Emerson, Lake and Palmer embark on the biggest and most expensive rock tour

Emerson, Lake and Palmer embark on the biggest and most expensive world-wide rock tour in history following the release of Works Vol. 1. 125 people begin the tour, including a 70-piece orchestra on May 31, 1977




Retro History for May 31 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 "Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (New York City)
1989 1st International Rock Awards
1989 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards
1989 Speaker of House Jim Wright resigns
1987 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1987 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 3
1985 41 tornadoes hit Northeast U.S., killing 88
1985 Guatemala adopts constitution
1985 New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000
1985 Tornados in Penn, Ohio, New York and Canada kill 88 and injured more than 1,000
1984 57th National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling luge
1984 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) vs. England, ODI cricket record
1983 37th NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers sweep Los Angeles Lakers in 4 games
1982 "Best Little Whorehouse in Tx" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 63 perf
1981 Cathy Reynolds wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
1980 "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38
1980 Police and youthful rebels battle in Zurich

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "I Remember Mama" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 108 performances
1979 Radio City Music Hall (New York City) reopens
1979 Zimbabwe proclaims independence
1977 Emerson, Lake and Palmer embark on the biggest and most expensive world-wide rock tour in history following the release of Works Vol. 1. 125 people begin the tour, including a 70-piece orchestra.
1977 "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 920 performances
1977 Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani becomes heir apparent to throne of Qatar
1977 Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed
1976 The Who perform loudest concert ever at Charlton Athletic football ground, using 76,000-watt PA system
1975 "Goodtime Charley" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 104 performances
1975 Fred Newman makes 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition
1974 Israel and Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights
1974 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1973 Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season
1972 Ajax wins Europe Cup 1 in Rotterdam
1971 WDXR (now WKPD) TV channel 29 in Paducah, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die)
1970 KDUB TV channel 40 in Dubuque, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies' Golf Open

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 "Dear World" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 132 performances
1969 "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens peaks at #8
1969 John and Yoko record Give Peace a Chance at Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal
1969 Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amore"
1967 Bayern Munchen wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg
1965 Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win Indy
1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1964 San Francisco Giants beat New York Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hours 32 minutes)
1962 "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV
1961 Benfica wins 6th Europe Cup 1 at Bern
1961 Chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St. Louis, opens
1961 John F. Kennedy visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris
1961 Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Ed of New Rochelle, to integrate
1961 Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves Commonwealth

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Cavalier Golf Open
1958 Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin"
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1956 Mickey Mantle home run just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof
1955 Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities
1955 Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike
1955 Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"
1953 Lebanese president Camille Shamun disbands government
1953 WSUN TV channel 38 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
1951 Netherlands and South Africa sign cultural accord
1950 Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins
1950 Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial

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Star Wars movie debuts

Star Wars movie debuts on May 26, 1977




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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio
1989 Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals
1989 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1988 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
1987 Cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe
1987 Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka
1987 Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail
1987 William H. Webster replaces Robert M. Gates as 14th director of CIA
1985 Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin
1985 Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die
1985 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1984 Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia
1984 Tulsa, Oklahoma gets 13" of rain, 14 die
1983 29th Walker Cup: U.S., 13 -10
1983 Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7
1983 Los Angeles Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws
1983 NASA launches Exosat
1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam
1982 British ship Atlantic Conveyor and Coventry were hit in Falkland war
1981 Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14
1980 Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
1980 Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st NLer to record 6, 1-hitters
1980 Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Dancin' Fool by Frank Zappa hits #45
1978 1st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City
1977 George Willig climbs New York City World Trade Center
1977 Movie "Star Wars" debuts
1975 Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
1974 During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled
1974 Joanne Carner wins Hoosier LPGA Golf Classic
1973 Bahrain adopts it's constitution
1973 Beatles' "Beatles 1967-1970," album goes #1
1973 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game complete 5/28)
1973 Funky Worm by Ohio Players hits #15
1973 Super Fly Meets Shaft by John and Ernest hits #31
1973 Tippett's 3rd Piano sonata, premieres
1972 Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1972 Nixon and Brezhnev signs SALT accord
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 Soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its 1st appearance

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth
1969 John and Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal)
1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966 Buddhist sets self on fire at U.S. consulate in Hue South-Vietnam
1966 Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK
1965 Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes
1965 Revised International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect
1964 "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 199 performances
1963 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1963 Organization of African Unity forms
1963 Wes Stock becomes only Baltimore Oriole to win a doubleheader
1962 "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances
1961 Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta
1961 USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th
1958 Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1958 Union Square, San Francisco becomes state historical landmark
1957 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open
1956 Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103
1956 Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman and Joe Blacks no-hitter, broken up with 2 outs in 10th and lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1
1955 "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 44 performances
1955 Conservatives win British parliamentary election
1955 Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade
1953 Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die
1951 Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London

