Mick Jagger apologizes for Some Girls racist lyrics

Mick Jagger apologizes for racist lyrics in "Some Girls" on October 6, 1978.

Some Girls is the 14th British and 16th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records, catalogue COC 39108. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200, and became the band's biggest-selling album in the United States, and has been certified by the RIAA as having six million copies sold as of 2000.

Mick Jagger is generally regarded as the principal creative force behind Some Girls, a conception that, though disputable (Richards was present at all of the sessions), is plausible considering Richards' various legal entanglements at the time (see below).

Jagger claimed in a 1995 interview to have written a great number of the album's songs (though when the amount was pointed out to him he denied that the record was mostly his own), including its signature song, "Miss You". In addition to punk, Jagger claims to have been influenced by dance music, most notably disco, during the recording of Some Girls, and cites New York City as a major inspiration for the album, an explanation for his lyrical preoccupation with the city throughout.

There was some controversy surrounded the lyrics that Mick Jagger wrote to the title song, an extended musing on women of various nationalities and races.

The line "Black girls just wanna get fucked all night" drew strong protests from various groups, including Jesse Jackson's PUSH. Jagger famously replied, "I've always said, you can't take a joke, it's too fucking bad," although he was reportedly more conciliatory to Jackson in private, as he claimed the song was intended as a parody of racist attitudes. Saturday Night Live cast member Garrett Morris would have the final say on the controversy with a mock-editorial on the show's Weekend Update segment: After giving the impression that he was going to openly criticize the Stones, he quoted a sanitized version of the "Black girls just..." line, then stated "I have one thing to say to you, Mr. Mick Jagger... where are these women?!?"


Retro History for October 6 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1988 Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant
1987 Military coup leader Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic
1986 Russian nuclear sub sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1985 Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m woman's record (47.6) in Australia
1985 Yankee Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games and also at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out beating Toronto 8-0
1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Hitachi Ladies British Golf Open
1983 Buffalo Bill quarterback Joe Ferguson passes 419 yards with 5 TDs
1983 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1983 Islander's Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick
1983 New York Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands
1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1982 Auburn's Al Del Greco kicks 6 field goals
1982 Fokker's Fellowship crashes at Moerdijk, Netherlands, 17-22 die
1980 Guyana adopts constitution
1980 John Lydon sentenced to 3 months on assault charges

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yards 1'9"
1979 Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit White House
1978 Hannah H Gray inaugurated as 1st female head of U.S. university (Chic)
1978 Iraq declares Ayatollah Khomeini an undesirable person
1978 Mick Jagger apologizes for racist lyrics in "Some Girls"
1978 Royals' George Brett hits 3 home runs, Yankees win championship game 3, 6-5
1977 DL Coburns "Gin Game," premieres in New York City
1977 Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat Kansas City Royals 5-3 in 5th and deciding playoff game
1976 "Gang of Four" arrested in Beijing
1976 Cubans DC-8 crashes after bomb attack
1976 John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent
1976 President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"
1974 "Mack and Mabel," opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 66 performances
1974 Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Sacramento Union Ladies Golf Classic
1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel
1972 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 WMPB TV channel 67 in Baltimore, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funneral to mark end of hippies
1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1966 Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout
1966 Partial meltdown at Detroits's Fermi 1 nuclear reactor
1965 Supremes release "I Hear a Symphony"
1965 William Goodhart's "Generation," premieres in New York City
1964 "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances
1963 Barbra Streisand appears on "Judy Garland Show"
1963 Los Angeles Dodgers sweep New York Yankees, in 60th World Series
1962 16th NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All4-Stars -1 at Toronto
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1961 John F. Kennedy advises Americans to build fallout shelters
1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear tests at Kapustin Yar and Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Single game World Series attendence record set (92,706 in LA)
1959 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon
1958 U.S. nuclear sub USS Seawolfe remains record 60 days under pole
1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA United Voluntary Services Golf Open
1956 Dmitri Shostakovich's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad
1956 Dr. Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine
1956 South African politician "Kobie" Coetsee marries Helena E Malan
1955 LSD made illegal in U.S.
1953 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1951 Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb

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The Rolling Stones filed a high court writ against ex managers Oldham and Easton

The Rolling Stones plus the father of Brian Jones, filed a high court writ against ex managers Oldham and Easton. Claiming they made a secret deal with Decca Records in 1963 to deprive the group of royalties on August 31, 1971.

