Fourteen-hour Technicolour Dream event held in London

Fourteen-hour Technicolour Dream event held in London at Alexandra Palace (with Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Pretty Things and Arthur Brown) on April 29, 1967




Retro History for April 29 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 2nd government of Lubbers falls
1988 "60 Minutes" newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols
1988 Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson marry
1988 Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses
1987 Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle
1987 Japan's premier Nakasone visits the U.S.
1986 800,000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library
1986 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners
1985 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched
1985 Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 home runs in a game in both leagues
1985 Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1984 "Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 17 performances
1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Freedom/Orlando Golf Classic
1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor
1982 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell
1982 Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador
1982 Nordiques 2-Isles 5-Semifinals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1981 Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women)
1981 Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Otey Crisman Golf Classic
1977 British Aerospace forms
1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water
1975 Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth
1975 Flyers 4-Isles 0-Semifinals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
1974 President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House
1973 Gloria Ehret wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1971 Bill Graham closes down Fillmore and Fillmore East
1971 Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration
1971 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 50,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 "Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 7 performances
1968 "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 1750 performances
1967 Fourteen-hour Technicolour Dream event held in London at Alexandra Palace (with Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Pretty Things and Arthur Brown).
1967 Aretha Franklin releases "Respect"
1965 Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam
1965 Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die
1965 Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe
1964 Princess Irene marries Spanish prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma
1964 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 KRE-AM in Berkeley, California changes call letters to KPAT
1962 16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons and How to Succeed win
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1957 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va
1956 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1956 WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 G. Gronchi elected president of Italy
1953 Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers


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King Crismson Makes Their Debut

King Crismson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts on April 28, 1969




Retro History for April 28 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money
1989 Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie
1988 "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 68 performances
1988 Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess
1988 Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row
1988 New Jersey Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
1987 NBA announces expansion to Charlotte North Carolina and Miami Florida in 1988 and Minneapolis Minnesota and Orlando Florida in 1989
1986 Chernobyl, U.S.S.R. site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster
1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1985 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 4th time
1985 Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season
1984 "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 187 performances
1983 Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
1983 Bruins 4-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Series tied 1-1
1983 NASA launches Geos-F
1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
1980 Reunion Arena in Dallas opens

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
1977 Andreas Baader and members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart, Germany
1975 John Lennon appears on "Tonight" and Ringo on "Smother Brothers"
1975 South-Vietnam General Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30
1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1972 Courts awarded Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because winner was given drugs before race
1971 Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election
1971 Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes 1st black Admiral in U.S. Navy

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France
1969 King Crismson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts
1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies' Golf Invitational
1967 Expo 67 opens in Montreal
1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title
1966 20th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3
1966 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music," Julie Christie and L Marvin win
1966 Cleveland ties record with 10th straight win since Opening Day
1966 OCAM, Common Afro-Mauritian Organization forms
1965 Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS
1965 Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola
1965 Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA
1965 U.S. Marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966
1965 William F. Raborn, Jr. replaces John A. McCone as 7th head of CIA
1964 Japan joins OECO
1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1963 17th Tony Awards: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum win
1961 Lieutenant Colonel Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude
1961 Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats San Francisco Giants, 1-0
1960 "Christine" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 12 performances
1960 WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (PBS) begins broadcasting

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1958 Vice President Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America
1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1957 WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 Last French troop leave Vietnam
1956 Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 home runs
1955 WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open
1952 St. Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan
1952 WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect

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David Bowie delayed for several hours

David Bowie delayed for several hours when his special train is stopped on the Russian-Polish border. Customs confiscate Nazi books, memorabilia, etc. Bowie states Britain would benefit from a fascist leader and says he would eventually like the job himself. April 27, 1976.