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Midnight Cowboy released with an X rating

"Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating on May 25, 1969




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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots
1989 Mariners trade Mark Langston to Montreal for Randy Johnson
1989 Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union
1989 Stanley Cup: Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
1989 Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy"
1988 PSV wins Europe Cup
1986 30,000,000 watch "Live Aid," a massive benefit concert
1986 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
1986 Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed
1986 Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to New York
1986 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
1986 Laurie Rinker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1986 Virgilio Barco elected president of Colombia
1985 Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire)
1985 Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed
1984 Detroit Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins
1984 Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner
1983 "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released
1983 1st National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed
1983 Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357
1983 France performs nuclear test
1983 Kirk Gibson (Tigers) and Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park home runs
1982 Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
1982 Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar
1982 STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad
1981 Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to get 3,000 hits (Cobb, Musial and Aaron)
1981 Daniel Goodwin, climbs Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours
1981 Rangers' Bill Stein sets AL record with 7 consecutive pinch hits
1980 "Musical Chairs" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 15 performances
1980 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1980 Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8")

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 American Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275
1979 Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
1979 Raul Gonzales of Mexico completes 50,000 m walk in record 3:41:38.4
1978 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
1977 "Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released
1977 "Brady Bunch Hour," last airs on ABC-TV
1977 Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election
1977 Liverpool wins 22nd Europe Cup 1 in Rome
1977 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1976 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Richard Dunn in Munich
1975 29th NBA Championship: Golden Warriors sweep Washington Bullets in 4 games
1975 Cleveland's Dennis Eckersley, debuts shuting out the A's 6-0
1975 Joanne Carner wins LPGA American DefenderGolf Classic
1973 Argentine Peronist Hector Campora installed as president
1973 Borussia Monchengladbach wins 2nd UEFA Cup at Monchengladbach
1973 George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in the United Kingdom
1973 U.S. launches 1st Skylab crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz
1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1970 3rd ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars, 4 games to 2

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating
1969 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
1969 Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup
1968 BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Jim Stefanich
1968 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dotty Fothergill
1968 Gateway Arch in St. Louis dedicated
1968 Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash"
1968 Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7
1967 Celtic wins 12th Europe Cup 1 in Lisbon
1967 John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce
1966 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
1965 Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles and is knocked unconscious on stage
1965 India and Pakistan border fights
1965 Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1965 Roel van Duyn, Martijn Ananar and Rob Faado align in Provo
1964 16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore
1964 Frank Gilroy's "Subject is Roses," premieres in New York City
1964 Ground is broken for a new stadium in St. Louis
1964 Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut
1963 "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 43 performances
1963 Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket
1963 Organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania and Zambia
1962 Isley Brothers release "Twist and Shout"
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1962 U.S. unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week
1961 John F. Kennedy sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m
1960 George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit home run

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Khrushchev visits Angola
1959 Supreme court rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional
1957 "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 49 performances
1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas
1955 Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas and most of Blackwell Okla
1953 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada
1953 1st non-commercial educational television station, Houston, Texas
1953 Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row
1951 New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)
1950 Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in New York City

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Captain Beefheart appears at the Whisky a Go Go

Captain Beefheart appeared at the Whisky a Go Go. West Hollywood, California. Supported by Buffalo Springfield and The Doors on May 24, 1966