Retro History for August 31 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1988 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
1988 Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents
1988 Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches
1987 Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385)
1987 Michael Jacskon's "Bad" video premieres on CBS TV
1987 South Africa longest mine strike in history ends
1986 Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die
1985 "Prakas" sets trotting mile record of 1:53.4 at Du Quoin, Ill
1985 Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M
1984 Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
1983 Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz
1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1981 Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, vs. England at Lord's
1981 Royals manager Jim Frey is fired and replaced by Dick Howser
1980 "Oklahoma!" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 301 performances
1980 80th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Hal Sutton
1980 Poland's Solidarity labor union forms

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at U.S. Open
1979 Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with Sun
1979 Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as United Nations ambassador
1979 Phillies replaces manager Danny Ozark with Dallas Green
1978 Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka
1978 Emily and William Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst
1978 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977 Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft altitude record of 38.26 km (125,524')
1977 Spyros Kyprianou appointed president of Cyprus
1977 Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate's vote
1976 George Harrison found guilty of plagurizing "My Sweet Lord"
1976 Mexican peso devalued
1976 Trinidad and Tobago adopts constitution
1976 Waldemar Cierpinski wins 18th Olympics Marathon (2:09:55.0)
1975 Former Teamsters' president James Hoffa reported missing
1973 1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)
1973 PBA National Championship Won by Earl Anthony
1972 Lasse Viren runs Olympic/world record 10,000m (27:38.4)
1972 Olga Korbut, U.S.S.R., wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics
1971 The Rolling Stones plus the father of Brian Jones, filed a high court writ against ex managers Oldham and Easton. Claiming they made a secret deal with Decca Records in 1963 to deprive the group of royalties.
1971 Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30)
1971 Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a car on Moon
1970 59th Davis Cup: USA beats Germany in Cleveland (5-0)
1970 Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted
1970 Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar
1970 Peter Yarrow arrested for taking "immoral liberties" with girl, 14
1970 WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival
1968 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran
1968 68th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Bruce Fleisher
1968 Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon and Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on cover
1968 Roy Face ties W Johnson's record of 802 pitching appearances with club
1968 Verne Gagne beats Dick Beyers (Dr. X) in Minn, to become NWA champ
1966 Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
1965 House of Representatives joins Senate establish Department of Housing and Urban Develop
1964 Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of Angels
1962 Trinidad and Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day)
1961 Amsterdam National Ballet forms
1960 Agricultural Hall of Fame forms

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2)
1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
1959 Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game
1957 Malayasia (formerly Malaya) gains independence from Britain
1955 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Texas)
1955 1st solar automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Illinois
1955 KTRE TV channel 9 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die
1954 Indians beat Yankees 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 A's)
1954 WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, ME (ABC) begins
1953 KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins
1951 1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf
1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 home runs and a single in a game vs Braves

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Brian Jones quits The Rolling Stones

Brian Jones quits The Rolling Stones because of his drug problems on June 9, 1969




Retro History for June 9 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," premieres in USA
1989 Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football
1989 Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals
1989 Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1
1988 Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to U.K.
1986 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn
1986 Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0
1986 Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points
1986 Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol
1985 39th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
1985 55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62)
1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1985 American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon
1985 Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France
1985 U.S.S.R.'s Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus
1984 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay, Jr. aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2
1984 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61)
1984 Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times"
1984 Donald Ducks 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
1984 Jurgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
1984 Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD
1984 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater
1983 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim
1983 Margaret Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election
1983 Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, vs. Australia
1982 General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala
1982 Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley
1980 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn
1980 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine
1980 Phillies and San Francisco Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
1980 Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6
1979 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60)
1979 Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
1979 Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st and last time
1979 Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome
1978 Gutenberg Bible, 1 of 21, sells for $2.4 million, London
1978 Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
1977 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist
1977 George and Patti Harrison divorce
1977 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks
1975 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2
1975 Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners and 1 guard (Sanford Fla)
1975 House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time
1975 Tony Orlando and Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You"
1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic
1974 Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert
1973 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24
1972 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237
1972 Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia
1971 Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan
1971 Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold
1970 Argentine military junta under Lieutenant-general Lanusse drives out President Ongania
1970 Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton
1970 Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Brian Jones quits (sic) Rolling Stones because of his drug problems
1969 Warren Burger confirmed as U.S. Chief Justice
1968 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62)
1968 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61)
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational
1968 Yugoslav president Tito promises reforms
1967 Boycott scores 246* vs. India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
1967 Israeli troops reach Suez Canal
1967 Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl
1966 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, and Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4
1965 Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6
1964 Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament
1963 1st Sunday night game in baseball San Francisco Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0
1963 Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open
1963 Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1963 Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game
1963 Equal Pay Act enacted
1963 John F. Kennedy names Winston Churchill U.S. honorary citizen
1963 Movie "Cleopatra" opens in New York
1962 "Bill of Hare," premieres in U.S.
1962 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8
1962 Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City
1961 Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
1960 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract
1960 Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 1st ballistic missile sub launched, George Washington
1958 "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1
1957 Anthony Eden resigns as British PM
1956 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
1955 100 degrees F - Hottest day in Seattle Washington
1955 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge
1954 Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings
1953 "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater," last airs on NBC-TV
1953 South African premier Malan visits Netherlands
1953 Worcester County tornado, 94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless
1951 "Doodles Weaver Show," debuts on NBC-TV

