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1986 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston

1979 J. R. Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome

1976 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium

1974 Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof

1968 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston

1965 Astrodome opens, 1st event is Judy Garland and Supremes concert

1965 Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola

1965 At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die

1965 1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0)

1965 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun

1962 Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome

1912 Roy Hofheinz, engineer, Houston Astrodome


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