Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 U.S. beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifing for 1990 world soccer cup finals it was US' 1st qualification since 1950
1988 LA Law's Corbin Bernsen marries actress Amanda Pays
1987 France performs nuclear test
1986 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins NL MVP
1986 Tina Howe's "Coastal Disturbances," premieres in New York City
1985 Herb Gardner's "I'm Not Rappaport," premieres in New York City
1985 President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time
1984 Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die
1984 New York Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year
1983 Edmonton Oilers beat New Jersey Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization"
1980 CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jean ad featuring Brooke Shields
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Chuck Berry is released from Lamproc Prison Farm, California where he has served two-thirds of a four-month sentence for tax evasion
1979 Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract
1978 Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for 2nd time
1977 Egyptian president Sadat visits Israel
1977 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders
1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel
1977 Libya drops diplomatic relations with Egypt
1976 George Harrison releases "This Song"
1976 Patty Hearst is freed on $15 million bail
1975 Reds 2nd baseman Joe Morgan is named NL MVP
1973 Elections in Suriname, premier Sedney's PNP doesn't win a chair
1972 "Ambassador" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 9 performances
1972 "Dear Oscar" closes at Playhouse Theater New York City after 5 performances
1972 Gershwin Theater (Uris) opens at 1633 Broadway New York City
1972 KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, WI suspends broadcasting
1972 Willy Brandts SPD wins West German election
1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a California state historical landmark
1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 Apollo 12's Conrad and Bean become 3rd and 4th humans on Moon
1969 WENY TV channel 36 in Elmira, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 Mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees
1968 Yankees pitcher Stan Bahnsen wins AL Rookie of Year
1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies' Golf Invitational
1966 Mad Dog Vachon beats Dick The Bruiser in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1965 ABC radio begins weekly "Vietnam Update" report
1965 Kellogg's Pop Tarts pastries created
1963 Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal
1962 Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons
1962 KOET (now KULC) TV channel 9 in Ogden, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 SN Behrman's "Lord Pengo," premieres in New York City
1962 Todor Zjivkov becomes premier of Bulgaria
1961 Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs New York Titans (49-13)
1960 Mickey Vernon is hired as 1st manager of new Washington team
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 "Rocky and His Friends" debuts on ABC
1959 Ford cancels Edsel
1958 First 2 F-27 Fokker's Friendships delivered on Aer Lingus
1957 Antonin Novotny appointed president of Czechoslovakia
1955 KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 U.S. Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business
1953 U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon visits Hanoi
1952 North American F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record, 1124 KPH
1952 Spain joins UNESCO
1951 Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday
1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1950 U.S. General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
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