1989 After a weeks delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played
1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1989 Reverend Jim Bakker is sentenced to 50 years for fraud
1988 New York Islander's and NHL high scorer, Mike Bossy retires
1988 Traveling Wilburys Volume One is released
1988 Typhoon Ruby sinks Philippine ferry; hundreds drown
1987 NBC technicians accept pact, end 118 day strike
1986 Dodgers' Bill Russell, 38, announces his retirement
1986 Great Britain drops diplomatic relations with Syria
1984 11 members of Colombo crime family arrested
1984 Intelsat 5 re-enters Earth's atmosphere 5 months after it failed
1984 Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match
1982 "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." opens at St. James Theater New York City for 9 performances
1982 12th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14
1982 13th New York City Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:29
1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar
1980 John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over" in the United Kingdom
1980 Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Billy Martin punches a marshmallow salesman, puts job in jeopardy
1979 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc
1978 Keith Richards convicted of heroin possession in Toronto
1978 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs New York Islanders
1976 1st Jewish film and TV festival
1976 6th New York City Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:39:11
1976 7th New York City Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:10:10
1976 Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao as China's party leader
1976 Sadiq and Mushtaq Mohammad score tons in same Test Cricket innings vs. New Zealand
1975 Turkish diplomat shot dead in Paris
1974 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Texas Rangers)
1973 Heavy fog causes 65 car collision killing 9 on New Jersey Turnpike
1973 John Lennon sues U.S. government to admit FBI is tapping his phone
1973 Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus
1971 Harry Drake sets longest arrow flight by a footbow (1 mile 268 yards)
1971 Texas Stadium opens-Cowboys beat Patriots 44-21
1970 Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test Cricket together
1965 Benjamin Britten's "Voices for Today," premieres
1965 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Golf Tournament
1964 "Cambridge Circus" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 23 performances
1964 18th Olympic games close at Tokyo, Japan
1964 Belgian para's liberate 1,000 white hostages in Stanleyville
1964 Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda becomes president of Zaire
1964 Zambia (N Rhodesia) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1964 Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166 on Cricket debut vs. Australia
1964 Test Cricket debut of Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan and Khalid Ibadulla vs. Australia
1963 "110 in the Shade" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 330 performances
1963 KRO shows 1st Bonanza
1963 Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award
1961 "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden New York City for 55 performances
1960 Disaster on U.S.S.R. (Baikonoer) launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (165 die-unconfirmed); U.S.S.R. claims killed in plane crash
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 U.S. premier of D Sjostakovitch's 1st Cello concert
1958 U.S.S.R. lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam
1956 AP names Cincinnati manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year
1956 Soviet troops invade Hungary, Imre Nagy becomes Prime Minister of Hungary
1953 KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, Arizona (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Arab Liberation Movement becomes only party of Syria
1951 Jan de Hartog's "4 Poster," premieres in New York City
1951 United Nation publishes its 1st postage stamps
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