Boston in History (Part 3)

Historical Events

Events 201 - 300 of 400

• 1915-09-18 Boston Braves trounce St Louis Cardinals 20-1
• 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
• 1918-08-01 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Boston Braves, 2-0, in 21 innings
• 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 Christy Mathewson becomes President of Boston Braves
• 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 Socks baseball team
• 1927-04-13 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, in 2 games & 2 ties
• 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
• 1928-11-20 Boston Gardens opens, Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0
• 1929-03-29 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep NY Rangers in 2 games
• 1930-03-28 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)
• 1930-04-03 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 2 games
• 1930-12-13 George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him
• 1932-07-09 Washington Redskins (then Boston Braves) formed
• 1932-10-02 Washington Redskins (as Boston Braves) play 1st NFL game, lose 14-0
• 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, included a HR
• 1935-05-25 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs 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
• 1935-09-30 Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" premieres in Boston
• 1936-01-30 New owners of Boston Braves ask newspapermen to pick a new nickname
• 1936-07-07 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston
• 1936-08-06 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson and Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs
• 1936-09-28 Brooklyn & Boston play a penalty free NFL game
• 1936-12-13 Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Packers 21-6, move to Washington, D.C.
• 1937-02-13 NFL Boston Redskins move to Washington, D.C.
• 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
• 1937-10-25 Casey Stengel signs to manage Boston Bees
• 1938-02-11 Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to win National Boxing Association world heavyweight title
• 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: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1
• 1939-06-27 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings
• 1940-05-14 Boston's Jimmie Foxx HR goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof
• 1940-05-24 NY Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds
• 1941-01-01 7th Sugar Bowl: #4 Boston College beats #6 Tennessee, 19-13
• 1941-04-12 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
• 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: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
• 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
• 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
• 1948-01-09 Walter Piston's 3rd Symphony in E, premieres in Boston
• 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
• 1950-08-11 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
• 1952-06-14 Boston Brave Warren Spahn strikes out 18 Cubs in 15 innings
• 1952-09-15 Braves last game in Boston's Braves Field before move to Milwaukee
• 1953-01-31 New York, Cleveland, & Boston retaliate at Bill Veeck, forcing the Browns to play afternoon games to avoid sharing TV revenues
• 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 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
• 1953-03-18 NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
• 1953-04-16 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
• 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.
• 1954-10-30 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
• 1954-12-23 The first human kidney transplant is performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1955-05-02 WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 201 - 286 of 286

• 1949-08-15 Kate Taylor, American singer-songwriter (It's in His Kiss), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1949-08-17 Sib Hashian, 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
• 1950-11-21 Livingston Taylor, rocker (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, rock guitarist (Boston), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1952-02-03 Fred Lynn, baseball outfielder (Boston, California, Baltimore), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1953-06-20 Brian J Duffy, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 45, 57, 72, sk:92), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1953-09-16 Lenny Clarke, 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, actor (48 Hours, Rent-a-Cop, Cotton Club), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1954-05-05 Angelo Kimball, rock guitarist (Face To Face), 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 (Brothers Keeper), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
• 1957-05-25 Hillary Bailey Smith, actress (Nora-One Life to Live), 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
• 1959-05-06 Kate Collins, actress (Natalie Hunter-All My Children), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1961-07-26 Gary Cherone, American heavy metal vocalist (Extreme, Van Halen), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1962-04-02 Clark Gregg, American actor and director (Agent Phil Coulson), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1962-08-13 John Slattery, American actor (Mad Men, The Adjustment Bureau), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1963-03-10 Jasmine Guy, actress (Whitley-Different World), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1963-04-04 Anthony Clark, American actor and comedian (Boyd Pritchett-Boston Common), born in Lynchburg, Virginia
• 1963-07-24 Paul Geary, heavy metal drummer (Extreme-More Than Words), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1963-11-19 Justine Greiner, playmate (February, 1984), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1964-03-19 Barbara Lynch, American restaurateur (The Barbara Lynch Gruppo), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1964-04-06 Bill Brooks, American NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1965-02-03 Maura Tierney, actress (Lisa-Newsradio), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1965-03-17 Caitlin Bilodeaux, US fencer (Olympic-92), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1965-04-06 Black Francis [Charles Thompson IV], American singer and songwriter (Pixies, Frank Black), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1966-03-03 Wendy Fletcher, WPVA volleyballer (National-5th-1993), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1966-03-09 Michael Patrick MacDonald, Irish-American activist against crime and violence and author (All Souls: A Family Story From Southie), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1966-06-14 Traylor Howard, actress (Joy Byrnes-Boston Common), born in Orlando, Florida
• 1966-09-27 Stephanie D Wilson, astronaut, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1966-10-31 Mike O'Malley, American actor (The Mike O'Malley Show), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1967-08-22 Ant [Anthony Steven Kalloniatis], American comedian, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1967-09-18 Ricky Bell, rock vocalist (New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1967-11-17 Ronnie Devoe, vocals (New Edition, Bell Div Devoe-Candy Girl), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1968-03-06 Connie Britton, actress (Nikki-Spin City), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1968-04-14 Anthony Michael Hall, American actor (SNL, Breakfast Club), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1968-05-16 Ralph Tresvant, singer (New Editon), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1968-05-27 Jeff Bagwell, infielder (Houston Astros), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1968-06-04 Scott Wolf, actor (Broken Arrow, Party of 5), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1968-08-10 Michael Bivins, rock vocalist (New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1969-05-14 Danny Wood, American musician (New Kids), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1969-05-17 Paige Turco, actress (Melanie-Guiding Light), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1969-06-13 Jamie Walters, American actor and singer (The Heights, Beverly Hills 90210), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1969-08-16 Becky Delos Santos, playmate (April, 1994), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1969-08-17 Donald E Wahlberg Jr, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1969-08-18 Edward Norton, American actor (American History X), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1969-12-07 Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian, born in Boston (d. 2011)

