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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Bob Dylan's 1st concert appearance

Bob Dylan's 1st concert appearance at Gerdes Folk City, Greenwich Village on April 11, 1961




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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Philadelphia
1989 Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5
1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens
1987 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs Kansas City Royals
1987 Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39)
1986 A Canadain 1921 50 cent piece auctioned in New York City for $22,000
1986 Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days
1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km
1986 KXA-AM in Seattle, Washington changes call letters to KRPM
1985 Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead
1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam
1984 General Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union
1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
1984 U.S.S.R. party leader Chernenko elected president
1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins
1983 47th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280
1983 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi," Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep win
1983 NASA launches RCA-F
1982 46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284
1982 Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2
1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton
1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment
1980 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up"

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala
1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile
1976 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271
1975 Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee Brewer player
1975 JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers
1974 WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested
1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC
1972 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1971 "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater New York City for 1 performance
1971 35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279
1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting
1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days
1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks
1970 San Francisco beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse
1968 Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president
1968 President Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
1968 West Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration
1968 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 320 performances
1967 Harlem (New York City) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr
1967 Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," premieres
1966 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288
1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
1965 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271
1965 40 tornadoes strike U.S. midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000
1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 9 performances
1963 John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty
1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty)
1962 New York Mets make a losing debut
1961 Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village
1961 15th NBA Championship: Bos Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1
1961 Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns
1961 Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial
1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 558 performances
1959 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day home run
1959 Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory
1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated in San Francisco
1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires
1957 Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off and land vertically
1956 French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria
1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites
1955 Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted
1954 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open
1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare
1951 President Truman fires General Douglas McArthur
1950 Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco
1950 U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia

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Katharine Hepburn wins Academy Award

40th Academy Awards - "Heat of the Night," Rod Steiger and Katharine Hepburn win on April 10, 1968




Retro History for April 9 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams, Jr., Alabama
1989 Intel corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip
1989 H. J. Heinz, Van Camp Seafood and Bumble Bee Seafood say they would not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins
1988 52nd Golf Masters Championship: Sandy Lyle wins, shooting a 281
1988 8th Golden Raspberry Awards: Leonard Part 6 wins
1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA San Diego Inamori Golf Classic
1988 Herschel Walker performs Fort Worth Ballet
1988 Islanders beat Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2
1986 "Big Deal" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 70 performances
1986 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan
1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game
1985 Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Division Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-51-B mission
1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
1984 John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1984 U.S. Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
1983 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
1983 Caps 3-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isles win series 3-2
1983 Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race
1983 Jordan king Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO
1983 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1982 Los Angeles Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5
1982 Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Preliminary- Isles hold 2-1 lead
1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premieres
1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
1981 France performs nuclear test
1981 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 J. R. Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome
1979 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian and a Bulgarian
1978 Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced
1977 41st Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 276
1977 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17)
1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed - Yankees win 9-7
1976 Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title
1975 Rangers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
1974 American Boccaccio Association forms
1974 Magicians Penn and Teller 1st meet
1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir1968
1973 BEA flight to Basel, Switzerland, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143
1973 Kansas City opens its new park, Royals Stadium, with 12-1 rout of Rangers
1973 Pakistan suspends constitution
1972 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars
1972 U.S., U.S.S.R. and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
1971 1st baseball game at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1
1971 U.S. table tennis team arrives in China PR

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 "George M!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 435 performances
1968 40th Academy Awards - "Heat of the Night," Rod Steiger and K Hepburn win
1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 39th Academy Awards - "Man For All Seasons," E Taylor and P Scofield win
1964 Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project
1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)
1963 Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston
1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds
1962 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2
1962 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th home run
1961 25th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 280
1961 Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel
1961 Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to John F. Kennedy about New Guinea
1961 New Washington Senators loses 1st regular-season game 4-3 to White Sox
1960 24th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 282
1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda
1958 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco
1957 John Osborne's "Entertainer," premieres in London
1957 Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns
1957 Suez canal reopens for all traffic
1957 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
1956 Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
1956 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
1955 19th Golf Masters Championship: Cary Middlecoff wins, shooting a 279
1955 9th NBA Championship: Syrac Nats beat Ft. Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 3
1955 Dr. Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine
1955 Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely
1954 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 "House of Wax," 1st 3-D movie, released (New York City)
1953 7th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1

