1989 "Gypsy" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 477 performances
1989 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops
1989 South Africa President FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act
1988 Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years
1988 Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs
1988 Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson
1988 Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins parliamentary election
1988 Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel
1987 Actress Lisa Bonet marries singer Lenny Kravitz
1987 Paul McCartney releases "Once Upon a Long Ago"
1984 14th Shuttle Mission (51A) -Discovery 2- lands at Kennedy Center
1984 Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record
1984 Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket
1984 John Lennon releases "Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him"
1983 Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose
1982 5th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 5-lands at Edwards AFB
1982 Aggrement reached ending 57 day football strike
1982 Space Shuttle Columbia completes its 1st operational flight
1982 Tom Stoppard's "Real Thing," premieres in London
1981 "Merrily We Roll Along" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances
1981 Dennis Lillee kicked Javed Miandad, who waved his bat at Dennis
1981 Luke marries Laura on General Hospital (16 million watch)
1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneer quarterback Doug Williams throws for 486 yards
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"
1978 Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft
1977 Rod Carew wins AL MVP award
1976 Rene Levesque's "Parti Quebecois" wins elections in Quebec
1976 Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Jacksonville Ladies Golf Open
1974 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away
1974 John Lennon's only solo #1 "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
1974 Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record)
1973 John Lennon releases "Mind Games" album
1973 President Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline
1973 Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit
1972 "Dear Oscar" opens at Playhouse Theater New York City for 5 performances
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai South Vietnam, by U.S. is 1st reported
1966 Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury
1966 Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente is named NL MVP
1965 Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus)
1965 Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
1964 Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission
1964 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1963 Toledo, OH newspaper strike began
1963 Touch-tone telephone introduced
1962 Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic)
1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 73 points vs New York Knicks
1961 Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries
1960 NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 "Sound of Music" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 1443 performances
1957 "Copper and Brass" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 36 performances
1957 Celtic Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds beat Philadelphia 111-89
1957 Okla's NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame 7-0
1955 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D M Campbell)
1955 Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with "Cry Cry Cry"
1955 KLM orders 8 DC-8's
1955 Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussuph V returns to Morocco
1952 Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election
1950 Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops
1950 U.N. gets U.S. government approval to issue postage stamps
1950 U.S. President Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat
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