Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 Bikenibau Paeniu installed as premier of Tuvalu
1989 Jan Syse becomes premier of Norway
1988 Orel Hirsheiser, 1st to pitch shutout in playoff and World Series
1987 175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England
1987 338,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record)
1987 Dow Jones for 1st time falls more than 100 pts (108.35)
1987 Jessica McClure rescued 58 hours after falling 22' into a well shaft
1987 Mike Tyson TKOs Tyrell Biggs in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1986 "Raggedy Ann" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 5 performances
1986 Armand Hammer returns to U.S. with Jewish refusenik David Goldfarb
1986 Marie Osmond marries Brian Blosil
1986 U.S. government closes down due to budget problems
1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 Challenger vehicle moves to launch pad for STS-61A mission
1985 Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip
1985 Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals win their league championships
1985 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Herbert Hauptman and Jerome Karle
1984 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
1984 Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize
1983 "Zorba" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 362 performances
1983 25th Ryder Cup: U.S., 14 -13 at PGA National Golf Club Florida
1983 Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 3 in 80th World Series
1982 Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins
1982 Mount Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet on 13th return
1982 Shultz warns U.S. will withdraw from United Nations if they vote to exclude Israel
1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1981 2nd Dutch government of Van Agt resigns
1981 Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy," premieres in New York City
1980 "Brigadoon" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 133 performances
1980 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1978 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Herbert A Simon
1978 Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II
1978 Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs. Pakistan at Faisalabad
1976 Soyuz 23 returns to Earth
1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 minutes 54 seconds
1974 A's Ken Holtzman, who hasn't batted all season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 and gets the win, 5-2
1973 Israeli tanks under General Sharon move through Suez Canal
1973 Kissinger and Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize
1973 Maynard Jackson elected 1st black mayor of Atlanta
1973 Monks Heng Yo and Heng Ju, start 1000 mile San Francisco to Seattle pilgrimage
1972 "Pacific Paradise" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 5 performances
1972 Creedence Clearwater Revival breaks up
1971 Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in San Francisco
1970 Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 100-1 shot New York Mets beat Orioles 5-3 and win 66th World Series in 5
1969 Soyuz 6 returns to Earth
1969 Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a home run in World Series
1968 China reports removal of president Li Sjao-tji
1968 Czechoslovakia and Russian "accord" rules allies Soviet forces
1968 During Olympics Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salute
1968 Milwaukee Bucks play their 1st game losing 89-84 to Chicago Bulls
1968 Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leaf penalty records (48 minutes on 9 penalties in a game and 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period)
1967 WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 WGNO TV channel 26 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting
1966 Joean Baez and 123 other ani-draft protestors arrested in Oakland
1965 "Drat! - The Cat!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 8 performances
1965 Singer Leslie Uggams marries Grahame Pratt in New York City
1964 Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia
1964 China becomes world's 5th nuclear power
1964 Harold Wilson's Labour party wins British election
1964 Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland and Dallas
1963 2 secret U.S. military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral
1963 New York newspaper "Mirror" last edition
1962 Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1962 Cuban missile crisis began as John F. Kennedy becomes aware of missiles in Cuba
1962 KTXT TV channel 5 in Lubbock, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 Yankees (20th championship) beat San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3 in World Series
1962 New York Yankees appear in 12 and win 9 of last 14 World Series
1960 NL votes to admit Houston and New York to league
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1958 Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia
1957 USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space
1956 "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres
1956 William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1952 Pakistan's 1st Test starts, vs. India at Delhi
1952 Woolworth's at Powell and Market (SF) opens
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