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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Doobie Brothers split up

The Doobie Brothers split up on March 31, 1982.




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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle
1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
1988 New York Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night
1988 Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved"
1987 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73
1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
1986 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69
1986 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead
1985 15th Easter Seal Telethon raises $27,400,000
1985 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65
1985 El Salvador's President Duartes Christian-Democrats win election
1985 Wrestlemania I at MSG NY, Hogan and Mr. T beat Piper and Orndorf
1984 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983 Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
1983 Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother," premieres in New York City
1982 Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil
1982 Rock group Doobie Brothers split up
1981 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins
1981 53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People," R De Niro and Sissy Spacek win
1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978 Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National and retires
1978 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite
1978 Wings release "London Town" album
1977 Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box," premieres in New York City
1976 Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth
1976 New Jersey Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator
1975 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55
1975 John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs
1973 Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs. Islanders, on 60 shots
1973 Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision
1972 Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down
1971 South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion
1971 William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre
1970 Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 George Harrison and Patti Boyd are fined 250 pounds each for illegal drugs
1968 Lyndon Baines Johnson announces he will not seek re-election
1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open
1968 Seattle's AL club is named Pilots
1967 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)
1966 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in New York City
1966 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter
1965 U.S. ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam
1964 President Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military
1963 Los Angeles ends streetcar service after 90 years
1961 Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia
1960 Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in New York City

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India
1958 U.S. Navy forms atomic sub division
1958 U.S.S.R. suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges U.S. and Britain to do same
1955 Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI vs. Australia, Kingston
1955 U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan
1954 U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, established
1954 U.S.S.R. offers to join NATO
1953 Department of Health, Education and Welfare established
1953 U.N. Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjold secretary-general
1951 U.S. tanks exceed 38 degrees of latitude in Korea

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Miles Davis Bitches Brew released

Miles Davis Bitches Brew released on March 30, 1970.




Retro History for March 30 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1988 2nd Soul Train Music Awards
1988 Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns and 144 to win Ranji Trophy
1987 59th Academy Awards - "Platoon," Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin win
1987 Vincent van Goghs "Sunflowers" sells for record 22.5M pounds ($39.7 million)
1986 "Tango Argentino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 198 performances
1986 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81
1984 U.S. ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force
1983 Ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives," premieres in London
1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1982 3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM
1982 John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God," premieres in New York City
1981 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champ: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50
1981 President Reagan shot and wounded by John W Hinckley III
1980 Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God," premieres in New York City
1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978 "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 21 performances
1976 Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation
1975 Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital
1973 Ellsworth Bunker resigns as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam
1972 "Funny Thing Happened..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 156 performances
1972 North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 "Applause" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 900 performances
1970 Miles Davis Bitches Brew released
1970 Soap opera "Somerset" premieres
1970 Strouse, Adams, Comden and Green's musical "Applause," premieres in New York City
1970 U.S.S.R. wins its 8th straight world hockey championship

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational
1968 General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia
1967 Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's" is photographed
1966 Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS
1964 Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race
1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m)

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 1st performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony
1956 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1955 27th Academy Awards - "On the Waterfront," Brando and Grace Kelly win
1954 Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers vs. England at Kingston
1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory
1952 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter and King and I win
1952 Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
1950 Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey

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Hulk Hogan beats Andre the Giant

Wrestlemania III 93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant




Retro History for March 29 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
1989 1st U.S. private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM)
1989 61st Academy Awards - "Rainman," Dustin Hoffman and Jodie Foster win
1989 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail wins
1989 I. M. Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris
1989 Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in New York for racketeering
1988 "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 46 performances
1988 U.S. Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
1987 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44
1987 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
1987 Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant
1987 Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party
1986 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
1985 Christos Sartzetakis elected president of Greece
1985 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
1984 NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1982 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins
1982 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Georgetown 63-62
1982 54th Academy Awards - "Chariots of Fire," Henry Fonda and K Hepburn win
1982 Delhi 707 beat Karnataka 705 on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
1981 "Woman of the Year" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 770 performances
1981 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1981 Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110m
1981 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball vs. Pakistan at WACA
1979 Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine," premieres in London
1979 Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1979 Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad
1976 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68
1976 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students
1975 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open
1975 Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
1974 Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos
1973 Dave Cowens, wins NBA MVP
1973 U.S. troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after Tonkin Resolution
1971 1st Lt William L Calley, Jr. found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
1971 Chile president Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines
1971 Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor
1971 Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced
1971 Royal Albert Hall opens
1971 WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 "Look to the Lilies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 25 performances
1970 Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Communist New People's Army found in Philippines
1968 Students seize building at Bowie State College
1967 WCMU TV channel 14 in Mount Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin New York City for 129 performances
1966 Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1963 Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"
1962 Argentine President Frondizi flees from the army
1962 Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show"
1961 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Washington D.C. residents to vote for president
1961 After a 4 year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
1961 KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, Missouri (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon premieres
1959 Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
1958 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
1958 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
1951 "King and I" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 1246 performances
1951 23rd Academy Awards - "All About Eve," Judy Holliday and J Ferrer win
1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of spying

