Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 Orlando Magic's 1st NBA game, loses to Nets, 111-106
1989 Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon
1989 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence
1988 1st NBA game at Charlotte Coliseum - Hornets lose to Cavs, 133-93
1987 Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year
1987 Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel
1987 NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte and Miami for 1988 and Minneapolis and Orlando for 1989
1984 Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1984 Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%
1983 Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
1983 Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4
1982 Ruud Lubbers becomes Dutch premier
1981 Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart," premieres in New York City
1981 Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 seconds remaining
1981 Dr. George Nichopoulas is acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs for Elvis Presley
1980 Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2)
1980 Libyan invasion in Chad
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) defeats President Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide
1980 Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time home run run king with 868, retires
1980 Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Awards
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 500 Iranian "students" seize U.S. embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)
1978 Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U
1978 Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3)
1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1978 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans, available
1977 U.N. Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa
1976 1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich and McCovey, available
1975 Orioles Jim Palmer wins his 2nd Cy Young Award
1973 1000s commemorates former premier Georgios Papandreou
1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
1973 M. Medoff's "When you Comin' Back, Red Ryder?," premieres in New York City
1973 New Orleans Saints 1st shutout victory, 13-0 vs Buffalo Bills
1972 Bangladesh adopts constitution
1972 Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders
1970 Russian nuclear physicist Sacharov forms Human Rights Comittee
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1968 Battles between Jordan army and Al Fatah-arm forces
1968 WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (NBC) 1st broadcast
1968 WTOG TV channel 44 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
1966 Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113
1965 Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah
1963 John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line
1962 Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1961 Bob Dylan makes his concert hall debut at Carnegie Hall, fifty people attend
1961 Karamanlis becomes premier of Greece
1960 "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP
1958 Angelo G. Roncalli crowned as pope John XXIII
1958 Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns
1958 Democrats win U.S. congressional election
1957 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched
1956 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest
1956 Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt
1956 U.S.S.R. sends tanks into Hungary and threatens to bomb Budapest
1954 "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 888 performances
1954 Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City
1953 Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Philadelphia A's
1953 New balk rule gives the batter option; of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk
1952 Earthquake and flood strike Kamshatka-South America
1952 Eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D)
1951 9th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 9 -2 at Pinehurst CC NC
1951 New York Giants and New York Yankees score back-to-back TDs on kickoff returns
1951 Vijay Merchant scores 154 vs. England in his last Test Cricket innings
1950 "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 4 performances
1950 "Consul" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 269 performances
1950 Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon
1950 U.S. troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea
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