Monday, February 28, 2011

Happy Birthday Brian

Led Zeppelin play live as The Nobs

Led Zeppelin play Copenhagen, as The Nobs on February 28, 1970.

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Retro History for February 28 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA
1989 Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public
1989 Red Schoendienst and Al Barlick elected to Hall of Fame
1988 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
1988 Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed
1988 Pat Verbeek becomes 1st New Jersey Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13)
1986 European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade
1986 Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs
1984 26th Grammy Awards: Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8
1982 AT and T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day
1982 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
1982 FALN (Puerto Rico Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
1981 Calvin Murphy (Houston), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
1981 China throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan
1980 "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m)
1980 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York City
1977 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles California)
1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
1976 18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins
1976 Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession
1976 Spain withdraws from Western Sahara
1975 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop
1975 EG signs accord of Lome with 46 developing countries
1975 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 Ethiopian government of Makonnen forms
1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
1974 Taiwan police shoots into crowd
1974 U.S. and Egypt re-form diplomatic relations after 7 years
1973 Suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders
1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
1972 President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1971 WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, Kentucky (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National Florida Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam
1970 "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 4 performances
1970 Led Zeppelin play Copenhagen, as The Nobs.
1970 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
1970 Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
1970 KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast
1970 WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler and Ford of GBR
1969 Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Rodnina and Ulanov of URS
1969 Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR
1969 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood USA
1967 Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal
1966 Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes
1966 Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers
1962 WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN
1961 John F. Kennedy names Henry Kissinger special advisor
1960 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, California
1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1960 U.S. wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Goldilocks" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 161 performances
1959 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs USA won by Denny and Jones of GRB
1959 Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner and Paul of CAN
1959 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss USA
1959 Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit
1959 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA
1959 NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to Los Angeles Rams for 9 players
1958 West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket
1957 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
1956 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Massachusetts
1956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory
1954 Patty Berg/Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1953 Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev and Malenkov
1951 French government of Pleven dissolves
1951 Senate committee reports of at least 2 major U.S. crime syndicates
1950 "Alive and Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 46 performances


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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Funky 70s

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Keith Richards gets suspended sentence

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


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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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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Michael Jackson's Thriller album goes to #1

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks on February 26, 1983.


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Retro History for February 25 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 634 performances
1989 Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
1989 Lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (95.5 hPa)
1989 New York Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster
1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs
1988 Christa Rotherburger (GDR) skates ladies world record 1000m (1:17.65)
1987 1st release of Beatles compact discs
1987 NASA launches GEOS-H
1987 NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bull record
1987 Tower Commission probes Iran-Contra affair
1987 U.S.S.R. resumes nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1987 Washington blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record
1986 Evert van Benthem wins 14th Frisian 11-Cities skating race (6:55:16)
1985 27th Grammy Awards: Whats Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper wins
1984 Last U.S. Marines in multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon left Beirut
1984 Pak Awang (84) marries 80th spouse
1984 Reverend Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called New York City, "Hymietown"
1984 Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named 1st U.S. poet laureate
1983 Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks
1982 Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, vs. Australia Wellington, run out 9
1981 3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since Aug 1980 are released
1981 84 penalties (406 minutes) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minnesota and Boston
1981 French Train Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run
1980 Egypt and Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time
1980 Miltary coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname
1980 R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century vs. Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US
1978 Ira Levin's "Deathtrap," premieres in New York City
1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1977 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)
1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1975 "Night... Made America Famous" opens at Barrymore New York City for 75 performances
1975 1st televised kidney transplant on the Today Show
1974 Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris
1973 Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m
1972 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125
1970 "Georgy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 4 performances
1970 Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission
1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1967 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in St. Paul, to become NWA champ
1966 KBIM TV channel 10 in Roswell, New Mexico (CBS) begins broadcasting
1965 Dutch Government of Marijnen falls
1965 West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania
1962 Arthur Kopit's "Oh, Dad, Poor Dad..." premieres in New York City
1962 U.S. Supreme Court disallows race separation on public transportation
1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs. New York
1960 Soviet premier Khrushchev voices support for Indonesia
1960 USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating
1960 Verne Gagne beats Doctor X in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1956 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1956 Writers Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge
1955 "Peter Pan" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 149 performances
1955 1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith
1954 1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy Massachusetts
1954 Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records
1953 Allen W. Dulles, promoted from deputy to 5th director of CIA
1952 Netherlands-Indonesian Unity conference
1952 Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb
1951 22nd amendment to Constitution is ratified
1951 Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia
1950 Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety," premieres in New York City

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Friday, February 25, 2011

Music For Amplified Toy Pianos

John Cage's "Music for Amplified Toy Pianos," premieres on February 25, 1960.


