Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1988 Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed
1988 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
1988 New York City furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase
1988 Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs
1988 U.N. General Assembly (151-2) censures U.S. for refusing PLO's Arafat visa
1987 Afghanistan Constitution adopted
1986 "Flamenco Puro" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 40 performances
1986 74th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 39-15
1986 Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime
1983 6th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1983 Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam
1983 Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)
1983 Raul Alfonsin wins Argentine presidential election
1983 Sam Shepards "Fool for love," premieres in New York City
1983 Denver Nugget coach Doug Moe, hoplessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record
1982 STS-6 vehicle moves to launch pad
1982 U.S. submarine Thomas Edison collides with U.S. Navy destroyer in So China Sea
1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1981 New York Yankee Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year Award
1981 South Africa anti apartheid advocate Bulelani Ngcuka arrested
1981 Yankees Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year
1980 "Banjo Dancing" closes at Century Theater New York City after 38 performances
1980 "Perfectly Frank" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 16 performances
1980 "West Side Story" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 341 performances
1980 Uruguay's new constitution rejected by referendum
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1978 France performs nuclear test
1976 42nd Heisman Trophy Award: Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh (RB)
1975 Dahomey becomes Benin
1974 "Good Evening" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 438 performances
1974 "Mack and Mabel" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 66 performances
1974 20th time Islanders shut-out (3-0 vs Canucks)
1974 Miss Teenage America Pageant
1974 Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson and Gray in Ethiopia)
1973 M T Ghani scores 104 on FC debut for Commerce Bank (Pak) age 44
1972 BBC bans Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi"
1972 Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)
1971 TV movie "Brian's Song," airs for 1st time on ABC-TV
1970 George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass"
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 57th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 29-11
1969 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1968 56th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Calgary Stampeder, 24-21
1967 Democratic People's republic of Yemen gains independence
1967 Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower announce their engagement
1967 Kuria Muria Islands ceded by Britain to Oman
1967 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from U.K.
1967 People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain
1967 Senator Eugene McCarthy begins run for U.S. presidency
1966 Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1966 Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland
1964 U.S.S.R. launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned
1963 51st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats BC Lions, 21-10
1963 Martin Walser's "oberlebensgross Herr Krott," premieres in Stuttgart
1962 U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of United Nations unanimously
1961 Billy Williams of the Cubs is voted NL Rookie of Year
1961 U.S.S.R. vetoes Kuwaits application for United Nations membership
1960 French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons
1960 Tad Mosels "All the Way Home," premieres in New York City
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 Joe Foss named 1st commissioner of AFL
1958 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me
1958 WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 "Happy Hunting" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 413 performances
1957 45th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 32-7
1957 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8
1956 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards and the News)
1956 Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1955 "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 245 performances
1955 Argentine government disbands Peronistic party
1954 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala)
1954 20th Heisman Trophy Award: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (FB)
1954 John Strodom succeeds Malan as premier of South Africa
1953 French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu
1952 Jackie Robinson charges New York Yankees with racism
1950 U.S. President Truman threatens China with atom bomb
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