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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards create the Satisfaction opening riff

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards work out opening riff of the song Satisfaction, following Richard's purchase of a Gibson fuzz-box that day in their Clearwater, Florida hotel room on May 6, 1965




Retro History for May 6 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05
1988 Graeme Hick scores 405 for Worcs vs. Somerset 35 fours 11 sixes
1988 Doughnutgate incident: New Jersey Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended
1987 Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
1987 Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH
1987 Niroslav Milhailovic begins 54 hours of telling jokes
1987 PTL's Jim Bakker and Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God
1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1986 Berlin: Real Madrid wins 15th UEFA Cup
1986 Donald E. Pelotte becomes 1st native American bishop
1986 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1985 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards AFB
1984 Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken, Jr. hits for cycle
1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election
1982 Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
1981 "Inacent Black" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 14 performances
1981 Mariners manager Maury Wills is fired and replaced by Rene Lachemann
1981 U.S. expels Libyan diplomats

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m
1979 Louis LaRusso II's "Knockout," premieres in New York City
1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1978 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:01.2
1978 South Africa military goes into Angola
1977 "Beatles at Hollywood Bowl," released in U.K.
1975 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska
1974 A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Baltimore ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games
1974 Smallest attendance at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium (4,149)
1974 Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London
1974 West German chancellor W. Brandt resigns
1973 1st WHA championship, New England Whalers beat Win Jets, 4 games to 1
1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic
1972 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8
1970 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mount Everest

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 Battle between students and troops in Paris, 1000 injured
1968 Giants reliever Lindy McDaniel sets NL record of 225th consecutive errorless game (108 chances consecutively since June 16, 1964)
1968 Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards
1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College
1967 93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6
1967 Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
1967 Zakir Hussain elected 1st Moslem president of India
1966 Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin
1966 Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7
1965 In their Clearwater, Florida hotel room, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards work out opening riff of the song Satisfaction, following Richard's purchase of a Gibson fuzz-box that day
1965 Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies
1964 Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr. Sloan," premieres in London
1963 Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August)
1962 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine
1962 Antonio Segni elected president of Italy
1962 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament
1962 Pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquerors Nam Tha Laos
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1961 87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04
1961 Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party
1960 English prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)
1960 President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
1960 Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta
1960 Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramon Mercader), freed in Mexico

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1957 Italian government of Segni resigns
1957 Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV
1957 Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage)
1956 Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header
1956 WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 West Germany joins NATO
1954 Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)
1953 Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Philadelphia A's, 6-0
1951 Pittsburgh Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0
1950 "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 52 performances
1950 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
1950 Liz Taylor's 1st marriage to Conrad Hilton, Jr.

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Beatles and Rolling Stones meet for the first time

Beatles and Rolling Stones meet for the first time during a Rolling Stones performance at Crawdaddy Club. 'We got all nervous', says Bill Wyman, 'but then we had a chat with them afterwards and stayed up all night rapping and became really good mates on April 21, 1963.




