Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 "Into the Woods" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 764 performances
1989 Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die
1989 Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st and last U.S. Tennis Open singles victory
1988 Dennis Eckersley sets A's record with his 37th save en route to 45
1987 Coup in Burundi suspends constitution
1986 Alan Ayckbourn's "Woman in Mind," premieres in London
1986 Astros and Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game
1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth
1985 England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval
1985 New York Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive home runs in a game
1984 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery
1984 Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th
1984 Cindy Hill wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1984 Jerry Lewis' 19th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $32,074,566
1984 South Africa adopts constitution
1982 Jorgensen government in Denmark resigns
1981 Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game
1981 Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000
1979 Iran army conquerors Mahabad
1979 Jerry Lewis' 14th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,000,000
1979 Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1978 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
1978 Leonid Mossejev becomes European marathon champ (2:11:57.5)
1978 Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff
1977 Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th home run to surpass Hank Aaron's total
1977 Last broadcast of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on NBC-TV
1976 Viking 2 soft lands on Mars and returns photos
1975 Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die
1975 Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
1974 Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut
1974 NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires
1974 U.S. and East Germany establish diplomatic relations
1973 General Walters, ends term as acting director of CIA
1973 Jerry Lewis' 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1971 John Lennon leaves U.K. for New York City, never to return
1971 Manlio Brosio resigns as Secretary-General of NATO
1971 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
1970 After NL record 1,117 consec games, Billy Williams asks to sit out
1970 Bill Halley and Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia
1970 Indonesian president Suharto visits Netherlands
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1968 Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run
1967 Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly
1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf
1967 Last broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS TV
1967 Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution
1967 Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
1967 WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 24th World San Francisco Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
1966 Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"
1965 Curt Flood's record of 568 straight chances without an error begins
1965 Garcia Godoy forms government in Dominican Republic
1965 Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit 3 home runs in a game
1965 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Mysterium Fidei
1965 Preparing a move to Anaheim, Angels change their name from LA to California
1964 U.S. attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns
1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1957 Dodgers play last game in Jersey City (11-4 in NJ)
1957 KTCA TV channel 2 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out
1956 Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee
1955 KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy and Amoy
1954 Espionage and Sabotage Act of 1954 signed
1954 Pope Pius X canonized a saint
1953 French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy
1951 TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS
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