Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 "Meet Me in St. Louis" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 253 performances
1988 1st Mrs. America beauty pageant
1988 Computers virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and 6 universities
1988 Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash
1988 Walt Weiss wins AL rookie of year (3rd straight for Oakland A's)
1987 Entertainer Lola Falona is diagnosed with multiple schlerosis
1987 Harrison releases "Cloud 9" and McCartney releases "All the Best"
1986 16th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:06
1986 17th New York City Marathon won by Gianni Poli in 2:11:06
1986 Ayako Okamoto wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship
1985 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge
1984 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1983 Abp Hickey conducts papal investigation of Abp Hunthausen, Seattle
1983 President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L. King day
1982 Fire in Salung tunnel, Afghanistan, 1,000+ Russians die
1982 Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Peter Shaffers musical "Amadeus," premieres in London
1978 Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31
1978 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1978 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977 Phillies' Steve Carlton wins 2nd Cy Young Award
1976 Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford for president
1976 New Jersey voters approve gambling for Atlantic City
1976 San Diego Padre Randy Jones wins NL Cy Young
1975 Ed Giacomin as a Red Wing returns to Mad Sq Garden beats Rangers 6-4
1975 Summit in Houston opens - Rockets beat Milwaukee Bucks, 104-89
1974 Art Modell gets snowed in and misses his 1st Cleveland Brown game in 33 yrs
1974 Braves trade Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Dave May
1974 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1973 "Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS TV
1973 OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization) forms
1972 Construction begins on Kingdome, Seattle
1972 Phillies' Steve Carlton wins unanimous NL Cy Young Award
1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1971 "Great Harp" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 7 performances
1971 Orioles Pat Dobson no-hits Yomiuri Giants, 2-0
1970 Cleveland Cavaliers lose by biggest margin-54 pts (Philadelphia 141-87)
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA River Plantation Women's Golf Open
1969 NFL record of 12 passing touchdowns, New Orleans Billy Kramer and St. L Charlie Johnson pass for 6 touchdowns each
1968 "Her First Roman" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 17 performances
1967 The Move and their manager appear in court to answer a suit filed by Harold Wilson in response to picture of the prime minister used on a postcard to promote the single Flowers in the Rain The group is fined and all copies of the card are confiscated.
1966 KHSD TV channel 11 in Lead, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 CBS purchases 80% of Yankees for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20%
1964 Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi Arabia
1963 "Tambourines to Glory" opens at Little Theater New York City for 24 performances
1963 Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC vs. E African XI
1962 John F. Kennedy announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled
1961 "Kean" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances
1961 Max Frisch' "Andorra," premieres in Zurich
1960 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1960 George Weiss, at 66, resigns as General Manager of New York Yankees
1960 Penguin Books publishes "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
1960 Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 "Girls against the Boys" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances
1959 Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21," was fixed
1957 1st titanium mill opened, Toronto, Ohio
1956 Hungary appeals for United Nations assistance against Soviet invasion
1956 Israel captures Gaza and Sheham
1955 Clarton-Schwerdt and Schaffer discover polio virus
1955 David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government
1954 Charles C. Diggs, Jr. elected Michigan's 1st black congressman
1954 J. S. Thurmond is 1st senator elected by write-in vote (SC)
1954 Taiwan and U.S. sign military pact
1953 Pakistan becomes islamic republic
1950 "Barrier" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances
1950 Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP
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