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Retro History for February 25 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 1st independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms
1989 Dallas Cowboys' new owner fires 29-year coach Tom Landry
1989 Javed Miandad scores 271 vs. New Zealand at Eden Park
1989 Lowest baramotric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt)
1989 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1988 Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester Mass
1988 South Korea adopts constitution
1987 LaMarr Hoyt is banned from baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse
1987 Michael Jordan, scores Chicago Bulls record 58 points in a game
1987 U.S. Supreme Court upholds affirmative action, 5-4
1986 28th Grammy Awards: We Are the World, Sade, Phil Collins wins
1986 Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines, Marcos flees
1986 Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao
1986 Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel
1984 Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500
1982 Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs
1982 Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph)
1981 23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins
1981 Calgary Flames scored 11 goals against the Islanders
1981 L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain
1981 NHL most penalized game; Bruins vs Northstars, 84 penalties (392 minutes)
1981 New York Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames
1981 Rita Jenrette (wife of Abscam congressman) appears on Donahue
1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 Executive Board of Baseball Players Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved
1980 Coup ousts Prime Minister Henck Arron of Suriname

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1979 Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched
1978 Botham scores 1st Test Cricket century, 103 vs. New Zealand Christchurch
1977 New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts
1977 Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons
1977 Soyuz 24 returns to Earth
1975 Ewen Chatfield flattened by Peter Lever and seriously injured
1974 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975
1973 "Little Night Music" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 601 performances
1973 Juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders
1973 Steven Sondheim's musical "Little Night Music," premieres in New York City
1972 Lopsided trade, Cards trade Steve Carlton to Phillies for Rick Wise
1972 Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single
1971 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 1,316 performances
1971 P Zindel's "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little," premieres in New York City

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album
1969 Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars
1969 Pension plan for baseball is agreed to
1968 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea
1968 Makarios re-elected president of Cyprus
1966 Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad
1964 Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns
1964 Cassius Clay TKOs Sonny Liston in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1963 Beatles release their 1st single in U.S. "Please Please Me"
1962 India Congress Party wins elections
1962 Mike O'Hara completes record 97th marathon
1962 Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands
1961 Niagara ends St. Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak
1961 Paul Bikle in glider climbs from 1208 m at release to record 14,10
1960 John Cage's "Music for Amplified Toy Pianos," premieres
1960 Lillian Hellman's "Toys in the Attic," premieres in New York City

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1957 Buddy Holly and Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"
1957 Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport
1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference
1954 Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier
1953 "Wonderful Town" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 559 performances
1952 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway
1951 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 278 perf
1951 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina)
1951 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament
1950 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen


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Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Byrds play farewell concert

The Byrds play farewell concert at Capital Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey on February 24, 1974


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Retro History for February 24 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 150-million-year-old fossil egg found
1989 Harold E. Ballard sells CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats to David Braley
1989 Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife
1989 U.S. Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die
1989 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1M-$3M bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses"
1988 Matti Nykanen becomes winter olympics 1st triple gold medalist
1988 South African apartheid regime bans the UDF
1987 29th Grammy Awards: Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby wins
1987 Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point
1987 Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack
1986 Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million
1986 Voyager 2, 1st Uranus flyby
1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Circle K Golf Open Tucson
1985 Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal
1985 Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yards
1985 Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King and I"
1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
1983 Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for 1st time
1983 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1982 24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins
1982 Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92
1981 Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak
1981 Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer
1981 Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower
1980 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 16 performances
1980 Joanne Carner Ladies wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1980 Rangers score 5 power-play goals against Islanders
1980 USA Olympic hockey team defeated Finland, 4-2, to win the gold medal