Retro History for April 27 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 "Starmites" opens at Criter Ctr SR Theater New York City for 60 performances
1989 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
1989 Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500
1989 Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy
1987 U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II
1986 "Sweet Charity" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 368 performances
1986 Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) interrupts HBO
1986 Pat Bradley wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1984 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings
1984 Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana
1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
1982 Nordiques 1-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1982 Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. attempted assassin of Reagan, begins
1981 1st female soccer official is hired by NASL
1981 Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach]

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone"
1978 14th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 4-3 in 11
1978 Afghanistan revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup
1977 Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa
1977 HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in Netherlands
1976 David Bowie delayed for several hours when his special train is stopped on the Russian-Polish border. Customs confiscate Nazi books, memorabilia, etc. Bowie states Britain would benefit from a fascist leader and says he would eventually like the job himself.
1976 "So Long 174th St" opens at Harkness Theater New York City for 16 performances
1976 Arabic Monetary Fund established in Abu Dhabi
1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic
1975 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1974 Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107
1973 Kansas City Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
1972 Apollo 16 returns to Earth
1972 New York City Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported
1971 Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games and departs for Denmark

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" closes at Alvin New York City after 28 performances
1968 Baltimore Oriole Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston, 6-0
1968 Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands
1967 Expo '67 opens in Montreal
1967 Rocky Marciano retires as undefeated boxing champ
1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd cello concert
1965 "I'm Solomon" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 7 performances
1965 RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper
1964 John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in U.S.
1963 "Jopie" Pengel forms government in Suriname
1963 Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow
1962 Arnold Wesker's "Chips with Everything," premieres in London
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1961 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays
1961 NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio
1961 Sierra Leone declares independence from U.K.
1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched, the Tullibee
1960 South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns
1960 Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French Admiral

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)
1959 Liu Sjau-chi elected president of China PR
1956 Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election
1956 Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
1953 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP
1953 Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek"
1952 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 15 performances
1951 Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia
1950 "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 245 performances
1950 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races

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Studio 54 Disco Opens in New York City

Studio 54 disco opens in New York City on April 26, 1977




Retro History for April 26 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 AT&T announces New Jersey's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201
1989 Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany
1988 1st TNN Viewers choice awards - Randy Travis wins in 5 categories
1988 NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in 1988-89 season
1988 New York Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st)
1987 "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador New York City after 13 performances
1986 Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver
1986 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman
1986 France performs nuclear test
1986 Game between Angels and Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds
1986 Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl U.S.S.R. explodes, 31 die
1984 Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens
1984 President Reagan visits China
1983 Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1983 Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1,200 for 1st time
1983 San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game
1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island
1982 CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio
1982 Gene Michael becomes New York Yankee manager for 2nd time
1982 Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche
1981 "Copperfield" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 13 performances
1981 Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen
1980 Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01)
1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 Iran begins scattering U.S. hostages from U.S. Embassy
1980 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'
1980 Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards)

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978 France sends troops to Chad
1978 NASA launches space vehicle S-201
1977 Studio 54 disco opens in New York
1976 Pan Am begins non-stop flights New York City - Tokyo
1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal
1975 Penguins 0-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Isles win series 4-3
1975 Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs ties NL record of 11 home runs in April
1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam
1974 Malta adopts constitution
1974 Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline and Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow and Upshaw
1973 "2 Gentlemen of Verona," musical opens in London
1973 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hours
1971 Turkey state of siege proclaimed
1970 "Company" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 690 performances

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 "Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 110 performances
1969 "George M!" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 435 performances
1969 Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman
1968 Students seize administration building at Ohio State
1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 U.S. underground nuclear test, "Boxcar," 1 megaton device
1967 "Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 293 performances
1967 KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch)
1966 Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach
1965 Ives' 4th Symphony premieres
1964 18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 1
1964 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar form United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
1962 1st Lockheed A-12 flies
1962 Ranger 4 crash lands on (backside of) Moon
1962 Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0
1962 U.S. and U.K. launch Ariel; 1st international payload
1961 French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria
1961 Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Cuba invades Panama
1959 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
1957 Jamestown, Virginia 350th Anniversary Festival opens
1954 Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva
1954 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins
1952 Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman
1952 U.S. minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp," kills 176
1951 Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum
1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run
1950 University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82


