Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 78th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Stuttgart (3-2)
1989 Brazil elects conservative Fernando Collor de Mello president
1989 Michael Bevan scores cricket century on 1st-class debut (114 SA vs. WA)
1989 Patti Rizzo/Mike Hill wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
1988 77th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Gothenburg (4-1)
1988 Bryan Murray becomes 17th NHL coach to win 300 games (Washington Caps)
1988 New York Islanders break 12 game losing streak, beat Devils 5-2
1988 USS Tennessee, 1st sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned
1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1987 Czechoslovakian party leader Gustav Husak resigns
1986 U.S. Congress forms Irangate committee
1986 Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England)
1984 New Jersey Devils 1st penalty shot-Rocky Trottier scores against Edmonton
1984 New Jersey Devils 1st shutout, Glenn Resch makes 42 saves beat Minn, 2-0
1983 "Peg" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 5 performances
1983 Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured
1983 Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die
1981 Members of Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier General James L Dozier
1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 Mauritania provisional constitution published
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph
1978 OPEC raises oil prices 18%
1978 Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda
1977 Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia vs. India at the WACA, aged 41
1977 Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1st U.S. TV appearance (SNL)
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1976 Superstation WTBS in Atlanta went national
1975 1st time New York Islanders shut-out New York Rangers, 3-0-Billy Smith's 5th
1975 Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life
1973 Arabs terrorists shoot passengers on Boeing 737 to Kuwait
1972 New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan
1972 WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast
1971 "Diamonds are Forever" premieres in US
1971 Cease fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir
1971 Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting
1970 Gdansk, Poland shipworkers strike
1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1969 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show
1969 USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings
1967 WEDW TV channel 49 in Bridgeport, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 Astrodome opens, 1st event is Judy Garland and Supremes concert
1965 British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia
1965 David Levy begins his search for comets
1965 Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine
1963 Tsjoi Doo Sun forms government in South Korea
1963 West and East Berlin sign accord about travel rules
1962 Beatles 1st British TV appearance (People and Places)
1962 Current constitution of Monaco promulgated
1961 Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil
1961 India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies
1961 Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die
1960 "La Plume de Ma Tante" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 835 performances
1960 "Take Me Along" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 448 performances
1960 Pablo Casals' oratorio "El Pesebrio," premieres
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 "On The Beach," is 1st film to premiere on both sides of Iron Curtain
1959 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities (On The Beach)
1957 U.S. successfully test-fires Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile
1954 1st fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary, Indiana)
1954 WEAU TV channel 13 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Dmitri Shostakovich' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
1953 FCC approves RCA's black and white - compatible color TV specifications
1954 Rock and Roll makes its first appearance on UK singles chart as Bill Haley and the Comets debut with 'Shake Rattle and Roll'
1951 Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants
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