Retro History for April 21 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom
1988 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
1988 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1987 Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games
1987 Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history
1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
1987 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1987 Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
1986 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55
1986 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51
1986 Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)
1986 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing
1985 Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
1985 Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1985 Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06
1985 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
1984 Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
1984 Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game
1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched
1983 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom
1982 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
1982 Dr. Michael E. Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
1982 Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses U.S. Congress
1981 U.S. furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
1980 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11
1980 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit, Michigan
1980 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28, Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Carmelina" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 17 performances
1977 "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 2377 performances
1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
1977 Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
1977 C Strouse and M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in New York City
1977 Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh
1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1975 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24
1975 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55
1975 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
1975 Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24)
1974 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win
1974 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice
1972 John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched
1971 Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
1970 Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 home runs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49
1968 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz and Guilderstern and Hallelujah Baby! win
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1967 Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
1967 EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands
1967 Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to U.S.
1967 Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in New York City
1966 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
1965 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season
1964 Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 home runs, Pirates win 8-5
1963 Beatles and Rolling Stones meet for the first time during a Rolling Stones performance at Crawdaddy Club. 'We got all nervous', says Bill Wyman, 'but then we had a chat with them afterwards and stayed up all night rapping and became really good mates.
1963 Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
1963 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open
1962 Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington
1961 Dirk U. Suffocated chosen as Secretary-General of NATO
1961 French army revolts in Algeria
1961 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m
1960 Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
1959 Alf Dean using a rod and reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark
1957 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
1955 J Lawrence and R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in New York City
1955 Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
1954 Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of U.S.S.R.
1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
1952 BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
1951 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3
1951 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1

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Rolling Stones release Aftermath LP

Rolling Stones release Aftermath LP in UK (their first LP to feature all original material) on April 15, 1966




Retro History for April 15 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England
1989 South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries
1989 Students in Beijing pro-democracy protests
1989 Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48)
1989 Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois
1988 Meteorite exploded above Indonesia
1988 Wendy Wasserstein's "Heidi Chronicles," premieres in New York City
1987 "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 13 performances
1987 Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy," premieres in New York City
1986 U.S. air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing
1986 Viv Richards century off 56 balls vs. England in Antigua Test Cricket
1985 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06
1985 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05
1985 Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B mission
1985 South Africa will repeal sex and marriage laws against whites and non-whites
1984 "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 13 performances
1984 48th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277
1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1984 Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India
1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1983 Rangers 0-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1983 Tokyo Disneyland opens
1982 Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, and landscape display
1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 43rd Golf Masters Championship: Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280
1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy
1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test
1977 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium
1976 Yankee stadium reopens, Yankees beat Twins after trailing 4-0
1975 1st appearance of San Diego Chicken
1975 Gabon amends constitution
1975 Penguins 3-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 2-0 lead
1974 3rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11
1974 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39
1974 Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed
1973 2nd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1973 Walt Disney Store opens
1972 Barbra Striesand, James Taylor, Carole King and Quincy Jones perform at a benefit for George McGovern for President
1971 "70, Girls, 70" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 35 performances
1971 43rd Academy Awards - "Patton," George C Scott and Glenda Jackson win
1970 "Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 8 performances
1970 Libyan leader Gadaffi launches "Green Revolution"
1970 WMGZ TV channel 16 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, begins broadcasting
1970 WPSJ TV channel 14 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, begins broadcasting

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 North Korea shoots at U.S. airplane above Japanese sea
1968 Houston Astros beat New York Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings
1967 "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 457 performances
1966 KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Rolling Stones release Aftermath LP in UK (their first LP to feature all original material)
1965 James Baldwin's "Amen Corner," premieres in New York City
1965 NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold
1964 Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (world's longest)
1964 Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia
1963 "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances
1962 U.S. national debt above $300,000,000,000
1961 "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1375 performances
1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw U

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Fidel Castro begins U.S. goodwill tour
1959 U.S. Secretary of States John Foster Dulles resigns
1958 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young and Jane Wyatt
1958 1st baseball game in California, San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-0
1957 Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery
1957 KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs PO $41 million
1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1955 Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants in Illinois
1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1954 KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1
1954 WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow
1953 Malans National Party wins South African elections
1953 WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 1st B-52 prototype test flight
1952 Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card
1952 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in 4 games
1952 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1951 Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Curacao


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The Rolling Stones leave England