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Bob Dylan makes his recording debut

Bob Dylan makes his recording debut, playing harmonica on the title track of Harry Belafonte's LP Midnight Special. He is paid $50. on April 25, 1961




Retro History for April 25 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York
1989 Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period
1988 "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
1988 John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem
1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-211
1986 ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5
1985 "Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 1005 performances
1985 Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
1985 For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game
1985 Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in New York City
1985 West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust
1984 Rock group Wings disbands
1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1983 "Nightline" expands from 1/2 hour to a full hour
1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1983 Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election
1983 Yuri Andropov invites U.S. schoolgirl Samantha Smith to U.S.S.R.
1982 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal
1982 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orlando Lady Golf Classic
1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1982 Yankees fire manager Bob Lemon and replaces him with Gene Michael
1981 Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28)
1981 Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot
1980 A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umps from attacking a fan
1980 Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran
1980 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb
1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres
1979 Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect
1978 Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance
1978 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more
1977 Cincinnati Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9
1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1976 Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country
1976 India all out for 97 vs. West Indies
1976 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1976 Portugal adopts constitution
1976 Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues U.S. flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire
1975 1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao
1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election
1975 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1975 West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm, Sweden
1974 Chancellor Willy Brandt sect Gunther Guillaume found to be a spy
1974 Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government
1974 Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution)
1974 NFL moves goal posts and adopts sudden-death playoff
1973 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12
1971 About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington
1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1971 U.S. canal rights in Nicaragua and rights to Corn Islands expire
1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1970 "Park" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances
1970 Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold"
1970 Melanie releases "Lay Down"

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th and last episode
1969 Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS
1968 "Half a Sixpence" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 512 performances
1967 Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland
1967 Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders," premieres in New York City
1966 Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium
1965 19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1
1965 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational
1964 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
1962 Cleveland sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on
1962 Lion and Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
1962 U.S. Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon
1962 U.S. resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island
1962 June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland
1961 Bob Dylan makes his recording debut, playing harmonica on the title track of Harry Belafonte's LP Midnight Special. He is paid $50.
1961 "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 27 performances
1961 France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
1961 Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin
1961 Premier Moise Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo
1961 Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit
1961 Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad
1960 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by Triton

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 St. Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping
1957 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated
1957 Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian government
1957 WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1
1956 Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London
1954 Bell labs announces 1st solar battery
1954 British raid Nairobi Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects arrested)
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher
1954 WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3
1952 American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter
1952 German "Country" Bathe-Wurttemberg forms
1950 Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan)
1950 Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA

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Elvis Presley makes his Las Vegas debut

Elvis Presley makes his Las Vegas debut at the New Frontier Hotel. The two-week run is cancelled after seven days because of poor reception. It is thirteen years before Elvis plays there again on April 23, 1956




Retro History for April 23 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Betsy King wins LPGA USX Golf Classic
1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
1989 Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning
1989 Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts
1988 A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles
1988 Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less
1988 Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06)
1987 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct
1987 New Jersey Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY
1986 Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking
1986 Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec)
1985 Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
1985 Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula
1985 Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead
1985 New Coke debuts
1984 AIDS-virus identified, acquired immune deficiency syndrome
1983 David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* vs. Sri Lanka
1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978 Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic
1978 Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd
1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1977 ADO The Hague soccer team forms
1977 Dr. Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops
1977 Miltitary workers kill 300-500 students in Addis Ababa
1977 Czechoslovakian chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously and only loses 10
1975 Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land," premieres in London
1974 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R.
1972 26th Tony Awards: Sticks and Bones and 2 Gentlemen of Verona win
1972 Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface
1972 Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic
1971 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike
1971 Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney
1969 Los Angeles Laker Jerry West scores 53 points
1969 Over 1000 mi flooded on Shantung Province China
1969 Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy
1968 "I'm Solomon" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 7 performances
1968 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 and 10 pence)
1968 United Methodist Church forms
1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
1967 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty
1965 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite
1964 James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr. Charlie," premieres in New York City
1964 New York State Theater opens
1964 Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0
1963 "She Loves Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 302 performances
1963 Jerry Bock and S Harnick's musical "She Loves Me," premieres in New York City
1962 1st U.S. satellite to reach the moon launched
1962 New York Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1
1962 Ranger 4, 1st U.S. satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral
1961 "Tenderloin" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 216 performances
1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1960 1st performance of Ferde Grofe's "San Francisco Suite"