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Emerson, Lake and Palmer perform their first concert

Emerson, Lake and Palmer perform their first concert at the Speakeasy, London on April 9, 1969




Retro History for April 9 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283
1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
1989 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1989 Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to Clev
1989 Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt and loses Masters golf tournament
1989 Washington D.C. march supporting 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision
1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka
1988 Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round
1988 U.S. imposes economic sanctions on Panama
1987 For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
1986 "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game
1984 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment," R Duvall and S Maclaine win
1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth
1983 Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot
1982 Los Angeles Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0
1981 U.S. submarine George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
1980 Belgium's Marten's government resigns
1980 Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles
1980 Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter," Jon Voight and Jane Fonda win
1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hours, begins
1978 42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277
1978 Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam)
1978 David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73
1978 Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points and San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter)
1977 Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years
1976 U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use
1974 Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life"
1973 37th Golf Masters Championship: Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283
1973 Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam
1973 Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme
1972 "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 506 performances
1972 36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
1972 Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI
1972 U.S.S.R. and Iraq sign friendship treaty
1971 Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK
1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Emerson, Lake and Palmer perform their first concert at the Speakeasy, London
1969 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol)
1969 Chicago Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3
1968 East Germany adopts constitution
1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., buried in Atlanta
1968 Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
1968 Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference
1967 "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth New York City after 105 performances
1967 1st Boeing 737 rolls out
1967 31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer, Jr. wins, shooting a 280
1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down
1966 Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens
1966 Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris
1965 Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in U.K.
1965 India and Pakistan engage in border fight
1965 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun
1963 Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary U.S. citizen, posthumously
1962 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280
1962 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren and Max Schell win
1962 John F. Kennedy throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium
1960 14th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators)
1959 Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot
1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury
1959 13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minnesota Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title
1957 Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," premieres in Washington D.C.
1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping
1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue
1953 Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya
1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia
1950 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283
1950 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win
1950 Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance

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Columbia Records Releases 45 rpm records

Columbia Records announce that all future pop releases will be on 45 rpm on April 7, 1956.




Retro History for April 7 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths
1989 New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand. Appeals court eventually overrules
1988 Devils 3-2 over Isles, 1st round tied 1-1
1988 Gerrit John Heijns murderer, arrested
1988 Russia announced it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan
1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 National Museum of Female Physician opens in Washington D.C.
1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline"
1986 Wrestlemania II at 3 locations, Hulk Hogan beats King Kong Bundy
1985 14th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Alice Miller
1985 1st live telecast of Easter Parade
1985 New Jersey General Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards
1984 Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
1983 Caps 4-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-series tied 1-1
1983 Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt
1983 STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave and Don Peterson 1st STS spacewalk
1983 WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event
1982 Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested
1982 Penguins 1-Isles 8-Preliminary-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1981 Belgium Eyskens government forms
1981 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec
1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water
1979 Houston Astro Ken Forsch no-hits Atlanta Braves, 6-0
1979 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against Flyers
1978 Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in New York City
1978 President Carter defers production of neutron bomb
1978 U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976
1977 Consumer Product Safety Comn bans "TRIS" flame-retardant
1977 Toronto Blues Jays 1st game, they beat Chicago 9-5
1976 Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping
1974 Herb Gardner's "Thieves," premieres in New York City
1973 Cleveland sets day-game and opening-game attendance records of 74,420
1973 Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 vs. WI Georgetown
1971 Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by
1971 President Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free
1971 WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
1970 "Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds," premieres in New York City
1970 42nd Academy Awards - "Midnight Cowboy," John Wayne and Maggie Smith win
1970 Milwaukee Brewers (former Seat Pilots) 1st game, lose to Angels 12-0

