Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 Debbye Turner (Mont), 23, crowned 63rd Miss America 1990
1989 Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher
1988 Cincinnati Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats Dodgers, 1-0
1988 Fish leaves rock group Marillion
1988 Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, vs. Australia
1988 Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series
1988 Tom Browning of Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game against LA
1987 Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game
1987 NASA launches space vehicle S-209
1987 New York's WNET-TV channel 13 begins round clock broadcasting
1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1986 Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed
1984 "Miami Vice" premieres
1984 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1984 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1983 Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a U.S. citizen
1982 Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila and Sabra begins
1981 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 23rd Ryder Cup: U.S., 17-11 at Greenbrier
1979 Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium
1979 Coup in Afghanistan under Hafizullah Amin
1979 KC's Willie Wilson hits 5th inside-the-park home run (most since 1925)
1979 Nancy Lopez/JoAnn Washam wins Portland- Ping Team Golf Championship
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1978 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar Iran
1978 Filming on Monty Python's Life of Brian, begins
1978 Grateful Dead perform in Cairo, Egypt
1978 Yankees beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks, 3-2
1977 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premieres on TV
1977 Ringo releases "Drowning in Sea of Love"
1977 Seattle beats Royals, 4-1, to end KC's winning streak at 16 games
1976 Egypt president Sadat re-elected
1976 Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop
1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)
1975 Pirates beat Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is 3rd to go 7 for 7
1975 Rennie Stennett is 2nd to hit 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game
1974 BART begins regular transbay service
1974 Bob Dylan records 'Blood on the Tracks'
1974 President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S., Vietnam War deserters
1974 U.S. General Haig becomes NATO-supreme commander in Europe
1973 "Desert Song" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 15 performances
1973 Buff Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13
1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open
1972 1st TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie
1972 Penny Marshall appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Fly Unfriendly Skies"
1971 6 Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses
1971 West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with soviet President Brezhnev
1970 Jordan king Hussein forms military government
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1968 KLNI (now KADN) TV channel 15 in Lafayette, LA (IND) begins
1968 Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in"
1967 Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26)
1967 KPAZ TV channel 21 in Phoenix, Arizona (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1966 Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center
1965 Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0
1965 Sobibor trial opens in Hagen West Germany
1964 "Shindig" premieres on ABC-TV
1963 "Outer Limits" premieres on ABC-TV
1963 Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, Br No Borneo and Sarawak
1963 WVAN TV channel 9 in Savannah, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8)
1962 Gerda Kroon runs European record 800 m in 2:02.8
1962 Public TV channel 13 begins in New York City
1962 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open
1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1961 CDU loses West German election
1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1961 WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting
1960 Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98
1960 Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 President De Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination
1957 Coup in Thailand (Premier Songgram deposed)
1957 LA City Council approves 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for Dodgers
1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open
1955 Bauer and Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st
1955 U.S. Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories
1955 Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt
1954 CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting
1953 AL approves St. Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles
1951 6th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1951 NL ump Frank Dascoli clears the Dogers bench ejecting 15 players
1950 Cleveland Rams (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Philadelphia 35-10)
1950 Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam
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