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Destry Rides Again" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 472 performances
1959 1st heliport in Britain opens in London
1958 Gil Hodges hits his 300th home run and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game
1956 Elvis Presley makes his Las Vegas debut at the New Frontier Hotel. The two-week run is cancelled after seven days because of poor reception. It is thirteen years before Elvis plays there again.
1956 U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses
1955 "Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 583 performances
1955 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open
1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
1953 General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA
1953 KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, Arizona (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, Alabama (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Bob Cain of Browns and Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter
1952 New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only home run
1952 Oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Banias completed
1951 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open
1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
1950 4th NBA Championship: Minnesota Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2
1950 Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island
1950 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 3

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Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde LP released

Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde LP released in the US on April 22, 1965




Retro History for April 22 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 12 performances
1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter, Rickey Henderson
1988 Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana)
1988 New Jersey Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick and 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals
1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed
1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1983 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983 Rangers 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles win series 4-2
1983 Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth
1983 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)
1983 Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax)
1982 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
1982 Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton
1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike
1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike
1981 Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts
1981 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament
1979 Mick Jaggar and Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada
1978 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony
1977 Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel
1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor
1975 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead
1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show
1972 Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon
1971 Soyuz 10 launched
1970 "Park" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances
1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
1970 Flat Earth celebrated
1970 New York Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher
1970 New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19
1970 Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 1st human eye transplant performed
1969 Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1969 Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing
1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
1966 Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating New York Mets 8-4
1966 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1965 Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde LP released in the US
1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar form republic Tanzania
1964 World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens
1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open
1962 New York Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season
1962 Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season
1962 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
1961 Uprising of French parachutist of General Salan/Challe in Algeria

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings
1959 Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, and 3 errors
1957 All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
1955 Congress orders all U.S. coins bear motto "In God We Trust"
1955 Kansas City Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2
1954 Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government
1954 NBA adopts 24-second shot clock and 6 team-foul rule
1954 Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began
1954 U.S.S.R. joins UNESCO
1952 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada
1952 Eugene Ionesco's "Les Chaises," premieres in New York City
1951 Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in New York City

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Beatles and Rolling Stones meet for the first time

Beatles and Rolling Stones meet for the first time during a Rolling Stones performance at Crawdaddy Club. 'We got all nervous', says Bill Wyman, 'but then we had a chat with them afterwards and stayed up all night rapping and became really good mates on April 21, 1963.




Retro History for April 21 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom
1988 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
1988 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1987 Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games
1987 Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history
1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
1987 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1987 Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
1986 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55
1986 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51
1986 Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)
1986 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing
1985 Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
1985 Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1985 Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06
1985 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
1984 Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
1984 Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game
1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched
1983 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom
1982 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
1982 Dr. Michael E. Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
1982 Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses U.S. Congress
1981 U.S. furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
1980 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11
1980 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit, Michigan
1980 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28, Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Carmelina" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 17 performances
1977 "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 2377 performances
1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
1977 Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
1977 C Strouse and M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in New York City
1977 Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh
1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1975 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24
1975 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55
1975 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
1975 Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24)
1974 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win
1974 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice
1972 John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched
1971 Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
1970 Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 home runs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49
1968 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz and Guilderstern and Hallelujah Baby! win
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1967 Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
1967 EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands
1967 Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to U.S.
1967 Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in New York City
1966 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
1965 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season
1964 Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 home runs, Pirates win 8-5
1963 Beatles and Rolling Stones meet for the first time during a Rolling Stones performance at Crawdaddy Club. 'We got all nervous', says Bill Wyman, 'but then we had a chat with them afterwards and stayed up all night rapping and became really good mates.
1963 Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
1963 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open
1962 Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington
1961 Dirk U. Suffocated chosen as Secretary-General of NATO
1961 French army revolts in Algeria
1961 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m
1960 Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
1959 Alf Dean using a rod and reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark
1957 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
1955 J Lawrence and R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in New York City
1955 Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
1954 Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of U.S.S.R.
1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
1952 BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
1951 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3
1951 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1

