Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 Cubs Jerome Walton wins the NL Rookie of Year
1989 David Dinkins elected 1st black mayor of New York City
1989 Douglas Wilder elected 1st U.S. black governor (Virginia)
1988 900 die as earthquake hits China
1988 Arco Arena in Sacramento, California opens, Sac Kings lose to Seattle, 97-75
1988 George Bush beats Mike Dukakis for presidency
1988 Rafael Fernandez Colon elected if President of Puerto Rico
1987 11 die as a bomb planted by Irish Republican Army explodes
1987 Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup
1987 IRA-bomb attack in Enniskillen North Ireland, 11 killed
1987 Yuko Moriguchi wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1986 "Song and Dance" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 474 performances
1985 Atlantis moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-61-B mission
1984 1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test
1984 Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit
1984 STS-51-A mission; launch
1983 Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female governor of Kentucky
1983 STS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad
1983 W Wilson Goode (D) elected 1st black mayor of Philadelphia
1981 Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election
1981 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1980 Human League split in two; Phil Oakey continues Human League. Martin Ware and Ian Craig Marsh go on to form Heaven 17
1980 Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Bernard Slade's "Romantic Comedy," premieres in New York City
1979 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline")
1978 Tom Stoppard's "Night and Day," premieres in London
1975 Nick Bockwinkle beats Verne Gagne in St. Paul, to become NWA champ
1974 British Lord Lucan disappears
1973 Nevada approves pari-mutuel betting on Jai Alai
1970 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1968 Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John
1967 1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester)
1967 Silver hits record $1.951 an ounce in London
1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966 Edward Brooke, Representative-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, becomes 1st African American elected to Senate
1966 Actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California
1966 President Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger
1965 "Days of Our Lives" premieres on TV
1965 British Indian Ocean Territory formed
1964 IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion
1964 KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
1964 Orioles Frank Robinson unanimous choice as AL MVP
1962 Canada government orders changing nickel back to round shape
1961 Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn
1960 John F. Kennedy, Senator-D-Massachusetts, beats Vice President Richard Nixon to become the 35th U.S. president
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, California (NBC) 1st broadcast
1959 Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba's Nes Destour party wins every chair
1958 "Maria Golovin" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 5 performances
1957 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1956 U.N. demands U.S.S.R. leave Hungary
1954 AL approves Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City
1953 Salazars party wins all parliament seats in Portugal
1951 New York Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards
1950 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War
1950 Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo wins AL Rookie of Year
1950 In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place
1950 Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year
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