Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush
1989 TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
1987 Actress Demi Moore marries actor Bruce Willis
1987 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood
1986 Central African Republic adopts constitution
1986 Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village
1983 "Doonesbury" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 104 performances
1983 New York Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt
1981 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles
1981 Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 and stays for 10 weeks
1980 Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating (83 mill)
1980 Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
1980 Gene Michael named 25th Yank mgr, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns
1980 It is revealed Kristen shot J.R. Ewing on "Dallas"
1980 John and Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
1980 MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack U.S. embassy, 1 dies
1978 Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
1977 1st flight of Concorde, London to New York
1977 Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year
1975 Linda McCartney drug charges in U.S. are dropped
1974 Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford's veto
1973 Pete Rose wins NL MVP
1973 President Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate
1972 Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL
1971 New York Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
1971 Richard Baker becomes teacher of San Francisco Zen Center
1970 New York Knicks 1st game against Cleveland Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, Texas (ABC) 1st broadcast
1969 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 Cincinnati trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
1968 Supremes and Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
1968 Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage
1967 Phillip and Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
1966 Dutch government of Zijlstra forms
1965 1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port Israel
1965 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1964 "Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 15 performances
1964 "Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 49 performances
1964 Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council
1964 World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (New York City)
1963 John F. Kennedy flies to Texas
1960 Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
1956 Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP and 1st-ever Cy Young Award
1955 Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron
1955 KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax
1953 WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft. Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 1st U.S. postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1952 Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year
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