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas
1979 War between North and South Yemen begins
1978 Kevin Porter, New Jersey, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game
1977 President Carter announces U.S. foreign aid will consider human rights
1976 Cuba adopts its constitution
1976 Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York City
1976 Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU
1974 Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champ all-round skater
1974 Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh
1973 Byrds play farewell concert at Capital Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey.
1971 Algeria nationalizes French oil companies
1970 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)
1970 Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records
1970 KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby
1968 "Darling of the Day" closes at George Abbott New York City after 31 performances
1968 1st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)
1968 Discovery of 1st pulsar announced
1968 Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games
1968 Jocelyn Bell discovers 1st pulsar
1968 U.S. troops reconquer Hue Vietnam
1966 Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas
1965 East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt
1964 Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title
1962 "New Faces of '62" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 28 performances
1962 "Sail Away" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 167 performances
1962 General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 Explorer 10 fails to reach Earth orbit
1960 Italian government of Segni falls
1960 U.S. beats Germany in Olympic hockey finals round, 9-1

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1955 "Silk Stockings" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 461 performances
1955 Pact of Baghdad between Iraq and Turkey signed
1952 Betty MacKinnon and Sam Snead wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament
1951 "Bless You All" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 84 performances
1951 Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran and Paul Falk of GER
1951 Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of GRB
1951 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA
1950 Labour wins British parliamentary election

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Beatles 3rd Ed Sullivan Show performance

Transmision of a 3rd Ed Sullivan Show performance (recorded 9 February 1964). The Beatles become the first artists performing 3 times for the programme on February 23, 1964

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Teri Garr appears on the Bob Newhart Show

Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Confessions of an Orth" on February 23, 1974


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Retro History for February 23 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1988 15th Winter Olympic games opens in Calgary, Alberta
1988 Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights and play up to 18 night games
1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates female record 3k (4:11.94)
1987 Dick Howser retires from managing Kansas City Royals, due to brain tumor
1987 Russian Writers Union accepts Boris Pasternak posthumous as member
1987 Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st naked-eye supernova since 1604
1986 Despite losing, Red Sox Wade Boggs gets largest arbitration ($1.35M)
1986 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA Standard Register/Samaritan Golf Classic
1986 Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 60 m indoor (7.00 sec)
1985 Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game
1985 U.S. Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general
1983 25th Grammy Awards: Roxanna, Toto IV, Men at Work wins
1983 USFL New Jersey Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 mil)
1982 Michael Frayn's "Noises Off," premieres in London
1981 People mag features drug ordeal of Mackenzie and Papa John Phillips
1981 Spanish coup under Lt-colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails
1980 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York
1980 Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics
1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1980 Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-million-gallon spill

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Sarava" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 140 performances
1979 Frank Peterson, Jr. named 1st black general in Marine Corps
1979 George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album
1978 20th Grammy Awards: Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone wins
1976 Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract
1975 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1974 Patty Hearst, daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by SLA
1974 Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Confessions of an Orth"
1973 Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London
1971 Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak
1971 George Harrison is fined and his driving license is suspended for 1 year
1971 Lt. Calley confessed and implicates Captain Medina
1970 Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)
1970 Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Nayif Hawatimah forms Dem People's Front for Liberation of Palestine
1969 WWVU (now WNPB) TV channel 24 in Morgantown, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast
1968 Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBAer to score 25,000 points
1967 25th amendment (presidential succession) declared ratified
1967 John Herbert's "Fortune and Men's Eyes," premieres in New York City
1967 Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner
1967 U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War
1966 Aldo Moro forms Italian government
1966 Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government
1966 Premier Obote grabs power in Uganda
1965 Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president
1964 Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1960 Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field (opened in 1913)

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
1959 KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, California (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels
1958 Arturo Frondizi elected president of Argentina
1958 Last Municipal arc light, Mission and 25th removed (installed in 1913)
1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1957 "Mr Wonderful" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 383 performances
1956 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow
1956 Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin
1955 Edgar Faure forms French government
1954 1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh)
1954 Syrian army drives out president Adib el-Shishakli

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Malcolm McLaren fires Adam Ant

Malcolm McLaren fires Adam Ant from the group which goes on to become Bow Wow Wow on February 22, 1980.


