In the wake of 9/11
Sports came to a standstill Tuesday in the wake of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, with major league baseball postponing a full schedule of regular-season games for the first time since D-Day in 1944. (Ronald Blum, "A Sad, Sad Day")
In an Associated Press article titled "A Sad, Sad Day," Ronald Blum notes that "Sports came to a standstill Tuesday in the wake of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, with major league baseball postponing a full schedule of regular-season games for the first time since D-Day in 1944."