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Deep Purple play their first live show

Deep Purple play their first live show in Jastrup in Denmark on April 20, 1968




Retro History for April 20 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1988 Baltimore Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21)
1988 New Jersey Devils 1st playoff hat trick-Eric Broten
1988 U.S. accuses Renamo of killing 100,000 Mozambiquians
1988 Yankees home run 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001 (J Clarke)
1987 16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21
1987 91st Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:11:50
1987 Sri Lanka: Tamils shoot 122 Singalezen dead
1987 U.S. deports Karl Linnas, charged with nazi war crimes, to U.S.S.R.
1986 "Jerry's Girls" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 139 performances
1986 Michael Johnson sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game
1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland
1985 Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12)
1985 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams
1985 Karyn Marshall of New York City lifted 303 lbs in a clean and jerk lift
1984 Russian offensive in Panshirvallei, Afghanistan
1983 President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security
1983 Rangers 2-Isles 7-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 3-2 lead
1983 Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock
1982 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season
1981 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of New Zealand in 2:26:46
1981 85th Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:09:26
1981 Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs
1981 Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession
1980 Cubans begin to arrive in U.S. from Mariel boatlift

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses
1977 Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premieres
1976 George Harrison sings lumberjack song with Monty Python
1975 29th Tony Awards: Equus and Wiz win
1975 4th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer
1975 Penguins 1-Isles 3-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-1 lead
1974 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run"
1973 Canadian ANIK A2 becomes 1st commercial satellite in orbit
1972 Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2
1972 Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket
1971 Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun"
1971 U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation
1970 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30
1970 Bruno Kreisky becomes 1st socialist chancellor of Austria
1970 Ron Hill's 2:10:30 at Boston, sets new U.S. marathon record

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope and 1776 win
1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1968 Deep Purple play their first live show in Jastrup in Denmark
1968 Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM
1968 South Africa Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed
1967 French author Regis Debray caught in Bolivia
1967 New York Met Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1
1967 U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War
1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1966 WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, D.C. (IND) begins broadcasting
1965 People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid
1964 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:19:59
1964 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools
1963 "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 8 performances
1963 All Africa Conferences of Churches opens in Kampala Uganda
1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m
1962 New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North
1962 OAS-leader ex-general Salan arrested in Algiers
1961 American Harold Graham makes 1st rocket belt flight
1960 "From A to Z" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 21 performances

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 63rd Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:22:42
1958 Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM
1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1958 Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
1958 Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops
1957 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Connecticut in 2:20:05
1957 Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway
1955 "Saint of Bleecker St" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances
1954 "Golden Apple" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 125 performances
1953 57th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51
1951 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1951 Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators
1950 Baltimore's Memorial Stadium opens - Orioles of International League

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Casino Royale Premieres

Casino Royale starring David Niven and Peter Sellers premieres on April 19, 1966




Retro History for April 19 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors
1989 Kevin Elster (New York Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73
1989 Republic Day in Sierra Leone
1987 Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand )
1987 Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 and record 12th straight AL win
1987 Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver
1987 Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed record, 124.9 mph
1987 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open
1987 Los Angeles Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record
1987 Last wild condor captured on California wildlife reserve
1987 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1986 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1985 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth
1985 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1984 Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in Nature magazine
1983 France performs nuclear test
1982 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Germany in 2:29:33
1982 86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oreg in 2:08:51
1982 Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut
1982 Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery
1982 Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut
1982 U.S.S.R. Salyut 7 space station put into orbit
1981 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf
1981 Oakland A's runs record to 11-0
1981 William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in New York City
1981 Rochester Red Wings and Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd)

