Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights
1989 Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing banned Pete Rose
1989 Minn Timberwolves' 1st NBA game, loses to Seattle, 106-94
1988 Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane
1988 Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill
1988 Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew
1988 Talk-show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken as Roy Innis brawls with skinheads at TV taping
1987 Oakland 1st baseman Mark McGwire wins AL Rookie of Year
1987 On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56
1986 Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US
1986 Joaquim Chissano elected president Mozambique
1986 John Lennon releases "Menlove Avenue" album
1986 Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret U.S. arms sales to Iran
1986 Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US
1985 Argentine President Alfonsins Radical Burgerunie wins elections
1985 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament
1984 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India
1984 Body of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi cremated
1983 Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency
1983 Nashville Network begins on cable TV
1982 Detroit blocks 20 Cleveland Cav shots tying NBA regulation game record
1982 Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young
1981 Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award
1980 Ianford Wilsons "5th of July," premieres in New York City
1980 Walter Hass, Jr. becomes CEO of Oakland A's
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC
1979 63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. Embassy (Teheran, Iran)
1979 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic
1979 Marocco offensive against Polisario
1978 1st broadcast of "Diff'rent strokes" on NBC TV
1978 Dominica gains independence from U.K. and adopts constitution
1978 Michiko Okada wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
1978 U.S.S.R. and Vietnam sign peace and friendship treaty
1977 Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
1976 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf
1974 "Lorelei" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 320 performances
1974 Chako Higuchi wins Japan LPGA Golf Classic
1973 Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman and Nancy Dussault)
1973 Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, 1st mission to Mercury
1972 James Taylor marries Carly Simon
1971 "Play Misty For Me" premieres
1970 "President's Daughter" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 72 performances
1970 Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award
1970 President Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam
1970 Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium
1968 Bob Packwood is elected senator of Oregon
1968 Ex-premier Papandreou buried/300,000 demonstrate against fascist junta
1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Canyon Ladies Golf Classic
1968 New York Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21
1967 Boston's Jim Lonborg wins AL Cy Young
1965 Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously
1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater for president
1964 Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium
1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Cavern City Golf Open
1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 72 points vs Los Angeles Lakers
1961 General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general
1960 "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 532 performances
1960 Ivory Coast adopts constitution
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award
1960 Tammy Grimes' "Unsinkable Molly Brown," premieres in New York City
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election
1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1957 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit
1956 "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV)
1955 1st virus crystallized (announced)
1955 Alabama woman bruised by a meteor
1955 Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua
1955 Australia takes control of Cocos Islands
1955 Bernardus J Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht
1954 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize
1954 Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born and Walter Bothe
1953 1939 sacrifice fly rule restored: no time at bat for sac fly
1953 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (New York City)
1952 Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas
1952 Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
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