Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 George Brett gets his 2,500th hit
1989 Mausoleum of Beatrice of Brabant (1288) discovered in Kortrijk Belgium
1989 Norwegian Convair 580 crashes at Jutland in sea (55 murder)
1988 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
1988 Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43 m (7' 11 ")
1988 NL President Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball's 7th commish
1987 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
1986 Westinghouse sells Muzak
1985 "USA Weekend's" 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers
1985 105th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (76 63 64)
1985 7 die in a car and train crash in San Jose, California
1985 Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hour women swim record of 42.05 miles in 25 meter pool
1985 Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1985 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship
1985 Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits
1984 98th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris E L Mills (46 64 64)
1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-41G mission
1983 NASA launches RCA-6
1982 Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament
1980 Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Cheryl Prewitt of Mississippi, 22, crowned 52nd Miss America 1980
1979 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 2nd game of Boston Massacre; Yankees beat Red Sox 13-2
1978 Irani army shoots on Khomeini followers in Teheran, 100s killed
1977 Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy
1977 Jimmy McCullough quits Wings
1976 Fons Rademakers' film "Max Havelaar" premieres in Amsterdam
1975 Boston begins court ordered busing of public schools
1975 Guinee-Bissau declares independence from Portugal
1974 88th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Evonne Goolagong (36 63 75)
1974 94th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ken Rosewall (61 60 61)
1974 Ian Thompson wins marathon (2:13:18.8)
1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1974 President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes
1973 87th U.S. Womens Tennis: M S Court beats E Goolagong Cawley (76 57 62)
1973 Billy Martin named manager of Texas Rangers
1973 Hank Aaron sets record of most home runs in 1 league (709)
1973 Rebecca Ann King (Colorado), 23, crowned 46th Miss America 1974
1972 Chicago Cub Ferguson Jenkins wins his 20th game for 6th straight year
1972 Jim Ryan (U.S.) and Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide and fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan's chances for gold
1971 John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts opens in Washington D.C.
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 2nd U.S. Tennis Open smallest session - 3708 (men's singles final-rain)
1969 89th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Tony Roche (79 61 62 62)
1969 Suleiman Maghrabi appointed premier of Libya
1969 U.S. amateur Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61)
1968 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Striesand premieres
1968 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1968 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pacific Ladies Golf Classic
1968 Saundra Williams wins 1st Miss Black America pageant
1967 Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon Sept 10
1967 Uganda abolishes traditional tribal kingdoms, becomes a republic
1966 Star Trek premieres on NBC-TV
1966 "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV
1965 Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana and Florida
1965 KC A's Bert Campaneris plays all 9 positions in a game
1963 77th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64)
1963 83rd U.S. Mens Tennis: R H Osuna beats Frank Froehling III (75 64 62)
1963 Algerian population accepts constitution
1963 Braves Warren Spahn ties Christy Mathewson with 13 20-win seasons
1963 Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys
1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open
1962 Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary)
1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1960 East Germany limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
1958 Oman turns over Gwadur (on Baluchistan coast) to Pakistan
1958 Paul Anka opens Asian tour in Tokyo
1957 77th U.S. Mens Tennis: M J Anderson beats Ashley J Cooper (108 75 64)
1957 Jackie Wilson, releases his 1st solo single "Reet Petite"
1957 Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV
1956 Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks
1955 Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers)
1954 Alan Freed leaves Cleveland to New York City for WINS radio
1954 SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) forms to stop communists in Asia
1953 "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater New York for 6 performances
1953 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgeno corona
1952 72nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63)
1952 Ernest Hemmingway's "Old Man and Sea" published
1951 Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)
1951 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sempiternus Rex
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