Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open
1989 Red Khmer occupies Pailin in Cambodia
1988 Elton John sells out MSG for a record 26th time
1988 Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery
1987 "Cabaret" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 262 performances
1987 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Joseph Brodsky
1986 "Into the Light" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 6 performances
1985 Bret Saberhagen gives Kansas City Royals their 1st World Series win
1984 NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires
1984 Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack
1982 Gene Mauch resigns as manager of Angels
1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified
1981 Start of 1st-class game at Newcastle, NSW vs. Queensland
1981 U.S. national debt tops $1 trillion
1981 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1980 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium
1980 New South Korean constitution comes into effect
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 "One Mo' Time" with Vernel Bagners premieres in New York City
1979 Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in New York for medical treatment
1979 Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest
1978 "King of Hearts" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 48 performances
1978 8th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:32:30
1978 9th New York City Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:12:12
1978 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Houston Exchange Golf Classic Clubs
1978 Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8)
1978 Laugh-in's Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession
1978 Pope John Paul II installed
1977 International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 and 2 launched into Earth orbit
1976 Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1975 "Me and Bessie" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 453 performances
1975 Cincinnati Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series
1975 Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus
1975 Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna
1975 World Football League disbands
1974 Yankees trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds
1973 Israeli troops reconquer mountain Hermon
1973 Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to Yom Kippur War
1972 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA GAC Golf Classic
1972 Oakland A's 1st championship; beat Reds, 4 games to 3 in World Series
1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara, California changes call letters to KDB-AM
1969 Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death
1968 Apollo 7 returns to Earth
1967 17th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 23 -8 at Champions Golf Club Texas
1967 Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive Vice President of A's by Charlie Finley
1967 Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA Carlsbad Jaycee Golf Open
1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon
1964 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who
1964 French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize
1964 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss
1963 225,000 students boycot Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest
1962 John F. Kennedy addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba
1962 John F. Kennedy imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis
1962 John F. Kennedy receives Ugandan premier Milton Obote
1962 Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center
1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1961 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights and Flemish language in Belgium
1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Golf Civitan
1960 Cassius Clay wins 1st battle as professional boxer
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 "Take Me Along" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 448 performances
1959 Bob Merrill's musical "Take me Along," premieres in New York City
1957 Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany
1957 KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, Texas (NBC) 1st broadcast
1956 France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1955 WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1953 Laos gains full independence from France
1951 Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed
1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1950 Los Angeles Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27
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