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono Begin Their Bed-In

John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their 'Bed-In' at Amsterdam Hilton on March 21, 1969.




Retro History for March 21 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral
1988 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams, Jr.
1986 199.22 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
1986 Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) and 3 km (4:18.02)
1986 Pittsburgh Associates buy Pittsburgh Pirates for $218 million
1985 Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame
1985 Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South Africa, 19 killed
1984 Border scores 100* vs. WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings
1984 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
1984 Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
1984 Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
1983 Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
1982 "Little Johnny Jones" opens and closes at Alvin Theater New York City
1982 Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard
1982 Movie "Annie" premieres
1982 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1980 On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel
1978 Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)
1975 Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years
1974 Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall
1973 Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals
1972 U.S. Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote
1971 Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown
1971 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1971 Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"
1971 WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton)
1969 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 "Royals" chosen as the name of new Kansas City AL franchise
1968 Hill, Hawkins and Coghill's musical premieres in London
1968 Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases
1968 Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tome
1966 Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene
1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
1965 U.S. Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact
1964 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83
1964 Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks
1964 UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closed
1963 David Hendon and Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London
1962 A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds
1962 Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands for birth control
1962 Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control
1962 Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36
1961 Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)
1961 Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club
1960 Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa and outlaws ANC

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 16 performances
1959 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia 71-70
1958 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award
1958 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
1957 Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in New York City
1956 28th Academy Awards - "Marty," Anna Magnani and Ernest Borgnine win
1955 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece
1955 Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums"
1954 KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, Montana (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 NBA record 106 fouls and 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse)
1952 "3 Wishes for Jamie" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 94 performances
1952 Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths
1952 31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central U.S.
1952 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever
1951 2,900,000 U.S. soldiers in Korea
1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage

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The Clash Release White Riot

The Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot" on March 18, 1977.




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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth
1989 California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios
1989 Dino Ciccarelli sets Washington Capitals record of 7 pts in a game
1989 Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen
1987 Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica and Matthew)
1987 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Qld
1986 Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money
1985 Capital Cities Communications Inc. acquires ABC
1985 Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle
1984 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open
1982 Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
1981 Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto)
1980 Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "On the 20th Century" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 460 performances
1979 Battles between Kurds and Iranians break in Sananday Iran
1979 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
1978 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario California
1978 Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death
1977 Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot"
1977 U.S. restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia
1977 Vietnam hands over MIA to U.S.
1975 Kurds end fight against Iraqi army
1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
1973 "Seesaw" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 296 performances
1973 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1972 AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
1972 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1972 Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U)
1972 Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game
1971 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
1970 Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees
1970 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) suspends broadcasting
1970 Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike
1970 NFL selects Wilson as official football and scoreboard as official time

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 "Come Summer" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 7 performances
1968 Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve
1968 WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1
1967 Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock and spills oil
1966 "Pousse Cafe" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 3 performances
1966 General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
1966 Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1
1965 "Do I Hear a Waltz?" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 220 performances
1965 Rolling Stones fined 5 pounds each for public urination
1965 U.S.S.R. launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 minutes)
1963 "Tovarich" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 264 performances
1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1963 Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers
1963 WGSF TV channel 28 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 Algerian War ends after 7 years (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees
1962 Dmitri Shostakovich becomes member of Supreme Soviet of U.S.S.R.
1961 Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws
1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
1958 Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958
1957 WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins
1955 I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan
1953 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68
1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
1953 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die
1953 KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
1952 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)
1952 Communist offensive in Korea
1951 Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1950 "Touch and Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 176 performances
1950 CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship

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