1989 East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns
1989 Hungary revises constitution
1989 U.S. 62nd manned space mission STS-34 (Atlantis 5) launches into orbit
1988 Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane's Kach Party as racist
1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-51A mission
1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1981 Andreas Papandreous' PASOK wins Greek elections
1981 New York Giant Joe Danelo ties NFL record of 6 field goals in a game
1981 Poland General Jaruzelski elected party leader
1980 Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
1980 Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting NBA record (double OT)
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 "Beatlemania" opens in London
1979 Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini orders mass executions to stop
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1978 1st daughter Susan Ford announces engagement to Charles F. Vance
1978 New York Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs Los Angeles Kings
1977 1st Islander 0-0 tie-Kings at Nassau-25th time shutout-Resch's 15th
1977 New York Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games
1977 W German commandos liberate Boeing 737, 86 hostages at Mogadishu
1977 Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record
1977 Yankees beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship, 1st in 15 years
1976 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to William N Lipscomb Jr
1975 Simon and Garfunkel reunite on SNL, sing "My Little Town"
1975 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1974 1st NBA game at Market Square Arena - Pacers beat Spurs 129-121
1974 Andre van de Louw appointed mayor of Rotterdam
1974 Wings (Country Hams) release "Walking in the Park with Eloise"
1974 Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks
1973 "Raisin" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 847 performances
1973 Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar and dollar coin
1973 Judd Woldon and Robert Brittens musical "Raisin," premieres in New York City
1973 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Wassily Leontief
1970 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
1970 Sachio Kinugasa begins 2,215 cons game streak for Hiroshima Carp
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 Federal government bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners
1969 Jefferson Airplanes Paul Kanter, arrested for marijuana possession
1969 Rod Stewart joins Small Faces
1969 Soyuz 8 returns to Earth
1968 Bob Beamon of USA sets long jump record (29'2 ") in Mexico City
1968 Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas
1968 Lee Evans sets world record of 43.8 seconds in 400 meter dash
1968 U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony
1967 Nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A. Bethe
1967 Soviet Venera 4 becomes 1st probe to send data back from Venus
1967 Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released
1967 AL votes to allow Athletics to move from Kansas City to Oakland and expand league to 12 teams in 1971 with Kansas City and Seattle teams
1966 "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 463 performances
1964 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1963 IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics
1962 John F. Kennedy meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko
1962 Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance"
1962 U.S. launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1962 Dr. Watson (U.S.), Dr. Crick, and Dr. Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA
1961 Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack
1960 Casey Stengel retired by New York Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years)
1960 In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1955 Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete
1955 University of California discovers anti-proton
1954 Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US
1954 WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, South Carolina (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WNBC radio changes call letters to WRCA (New York City)
1953 WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting
1953 WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times
1952 "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater New York City after 7 performances
1952 Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash
1951 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1950 Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years
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