• 1971-04-03 Peter Schwab, American rower (Olympics 1996), born in Boston, Massachusetts

• 1971-06-25 Michael Tucker, American baseball outfielder (KC Royals), born in South Boston, Virginia
• 1971-09-13 Ted Drury, US hockey forward (Olympics 1994), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1971-10-30 Edward "Ted" Murphy, rower (Olympic 5th 1996), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1971-11-13 John Francis Zingg, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1971-11-21 Dahlia Salem, actress (Sofia Carlino-Another World), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1972-03-28 Jonathan Edwards, doubles luger (Olympics 1994), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1972-04-21 Lori Flick, Miss America-Massachusetts (1997), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1972-06-28 Alessandro Nivola, American actor, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1972-10-14 Erika de Lone, tennis star (1996 Futures-Wilmington DE), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1972-10-24 Louis Michael Anthony Sassin, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1973-02-24 James Michael Kennedy, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1974-01-25 Jonathan Bryan Colling, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1974-08-20 Misha Collins, American actor (Supernatural), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1974-08-29 Brad Boston, soling sailor (Olympics 1996), born in Sarnia, Ontario
• 1974-08-30 Rich Cronin, US singer songwriter (Lyte Funkie Ones), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1975-01-10 Shannon Kavanaugh, rocker (Ivory Soul), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1975-02-19 Paul Frey, dance skater (& Ponte-1995 Eastern Jr champ), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1978-05-11 Richard Spencer, American white supremacist, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1980-05-16 Michael Ryan, American ice hockey player and coach (Springfield Thunderbirds), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1980-12-30 Eliza Dushku, actress (This Boy's Life, True Lies, Journey), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1981-02-20 Adrián Lamo, American threat analyst and hacker (NYT, Yahoo!, Microsoft) who reported Chelsea Manning to the FBI, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2018)
• 1982-05-01 Katya [Brian McCook] American drag queen, comedian and TV performer (The Trixie and Katya Show), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1982-05-09 Rachel Boston, American actress
• 1982-11-11 Lil' Dave, [Davis Shelton], rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1983-04-27 Ari Graynor, American actress (The Sopranos), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1984-06-21 Jujubee [Airline Inthyrath], American drag queen and TV performer (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1987-04-11 Michelle Phan, American Vietnamese make-up vlogger and entrepreneur, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1988-06-07 Milan Lucic, Canadian Hockey player (Boston Bruins)
• 1996-05-24 Matthew Eappen, baby killed by nanny Louise Woodward, born in Boston, Massachusetts

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