Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royal contract
1988 Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World
1988 Neil Simon's "Rumors," premieres in New York City
1987 George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP
1986 "Oh Coward!" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 56 performances
1985 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on 92.3 WXRK FM in New York
1985 New York Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28
1984 Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to New Jersey Nets 124-110
1984 Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers
1983 "La Tragedie de Carmen" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 187 performances
1983 Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship
1983 Philadelphia Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
1982 Dale Murphy wins NL MVP
1981 "1st" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 37 performances
1981 NBA New York Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws
1980 John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in the United Kingdom
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball
1979 Khomeini frees most black and female U.S. hostages
1979 New York Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in New York City
1979 On a flight to Austin, TX, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first
1978 Gerald Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin
1977 Bernard Pomerance's "Elephant Man," premieres in London
1977 Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
1977 Miss World Contest - Miss U.K. wears $9,500 platinum bikini
1976 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1974 Bonnie Bryant wins Bill Branch LPGA Golf Classic
1974 Union of Banana Exporting Countries (UPEB) forms
1973 Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed
1973 Teri Garr plays role of a stripper on "The Nurse"
1973 President Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"
1972 Juan Peron returns to Argentina
1970 British newspaper Sun puts 1st pinup girl on pg 3 (Stephanie Rahn)
1970 Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 SALT-discussions open in Helsinki Finland
1968 "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 305 performances
1968 David Bowie's mime troop Feathers performs its debut gig at the Country Club, Hampstead, London
1968 John Kander/Fred Ebbs musical "Zorba," premieres in New York City
1968 KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies' Golf Invitational
1968 NBC cuts to show "Heidi," misses Raider's rally to beat Jets, 43-32
1967 Beatles Ltd and Apple Music Ltd swap names
1967 French author Regis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia
1967 Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon
1966 Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
1965 General Meeting of United Nations refuses admittance of China PR
1965 William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball
1964 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational
1962 "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 257 performances
1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 9 performances
1962 President Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport outside Washington D.C.
1962 Simon/Coleman/Leigh's musical "Little Me," premieres in New York City
1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1960 New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond
1959 Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year
1959 William Shea shows proposed New York City stadium with transparent roof
1958 KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate)
1956 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
1953 St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
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