The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes




Retro History for March 14 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1987 Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87
1987 Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m
1987 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt
1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)
1985 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards
1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hour ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-41-C mission
1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
1982 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
1982 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
1980 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation
1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay
1980 Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.)
1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers)
1980 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead)
1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland
1972 NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC
1971 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV
1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct
1969 Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. New Zealand
1968 POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
1967 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith
1967 John F. Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial
1967 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career home run #500 off Stu Miller
1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany
1964 "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway New York City after 112 performances
1964 Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder
1963 SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists
1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France
1962 Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals
1961 George Weiss becomes President of New York Mets
1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield California
1960 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1958 RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star)
1958 Recording Industry Association of American created
1958 South Africa government disallows ANC
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
1957 Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns
1955 Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal
1954 Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game
1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins
1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1954 NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak
1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Communist Party
1951 During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul
1951 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany
1950 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins

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Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias

Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias on March 12, 1971.




Retro History for March 12 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 15th People's Choice Awards
1989 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found in Philadelphia
1989 Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election
1987 "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial New York City for 4000+ performances
1987 David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game
1987 Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North
1987 Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS)
1987 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (CAN)
1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1986 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
1986 Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
1985 Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points
1984 National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike
1984 British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
1983 Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
1982 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs. Leeward Islands
1982 PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
1981 Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1981 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in New York City
1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia
1980 Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago
1980 New York Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99)
1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic
1977 Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party
1977 Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
1976 South African troops leave Angola
1975 Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam
1972 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open
1972 NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons
1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias
1971 Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected president
1971 Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army
1970 U.S. lowers voting age from 21 to 18

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs. Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins
1969 Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London
1968 Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
1967 Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority
1966 Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record
1966 Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)
1966 Love's 1st album released "Love"
1966 Pioneer Plaza dedicated
1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine and Roses, Striesand wins 2
1964 Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
1964 Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam
1964 SN Behrmann's "But for Whom Charlie," premieres in New York City
1964 WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
1963 Bob Dylan cancels "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance
1962 Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections
1959 U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
1958 British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day"
1957 East Germany accepts 22 Russian divisions
1956 Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24)
1954 1st performance of Arnold Schonberg's "Moses und Aaron"
1951 Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office
1951 Communist troops driven out of Seoul
1950 Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
1950 Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda"


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Keith Richards gets suspended sentence

Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada on February 27, 1977.




Retro History for February 27 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 German war criminals Aus der Funten/Fischer, freed in Holland
1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1988 Bonnie Blair (U.S.) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1
1988 Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34
1988 Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating
1987 "Washington Week In Review," 20th anniversary on PBS
1987 Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff
1987 Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m)
1987 NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption
1985 Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief
1985 Mauritania's new constitutional charter published
1984 Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8.675 m)
1984 WRC-AM in Washington D.C. changes call letters to WWRC
1984 Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa
1983 Eamonn Coghlan set indoor mile record of 3:49.78
1983 Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament
1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
1982 Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million
1982 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1982 Wayne Williams found guilty of murdering 2 of 28 blacks in Atlanta
1981 Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747
1981 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder record "Ebony and Ivory"
1980 22nd Grammy Awards: What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet
1980 Israel and Egypt exchange ambassadors
1980 Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe
1980 Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
1976 Final meeting between Mao tse Tung and Richard Nixon
1975 CDU-politician Peter Lorentz kidnapped in West Berlin
1975 House of Representatives pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill
1974 "People" magazine begins sales
1974 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota
1973 Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox
1973 Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee
1973 Pope Paul VI publishes constitution motu proprio Quo aptius
1973 White Sox slugger Dick Allen signs 3-year $750,000 contract
1972 President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique
1970 New York Times falsely reports U.S. Army has ended domestic surveillance

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 General Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via miltary coup
1969 President Nixon visits West-Berlin
1967 Antigua and St. Christopher-Nevis become associated states of UK
1967 Dominica gains independence from England
1967 Pink Floyd release their 1st single "Arnold Layne"
1967 Rio de la Plata Treaty
1966 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Diane Towler/Bernard Ford GRB
1966 Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Belousova and Protopopov of URS
1966 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Peggy Fleming of U.S.
1966 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Emmerich Danzer AUT
1965 "High Spirits" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 375 performances
1965 Dutch Marijnen government resigns
1965 France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1964 "What Makes Sammy Run?" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 540 performances
1963 Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000
1962 South-Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem's palace bombed, 1st U.S. killed
1960 Oil pipeline from Rotterdam to Ruhrgebied opens
1960 U.S. Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats U.S.S.R. 3-2 en route to gold medal

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to Los Angeles Rams for 9 players
1959 Boston Celtic Bob Cousy sets NBA record with 28 assists Boston Celtics score 173 points against Minneapolis Lakers
1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1957 Mao's speech "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People"
1957 Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files)
1956 Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"
1956 Female suffrage in Egypt
1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1951 22nd amendment ratified, limiting president to 2 terms
1950 General Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China

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Retro History for February 12 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 12, 1967 Keith Richards' home, 'Redlands', in West Wittering raided for drugs.




Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 39th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 143-134 at Houston
1989 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel
1989 50th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Larry Mowry
1989 Barbara Harris becomes 1st female bishop of a U.S. Episcopal church
1989 Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick and 10th 40+ goal season
1989 Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h
1989 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
1986 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is vs. Guyana
1985 37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary
1985 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup
1984 Alice Miller wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1984 Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH
1984 Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at Olympics
1984 West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality and gold medal
1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record
1981 Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA
1981 Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent
1981 Cape Verde amends its constitution
1981 Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Building, 10m
1980 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 16 performances
1980 New York Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs. Winnipeg Jets
1980 Richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Kosmos 1076, 1st Soviet oceanographic satellite, launched
1978 "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 96 performances
1978 Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
1978 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1978 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1977 Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 1st U.S. POWs in North Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine
1971 Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 and 0 Australia vs. England
1970 Anthony Shaffers "Sleuth," premieres in New York City

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1967 Kees Verkerk becomes world champ all round skater
1967 Keith Richards' home, 'Redlands', in West Wittering raided for drugs
1965 KHFI (now KBVO) TV channel 42 in Austin, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
1965 Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1964 Beatles 1st New York City concert at Carnegie Hall
1964 End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career
1964 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1964 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen
1963 Argentina asks extraditon of ex-president Peron
1962 Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia
1961 Celtic Bill Russell grabs 40 rebounds to beat Warriors 136-125
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1961 Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 years 82 days
1961 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 toward Venus
1960 Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1958 Celtic Bill Russell grabs 41 rebounds to beat Syracuse 119-101
1958 General Miguel Ydegoras Fuentes elected president of Guatemala
1957 Researchers announce Borazan (harder than diamonds) been developed
1956 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Miami Beach Golf Open
1955 McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks
1955 President Eisenhower sends 1st U.S. advisors to South Vietnam
1955 Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan
1955 WTVY TV channel 4 in Dothan, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 U.S.S.R. breaks relations with Israel
1950 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb
1950 Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees


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January 17 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Mick Taylor!



Musicians Born On January 17

1943 Chris Montez (Let's Dance)
1944 Francoise Hardy (French singer)
1945 William Hart (Delfonics)
1948 Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones)
1955 Steve Earle
1956 Paul Young (Wherever I Lay My Hat)
1957 John Crawford (Berlin)
1957 Susanna Hoffs (Bangles)

Deaths On January 17

1970 Billy Stewart (Summertime)
1982 Tommy Tucker (writer of High-Heel Sneakers)

Number 1 In The Charts On January 17

1976 Barry Manilow I Write the Songs US LP
1976 Earth, Wind and Fire: Gratitude US LP
1987 Kate Bush; The Whole Story UK LP
1998 Savage Garden : Truly, Madly, Deeply : US single
1999 911 : A Little Bit More : UK single

Various Music Events On January 17

1944 First jazz concert held at the New York, Metropolitan Opera House.

1954 Philips record label holds a first anniversary celebration at the Shaftesbury Hotel in London.

1957 Bill Haley's film Don't Knock the Rock, premiers in the UK at the Astoria, Charing Cross Road.

1958 Sam Cooke debuts on UK chart with You Send Me

1963 Del Shannon's Little Town Flirt debuts on UK chart.

1970 The Yoko and John Lennon Bag One Exhibition opens at the London Art Gallery

1981 Dire Straits hit UK chart with Romeo and Juliet.

1981 Ultravox's Vienna hits UK chart.

1981 Stevie Winwood debuts solo on UK chart with While You See a Chance.

1981 Phil Collins's In the Air tonight debuts on UK chart

1990 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at New York's Waldorf Astoria. The inductees include The Who, Hank Ballard, The Four Seasons, The Four Tops, , Simon and Garfunkel, the Platters and The Kinks

1993 Aretha Franklin and Michael Bolton perform in front of hundreds of thousands of people in Washington, at a free outdoor concert that was part of the presidential inauguration ceremonies.

