Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
1987 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station
1987 Congressional committee reports on Iran-Contra affair
1987 Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st from last-place club ever to win an MVP
1986 Roger Clemens wins AL MVP
1985 Dwight Gooden (NL) and Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young
1985 Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport
1985 Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City WXRK 92.3 FM-afternoons
1985 Paul McCartney releases "Spies Like Us"
1984 "3 Musketeers" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 9 performances
1984 72nd CFL Grey Cup: Win Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17
1984 Browns set team records for most sacks (11)
1984 Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
1984 New Jersey Devils shutout New York Rangers 6-0
1982 Mariasela Alvarez of Dominican Republic, crowned 32nd Miss World
1981 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP
1980 "Heaven's Gate" premieres
1980 Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP
1980 Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969)
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Ayatollah Khomeini charges U.S. ambassador/embassy espionage
1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1976 Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship
1976 Yankees sign free agent Don Gullett
1975 Black-Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to U.S.
1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games
1973 Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests
1972 Steely Dan hit US chart for the first time with 'Do it Again'
1971 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1970 Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1970 Johnny Bench wins NL MVP
1970 Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds
1970 Netherlands and Albania form diplomatic relations
1970 Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1968 Military coup in Mali, President Keita ousted
1967 British government devalues pounds from U.S. equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40
1966 Sandy Koufax announces his retirement, due to arthritic left elbow
1966 U.S. RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays
1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP
1964 Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson wins AL MVP
1964 J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"
1963 Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone
1963 England's Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under Thames opens
1963 King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco
1961 "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 113 performances
1961 "Kwamina" closes at 54th St. Theater New York City after 32 performances
1961 John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam
1961 U.S. Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed
1960 Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels
1960 Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 Washington Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year
1958 1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens
1958 Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay
1957 Tunisia refuses Russian weapons
1956 Morocco gains independence
1955 Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight
1954 Yankees trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada and Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen and Hunter as part of an 18 player deal
1953 Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage
1951 "See it Now" premieres on TV
1951 British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt
1951 Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft
1950 South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
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