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Following a 6-3 loss to the Orioles, Yankees Goose Gossage and Cliff
1979 Johnson brawl, Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb
1978 Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel
1976 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wis in 2:47:10
1976 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Wash, DC in 2:20:19
1975 India launches 1st satellite with help of U.S.S.R.
1974 Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park home run against New York Yankees
1973 Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday and Tomorrow"
1973 Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president
1973 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1972 "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse New York City for 1,065 performances
1972 Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1972 Hungary revises constitution
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45
1971 Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder)
1971 Sierra Leone becomes a republic (National Day)
1971 U.S.S.R. Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit
1970 "Look to the Lilies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 25 performances
1970 24th Tony Awards: Borstal Boy and Applause win
1970 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Connecticut in 2:22:17
1968 Belgian construction workers strike
1968 NL owners approve expansion for 2 new teams
1967 "Casino Royale" premieres
1967 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45
1967 Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years
1967 U.S. Surveyor III lands on Moon
1967 Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4 years
1966 In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic
1966 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11
1966 Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon
1965 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in New York City) begins operating
1965 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33
1965 T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London
1965 At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational
1964 Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier
1964 Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma," premieres in West-Berlin
1963 "Hot Spot" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 43 performances
1963 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58
1962 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48
1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m
1961 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39
1960 64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54
1960 Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs
1960 Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1959 Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails
1958 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54
1956 1st ML baseball game in New Jersey, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium
1956 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14
1956 U.S. actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III
1955 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22
1954 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39
1954 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th
1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open
1953 WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53
1951 "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 267 performances
1951 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45
1951 General Douglas MacArthur ends his military career
1950 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39


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Aretha Franklin becomes the artist with the longest gap between No. 1 US singles

Aretha Franklin becomes the artist with the longest gap between No. 1 US singles from Respect (June 1967) to I Knew You Were Waiting for Me (With George Michael) - nineteen years ten months on April 18. 1987




Retro History for April 18 The 50s 60s 70s 80s


Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Zimbabwe gains independence
1988 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30
1988 92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43
1988 Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over"
1987 Aretha Franklin becomes artist with the longest gap between No. 1 US singles from Respect (June 1967) to I Knew You Were Waiting for Me (With George Michael) - nineteen years ten months.
1987 An unconscious skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air
1987 Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race
1987 Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run vs Robinson-Pirates
1987 Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph)
1987 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1986 Robert M. Gates, becomes deputy director of CIA
1986 Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB
1985 Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
1984 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1984 Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43)
1983 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43
1983 87th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Mass in 2:09:00
1983 Suicide bomber kills 63, at U.S. Embassy in Lebanon
1983 Alice Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple"
1983 KMO-AM in Tacoma Washington changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO)
1983 Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for "Color Purple"
1983 Rangers 3-Isles 1-Patrick Div Finals-Series tied at 2-2
1982 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros)
1982 Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act
1982 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International
1982 Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare
1981 Pawtucket and Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game
1980 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Real People" premieres on NBC TV
1979 Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent
1978 Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec 31, 1999
1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" opens at Music Box New York City for 390 performances
1977 6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33
1977 81st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46
1977 Alex Haley, author of "Roots," awarded Pulitzer Prize
1977 Eddie Murray hits his 1st home run
1977 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for "Shadow Box"
1977 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Side by Side" premieres in New York City
1976 30th Tony Awards: Travesties and Chorus Line win
1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Karsten- Ping Golf Open
1975 John Lennon releases "Stand by Me"
1974 Red Brigade kidnaps Italian attorney general Mario Sossi
1972 "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 39 performances
1971 Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning vs. WI after 124 in 1st
1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund
1968 178,000 employees of U.S. Bell Telephone System go on strike
1968 1st ABA basketball championship began
1968 Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms
1968 London Bridge is sold to U.S. oil company to be erected in Arizona
1968 Mart Crowley's "Boys in the Band," premieres in New York City
1968 Peter Luke's "Hadrian VII," premieres in London
1968 San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished
1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966 Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)
1964 "Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 3 performances
1964 "Foxy" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 72 performances
1964 Artisans strike in Belgium ends
1964 Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches
1964 Van Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr. Sloane"
1963 "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances
1963 Dr. James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant
1963 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
1962 16th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3


Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1
1958 Government troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia
1958 NL single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in Los Angeles
1956 Egypt and Israel agree to a cease fire
1956 Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony)
1955 "Ankles Aweigh" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 176 performances
1955 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed
1955 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens
1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes Prime Minister of Egypt
1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1953 "Pal Joey" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 542 performances
1951 "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 102 performances
1951 Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms
1951 France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community
1951 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game
1950 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2
1950 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip
1950 Polish Catholic church and government sign accord over relations
1950 Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves
1950 Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th



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Rolling Stones release Aftermath LP

Rolling Stones release Aftermath LP in UK (their first LP to feature all original material) on April 15, 1966




Retro History for April 15 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England
1989 South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries
1989 Students in Beijing pro-democracy protests
1989 Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48)
1989 Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois
1988 Meteorite exploded above Indonesia
1988 Wendy Wasserstein's "Heidi Chronicles," premieres in New York City
1987 "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 13 performances
1987 Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy," premieres in New York City
1986 U.S. air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing
1986 Viv Richards century off 56 balls vs. England in Antigua Test Cricket
1985 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06
1985 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05
1985 Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B mission
1985 South Africa will repeal sex and marriage laws against whites and non-whites
1984 "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 13 performances
1984 48th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277
1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1984 Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India
1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1983 Rangers 0-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1983 Tokyo Disneyland opens
1982 Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, and landscape display
1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 43rd Golf Masters Championship: Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280
1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy
1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test
1977 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium
1976 Yankee stadium reopens, Yankees beat Twins after trailing 4-0
1975 1st appearance of San Diego Chicken
1975 Gabon amends constitution
1975 Penguins 3-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 2-0 lead
1974 3rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11
1974 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39
1974 Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed
1973 2nd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1973 Walt Disney Store opens
1972 Barbra Striesand, James Taylor, Carole King and Quincy Jones perform at a benefit for George McGovern for President
1971 "70, Girls, 70" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 35 performances
1971 43rd Academy Awards - "Patton," George C Scott and Glenda Jackson win
1970 "Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 8 performances
1970 Libyan leader Gadaffi launches "Green Revolution"
1970 WMGZ TV channel 16 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, begins broadcasting
1970 WPSJ TV channel 14 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, begins broadcasting

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 North Korea shoots at U.S. airplane above Japanese sea
1968 Houston Astros beat New York Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings
1967 "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 457 performances
1966 KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Rolling Stones release Aftermath LP in UK (their first LP to feature all original material)
1965 James Baldwin's "Amen Corner," premieres in New York City
1965 NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold
1964 Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (world's longest)
1964 Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia
1963 "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances
1962 U.S. national debt above $300,000,000,000
1961 "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1375 performances
1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw U

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Fidel Castro begins U.S. goodwill tour
1959 U.S. Secretary of States John Foster Dulles resigns
1958 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young and Jane Wyatt
1958 1st baseball game in California, San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-0
1957 Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery
1957 KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs PO $41 million
1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1955 Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants in Illinois
1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1954 KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1
1954 WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow
1953 Malans National Party wins South African elections
1953 WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 1st B-52 prototype test flight
1952 Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card
1952 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in 4 games
1952 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1951 Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Curacao


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Pete Townshend plays solo for the first time

Pete Townshend plays solo for the first time at Roundhouse, London on April 14, 1974