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Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Fins ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress
1989 New York Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50)
1989 U.K. physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"
1989 U.S. authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals"
1989 31st Grammy Awards: Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman
1989 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)
1988 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500m (39.10 sec)
1987 Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200m indoor (20.36 sec)
1984 Brothers Anton and Peter Stastny score 8 pts each for NHL Quebec
1983 Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary
1983 Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India
1983 Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 1500m free style swimming record
1982 New York City Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful)
1981 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
1980 Afghanistan declares martial law
1980 USA beats U.S.S.R. in Olympic hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Billy Martin named manager of Oakland A's
1979 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Primate and Cat Building is dedicated
1979 St. Lucia gains independence from Britain
1978 2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tennessee
1976 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1974 Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators
1973 U.S. and China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing and Washington D.C.
1972 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir and Prime Minister of Qatar
1972 President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing
1971 Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria
1970 "Charles Aznavour" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 23 performances

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major U.S. track
1968 Rock group Genesis release their 1st record "Silent Sun"
1967 Barbara Garson's "MacBird," premieres in New York City
1967 Sling-shot goal post and 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL
1967 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border
1966 Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok and Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew
1965 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test)
1964 Beatles arrive back in England after their 1st U.S. visit
1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs)
1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH)
1958 "Portotino" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 3 performances
1958 Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days
1958 Egypt and Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR)
1958 Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes
1957 Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
1957 Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958
1956 1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel"
1955 British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail
1950 Brockway and Weinstock publish "Men of Music"

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Live Peace In Toronto 7th Week Ranking

'Live Peace In Toronto', 7th week in the ranking (Billboard).
'Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)' enters the ranking; 1st week in the Top 20 (Billboard) on February 21, 1970.


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Jackson 5 make TV debut

Jackson 5 make TV debut on American Bandstand on February 21, 1970


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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling
1989 U.S. bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 Billion street value)
1988 Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane
1988 Gustafson skates world record 10km (13:48.20)
1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation
1987 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1987 Syrian army marches into Beirut
1986 AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School
1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 and suspended for 10 weeks
1985 Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skateing race
1985 Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)
1985 Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator
1983 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds
1983 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak
1982 "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 1604 performances
1982 "Little Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 36 performances
1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured
1981 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k)
1981 NASA launches Comstar D-4
1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1500m in 1:55.44
1980 Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olymp gold (giant slalom)

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite and Corsa-B (550/580 km)
1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period
1977 74 Unification Church couples wed in New York City
1976 "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 7 performances
1976 Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht
1975 John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album
1975 John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman sentenced to 2-8 yrs
1974 Israeli forces leave western Suez
1974 Silver hits record $5.96 an ounce in London
1974 Yugoslavia adopts constitution
1973 Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out
1973 Israeli fighters shoot Libyan aircraft down, killing 108
1972 Michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York City
1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st U.S. president to visit China
1971 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117
1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on American Bandstand
1970 Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang and Muong Suy

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 1st launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)
1969 Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators
1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin
1968 Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000
1966 Indonesia's president Sukarno fires General Nasution
1964 U.K. flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to U.S.
1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands
1961 Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zurich
1961 Gabon adopts constitution
1961 Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry Test reaches 172 km
1960 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1958 "Portotino" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 3 performances
1958 Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser president with 99.9 percent of the vote
1957 Dodgers (Ft. Worth) and Cubs (LA) "trade" minor league franchises
1953 "Maggie" closes at National Theater New York City after 5 performances
1953 Francis Crick and James Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule
1953 Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81
1952 Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement)
1952 Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition
1952 Liz Taylor's 2nd marriage to Michael Wilding
1951 South Carolina House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated
1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting

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Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman

Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany, New York on February 20, 1986