1996 The Jefferson Airplane, Gladys Knight and the Pips, David Bowie, Pete Seeger, The Shirelles, Tom Donahue, Little Willie John, Pink Floydand the Velvet Underground are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.



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January 13 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On January 13, 1967 The Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 "Friday the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain
1989 "Ryan's Hope" ends 13 year run on ABC-TV
1989 Computers across Britain hit by "Friday the 13th" virus
1989 Jerry Parks, Oklahoma defensive back, charged with shooting a teammate
1989 Ruins of Mashkan-shapir (occupied 2050-1720 BC) found in Iraq
1989 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence
1988 LA Dodger/SD Padre Steve Garvey retires
1988 Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities
1987 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each
1987 West German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking
1986 NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams
1986 South Yemen President Ali Nasser Mohammed's bodyguard shoots opponents
1985 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1)
1985 99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course
1985 Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders
1985 Cerberal Palsy telethon raises $17,1000,000
1985 Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428
1984 TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV
1983 AMA urges ban on boxing, sites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition
1983 Quebec Nordiques play 251st NHL game without being shut out
1982 Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame
1982 Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78
1981 Barbara Sonntag, Colorado, crochets record 147 stitches/minute for 1/2 hour
1981 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to May Swenson and Howard Nemerov
1981 Islander's Mike Bossy's 15th career hat trick-4 goals
1980 "King of Schnorrers" closes at Playhouse Theater New York City after 63 performances
1980 Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium
1980 Togo's constitution becomes effective

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Charlie Daniels hosts Volunteer Jam
1979 YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song
1976 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
1974 Superbowl VIII: Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings, 24-7 in Houston Superbowl MVP: Larry Csonka, Miami, RB
1973 "Tricks" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 8 performances
1973 Efskind skates world record 1000m (1:17.6)
1972 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire
1971 "Soon" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 3 performances

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
1968 "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 293 performances
1968 "Illya Darling" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 320 performances
1968 Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam
1968 Minn North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th)
1967 Coup in Togo
1967 Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show
1966 1st black selected for President cabinet (Lyndon Baines Johnson selects Robert C Weaver-HUD)
1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 Karol Wojtyla becomes archbishop of Krakow
1963 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 21-14
1963 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-20
1962 "Do Re Mi" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 400 performances
1962 Wilt Chamberlain of Warriors scores then NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 De Gaulle grants amnesty to 130 to Algerian death row convicts
1959 King Boudouin promises Belgian Congo independence
1958 9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition United Nations for nuclear test ban
1958 U.S. newspaper "Daily Worker" ceases publication
1957 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Allen Tate
1957 Mickey Wright wins Sea Island Golf Open
1957 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 19-10
1957 Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee
1954 Miltary rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested
1954 WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14
1953 KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, Arizona (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia
1951 German general F Christian freed early from Dutch prison


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Retro History From The 50s to 80s - January 9

On January 9, 1973 The Rolling Stones' plans for a Far Eastern tour are disrupted when Mick Jagger is refused a Japanese visa on account of a 1969 drug bust. Jagger is quoted as saying, "I don't take drugs. I don't approve of drugs and I don't approve of people taking drugs, unless they're very careful."



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 "Pat Sajak Show" premieres on CBS
1989 Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1988 August Wilson's "Piano Lesson," premieres in Boston
1988 English earl of St. Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli
1988 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1987 Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed
1987 New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect
1987 Sir Rudolph Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass
1986 New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
1985 Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out
1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession
1984 EAA moves operations to Oshkosh
1984 John Lennon releases "Nobody Told Me"
1983 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands
1982 5.9 earthquake in New England and Canada; 1st since 1855
1982 Steve D'Innocenzo scores 3 hockey goals in 12 sec in Mass HS game
1981 Francisco Balsamao elected President of Portugal
1980 63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin
1979 High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws
1979 K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste"
1979 Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses
1978 Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established
1977 "Porgy and Bess" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 122 performances
1977 Superbowl XI: Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR
1976 Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot
1976 CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
1976 Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK
1975 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike
1975 Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes
1973 Luna 21 launched, to Moon
1973 The Rolling Stones' plans for a Far Eastern tour are disrupted when Mick Jagger is refused a Japanese visa on account of a 1969 drug bust. Jagger is quoted as saying, "I don't take drugs. I don't approve of drugs and I don't approve of people taking drugs, unless they're very careful."
1972 Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake
1972 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1972 Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
1971 "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic New York City after 19 perf
1970 Constitution of Singapore enacted