Retro History for May 24 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 "Indiana Jones and Last Crusade" premieres
1989 A. C. Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona
1989 French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice
1989 NHL's New York Rangers fire General Manager and coach Phil Esposito
1989 Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack
1989 New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season
1988 John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute
1988 Porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe
1988 Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals
1987 33rd LPGA Championship won by Jane Geddes
1987 Al Unser, Sr., 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
1986 Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy
1986 Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel
1986 Reginald Huffstetler trode water for 985 hours
1986 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1
1985 "View to a Kill" premieres in US
1984 "Wiz" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 13 performances
1984 Detroit Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
1983 Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria
1983 Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students
1981 Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain
1981 Kathy Hite wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1980 "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56
1980 Iran rejects a call to World Court to release U.S. hostages
1980 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1978 Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect
1977 U.S.S.R. President Podgorny resigns
1976 1st commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington D.C.)
1976 Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16
1974 Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1972 Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard
1970 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
1970 Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks
1968 Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days
1968 Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession
1968 President De Gaulle proposes referendum and students set fire to Paris bourse
1967 AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals
1966, Captain Beefheart appeared at the Whisky a Go Go. West Hollywood, California. Supported by Buffalo Springfield and The Doors.
1966 "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1508 performances
1965 Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional
1964 18th Tony Awards: Luther and Hello Dolly win
1964 Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan
1964 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational
1964 Longest home run (471') in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota)
1964 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
1963 1st Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely
1962 M. Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit
1961 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi
1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
1960 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania
1959 Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England
1958 "New Girl in Town" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 432 performances
1958 President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion
1958 UP and International News Service merge into United Press International
1957 Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan
1957 Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia
1954 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM
1954 Dr. Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit
1954 German airline Lufthansa forms
1954 IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour
1953 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus
1951 Racial segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants ruled illegal
1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1951 Willie Mays begins playing for New York Giants

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The Who movie "The Kids Are All Right" premieres

The Who movie "Kids Are All Right" premieres on May 23, 1979




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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone
1989 Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe
1989 Lincoln Square in Bronx named
1989 Cleveland loses and drop to 21-22, this is the latest a sub .500 team is in 1st place (AL East)
1988 Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990
1986 U.S. and West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa
1984 Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London
1984 Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game
1983 Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air
1982 BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
1982 Cathy Morse wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic
1982 Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles
1982 Pope John Paul II declares "Peerke" Donders divine
1981 Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage
1981 NASA launches Intelsat V
1980 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 The Who movie "Kids Are All Right" premieres
1979 1st edition of "Wisden Cricket Monthly"
1979 Borussia Monchengladbach wins 8th UEFA Cup at Dusseldorf
1979 Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy
1979 West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president
1978 AL approves transfer of Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for $15M
1978 General strike in Peru
1977 Benin adopts its constitution
1977 Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell
1977 Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11
1976 Amy Alcott wins '76 LPGA Golf Classic
1974 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed
1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale
1971 Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands
1970 Grateful Dead's in England, 1st performance outside of U.S.
1970 San Diego Padres beat San Francisco Giants 17-16 in 15 innings
1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (underground)

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969 Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes
1969 Who release rock opera "Tommy"
1968 A. C. Milan wins 8th Europe Cup II in Rotterdam
1968 Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London
1967 Government bans submarines near South Africa
1966 Beatles release "Paperback Writer"
1965 Franz Jonas elected president of Austria
1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1965 Pontoon ferry overturned on Shire River Malawi, kills 150
1964 Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45)
1963 NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000
1962 Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)
1962 OAS leader general Raoul Salan sentenced to life
1962 Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in U.S. Aurora 7
1960 "Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 12 performances
1960 "Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24
1960 Israel announces capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
1960 WGTV TV channel 8 in Athens-Atlanta, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 WKBM TV (now WLII) channel 11 in Caguas/San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st broadcast
1960 WRCA radio changes call letters back to WNBC (New York City)

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 44 performances
1959 Presbyterian church accepts women preachers
1958 Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China
1956 World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, San Francisco
1955 Presbyterian Church begins accepting women ministers
1953 79th Preakness: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 1:57.8
1953 Schools 1st use Cliff's Notes
1953 WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1951 Peter Ustinov's "Love of Four Colonels," premieres in London

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Blondie plays its first UK concert

Blondie plays its first UK concert at the Roundhouse on May 20, 1975.




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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation
1989 Richard J. Kerr replaces Robert M. Gates as deputy director of CIA
1988 David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in New York City
1988 Laura Davies wins Circle K LPGA Tucson Golf Open
1988 Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment)
1987 NASA launches Palapa B2P
1987 Soap opera "Capitol" final episode
1987 Soviet filmmakers arrive in Hollywood for an entertainment summit
1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.36)
1986 228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (U.K. record)
1986 Jacques Chirac forms French government
1985 Libby Riddles is 1st woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race
1984 Andy Kaufman and Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres
1984 Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools
1983 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1982 1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Is vs. Barbados
1982 France performs nuclear test
1982 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks
1982 Reverend A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa
1981 Argentine ex-president Isabel Peron sentenced to 8 years
1981 Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr
1980 U.S. appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center
1978 Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders
1977 Communists/socialists win French municipal elections
1977 Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century
1977 Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India
1976 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.70)
1976 Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery
1975 Blondie plays its first UK concert at the Roundhouse
1973 Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death
1972 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche
1972 S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee
1971 Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Abebe Bikila's auto-accident, near Addis Ababa
1969 Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
1969 U.S. president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970
1968 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from U.S. paper money
1968 Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)
1967 Supremes release "The Happening"
1967 WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1965 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80
1965 Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs. New Zealand at Delhi
1964 ESRO established, European Space Research Organization
1963 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (New York City)
1963 Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke
1962 Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1958 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line
1958 Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting
1958 Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission
1957 Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it
1956 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends
1956 E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP
1956 Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (U.S.S.R.) explodes
1956 Tunisia gains independence from France
1956 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1956 Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp
1955 KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, California (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 "King and I" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 1246 performances
1954 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76
1954 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania)
1952 24th Academy Awards - "American in Paris," H Bogart and Vivian Leigh win
1952 Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan
1952 U.S. senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan
1951 Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java