Retro History for April 14 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 1,100,000,000th Chinese born
1989 In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury
1988 "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 36 performances
1988 Devils 6-5 over Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2
1988 U.S.S.R., U.S., Pakistan and Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty
1987 Turkey asks to join European market
1986 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: G Strait, Alabama, R McEntire
1986 Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown
1986 Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200
1986 U.S. aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya
1985 "Take Me Along!" opens/closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City
1985 49th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282
1985 Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09)
1985 Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru
1985 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1985 Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Caps 1st playoff penalty shot
1985 Caps 4-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2
1985 Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart
1984 Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch, Netherlands
1983 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Ranger
1983 President Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue
1983 Rangers 1-Isles 4-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1981 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
1980 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
1980 52nd Academy Awards - "Kramer vs Kramer," D Hoffman and Sally Field win
1980 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song)

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Susan Horvath, of Penn, crowned America's Young Woman of the Year
1978 David Hare's "Plenty," premieres in London
1978 Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia
1978 WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM
1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license
1974 Pete Townshend plays solo for the first time at Roundhouse, London
1974 38th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 278
1973 Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal
1972 "That's Entertainment" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 4 performances
1971 Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site
1971 President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China
1971 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies," premieres in New York City
1971 Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation
1970 "Boy Friend" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 119 performances

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 1st major league baseball game outside U.S. played (Montreal Canada)
1969 41st Academy Awards - "Oliver," C Robertson and K Hepburn/Striesand win
1969 KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka, California (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College
1969 Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540
1968 1st NBA game at Madison Square Garden, Knicks beat SD Clippers
1968 32nd Golf Masters Championship: Bob Goalby wins, shooting a 277
1968 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA O'Sullivan Golf Open
1968 Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card
1967 General Gnassingbe Eyadema becomes president of Togo
1967 In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Haiphong for 1st time
1967 Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at
1967 Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch
1965 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk
1963 George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group "Rolling Stones"
1962 Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam
1962 Georges Pompidou becomes president of France
1961 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union
1961 Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua
1961 U.S. element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered
1960 "Bye Bye Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 607 performances
1960 1st underwater launching of Polaris missile
1960 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 4 games

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere
1957 Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship
1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
1956 "Plain and Fancy" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 476 performances
1956 Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder
1955 Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform
1955 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3
1955 WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for politics asylum in Canberra
1953 Viet-Minh offensive in Laos
1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins
1950 1st edition of British strip "Eagle"
1950 Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands


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Led Zeppelin Hits The Charts For The First Time

Led Zeppelin takes the band on to UK LP chart for the first time on April 12, 1969.




Retro History for April 12 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker
1989 Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
1988 Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
1988 Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Baltimore Orioles
1988 Harvard University patents genetically engineered mouse
1988 Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs California
1987 51st Golf Masters Championship: Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285
1987 Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55)
1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1987 Texaco files for bankruptcy
1986 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
1985 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn
1985 U.S. Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games
1983 Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor
1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1982 3 CBS employees shot to death in New York City parking lot
1981 45th Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280
1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
1981 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
1981 Maiden voyage of space shuttle Columbia
1980 BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms
1980 Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams)

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
1976 India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare
1975 Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
1973 France recognizes North Vietnam
1973 Sudan adopts constitution
1973 Swaziland suspends constitution
1970 Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Led Zeppelin takes the band on to UK LP chart for the first time
1969 Simon and Garfunkel releases "Boxer"
1966 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
1966 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2
1966 Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
1965 1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0)
1964 28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276
1964 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
1963 Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK
1963 Birmingham police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators
1962 San Mateo County withdraws from BART district, San Francisco Bay area
1961 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4
1961 Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner
1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth in Vostok 1
1960 Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass"
1960 Bill Veeck and Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 13th Tony Awards: J B and Redhead win
1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1959 France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
1958 12th NBA Championship: St. Louis Hawks beat Bost Celtics, 4 games to 2
1958 Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk
1957 Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record
1957 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
1956 Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon
1955 1st game in Kansas City, Kansas City A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
1955 Salk polio vaccine safe and effective; 4 billion dimes marched
1954 18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 289
1954 8th NBA Championship: Minnesota Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3
1954 Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
1954 Bill Haley and Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
1954 Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
1953 17th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274
1953 KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston
1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament
1952 Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
1951 Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day

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