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds
1969 Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material
1969 Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators, they lose to Yankees 8-4
1967 Israeli/Syrian border fights
1967 Tom Donahue, San Francisco dj begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM)
1966 U.S. recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor
1965 Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man New Zealand vs. Pakistan
1963 27th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
1963 Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic
1963 Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors
1962 Umrigar slams 172* vs. WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes
1962 Yugoslav ex-president Milovan Djilas returns to jail

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years
1959 Radar 1st bounced off Sun from Stanford, California
1958 Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line
1957 21st Golf Masters Championship: Doug Ford wins, shooting a 283
1956 Columbia Records announce that all future pop releases will be on 45 rpm
1956 10th NBA Championship: Ph Warriors beat Ft. Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 1
1956 Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco
1954 German government refuses to recognize DDR
1954 President Eisenhower fears "domino-effect" in Indo-China
1954 WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, Georgia (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight
1953 Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden elected 2nd United Nations general-secretary
1951 15th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 280
1951 American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament
1951 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak

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Syd Barrett leaves Pink Floyd

Syd Barrett officially leaves Pink Floyd on April 6, 1968



Retro History for April 6 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak
1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington
1988 New Jersey Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round
1987 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr
1987 Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
1987 Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
1986 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hours
1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
1985 Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab
1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched
1984 1st time 11 people in space
1983 Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead
1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
1982 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279
1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo
1980 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
1980 Post It Notes, introduced

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Rod Stewart and Alana Collins wed
1978 Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn and 193 to win Ranji Trophy
1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
1977 Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0
1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
1975 "Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore New York City after 75 performances
1975 "Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances
1975 Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capitals 3 minutes 26 seconds (Stan Gilbertson)
1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"
1974 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16
1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim
1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn
1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his number
1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks
1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 Syd Barrett officially leaves Pink Floyd
1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
1968 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis
1968 Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va)
1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas
1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government
1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India
1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous communication satellite
1964 Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 31st Academy Awards - "Gigi," Susan Hayward and David Niven win
1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters
1957 New York City ends trolley car service
1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)
1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison
1955 "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 85 performances
1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1955 Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
1954 Montreal Canadians score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Detroit
1954 TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson and Sons
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1952 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286
1950 John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson

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Music for the Deep Concert 1977

Music for the Deep! 115 American musicians and environmentalists take part in four concerts in Tokyo as Japan Celebrates the Whale and Dolphin. There are appearances by Jackson Browne, John Sebastian, J.D.Souther and Richie Havens on April 5, 1977



Retro History for April 5 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo
1989 Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak
1989 Solidarity grants legal status in Poland
1988 Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their President candidate
1987 16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1987 Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children
1987 Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title
1986 Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m)
1986 U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing
1984 "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 13 performances
1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)
1983 France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats
1983 New York Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment
1982 British fleet sails to Falkland Islands
1982 Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season
1982 Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war
1981 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez
1981 Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Baltimore manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper
1979 Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia
1977 Music for the Deep! 115 American musicians and environmentalists take part in four concerts in Tokyo as Japan Celebrates the Whale and Dolphin. There are appearances by Jackson Browne, John Sebastian, J.D.Souther and Richie Havens
1977 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1976 Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister of England
1976 Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen," premieres in London
1975 "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 18 performances
1975 Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely
1974 Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai
1974 Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in New York City (110 stories)
1973 NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19)
1973 Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter
1972 Baseball season is delayed due to a strike
1972 Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub
1971 Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole
1971 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy
1971 U.S. Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life
1971 WNJT TV channel 52 in Trenton, New Jersey (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, Illinois (IND) begins broadcasting