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Eric Clapton Marries Patti Boyd

Eric Clapton held a party at his Surrey house celebrating his recent marriage to Patti Boyd. Clapton had set-up a small stage in the garden and as the evening progressed Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr ended up jamming together along with Clapton, Ginger Baker and Mick Jagger on May 19, 1979




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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1
1989 Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas
1988 Red Sox retire Bobby Doerr's #1
1988 Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US
1987 1st American Comedy Award
1986 Anti-apartheid activist Helene Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa
1985 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1984 "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
1984 110th Preakness: Angel Cordero, Jr. aboard Gate Dancer wins in 1:53.6
1984 STS-41-D vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat New York Islanders, 4 games to 1
1984 Pat LaFontaine scores 2 goals within 22 sec in an NHL playoff game
1983 NASA launches Intelsat V
1983 Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington D.C.
1982 IFK Goteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Goteborg
1982 Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion
1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters
1980 "Blackstone" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 104 performances
1980 Ringo and Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3
1979 105th Preakness: Ron Franklin aboard Spectacular Bid wins in 1:54.2
1979, Eric Clapton held a party at his Surrey house celebrating his recent marriage to Patti Boyd. Clapton had set-up a small stage in the garden and as the evening progressed Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr ended up jamming together along with Clapton, Ginger Baker and Mick Jagger.
1977 "Smokey and the Bandit," premieres
1976 Gold ownership legalized in Australia
1976 Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge
1976 Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1975 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh
1975 Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India
1975 Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest
1974 Joanne Carner Golf Invitational wins LPGA Bluegrass
1974 Stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
1974 Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election
1973 "Daisy" A Day by Jud Strunk hits #14
1973 "Smith" opens at Eden Theater New York City for 17 performances
1973 99th Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:54.4
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 WMAV TV channel 18 in Oxford, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible and Barbara Bain
1968 Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games
1967 U.S. bombs Hanoi
1967 U.S.S.R. ratifies treaty with England and U.S. banning nuclear weapons in space
1965 Patricia R. Harris named 1st U.S. black female ambassador (Luxembourg)
1965 West Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II
1964 U.S. diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in Moscow embassy
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
1962 "Bravo, Giovanni" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 76 performances
1962 "John Birch Society," by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99
1962 88th Preakness: John Rotz aboard Greek Money wins in 1:56.2
1962 Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea
1962 Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's NL hit record with 3,431
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1961 New pier opens in Scheveningen
1960 Alan Freed and eight other DJ accused of taking radio payola
1960 Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed
1960 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 33,222 m

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands
1958 Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party," in London
1958 South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks
1958 U.S. and Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
1957 Adone Zoli forms Italian government
1956 82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius wins in 1:58.4
1956 Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning home run, 1st home run in 8 straight games
1955 Atkinson and Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI vs. Australia
1954 Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project
1953 Nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St. George, Utah)
1951 77th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold wins in 1:56.4
1951 U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea
1950 New York Times reports of worlds smallest and dumbest mechanical brain

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Bob Marley and The Wailers Begin 1978 North American Tour

Bob Marley and The Wailers played the first night on a 19-date North American tour at the Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan on May 18, 1978.




