Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered
1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)
1988 Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala)
1988 NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee)
1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1
1986 NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics
1985 30th Walker Cup: U.S. wins 13-11
1985 Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at airport of Manchester, 55 killed
1984 Evelyn Ashford of U.S. ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec
1984 Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced
1984 Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200
1984 Republican convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and Vice President Bush
1984 South African election for parliament boycvotted
1982 General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence
1982 Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peace
1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1980 Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 200 black leaders, meet in New York, to support Andrew Young
1978 Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua
1976 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1975 Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford
1975 McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens
1973 Chilean parliament accuses President Allende violating laws
1973 Henry Kissinger succeeds William Rogers as Minister of Foreign affairs
1972 International Olympic Committee exspells Rhodesia
1971 Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out
1971 Pam Barnett wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 Beatles record a video for "Long and Winding Road"
1969 Gloria O Smith, (NY), crowned 2nd Miss Black America
1968 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)
1968 Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry
1968 Pope Paul VI opens Eucharistic congress in Bogota
1966 Beatles arrive in New York City
1965 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open
1964 Guinee, Liberia and Ivory Coast form joint market
1964 Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go," reaches #1
1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km)
1962 Failed assassination on president De Gaulle
1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1962 Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga
1961 Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers
1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Asheville Golf Open
1960 Gil Hodges set NL righty home run record with #352
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive home runs
1958 Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1957 Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1956 Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender)
1956 President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon renominated by Republican convention in San Francisco
1954 WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, Florida (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 France closes jail on Devil Island
1953 John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union
1953 Shah of Persia returns to Teheran
1951 Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052
1950 Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)
1950 Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in national tennis competition
1950 Rotterdam harbor strike end
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