History Tap No. 4: October 2, 2026

Round 1: landmark

Fenway Park

Opened in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 20, 1912.

• Fenway Park has hosted the World Series 11 times, with the Red Sox winning six of them and the Boston Braves winning one.
• Because of its age and constrained location in Boston's dense Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood, the park has many quirky features, including "The Triangle", Pesky's Pole, and the Green Monster in left field.
• It is the fifth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, and one of nine that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators.

Round 2: historic event

Constitutional Convention

Happened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 1787.

• While the Constitutional Convention has been the only Federal one, the fifty states have held 233 constitutional conventions.
• Most delegates did not arrive intending to draft a new constitution.
• Once the convention began, however, most of the delegates—though not all—came to agree in general terms that the goal would be a new system of government, not simply a revised version of the Articles of Confederation.

Round 3: pop culture, world

2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Happened in China, on February 4, 2022.

• The opening ceremony was directed by film director and producer Zhang Yimou, who has previously directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics, which was China's first time hosting the Olympics.
• The ceremony was also marked by diplomatic boycotts from certain countries among other concerns and controversies.
• The Games were officially opened by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and president of China.

Round 4: landmark

Redwood National Park

Established in California, on October 2, 1968.

• Located in Del Norte and Humboldt counties, the four parks protect the endangered coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)—the tallest, among the oldest, and one of the most massive tree species on Earth—which thrives in the humid temperate rainforest.
• Redwood forest originally covered more than 8,100 km2 (3,100 sq mi) of the California coast, and the region of today's parks largely remained wild until after 1850.
• The Gold Rush and attendant timber business unleashed a torrent of activity, adversely affecting the indigenous peoples of the area and supplying lumber to the West Coast.

Round 5: pop culture, world

2012 Summer Paralympics

Happened in United Kingdom, in 2012.

• In 1948, the village hosted the Stoke Mandeville Games—the first organised sporting event for athletes with disabilities, and a precursor to the modern Paralympic Games—to coincide with the opening of the 1948 Olympics in London.
• For the third Summer Paralympics in a row, China won the most medals overall, with a total of 231 (95 of them being gold), followed by Russia and Great Britain.
• The English village of Stoke Mandeville had previously co-hosted the 1984 Games with Long Island, New York, after the original host—the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign—withdrew due to financial difficulties.