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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl
1988 Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen
1988 In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16
1986 "Singin' in the Rain" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 367 performances
1986 Becky Pearson wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1986 Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 atomic hand-stand push-ups
1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
1986 South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia
1986 Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
1985 "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
1985 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4
1985 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)
1983 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
1982 Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive home runs
1982 Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion
1980 Belgium 3rd government of Martens forms
1980 China launch 1st intercontinental rocket
1980 Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru
1980 Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978, Bob Marley and The Wailers played the first night on a 19-date North American tour at the Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1978 Italy legalizes abortion
1978 Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work
1977 A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164
1977 Juventus wins 6th UEFA Cup at Bilbao
1977 Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister
1977 Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164
1974 "Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
1974 100th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6
1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany
1973 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Dotty Fothergill
1972 "Me and The Chimp," last airs on CBS-TV
1972 John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded
1971 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3
1971 Bulgarian constitution goes into effect
1971 President Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus
1971 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 122 performances
1969 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit
1969 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA St. Louis Women's Golf Invitational
1968 94th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 1:56.8
1968 AL Kaline hits his 307th home run, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger
1968 Frank Howard ties AL record with home run in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games
1967 Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London
1967 Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law," upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial
1965 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Captain
1965 WTAF TV channel 29 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting
1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC
1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
1963 "Beast in Me" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 4 performances
1963 "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1
1963 89th Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Candy Spots wins in 1:56.2
1961 "Donnybrook!" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 68 performances
1960 Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs)
1960 Jean Genets "Le Balcon," premieres in Paris

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Castin' My Spell" by Johnny Otis Show hits #52
1959 "Judy" by David Seville hits #86
1959 "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer and Spencer hits #91
1958 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1957 83rd Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold Ruler wins in 1:56.2
1956 Hungarian party leader Matyas Rakosi enforces his own policy
1956 Mickey Mantle hits home run from both sides of plate for record 3rd time
1956 Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam
1955 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record)
1955 Atkinson and Depeiaza take WI from 6-187 to 6-494 in day vs. Australia
1955 Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam
1954 European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect
1953 Jacqueline Cochran is 1st woman to break the sound barrier
1952 Professor WF Libby said Stonehedge dates back to 1848 BC
1951 U.N. moves headquarters to New York City
1951 U.S. General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea
1950 "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 12 performances
1950 Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders

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Elton John awarded platinum LP for Captain Fantastic

Elton John awarded platinum LP for Captain Fantastic - the first record to be certified platinum on the day of its release on May 17, 1975.



Retro History for May 17 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 "Chu Chem" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 44 performances
1989 Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade
1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Det Norske Teatret, Oslo
1988 Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
1988 Iran says Iraq uses poison gas in the war
1987 IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3
1987 Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 vs. Pak
1986 Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF
1985 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1985 Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623'
1983 70th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
1983 9th People's Choice Awards
1982 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
1981 FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk and G Karponosov U.S.S.R.
1979 Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Tai Babilonia and R Gardner USA
1979 Men's Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Vladimir Kovalev (U.S.S.R.)
1979 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Linda Fratianne
1978 Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 1.6 mil gallons of oil off French coast
1978 Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre," premieres in Stockholm
1978 Reds don green uniforms for St. Patricks Day
1977 Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877
1976 Malikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.76)
1976 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried
1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1975 Elton John awarded platinum LP for Captain Fantastic - the first record to be certified platinum on the day of its release
1975 Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000m (1:16.92)
1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Bing Crosby Golf Classic International
1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge
1973 St. Patrick Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating Bloody Sunday
1972 Ringo releases "Back off Bugaloo" in UK
1970 Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of Los Angeles Dodgers
1970 U.S. casts their 1st United Nations Security Council veto (Support England)

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Golda Meir becomes Israel's 4th PM
1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Open
1968 2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington D.C. by U.S. and 6 European nations
1968 Kathie Whitworth wins LPGA St. Petersburg Orange Blossom Golf Open
1966 South Africa government bans Defense and Aid Fund
1966 U.S. submarine locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean
1965 Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help)
1963 Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game
1963 Elizabeth Ann Seton of New York beatified (canonized in 1975)
1963 Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,900 Balinese
1961 New York DA arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players
1961 South Africa leaves British Commonwealth
1960 Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA
1960 WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Australia and U.S.S.R. restore diplomatic relations
1959 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
1958 Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd U.S.), measures Earth shape
1957 Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted
1957 Ramon Magsaysay, president of Philipines dies in a plane crash
1956 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball
1955 Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montreal
1953 Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St. Louis Browns for $2,475M
1953 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1953 WBAY TV channel 2 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1951 Government of Drees takes power
1951 Test Cricket debut of Brian Statham, England vs. New Zealand Christchurch
1950 Belgian government of Eyskens resigns
1950 Element 98 (Californium) announced

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Pete Townshend spends a night in jail for assault

Pete Townshend spends a night in jail for assault when he mistakenly kicks a policeman offstage at Fillmore East, thinking he is a fan on May 16, 1969




