<Li> The very first event held at the third Garden was a bicycle race held from November 24 to the 29th, several weeks before the official opening of the arena . </Li> <Li> Although MSG III never hosted a national political convention (see below), in 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt continued a tradition begun in 1892 by Grover Cleveland when 22,000 people came to a rally held to support him in his bid for the U.S. presidency . In 1936, Roosevelt delivered his last campaign speech before that year's election there . </Li> <Li> On March 15, 1937, a massive "Boycott Nazi Germany" rally was held in the Garden, sponsored by the American Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labor Committee . John L. Lewis of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and New York City mayor Fiorello LaGuardia were among the speakers . </Li> <Li> Ice skater and film star Sonia Henie brought her Hollywood Ice Review to the Garden in 1938, drawing more than 15,000 fans . </Li>

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