Retro History for June 15 The 50s 60s 70s 80s
Retro History For The Decade 1980
1989 Baltimore Orioles pull their 9th triple play, vs. Yankees
1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-213
1988 Turkish premier zal meets Greek premier Papandreou in Athens
1987 Bettino Craxi's Socialist Party wins election in Italy
1987 Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1986 86th U.S. Golf Open: Ray Floyd shoots a 279 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club New York
1986 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1986 Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity
1986 Raymond Floyd wins U.S. Open golf tournament
1985 "Pryor's Place," children show last airs on CBS-TV
1985 En route to Halley's Comet, U.S.S.R.'s Vega 2 drops lander on Venus
1985 Pinklon Thomas KOs Mike Weaver in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1985 Russian space probe Vega 2 lands on Venus
1984 "Thicke Of The Night," TV Talk Show last airs in syndication
1984 Thomas Hearns KOs Roberto Duran
1984 Vitesse soccer team forms in Arnhem
1983 Cards trade Keith Hernandez to Mets for Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey
1983 Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion
1982 Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat
1982 Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education
1980 "Fearless Frank" opens at Princess Theater New York City for 12 performances
1980 80th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 272 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey
1980 Dale Lundquis wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1980 Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game
Retro History For The Decade 1970
1979 1st space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds
1978 Italy's President Leone resigns due to Lockheed affair
1978 Jordan's King Hussein marries Elizabeth Halaby, 26-yr-old American
1978 Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days
1977 New York Mets trade Tom Seaver to Reds for Pat Zachry
1977 Spain's 1st free elections since 1936 (41 years)
1977 Wim Polak becomes mayor of Amsterdam
1976 Yankees trade May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor and Demsey to Baltimore for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick and Jim Freeman
1976 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium
1975 45th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Guillermo Vilas (62 63 64)
1975 Carol Mann wins Lawson's LPGA Golf Classic
1974 "Streak" by Ray Stevens hit #1 on U.K. pop chart
1973 "American Graffiti" opens in New York City
1972 Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die
1972 West German police arrested RAF leader Ulrike Meinhof
1971 Vernon E Jordan, Jr., appointed executive director of National Urban League
1970 16th LPGA Championship won by Shirley Englehorn
Retro History For The Decade 1960
1969 "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark and Buck Owens premieres on CBS TV
1969 69th U.S. Golf Open: Orville Moody shoots a 281 at Champs Golf Club in Houston, Texas
1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1969 Mets help their power needs by adding 1st baseman Donn Clendenon
1968 "How Now, Dow Jones" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 220 performances
1968 "I Do! I Do!" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 561 performances
1968 "New Faces of 1965" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 52 performances
1968 15th Curtis Cup: U.S., 10 -7
1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral
1968 Yummy Yummy Yummy by Ohio Express hits #4
1965 Bob Dylan records Like A Rolling Stone, his first 'electric' hit, with Mike Bloomfield on guitar and Al Kooper on piano and organ
1965 Denny McLain in relief strikesout 1st 7 batters faced and record 14 in 6 2/3 innings, Bill Freehan ties catcher record of 19 putouts
1965 South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products
1964 Last French troops leave Algeria
1963 "Sound of Music" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 1443 performances
1963 Buddy Nobles runs world record marathon (2:14:28)
1963 Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion resigns
1963 San Francisco Giants Juan Marichal no-hits Houston Colt .45s, 1-0
1962 Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win
1962 South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes
1962 WWUP TV channel 10 in Sault Ste Marie, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961 Expansion Washington Senators are 30-30, latest date an expansion team will be at .500, Washington will lose their next 10 games
1960 Angel Cordero wins his 1st of over 7000 horse races
1960 Argentina complains to United Nations about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichmann
Retro History For The Decade 1950
1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1957 "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 123 perf
1957 42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St. Louis, Illinois (state record)
1957 57th U.S. Golf Open: Dick Mayer shoots a 282 at Inverness Club in Toledo
1957 89th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant Man wins in 2:26.6
1957 Yankees trade Billy Martin and Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran
1955 Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever
1954 Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factory nationalized
1953 Browns end Yankees win streak at 18 and Browns 14-game losing streak
1953 Johnny Mize is 93rd player to get 2,000 hits
1953 New York City Transit Authority forms
1953 WLFI TV channel 18 in Lafayette, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory
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