Retro History for May 16 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing
1988 Surgeon General C. Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin
1988 U.S. Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant
1987 "Mystery of Edwin Drood" closes at Imperial New York City after 608 performances
1987 113th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 1:55.8
1987 Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles
1987 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show
1987 "Bobro 400," a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, set sail from NY, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site
1986 "Top Gun," premieres
1986 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas
1986 Joaquin Balaguers PRSC wins Dominican Rep parliamentary election
1986 South African President P W Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela
1985 Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year
1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium
1984 Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution
1984 Juventus wins 24th Europe Cup II in Basel
1984 Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer
1984 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1984 Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game
1983 Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel
1982 "Barnum" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 854 performances
1982 "Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 performances
1982 Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation for STS-4
1982 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1982 Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep
1982 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games
1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks
1981 107th Preakness: Jorge Velasquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in 1:54.6
1981 Houston Astro Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples beating Cubs 6-1
1981 Pretenders' Martin Chambers weds Tracy Atkinson
1980 34th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2
1980 Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis
1980 Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album
1980 Former Buggles members Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman in Yes

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 FC Barcelona wins 19th Europe Cup II in Basel
1979 NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M
1977 5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am building in New York City
1977 Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavywgt boxing title
1976 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Philadelphia Flyers in 4 games
1976 Sue Roberts wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic
1975 India annexes Principality of Sikkim
1975 Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mount Everest's summit
1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK
1974 Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor
1974 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1973 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar
1973 AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki
1972 "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 164 performances
1972 Greg Luzinski's 500' home run hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet
1972 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationale
1971 1st class postage now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents)
1971 Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave," premieres in Aldwych
1971 Bulgaria adopts it's constitution
1970 96th Preakness: Eddie Belmonte aboard Personality wins in 1:56.2
1970 Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby hits #70

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Pete Townshend spends a night in jail for assault when he mistakenly kicks a policeman offstage at Fillmore East, thinking he is a fan
1969 Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute
1969 Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam
1969 U.S. nuclear sub Guitarro sinks off San Francisco
1969 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1969 Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere
1968 Earthquake kills 47 in Japan
1967 Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium
1966 Beach Boys' "Pets Sounds" is released
1966 National Welfare Rights Organization organizes
1966 Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating
1965 "Roar of the Greasepaint" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 232 performances
1965 Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer's pitching debut, beats Yankees 7-5 and homers
1965 Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam
1965 Spaghetti-O's 1st sold
1965 Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
1965 WNJU TV channel 47 in NY-Linden, New York (TEL) begins broadcasting
1964 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8
1964 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1964 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1963 "Beast in Me" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 4 performances
1963 Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends U.S. Proj Mercury
1961 13rd Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr and Barbara Stanwyck
1960 Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57
1959 WTOM TV channel 4 in Cheboygan, Michigan (NBC) begins broadcasting
1958 Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico
1958 Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter
1957 Major Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to a record 1,404.18 MPH
1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Invicti Athletae
1957 U.S. launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton, Connecticut
1957 Yankees involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade
1956 Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia
1956 Kraft Theater presents an act from "Profiles in Courage"
1956 Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey vs. Australians at the Oval
1955 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in San Francisco
1955 King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo
1955 Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown
1955 Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1954 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open
1954 Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking collarbone
1954 WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast
1953 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row
1952 "New Faces (of 1952)" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 365 performances


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Pink Floyd perform two-and-a-half-hour set at Crystal Palace

Pink Floyd perform two-and-a-half-hour set at Crystal Palace, complete with fireworks and fifty-foot inflatable octopus. The concert is so loud that fish die in the lake on May 15, 1970.




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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 "Chu Chem" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 44 performances
1989 Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams and replace him with Cito Gaston
1989 Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 yrs
1989 U.S. Basketball League cancels its summer schedule
1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers
1988 "Carrie" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 5 performances
1988 "Gospel at Colonus" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 61 performances
1988 2nd American Comedy Award: Robin Williams and Tracey Ullman
1988 Moscow began withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghanistan
1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1987 1st Energiya Launch (U.S.S.R.)
1987 Record archery score for a pair over 24 hours, is set
1986 Argentine ex-president Galtieri sentenced to 12 years
1985 Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1983 Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1983 Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion
1982 108th Preakness: Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4
1981 "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs
1981 2nd City TV's (SCTV) network premier (NBC)
1981 George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in the United Kingdom
1981 Len Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto
1981 SCTV Network 90, sequel to Second City Television debut on NBC
1981 Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6
1980 1st trans-U.S. balloon crossing
1980 Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
1980 Shawn Weatherly, (South Carolina (will win Miss Universe), crowned 29th Miss USA

