September 24 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On September 24, 1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 28th Ryder Cup: U.S. and Europe draw, 14-14 at The Belfry, England
1989 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Nippon Travel-MBS Golf Classic
1988 Barbara C Harris of Massachusetts, elected 1st woman Episcopal bishop
1988 Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec
1988 Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec)
1988 Dave Stieb has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in the 9th
1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee of USA sets heptathlon woman's record (7,291)
1987 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m)
1985 Expos Andre Dawson joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 home runs in an inn twice
1985 Montreal Expo Andre Dawson is 9th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
1984 Cubs clinch NL East title
1984 Paul McCartney release "No More Lonely Nights"
1983 Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in season
1983 Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of Hanif, vs. India Jullundur
1983 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1982 Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26
1982 U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon
1981 Enterprise Radio (all sports) resigns air
1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season
1980 Iraqi troops cross Iran's border, encircling Abadan

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 CompuServe began operation as 1st computer information service
1979 Ghana adopts constitution
1979 Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time
1979 Russian ice skaters Protopopov and Beloussova ask for asylum in Switzerland
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1978 Donna Caponi Young/Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ping Team Golf Classic
1978 Dutch women hockey team wins world championship
1978 Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 ERA 1.74
1978 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1977 "Estrada" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 7 performances
1977 1st broadcast of "Love Boat" on ABC-TV
1977 Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards
1976 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 5959 performances
1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter
1974 Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits
1974 Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th home run, 1st American to win a Japanese home run title
1973 Guinea-Bissau declares independence
1972 Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22
1972 Jack Tatum, Oakland, returns a fumble 104 yards vs Green Bay (rec)
1972 N.Y. Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Baltimore Colts (44-34)
1971 90 Russian diplomats expelled from Britain for spying
1971 Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament
1971 Houston Astros beat San Diego Padres, 2-1, in 21 innings
1970 Soviet Luna 16 lands on earth after 1st unmanned round trip to moon


Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 1st Elvis convention, 2500 fans attend in Cincinnati
1969 New York Mets clinch NL East pennant
1969 Ton Duc Thang elected president of North Vietnam
1969 Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem National Conv) begins
1968 "60 Minutes" premieres on CBS-TV
1968 "That's Life" premieres-A Broadway musical type TV show
1968 New York Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack
1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1966 Hurricane Inez, kills 293 in Caribbean, Florida and Mexico
1966 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
1965 Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament
1965 Saudi-Arabian and Egyptian accord about Yemen
1965 Stefan Stefanopoulos forms Greek government
1964 "Munsters" premieres on TV
1964 1st Minuteman II ICBM was tested
1964 Ringo forms Brikley Building Company Ltd
1964 Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of East Germany
1963 Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards
1963 Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and U.S.S.R. limit nuclear testing
1962 KWSU TV channel 10 in Pullman, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Miss
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sacramento Valley Golf Open
1960 International Development Association (U.N. agency) comes into existence
1960 USS Enterprise, 1st nuclear power aircraft carrier, launches


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1958 1st welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia
1957 Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0
1957 Eisenhower orders U.S. troops to desegregate Little Rock schools
1956 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)
1955 "Catch a Star" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 23 performances
1955 President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver
1955 Washington Senators lose their 99th and 100th games of season
1954 Tonight Show premieres on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later)
1954 Yankees tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning
1953 "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway
1953 Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1952 Dutch minister Dark sentences war criminal W Lages to death
1952 Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5
1951 Industrial estate at Harlow New Town U.K. opens
1951 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1950 "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel


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