August 1962: Bunny Grant wins Commonwealth lightweight boxing title at the National Stadium — the first event to be held there.

1962: CAC Games held at the National Stadium.

1968: Lennox Miller wins silver in the men’s 100 metres at the Olympic Games in Mexico City.

1969: Jamaica, led by Easton McMorris, win the regional four-day cricket championship, the Shell Shield for the first time.

1971: Jamaica wins 4×100 metres gold medal at Pan American Games with team members Alfred Daley, Don Quarrie, Carl Lawson, and Lennox Miller.

Miller also wins silver in the 100 metres.

1972: Jamaica beat Mexico 1-0 for the first time in international football, courtesy of a goal by Leonard ‘Chicken’ Mason. The match was played at the National Stadium.

1973: George Foreman and Joe Frazier fight for the Heavyweight Championship in ‘The Sunshine Showdown’ in Kingston. Foreman dominated the fight to win by technical knockout.

1976: Donald Quarrie wins gold in the 200 metres and silver in the 100 metres at the Montreal Olympics.

1976: Fast bowler Michael Holding takes a career best 14 for 149 in a Test match against England at The Oval in London.

1980: Merlene Ottey wins bronze medal at the Moscow Olympics.

1980: David Weller wins bronze in cycling time trial.

1983: Bert Cameron wins 400 metres title at the first World Athletic Championship in Helsinki, Finland

1988: Jamaica win regional cricket title for the second time.

1988: Jamaica stuns and impresses the world by entering a bobsleigh team at the Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

1989: Jamaica retain regional cricket title.

1995: Jamaica win regional cricket title.

1988: Grace Jackson wins silver in the 200 metres at the Los Angeles Olympics.

1992: Juliet Cuthbert wins silver in the 100 and 200 metres at the Barcelona Olympic Games.

1996: Dionne Hemmings wins gold at the Atlanta Olympic Games in the women’s 400-metre hurdles, the first by a Jamaican.

1998: Jamaica’s national football team qualifies for the World Cup in France for the first time.

2008: Usain Bolt wins sprint double at the Olympic Games in Beijing, smashing the world record in both events.

2008: Veronica Campbell Brown wins 200 metres at Beijing Games

2008: Shelly-Ann Fraser wins 100 metres at the Beijing Games.

2008: Melaine Walker wins 400 metres hurdles at the Beijing Games.

2008: Jamaica’s women win sprint relay at the Beijing Games.

2009: Usain Bolt wins 100 and 200 metres at the World Championship in Berlin, Germany, lowering the world record in both events.

2009: Shelly-Ann Fraser wins 100 metres at the World Championship in Berlin.

2009: Veronica Campbell wins 200 metres at the World Championship in Berlin.

2011: Yohan Blake wins 100 metres at World Championship in Daegu, South Korea.

2011: Usain Bolt wins 200 metres at World Championship in Daegu, South Korea

2011: Jamaica’s men’s 4×100 metres relay team win gold at Daegu World Championship.