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens
1968 U.S. marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled
1967 76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds
1967 ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit
1966 WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft. Pierce-Vero Beach, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
1965 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison and J Andrews win
1965 Lava Lamp Day celebrated
1965 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 1st driverless trains run on London Underground
1964 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1963 Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me)
1963 Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa
1962 Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in New York City
1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m
1962 St. Bernard Tunnel finished, Swiss and Italian workers shake hands
1961 Barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show"
1961 Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall, Jr. wins, shooting a 284
1955 Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister, Anthony Eden succeeds him
1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right"
1953 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1953 WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title
1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death
1950 Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins


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Jerry Garcia's Ashes Scattered In India

Jerry Garcia's widow, Deborah, and guitarist Bob Weir scatter part of Jerry's ashes in the Ganges River in India on April 4, 1996




Retro History for April 4 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
1989 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yankees beat Twins on opening day 4-2
1988 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79
1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds vs. Cards)
1988 Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
1988 Mets set Opening Day record with 6 home runs
1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts
1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
1984 Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London
1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52
1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
1982 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little
1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1976 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin
1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155
1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
1972 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
1971 "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 524 performances
1971 Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec)
1970 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Denton Cooley implanted 1st temporary artificial heart
1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances
1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
1967 Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station
1967 Dutch De Young government forms
1967 Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station
1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational
1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 9 performances
1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks
1960 32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur," Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret win
1960 Oscar awarded to Netherlands director Bert Haanstra
1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center
1960 Senegal declares independence from France

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan, dissolved 1960
1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)
1958 Eugene Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt
1957 Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris
1956 Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London
1955 British government signs military treaty with Iraq
1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open
1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan and Eva Peron in Buenos Aires
1950 Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES


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The Who sell out 80,000 seats

The Who sell out 80,000 seats in 60 hours for Madison Square Garden - a record on April 1, 1974




Retro History for April 1 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 1st New York Mets - New York Yankee game in New York City since 1983, Yankees win 4-3
1989 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
1986 Delhi beat Haryana by innings and 141 to win Ranji Trophy
1986 U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea
1986 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
1985 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75
1984 14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000
1984 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Tennessee 72-61
1984 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours
1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England
1983 New York Islander Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons
1982 Anguilla, dependent territory of U.K., adopts constitution
1982 U.S. formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama
1981 CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)
1980 Baseball Players Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games
1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz
1980 France performs nuclear test
1980 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah
1979 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1977 Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails
1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
1976 Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs founded Apple Computer
1975 Cambodia President Lon Nol flees for Red Khmer
1974 The Who sell out 80,000 seats in 60 hours for Madison Square Garden - a record
1974 Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran
1974 Pioneer Hall opens
1973 Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Classic
1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold
1973 John and Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence
1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
1972 Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike
1971 U.S. and Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
1970 Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers
1970 John and Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
1970 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank
1970 President Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on January 1, 1971

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp
1969 Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals
1968 KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast
1967 1st British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work
1966 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal)
1966 China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts "Cultural revolution"
1965 South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years
1965 Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control
1964 10 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April
1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years
1964 Robert Lowell's "Benito Cereno," premieres in New York City
1963 New York Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000
1963 New York City's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike
1963 Soap operas "General Hospital" and "Doctors" premier on TV
1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye
1960 2nd French atom bomb explodes in the Reggane Proving Grounds, Algeria
1960 Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee
1960 RCA TIROS (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched
1960 U Nu elected premier of Burma

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1958 KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, California (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank
1957 Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising
1957 WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, Louisiana (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 World's biggest glass oven used
1956 10th Tony Awards: Diary of Anne Frank and Damn Yankees win
1956 KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380
1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam
1955 EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus
1955 WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (CBS) 1st broadcast
1954 1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens
1954 1st army helicopter battalion forms, Fort Bragg, NC
1954 Earthquake and tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed
1954 U.S. Air Force Academy forms
1954 WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting
1953 J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea
1953 KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 Walcott Worrell and Weekes all make centuries in innings vs. India
1952 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

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