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
1976 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55
1976 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1976 Fonz Song by Heyettes hits #91
1976 Kentucky Moonrunner by Cledus Maggard hits #85
1975 11th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 9-4
1975 Emmy 2nd Daytime Award and Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
1974 Mail truck terrorists take school in Maalot, 30 killed
1974 Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president
1973 California Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats Kansas City Royals, 3-0
1972 Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama
1972 "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 6 performances
1972 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt)
1972 George Wallace shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland
1972 Ryukyu Is and Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 years of U.S. control
1971 "70, Girls, 70" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 35 performances
1971 97th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54
1971 Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed
1970 Pink Floyd perform two-and-a-half-hour set at Crystal Palace, complete with fireworks and fifty-foot inflatable octopus. The concert is so loud that fish die in the lake
1970 Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be," is released in US
1970 Elizabeth Hoisington and Anna Mae Mays named 1st female U.S. generals
1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1970 Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College
1970 South Africa excluded from Olympic play

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court
1968 "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival
1968 1st AL game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 California win against Chicago
1968 A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36
1968 Paul McCartney and John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host
1967 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1967 Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman
1966 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex vs. Somerset
1966 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational
1966 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die
1965 91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2
1965 Canadian Football Players Association organizes
1965 Igor Vodic beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1964 Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp
1964 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched
1963 Peter, Paul and Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)
1963 Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1962 U.S. Marines arrive in Laos
1961 "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19
1961 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1961 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra
1960 Chicago Cub Don Cardwell no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0
1960 Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1960 KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1960 Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest
1958 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik III
1957 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade
1957 1st British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island)
1955 Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again
1955 Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins
1955 KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1955 Vienna Treaty: Brit, France, U.S. and U.S.S.R. restores Austria's independence
1954 KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast
1953 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago
1953 Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam
1953 Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 1 for heavywgt boxing title
1952 Detroit Tiger Virgil Trucks no-hits Washington Senators, 1-0
1952 Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners

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Family Ties Final TV episode airs

"Family Ties" Final TV episode airs on May 14, 1989




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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta)
1989 1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett)
1989 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1989 Demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen square
1989 Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs
1989 Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC
1988 "Mail" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 36 performances
1988 1st non-pitcher, Jose Oquendo, in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he and St. Louis Cardinals lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 inn
1987 "Little Shop of Horrors" is released in Germany
1987 Colt revolver (Peacemaker) of 1873 sells for $242,000
1986 Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary
1986 Reggie Jackson hit his 537th home run passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place
1984 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama
1983 "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5
1983 Oilers 1-Isles 5-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead
1983 Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5)
1982 Guinea adopts constitution
1981 35th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat Houston Rockets, 4 games to 2
1981 NASA launches space vehicle S-192
1980 "Musical Chairs" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 15 performances
1980 Department of Health and Human Services begins operation
1980 Valencia wins 20th Europe Cup II
1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside park home run, Royals walk 14 Yankees including 5 with bases loaded, Yankees win 16-3

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978 "Working" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 25 performances
1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
1977 English football international Bobby Moore retires
1977 Kansas City Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0
1977 Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms
1977 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
1976 Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter
1976 Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast
1975 Dynamo Kiev wins 15th Europe Cup II
1975 French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia
1975 U.S. forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship
1975 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed
1973 Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London
1973 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV
1973 Skylab launched, 1st Space Station
1973 U.S. Supreme Court approves equal rights to females in military
1972 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton
1972 In Willie Mays 1st game as a New York Met his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4
1970 Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss)
1970 Harry A Blackmun appointed to Supreme Court
1970 New York City local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing
1970 RAF-leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada
1969 Last Chevrolet Corsair built
1968 Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp
1968 Czechoslovakian government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek
1968 RAF-leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin
1967 Mickey Mantle's 500th home run off Oriole's Stu Miller
1966 A Lover's Concerto by Mrs. Miller hits #95
1965 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes
1965 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 Underground America Day is 1st observed
1963 Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations
1962 Ex-president Milovan Djilas sentenced to 5 years
1962 Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1961 Bus with 1st group of Freedom Riders bombed and burned in Alabama
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Columbus Golf Open
1960 "At the Drop of a Hat" closes at John Golden New York City after 216 performances
1960 U.S.S.R. launch 1st (unmanned) space capsule
1960 Virgil Thomson's "Missa Pro Defunctis," premieres in Pottstown NY

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1957 "New Girt in Town" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 432 performances
1957 Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town," premieres in New York City
1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1955 Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania
1954 Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months
1951 "Flahooley" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 40 performances
1951 Ernie Kovacs Show, TV Variety debut on NBC
1951 Sammy Fain/EY Harburg's musical "Flahooley," premieres in New York City
1950 Pittsburgh Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 home runs

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Beatles shock Britain

Beatles shock Britain as they refuse invitation to play for the Queen at London Palladium on May 13, 1968.




