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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