Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 Colleen Walker wins LPGA Nichirei Golf International
1989 New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority opens 63rd street extension to subway
1989 Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions
1988 2,000 U.S. anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics
1988 China announces a herbal male contraceptive
1988 Jim Elliott (U.S.) begins 24-hour paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi
1988 Soviets 1st scheduled shuttle launch (postponed)
1987 "Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 86 performances
1987 Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title
1986 Kirk Muller scores New Jersey Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6
1986 Padres pitcher LaMarr Hoyt is arrested at US-Mexico border for drugs
1986 West Indies all out for 53 vs. Pakistan (Abdul Qadir 6-16)
1985 Cards' Joaquin Andujar suspended for 10 games for bumping an ump
1984 Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win New York Marathon
1983 Notre Dame's Gil Fenerty rushes for 337 yards and 6 touchdowns
1982 Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted
1982 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release "Girl is Mine"
1981 Bill Giles becomes CEO of Philadelphia Phillies
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time)
1979 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
1977 "Act" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 233 performances
1977 Texas' Russell Erideben kicks his 3rd 60 yard field goal of the season
1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1975 Bob Dylan's 'Rolling Thunder Review' tour begins at memorial Auditorium, Plymouth, Massachusetts with Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn and Jack Elliott
1975 Boston's Fred Lynn is the overwhelming choice as AL Rookie of Year
1975 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1974 Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application
1972 Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal
1972 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
1970 WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, Georgia (NBC) 1st broadcast
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award
1969 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1968 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R.
1967 Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open
1967 MacDermot, Ragni and Rado's musical "Hair," premieres in New York City
1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on moon: 6.7 degrees N 162 degrees E
1966 National Organization of Women founded
1965 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
1964 Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings vs. Pakistan
1964 Karmi'el founded in Galilee
1964 Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York
1964 Town of Karmiel founded in Galilee
1964 United Rep of Tanganyika and Zanzibar renamed United Rep of Tanzania
1963 "Meet the Beatles" booklet is published
1961 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1960 Chartered C46 carrying California State's football team crashes, kills 16
1960 Muhammad Ali's 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 10 nation soccer league to play all games on New York Randalls Is, announced
1958 Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature
1958 Dr. F. Mason Sones is 1st doctor to perform a coronary angiogram
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 Hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)
1956 Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, NBC News, team up
1956 International zone of Tangier returns to Morocco
1956 Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran
1955 Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours)
1955 Emile Zatopek runs world record 15 mile (1:14:01) and 25,000m (1:16:36)
1954 Colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership
1954 Sweden begins experimental TV
1953 A Baltimore group purchases St. Louis Browns
1950 British minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns
1950 Wally Triplett avgs 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns
1950 Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7
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