Retro History for May 13 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
1989 Minnesota Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game
1989 Trinidad and Tobago ties U.S. 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1987 Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II
1985 Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases
1985 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
1985 Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11
1984 "Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 17 performances
1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1984 Johan Cruyffs last competitive match
1983 Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times
1982 Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy
1982 Canucks 0-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead
1982 Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)
1982 Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi and Lebedev for 211 days in space
1982 Terri Lea Utley, 20, (Arkansas), crowned 31st Miss USA
1981 Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca
1981 Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II
1981 Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St. Peter's Square
1980 Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 home runs in 5th inning vs New York Mets

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens and closes at Mark Hellinger New York City
1979 Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1979 Shah and family sentenced to death in Teheran
1978 "Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 5 performances
1978 "Runaways" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 199 performances
1978 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m steeplechase (8:05.4)
1978 Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels
1978 Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres in New York City
1977 Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor, New York
1976 9th and final ABA championship: New York Nets beat Denv Nuggets, 4 games to 2
1975 "Rodgers and Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 108 performances
1975 Flyers 4-Isles 1-Semifinals-Flyers win semifinals 4-3
1975 Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville, Tennessee
1973 "Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 49 performances
1973 Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in California
1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1972 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi department store (Osaka Japan)
1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
1970 Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 Beatles shock Britain as they refuse invitation to play for the Queen at London Palladium
1968 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle and Pompidou
1967 Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
1966 Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
1966 Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
1965 Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction"
1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1960 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed
1960 Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game
1960 WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV
1958 New York Giants Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit 2 home runs and a triple
1958 French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
1958 Jordan and Iraq form Arab Federation
1958 Pierre Pflimlin forms French government
1958 Rioters attack U.S. Vice President Nixon in Venezuela
1958 Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits
1956 Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
1955 Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive home runs of at least 463'
1954 "Pajama Game" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 1063 performances
1954 Labour Party wins British municipal elections
1954 Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1952 Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings
1952 Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India
1950 Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards

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John Lennon says his phone is tapped by the FBI

John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show on May 11, 1972




Retro History for May 11 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 217th and final episode of "Dynasty" is aired
1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1989 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds
1989 President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama
1988 France performs nuclear test
1988 KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II
1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
1987 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
1987 Corazon Aquino is elected president in the Philippines
1986 Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1985 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
1985 Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1
1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands
1985 Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die
1985 Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno
1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer
1984 Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4)
1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
1983 "Dance a Little Closer" opens and closes at Minskoff Theater New York City
1983 Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II
1983 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth
1982 Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber/T.S. Eliot's musical "Cats", premieres in London
1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
1980 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1980 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, and home in one inning for Phillies

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978 Margaret A. Brewer is 1st female general in the U.S. Marine Corps
1977 Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II
1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
1976 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
1976 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV
1975 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1975 Flyers 1-Isles 2-Semifinals-Series tied at 3 games
1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
1974 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83
1974 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7
1974 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"
1973 Dutch government of Uyl forms
1972 Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and cash
1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show
1972 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam
1970 Sammy Davis, Jr. weds Altovise

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms
1968 Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"
1968 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St. Louis Blues in 4 games
1968 Students and police battle in Paris, 100s injured
1967 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 14 performances
1967 100,000,000th U.S. phone connected
1967 Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for Common Market membership
1966 Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I
1965 "Flora, the Red Menace" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 87 performances
1965 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
1965 Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000
1965 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument
1965 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1965 West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2
1963 Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats New York Giants, 8-0
1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama
1962 Antonio Segni becomes president of Italy
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. sends troops to Thailand
1960 French liner "France" launched
1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes and Connie Stevens hits #4
1959 Elvis Presley's 1st entry on U.K. charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"
1959 Rodgers and Barer's musical "Once upon a mattress," premieres in New York City
1959 Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends
1958 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open
1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1957 Gabriel Paris forms government of Colombia
1956 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1955 Israel attacks Gaza
1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas and causes $39M damage
1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory
1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
1950 Eugene Ionesco's "La Cantatrice Chauve," premieres in Paris

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