View Events by Decade: 1960 Month Day ^Year Event February 23 1960 June 5 1960 The 1960 Commencement Exercises - I Like Ike and Pope The 1960 Commencement exercises included President Eisenhower, future Pope Paul VI, and Dr. Tom Dooley. Keywords: tom dooley , president eisenhower , commencement , graduation , father sorin , south quad , stadium , pope paul vi , cardinal montini , father hesburgh , west point
December 2 1960 December 10 1960 February 9 1962 April 17 1962 September 18 1963 October 18 1963 May 7 1964 March 24 1965 October 9 1965 ND's only game in Shea Stadium Months after the Beatles would run out onto the field of Shea Stadium, Notre Dame would play Army in yet another New York baseball stadium. Keywords: football , army , shea stadium , baseball stadium , ara parseghian , bill zloch , tom schoen , richard nixon , president , polo grounds , yankee stadium , ebbets field
October 23 1965 September 24 1966 October 22 1966 November 18 1966 The Michigan State Undercard The night before the famous 10-10 tie game of the century, the two freshman squads faced off in Spartan Stadium. Keywords: freshman football , michigan state , ara parseghian , tom gores , nick furlong , larry schumacher , don reid , ed ziegler , bobby olson , mike mccoy , steve garvey , bubba smith
November 19 1966 Game of the Century III: Michigan State #1 Notre Dame would travel to #2 Michigan State for a matchup that had been circled on everyone's calendar. Keywords: football , michigan state , ara parseghian , tie , one versus two , game of the century , purdue , southern cal , nick eddy , terry hanratty , coley obrien , joe azzaro , tom schoen
November 15 1967 November 17 1967 Joe Thiesmann Leads the Freshman Joe Theismann would give his arm a workout bringing the team to victory on a day when both team's kickers would have trouble. Keywords: freshman football , pittsburgh , joe theismann , tom eaton , ernie jackson , tony capers , terry hanratty , jim seymour , bob wack , denny allan , craig stark , ron johnson , jim sheahan , mike kondrla , jim wright
November 23 1968 November 30 1968 The highest rated ABC game The past two games looked at Notre Dame setting records and making record comebacks. Today's game set a record not on the field, but in homes around the country. Keywords: football , southern cal , ara parseghian , terry hanratty , joe theismann , oklahoma , purdue , texas , cotton bowl , coley obrien
December 1 1968 ACC opens Replacing the old Fieldhouse, the new Athletic Convocation Center is opened with a week of festivities. Keywords: acc , jacc , athletic convocation center , basketball , volleyball , womens basketball , hockey , rolfs aquatic center , father ned joyce , the pit , elvis presley , frank sinatra , elton john , u2 , boxing , streak , bill cosby , andy williams , president ford , president carter , president reagan , president bush , president obama
December 7 1968 ACC opened & dedicated against UCLA UCLA comes to South Bend for the first time to help open and dedicate the brand new Athletic Convocation Center. Keywords: acc , jacc , ucla , athletic convocation center , austin carr , bob whitmore , john wooden , lew alcinder , kareem abdul-jabbar , pittsburgh , georgia tech
February 17 1969 November 15 1969 November 18 1969