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Retro History for February 20 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Members of 1949 Oklahoma football team cancelled an April reunion because of deplorable conduct of Oklahoma players
1988 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
1988 Andre Hoffmann skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
1988 Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating
1988 Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec)
1988 Kelly Hrudy's 5th Islander shut-out win-Hartford 3-0
1988 Peter Kalikow purchases New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million
1988 Rob Druppers runs world record indoor 1000m (2:16.2)
1988 Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m)
1987 Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City
1987 David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America," after 11 years
1986 Los Angeles Dodger Orel Hershiser is 1st to win a $1M salary by arbitration
1986 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany, New York
1985 After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket
1983 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km)
1983 Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
1982 New York Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game
1981 Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds
1981 James Sanford equals 50m indoor world record (5.61 sec)
1980 Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Comin' Uptown" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 45 performances
1978 4th People's Choice Awards: Star Wars, Carol Burnett and Bob Hope
1978 Bob Backland beats Billy Graham in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
1978 Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
1978 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1977 "My Fair Lady" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 384 performances
1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1976 Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, vs. Pakistan Lahore
1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party
1975 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1974 Cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono
1974 Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1M from Houston Aeros, WHA
1973 10th time Islanders shut-out-4-0 vs Penguins
1972 1st time Cleveland Cavaliers beat New York Knicks (111-109)
1972 Ard Schenk becomes world champ skater
1972 Sicco Mansholt becomes chairman of European Committee
1971 Bruin Phil Esposito is NHL's quickest to score 50 goals in a season
1971 General Idi Amin Dada appointed president of Uganda
1971 National Emergency Center erroneously orders U.S. radio and TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth
1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A and M
1966 Author Valery Tarsis banished in U.S.S.R.
1965 Beatles record "That Means a Lot"
1965 Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data
1965 Turkish government of Uerguplu forms
1963 End of the Test Cricket careers of Neil Harvey and Alan Davidson
1963 Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants signs a record $100,000 per year contract
1962 John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1958 Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner
1958 Los Angeles Coliseum Commission approves 2-yr pact allows Dodgers to use facility
1957 Hughie Tayfield takes 9-113 vs. England, 13 wkts for match
1956 WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1954 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1954 General Zahedi wins election in Persia
1953 August A. Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million
1953 U.S. Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
1952 "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in New York City
1952 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)
1950 Dylan Thomas arrives in New York City for his 1st U.S. poetry reading tour
1950 WOL-AM in Washington D.C. swaps calls with WWDC

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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Happy Birthday Tony Iommi!

Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath born on February 18, 1946

Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi 1969

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Yellow Submarine in the ranking for the 5th week

On February 19, 1969
'Yellow Submarine' LP, 5th week in the ranking (UK New Musical Express chart).


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George Harrison - subconscious plagiarism for My Sweet Lord

February 19, 1981 George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine"


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Retro History for February 19 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 "Legs Diamond" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 64 performances
1989 Edgar Bowers wins Bollingen Prize
1988 Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200m (1:32.55)
1987 "Stardust" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 102 performances
1987 Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner
1987 Less than a month after re-signing, A's pitcher Vida Blue retires
1987 Minnesota sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G. Harrelson
1987 Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland
1986 Jordanian King Hussein severs ties with PLO
1986 U.S. Senate ratifies UN's anti-genocide convention 37 years later
1986 U.S.S.R. launches Mir space station into Earth orbit
1985 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain
1985 ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy
1985 Canned and bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola
1985 Mickey Mouse welcomed in China
1985 William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky
1984 "Doonesbury" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 104 performances
1984 14th winter Olympic games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1984 1st brother combo to win Gold and Silver in same event at Olympics (Phil and Steve Mahre-Slalom)
1983 Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of $1 million
1983 Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 400 m free style swimming record
1982 Hanneke Jelgersma installed as Netherlands 1st Communist mayor
1982 Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853
1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1981 George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine"
1980 Botham a century and 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay
1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1000m in 1:15.18

George Harrison, My Sweet Lord

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978 "On the 20th Century" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 460 performances
1978 Brigitte Kraus runs world record 1000 m indoor (2:34.8)
1978 Coleman, Comden and Green's musical premieres in New York City
1977 19th Grammy Awards: This Masquerade, Starland Vocal Band
1977 A's sell pitcher Paul Lindblad to the Rangers for $400,000
1977 Doug Walters scores 250 vs. New Zealand, 217 stand for 7th wicket w/Gilmour
1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album released
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st Test flight atop a 747 jetliner
1976 Frente Polisario forms Democratic Republic of Sahara
1972 Glenn Turner carries his bat for 223* vs. WI at Kingston
1971 Paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in UK
1971 Walt Wesley becomes 1st Cleveland Cavalier to score 50 pts in a game
1970 AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking
1970 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 52 and Molniya 1-13 communications satellite

