Retro History for May 5 The 50s 60s 70s 80s
Retro History For The Decade 1980
1989 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York
1988 Eugene Marino installed as 1st black U.S. archbishop
1987 Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
1987 Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East
1987 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1986 Hall of Fame and Museum announced to be built in Cleveland
1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational
1984 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay, Jr. aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4
1983 Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead
1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 16th and final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge
1980 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos and police stormed the building
Retro History For The Decade 1970
1979 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4
1979 Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
1979 Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
1976 Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II
1976 Train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, kills 24
1975 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)
1975 A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs)
1974 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1973 99th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4
1972 Warren Beatty gathers 30 top rock stars together for a concert to support presidential hopeful George McGovern. Performers include Judy Collins, Paul Simon, Carole King, James Taylor and Chicago
1972 Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115
1971 "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 5 performances
1971 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (New York City)
1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site
Retro History For The Decade 1960
1969 23rd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3
1969 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
1966 Borussia Dortmund wins 6th Europe Cup II
1966 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
1965 1st large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
1964 Separatists riot in Quebec
1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1962 88th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Decidedly wins in 2:00.4
1962 Los Angeles Angel Bo Belinsky no-hits Baltimore Orioles, 2-0
1962 West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album
1961 Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
Retro History For The Decade 1950
1958 KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family)
1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1957 Adolf Scharf elected president of Austria
1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1956 82nd Kentucky Derby: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:03.4
1956 Broekster Boys soccer team forms in Damwoude
1956 Jim Bailey (U.S.) runs mile a record 3:58.6 in Los Angeles California
1956 World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo
1955 "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 1022 performances
1955 Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce
1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site
1955 West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers
1954 Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay
1952 Pulitzer prize awarded to Herman Wouk (Caine Mutiny)
1952 Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base
1951 "Out of This World" closes at New Century Theater New York City after 157 performances
1951 77th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Count Turf wins in 2:02.6
1950 Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand
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