of the Map), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1955-02-07 Rolf Benirschke, NFL place kicker/TV host (Wheel of Fortune), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1955-03-02 Dale Bozzio, vocalist (Missing Persons-Destination Unknown), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1956-03-31 Bruce Sinofsky, American documentary film director (Brother's Keeper), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
• 1957-05-25 Hillary B. Smith, American actress (Nora-One Life to Live), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1957-12-04 Eric S. Raymond, American open source advocate, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1958-04-07 Alexandra Neil, actress (Rose-Guiding Light), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1958-08-22 Colm Feore, American actor (The Chronicles of Riddick), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1958-12-07 Edd Hall, American TV announcer (Jay Leno's The Tonight Show), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1959-05-06 Kate Collins, actress (Natalie Hunter-All My Children), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1959-06-25 Paris Themmen, American actor (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Mike Teevee), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1959-08-29 Timothy Perry Shriver, Chairman of Special Olympics and member of the Kennedy Family, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1960-09-16 Kurt Busiek, American comic book writer (Astro City), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1960-10-08 Reed Hastings, American businessman, entrepreneur and co-founder of Netflix, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1960-10-11 Joe Nash, American NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1961-07-24 Paul Geary, American heavy metal drummer (Extreme), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1961-07-26 Gary Cherone, American rock vocalist (Extreme - "More Than Words"; Van Halen), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1962-04-02 Clark Gregg, American actor and director (Agent Phil Coulson), born in Boston, Massachusetts

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