George Harrison, My Sweet Lord

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 1st Test flight of Boeing 747 jumbo jet
1968 1st U.S. Teachers strike in Florida
1967 Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater
1965 NFL adds 6th official
1963 Robert Frost wins Bollingen Prize
1963 U.S.S.R. informs John F. Kennedy it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism"
1961 Henk van der Grift (Netherlands) becomes world champ all-round skater
1960 Protest strike in Poznan Poland

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Britain, Turkey and Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence
1959 Gabon adopts its constitution
1959 USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), New Mexico
1958 Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records
1956 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1955 South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect
1954 WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast
1953 Georgia approves U.S. 1st literature censorship board
1953 Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet
1953 William Inge's "Picnic," premieres in New York City
1952 French offensive at Hanoi

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Rock Music History For February 17

On February 18, 1971 Captan Beefheart and his Magic Band make their live New York debut at Unganos.

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On February 18, 1964 Photographic session of the Beatles and Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali

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Retro History for February 18 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 5, 1968 David Gilmour joins the rock group Pink Floyd


David Gilmour, Pink Floyd, 1968

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am
1989 Steve Garvey marries Candace Thomas while at same time being accused of fathering children by 2 other women
1988 Anthony M. Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1986 San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals against Phoenix
1984 Revised concordat between Italy and Vatican signed
1983 NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
1980 Billy Wyman said he will leave Rolling Stones in 1983
1980 Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record)
1979 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1979 Miniseries "Roots: Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV
1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-202
1979 President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh
1979 Snow falls in Sahara Desert
1978 1st Iron Man Triathlon held, Kona, Hawaii
1977 George Harrison releases "True Love"
1977 Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on it's maiden flight
1977 Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft and Joel Garner vs. Pakistan Bridgetown
1975 2nd American Music Awards
1975 Italy broadens abortion law
1974 NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)
1974 U.S. ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check
1973 54-kg octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash
1973 Belgian Emiel Puttemans runs 3000m indoor record 7:39.2
1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Pompano Beach Golf Classic
1972 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty
1972 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy
1972 John and Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show
1970 Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot
1970 U.S. president Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Doug Walters scores 2nd innings century after 242 in 1st
1969 PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland
1968 10,000 demonstrators against U.S. in Vietnam War in West-Berlin
1968 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
1968 British adopts year-round daylight savings time
1968 David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd
1967 Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3"
1967 Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
1965 "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 72 performances
1965 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, British Columbia
1965 Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting
1965 Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1964 Muriel Resnik's "Any Wednesday," premieres in New York City
1964 Papandreou Government takes power in Greece
1962 France and Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war
1962 Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1961 Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater
1960 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, California
1960 Walter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1955 Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance
1953 "Bwana Devil," the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York
1953 "Maggie" opens at National Theater New York City for 5 performances
1953 KOLN TV channel 10 in Lincoln, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Premiere of 1st 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (New York City)
1952 4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca wins
1951 3 City College of New York basketball players admit to accepting bribes
1951 Nep l becomes a constitutional monarchy
1951 Netherlands Radio School forms
1950 "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 35 performances


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Thursday, February 17, 2011

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On February 17, 1967 UK single release: 'Strawberry Fields Forever'/'Penny Lane'. 3rd double A side.

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Retro History for February 17 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 17, 1958 Comic strip "BC" 1st appears


BC Comics

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole"
1989 Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
1989 Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya form common market
1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract
1989 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1989 Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen
1988 Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins
1988 U.S. Lt. Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists and later killed
1987 Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)
1987 Michelle Renee Royer, 21, Texas, crowned 36th Miss USA
1986 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles
1986 Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City morning radio on WXRK 92.3 FM
1986 Johnson and Johnson announces it no longer sell capsule drugs
1986 Libyan bombers attack N'djamena Airport in Chad
1985 1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents
1985 1st day/night game at the MCG, Australia vs. England
1985 3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murray Haydon)
1985 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
1985 Laffit Pincay, Jr. is third to ride 6,000th winners at Santa Anita
1983 Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot
1983 Netherlands adopts constitution
1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, vs. England
1981 Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in U.S. history
1980 Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 MPH/285.8 kph)
1980 Dot Germain wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 China invades Vietnam
1979 Eric Heiden equals skating world record 1000m (1:14.99)
1976 "Rockabye Hamlet" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 7 performances
1976 Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau)
1976 New Zealand scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, vs. India
1976 Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 vs. India, his 1st match-winning spell
1974 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt
1974 Carol Mann wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
1973 Rodney Redmond scores 107 on debut vs. Pakistan, his only Test Cricket
1972 British Parliament votes to join European Common Market
1972 President Nixon leaves Washington D.C. for China
1971 England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win
1970 Jeffrey McDonald slices up his wife and daughter
1970 Joni Mitchell's final concert at Royal Albert Hall
1970 Robert Marasco's "Child's Play," premieres in New York City