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Concorde jetliner's 1st test flight from Bristol England
1968 1st ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 120 at Indiana
1968 Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on Moon
1967 Georgia legislature seats Rep. Julian Bond
1967 NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints"
1966 Polish government denies exit visa to Cardinal Wyszynski revisionism
1965 "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
1964 Anti-U.S. rioting broke out in Panama Canal Zone
1963 Mao Tse-tung writes his poem "Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo"
1962 Mister M (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne in Minn, to become NWA champ
1962 NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 Twins agree on $500,000 payment to AA for Minn/St. Paul territory
1960 Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV
1959 Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die
1959 Pat O'Connor beats Dick Hutton in St. Louis, to become NWA champ
1958 In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54
1957 British premier Anthony Eden resigns
1957 Checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR
1957 Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth"
1957 Kalmyk Autonomous Region reformed in RSFSR
1957 Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR
1956 Abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column 1st appears in newspapers
1956 Samir el-Rifai forms government in Jordan
1954 -87 degrees F (-66 degrees C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record)
1954 Bert Olmstead, Mont Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game
1954 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Louise Bogan and Leonie Adams
1953 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game
1953 Korean ferryboat "Chang Tyong-Ho" sank off Pusan killing 249
1952 Belgian Pholien government resigns
1952 Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title
1952 Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty
1951 Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premieres
1951 Washington Capitals NBA club folds


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December 19 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On December 19, 1975 Ronnie Wood joined the Rolling Stones.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route
1989 Larry Bird, of the Celtics, begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games
1988 NASA unviels plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars
1988 Oklahoma's College football team gets 3 year probation
1988 Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany - 5,000 evacuated
1987 Bruins' Linseman and Blues' Doug Gilmore score goals, 2 seconds apart
1987 Gari Kasparov becomes world chess champ
1986 U.S.S.R. frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile
1986 Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency
1986 Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500
1985 "Wind in the Willows" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 4 performances
1985 Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart
1985 STS-61-C scrubbed at T -13s because of SRB auxiliary power problem
1984 China Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty
1984 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1984 Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people
1984 Scotty Bowman becomes NHL's all time winningest coach
1984 UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984 Wayne Gretzky, 23, is 18th and youngest NHL-er to score 1,000 points
1980 Anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St. Kitts
1980 Iran requests $24 billion in U.S. guarantees to free hostages
1980 Mutaual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1978 France performs nuclear test
1978 Indira Gandhi ambushed in India
1977 Dutch government of Van Agt/Wiegel forms
1976 Jo Ann Washam/Chi Chi Rodriguez wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Champ
1976 John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. India Delhi
1976 President Brezhnev receives his 5th Lenin order
1976 Piper Cherokee crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt
1975 John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1975 Ron Wood joined the Rolling Stones
1974 "Man With Golden Gun" premieres in US
1974 Dave Kryskow scores Washington Capitals 1st NHL shorthanded goal
1974 Nelson A. Rockefeller sworn-in as 41st Vice President
1973 "Molly" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 68 performances
1973 Grenada adopts constitution
1972 Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon landing series, returns to Earth
1971 "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 97 performances
1971 CBS airs "Homecoming A Christmas Story," (introducing the Waltons)
1971 NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp
1971 Stanley Kubrick's X-rated "A Clockwork Orange" premieres

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released
1968 WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1965 French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%)
1963 Zanzibar becomes independent from UK
1962 Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1962 Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission
1962 Transit 5A1, 1st operational navigational satellite, launched
1961 British government begins decimal coin system
1961 Indonesian President Sukarno proclaims general mobilization
1960 Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die)
1960 Frank Sinatra's 1st session with Reprise Records (Ring-A-Ding-Ding)
1960 Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0
1958 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere")
1957 "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1375 performances
1955 Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes"
1953 KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1952 Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker"
1951 Nazi General Christiansen leaves Netherlands
1950 General Eisenhower named NATO commander
1950 Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion


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