Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov, resigns
1989 Germans begins demolishing Berlin Wall
1988 China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938
1988 MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7)
1988 New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes
1988 Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award
1987 Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win NL Cy Young Award
1986 Bangladesh Constitution restored
1985 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1984 Australia all out 76 vs. West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
1984 Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to Md 42-40
1984 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood
1983 "Amen Corner" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 83 performances
1983 Federal government shut down
1982 IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankrupcy
1982 Susan Cooper/Hume Cronyns "Foxfire," premieres in New York City
1981 "Oh, Brother!" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 3 performances
1981 Ernest Thompson's "West Side Waltz," premieres in New York City
1980 Poland acknowledges Solidarity union
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1978 Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks
1978 Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 Yankees trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath and Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison and Griffin
1977 Amsterdam: RAF-terrorists Gert Schneider/Christof Wackernagel arrested
1977 Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City)
1976 Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore
1975 Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior
1975 PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City
1975 Royals release slugger Harmon Killebrew, ending his 22-year career
1975 U.N. General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism
1974 2nd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets even series at 1 with 26-20 OT win
1974 Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 11-0
1971 Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP
1971 U.S. table tennis team arrived in China
1970 "2 by 2" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 343 performances
1970 Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched
1970 R Rodgers/M Charnins musical "Two by Two," premieres in New York City
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV
1968 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
1968 Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar and return flight
1968 Portuguese socialist Mario Soares freed
1967 'Paris Love-In', a two-day event in the French capital, begins, featuring Spencer Davis Group, Keith West and Soft Machine
1967 KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Jack Lynch becomes Irish premier
1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon
1965 Manneke Piss statue stolen in Brussels
1965 Netherlands 2nd Chamber accept marriage princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg
1964 "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 15 performances
1964 Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium
1963 Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545
1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open
1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances
1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 Corinne Rottschaeffer elected Miss World
1958 Bertolt Brecht's "Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo o Ui," premieres
1958 WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 NFL record crowd (102,368), '49ers vs Rams in LA
1957 Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0
1956 Gene de Paul/John Meyer's musical "Li'l Abner," premieres in New York City
1955 "Vamp" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 60 performances
1954 Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising U.S. flag) dedicated in Arlington
1954 Lieutenant Colonel John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled
1953 Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised)
1952 Trygve Halvdan Lie resigns as 1st secretary-genraal of UN
1951 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance
1950 After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau
1950 Clifford Odet's "Country Girl," premieres in New York City
1950 Jacobo Arbenz Guzman elected President of Guatemala
1950 Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner
1950 Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar
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