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===1960s=== [[File:Astrodome scoreboard 1969.jpg|thumb|AstroTurf (pictured in the outfield) inside the [[Astrodome|Houston Astrodome]] during a June 7, 1969, contest between the [[Houston Astros]] and [[St. Louis Cardinals]]]] '''1964''' * The [[Moses Brown School]] in Providence, Rhode Island, installs ChemGrass.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.astroturf.com/about-us/history-timeline/ | title = History Timeline {{!}} AstroTurf | publisher = astroturf.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140104024728/http://www.astroturf.com/about-us/history-timeline/ | archive-date = January 4, 2014 |url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/highschool/bal-vafront1003,0,1917958.story|title=Topic Galleries|work= Baltimore Sun}}</ref> '''1966''' * First major installation of AstroTurf (ChemGrass) at the [[Houston Astrodome]] indoor stadium for the [[Houston Astros]]. The infield portion was in place before opening day in April; the outfield was installed in early summer. * First college football game on artificial turf is played Sept. 23 in the Astrodome, [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]] vs. [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]. '''1967''' * AstroTurf is first installed in an outdoor stadium—[[Memorial Stadium (Terre Haute)|Memorial Stadium]] at [[Indiana State University]] in [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre Haute]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-astroturf-1991235|title=How did Astroturf Become so Popular?|website=ThoughtCo}}</ref> '''1968''' * AstroTurf manufacturing facility opens in [[Dalton, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.astroturfusa.com/AboutAstroTurf.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212045959/http://www.astroturfusa.com/AboutAstroTurf.aspx|url-status=dead|title=About AstroTurf<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref> * First professional football game on artificial turf is played Sept. 9 at the Astrodome between the [[Houston Oilers]] and [[Kansas City Chiefs]] of the [[American Football League]]. '''1969''' * The backyard of ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' house between the service porch and garage and under [[List of The Brady Bunch characters#The Bradys' pets|Tiger]]'s kennel is covered with AstroTurf. According to script development notes, the installation firm hired by [[List of The Brady Bunch characters#Mike Brady|Mike Brady]] to lay the turf was owned by his college roommate, who had just started a landscaping business after returning from a combat tour in the [[Vietnam War]] with the [[18th Engineer Brigade (United States)|18th Engineer Brigade]]. In keeping with studio instructions, no direct mention of the war in Vietnam appeared in the script. The scene in which the installation takes place was ultimately cut, so never appeared in the series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legallysociable.com/2012/04/29/the-exterior-vs-the-interior-of-the-brady-bunch-house-and-architecture-in-tv-and-movies/|title=The exterior vs. the interior of the Brady Bunch house and architecture in TV and movies|date=April 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/chudnutt/2013/03/31/socio-cultural-analysis-the-brady-bunch/|title=Socio-cultural Analysis: The Brady Bunch | Social History of Television: Charlotte Hudnutt|website=blogs.lt.vt.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/20063/very-brady-post-6-secrets-brady-bunch-vault|title=A Very Brady Post: 6 Secrets from The Brady Bunch Vault|date=November 5, 2008|website=www.mentalfloss.com}}</ref> * AstroTurf is installed at [[Franklin Field]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. The first [[National Football League]] game on artificial turf, the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] vs. the [[Cleveland Browns]], is played Sept. 21.
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