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album (never released)
1969 Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's 1st female prime minister
1968 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Massachusetts, opens
1967 Beatles release "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields"
1967 Kosmos 140 (Soyuz Test) launches into Earth orbit
1966 French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
1965 U.S. Ranger 8 launched, will transmit 7,137 lunar pictures
1965 U.S. - Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute
1964 101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling)
1964 U.S. House of Representatives accept Law on the civil rights
1964 U.S. Supreme Court rules - 1 man 1 vote (Westberry vs. Sanders)
1964 WMEM TV channel 10 in Presque Isle, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon 2:15:15.8
1962 Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin"
1962 Storm in Hamburg, kills 265
1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs St. Louis

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg
1958 Comic strip "BC" 1st appears
1958 WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72
1957 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1957 Suez Canal reopens
1956 Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB
1956 Ice Pairs Championship at Garmisch won by Schwarz and Oppelt of AUT
1956 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by Carol Heiss USA
1956 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by H A Jenkins USA
1955 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna Austria won by J Westwood/Demmy GRB
1955 Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Frances Dafoe and Bowden of CAN
1955 KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Tenley Albright U.S.
1955 Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257
1953 Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea
1953 DSB soccer team forms in Eindhoven
1950 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center, New York

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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On February 16, 1968 John, George, Cynthia and Pattie go to Rishikesh.

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Retro History for February 16 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 16, 1982 Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce


Lee Majors, Farrah Facett

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market
1989 Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage
1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs $7.9M-3 year contract
1989 Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract
1989 William Hayden becomes governor-general of Australia
1988 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador
1987 John Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins
1986 "Uptown... It's Hot!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 24 performances
1986 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad
1986 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
1986 Karlstad skates world record 10 km (14:12.14)
1986 Mario Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's 1st civilian president
1985 Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia at Detroit
1985 Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champ
1985 New Jersey Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds
1984 Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold
1984 New Jersey Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5
1982 Agatha Barbara elected as 1st female president of Malta
1982 Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad
1982 Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce
1980 Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France
1980 Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7:02.29 (Olympic Record)

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 George Harrison releases "Blow Away"
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1978 1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward and Randy's CBBS, Chicago)
1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R.
1975 Washington Capitals 1st NHL shutout, beating Kansas City Scouts 3-0
1973 WI vs. Australia at Kingston, 1st time since 1955 without Sobers
1972 1st NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games)
1972 German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed
1972 Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI vs. New Zealand Kingston, 214 and 100
1972 Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
1970 Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala
1968 Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art"
1968 Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1967 Red Ruffing selected to Hall of Fame
1966 Bob Cowper makes 307 vs. England at the MCG, 727 minutes, 20 fours
1966 End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Australia WK
1966 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1965 "Baker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 313 performances
1965 Pegasus 1 launched to detect micro-meteors
1964 "Foxy" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 72 performances
1964 Beatles' 2nd appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1963 1st round-trip swim of Strait of Messina, Italy (Mary Revell of U.S.)
1963 Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me"
1963 C and A Building in Amsterdam burns down
1962 Darius Milhaud's 12th Symphony, premieres
1962 U.S. Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win
1961 1st all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island, Va
1961 China uses it's 1st nuclear reactor
1961 U.S. satellite Explorer 9 is launched
1960 U.S. nuclear submarine USS Triton set off on underwater round-world trip

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Fidel Castro named himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista
1959 Leonard Spigelgass' "Majority of One," premieres in New York City
1958 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1956 Britain abolishes death penalty
1954 WNEM TV channel 5 in Bay City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires; Pirates retire his #33
1952 Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record)
1951 New York City passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing
1951 SF City Hall dome fire
1950 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
1950 Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame

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