1989 Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" and "Ou Est Le Soleil"
1987 1st condom commercial on BBC TV
1986 Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World
1986 NASA launches space vehicle S-199
1986 U.S. president Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran
1985 Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award
1985 Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000
1984 David Levy finds his 1st comet
1984 Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award
1983 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1982 Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim fatally injured when KOed by Ray Mancini
1982 Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington D.C.
1981 Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains"
1980 U.S. spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn
1980 Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 British newspaper "Times" resumes publishing after 1 year
1979 Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for president
1979 Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL
1978 NASA launches HEAO
1977 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot
1977 Final Al Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77)
1977 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
1975 "Musical Jubilee" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 92 performances
1974 Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP
1973 "Gigi" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 103 performances
1973 Oakland A's Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously
1971 Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet, Mars
1970 Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh
1970 Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed
1970 Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following military coup
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias and distortion
1968 Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP
1967 NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle and Kansas City
1966 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open
1965 "Skyscraper" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 248 performances
1965 "Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89
1964 Bob Petit (St. Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points
1964 Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor
1961 WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain)
1960 Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Swedish actress May Britt
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1958 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League
1956 Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses
1955 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba
1955 Argentine General Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president
1953 Dmitri Shostakovich' 4th String Quartet, premieres
1952 False fingernails 1st sold
1952 KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan)
1950 U.S. win 1st world championship bridge contest
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