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Prior to a doubleheader against Dartmouth on May 4, 1997, the field was dedicated to Joseph J. O'Donnell, Harvard class of 1967. O'Donnell played baseball and football at Harvard, captaining the baseball team during his senior season. He donated $2.5 million to the baseball program in 1995, allowing it to hire a head coach on a full-time basis. [5]
In protest of the Vietnam War and Harvard's connections to it, students occupied University Hall on the night of April 8 to 9, 1969, forcing out Harvard officials and staff. In the early morning hours of April 10 the occupiers were ejected and some 100 to 300 persons arrested; about 50 were injured.
[5] [6] The 1969 contest remains the last All-Star Game to date to be played earlier than prime time in the Eastern United States. President Richard Nixon originally planned to attend the Tuesday night game and throw out the first ball , and then depart for the splashdown of Apollo 11 in the Pacific Ocean. [ 5 ]
Harvard Stadium was constructed on 31 acres (13 ha) of land known as Soldiers Field, donated to Harvard University by Henry Lee Higginson in 1890 as a memorial to Harvard men who had died in the Civil War (1861–1865). [9] The structure, similar in shape to the Panathenaic Stadium, was completed in just 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 months, costing $310,000 ...
Division 1 baseball playoff opener between Harvard-Westlake and Palos Verdes is suspended because of darkness. Harvard-Westlake and Palos Verdes scoreless after 13 innings, forcing game to resume ...
That record, plus his 1,919 games caught over 19 seasons as one of MLB's premier catchers of the 1930s and 1940s, earns López a 1977 berth in the Baseball Hall of Fame. May 4 – At Anaheim Stadium , in only the 25th game in Kansas City Royals history, Bob Oliver goes 6-for-6 with a home run and a double in the Royals' 15–1 drubbing of the ...
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Harvard Yard is the oldest and among the most prominent parts of the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The yard has a historic center and modern crossroads and contains most of the freshman dormitories, Harvard's most important libraries, Memorial Church, several classroom and departmental buildings, and the offices of senior university officials, including the President ...