Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1988 18th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:07
1988 19th New York City Marathon won by Steve Jones in 2:08:20
1988 Japan and MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7)
1988 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1988 Steve Jones wins New York men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title
1986 Houston's Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young
1986 Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill
1986 Reverend Donald Wildmon begins a campaign against Howard Stern
1985 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) -Challenger 9- lands at Edwards AFB
1985 Exploratory well at Ranger Tx, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil
1985 M-19 guerrilla's occupies Palace of Justice Bogota Colombia
1985 Space shuttle Challenger lands at Edwards AFB California
1984 President Reagan (R) landslide (won 49 states) re-election over Mondale (D)
1984 Willie Hernandez wins AL MVP Award
1983 Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Sports Nippon Team Match Golf Tournament
1983 Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB, California
1983 Tor Bay Buccaneers James Wilder rushes for 219 yards vs Minnesota Vikings
1983 Turkey Turgut zals Moederland party wins elections
1982 Joe Altobelli succeeds Earl Weaver as Oriole manager
1981 Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award
1981 Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Ayatolla Khomeini takes over in Iran
1978 Iranian general Gholan Reza Azhari forms government
1978 Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule
1977 "Hair" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 43 performances
1977 1st Emmy Sports Award presentation
1977 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga
1976 Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP
1976 Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years
1975 "Hello, Dolly" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 51 performances
1975 1st appearance of Sex Pistols
1974 Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award
1973 Abe Beame eleceted 1st Jewish mayor on New York City
1973 Coleman Young elected mayor of Detroit
1971 "Great Harp" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 7 performances
1971 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
1970 Boog Powell wins AL MVP
1970 Twins Jim Perry wins AL Cy Young Award
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 1st Cy Young Award tie (Mike Cuellar, Baltimore and Denny McLain, Detroit)
1968 Nixon elected 37th President of U.S., defeating Hubert Humphrey
1968 Students of San Francisco State Counsel go on strike
1967 Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curaeao, kills 15
1967 U.S. launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9
1966 1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC)
1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Amarillo Ladies' Golf Open
1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 launched
1965 Bill Graham (later to become America's biggest promoter) puts on his first show at Fillmore West, with Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane
1964 WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote
1962 Edward M. Kennedy 1st elected Senator
1962 Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts
1962 Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more
1962 Saudi Arabia proclaims abolishing slavery
1962 U.N. General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa
1961 U.S. government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1958 AL announces that Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959
1958 Belgium government of Eyskens and Lilar forms
1958 Wilber Snyder beats V Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ
1957 "Rumple" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 45 performances
1957 Felix Gaillard becomes premier of France
1956 Holland and Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary
1956 President Eisenhower (R) re-elected defeating Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
1955 11th Ryder Cup: U.S., 8-4 at Thunderbird Ranch and CC California
1955 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1953 French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy
1953 Jimmy Dykes succeeds Marty Marion as manager of Baltimore Orioles
1953 Masao Oki's symphony "Atomic Bomb," premieres
1952 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's cantata "About our Fatherland," premieres
1950 Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as Vice President/General Manager of Pittsburgh Pirates
1950 Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River, North Korea
1950 King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India
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