Flash Back Through the Years

1948 to 1991 TIME-LINE

1961 1966 1971 1976 1986 1991

1948. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1948
THE YEAR MANY OF YOU WERE BORN
JAN 14 The NFL equipped officials (except referee) with whistles vs horns
JAN 27 The first commercial tape recorder was announced
JAN 30 Indian spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated
FEB 04 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gained its independence
FEB 06 The first radio-controlled airplane was flown
APR 07 World Health Organization established
APR 19 The Associated Press celebrated its 100th anniversary
MAY 01 74th Kentucky Derby was won by Citation (2:05:24)
MAY 14 State of Israel proclaimed
MAY 15 Israel was invaded by Egypt; Tel Aviv was bombed
JUN 03 Mount Palomar Observatory dedicated its 200-inch Hale telescope
JUN 20 Ed Sullivan held his first really big show on Sunday night TV
JUN 21 Supreme Court decision said unions could print views on politics
JUN 21 The first long-playing record was demonstrated by CBS
JUN 24 The film "Fort Apache", starring Henry Fonda, was released
JUN 26 Operation Vittles began, an airlift to lift goods into Berlin
JUN 30 New York increased its subway fare from 5 cents to 10 cents
JUL 04 U.S. and U.K. flew 3,000 tons of food to people in Berlin
JUL 05 British law passed providing for free medical care to all for life
JUL 07 Black pitcher Satchel Paige was signed with the Cleveland Indians
AUG 06 Olympic decathlon won by teenager, Bob Mathias
AUG 23 The Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth, died of cancer at 53
OCT 11 World Series #45 - Cleveland AL beat Boston NL - 4 games to 2
NOV 02 Harry S. Truman was reelected President in major upset
NOV 07 "Studio One", an early drama series, began (CBS)
NOV 23 A patent was issued for a zoom lens for cameras
NOV 29 "Othello" became the first Metropolitan Opera to be televised
DEC 10 T.S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize for literature
DEC 15 Alger Hiss (accused spy) was indicted on two counts of perjury
DEC 19 Eagles beat Cardinals 7-0 for NFL title - in a blizzard
DEC 24 Residents moved into first totally solar-heated house

1961...START OF YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1961
SEP 12 Bertrand Russell was jailed for atom protest
SEP 18 U.N. Secretary General was killed in a suspicious plane crash
SEP 28 Bob Dylan played in Greenwich Village
OCT 01 Roger Maris hit his 61st home run to beat Babe Ruth's record
OCT 09 World Series #58 - New York AL beat Cincinnati NL - 4 games to 1
OCT 10 Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" was published
OCT 27 Monsanto said it had stopped the aging process in chickens
OCT 30 Huge 58 megaton H-bomb was exploded by Russia
NOV 09 Robert White flew the X-15 at a record 4,093 mph
NOV 16 Sam Rayburn died. He had served 25 consecutive terms in the House
NOV 29 A chimpanzee was launched to orbit Earth twice
DEC 13 Grandma Moses died
DEC 31 Packers beat Giants 37-0 for NFL title - their first

1962. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1962
JAN 18 U.S. sprayed pesticide on foliage to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas
JAN 26 US launched Ranger I to land on moon, missed by 22,000 miles
FEB 02 First pole vault over 16 feet accomplished by John Uelses
FEB 02 Eight of the nine planets aligned for the first time in 400 years
FEB 10 In spy swap, Francis Gary Powers was released for Rudolf Abel
FEB 20 John H. Glenn, Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth
MAR 01 The first K-Mart Store opened
MAR 02 Wilt Chamberlain became 1st to score 100 points in basketball game
MAR 30 Edward Kennedy admitted expulsion from Harvard for cheating
APR 03 Eddie Arcaro, jockey, retired from racing (4,779 races)
APR 09 Arnold Palmer won the Masters golf tournament
APR 16 Walter Cronkite started anchoring the CBS Evening News
APR 18 Fourth straight NBA title won by Boston Celtics
APR 24 MIT demonstrated the first satellite relay of TV signals
MAY 09 Man's first illumination of another celestial body was achieved
MAY 31 Eichmann was hung in Israel for war crimes
JUL 10 Telstar, AT&T's experimental communications satellite, was launched
JUL 13 Billie Sol Estes declared bankruptcy
JUL 23 Dawn Fraser was first woman to swim 100 meters in less than 1 min.
SEP 10 Rod Laver won the Grand Slam of tennis
SEP 26 The "Beverly Hillbillies" premiered on TV
SEP 27 The New York Mets finished 1st season with 140 losses in 160 games
SEP 30 James H. Meredith was escorted to Un. of Miss. by U.S. marshals
OCT 01 Johnny Carson hosted his first Tonight Show
OCT 10 Mariner II data revealed existence of solar winds
OCT 13 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" premiered on Broadway
OCT 16 World Series #59 - New York AL beat San Francisco NL- 4 games to 3
OCT 22 Pres. Kennedy announced the Cuban missile crisis
OCT 28 The Soviets announced dismantling of the missiles in Cuba
NOV 07 Billie Sol Estes was sentenced to 8 years for swindling
NOV 07 Eleanor Roosevelt, humanitarian, died in NYC at the age of 78
NOV 27 Boeing 727 flew successfully
DEC 10 John Steinbeck won Nobel Prize for literature
DEC 14 Mariner II sent back data as it approached Venus
DEC 30 Packers beat Giants 16-7 for NFL title

1963. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1963
JAN 07 First class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents
JAN 29 Robert Frost died at age 88
FEB 07 Famed "Mona Lisa" was displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
FEB 08 Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City to become the Chiefs
FEB 09 Initial flight of Boeing 727 aircraft was successfully completed
FEB 22 A metal tennis racquet was patented
MAR 13 Two Soviet reconnaissance planes flew over Alaska
MAR 15 Underwater submarine base patent was awarded to Buckminster Fuller
APR 09 President Kennedy awarded U.S. citizenship to Winston Churchill
APR 10 The submarine U.S.S. Thresher sank in the Atlantic with 129 men
APR 17 Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were barred from NFL for betting
MAY 15 The last of the Mercury flights, the "Faith 7", was launched
MAY 30 Parnelli Jones won the 47th Indianapolis 500 (3:29:35.4)
JUN 11 Gov. Wallace stepped aside for National Guard troops at Un. of Al.
JUN 12 Medgar Evers, civil rights leader, was assassinated
JUN 16 Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman astronaut
JUN 17 A Supreme Court decision forbid classroom prayer
JUN 21 Bob Hayes set record of 0:09.1 in 100-yard dash
JUN 26 President Kennedy spoke at the Berlin Wall
JUL 01 Zipcode inaugurated by postmaster general
AUG 08 $7 million taken in the Great Train Robbery
AUG 18 James Meredith received a University of Mississippi diploma

1965. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1965
SEP 09 Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect baseball game (and his 4th no-hitter)
OCT 14 World Series #62 - Los Angeles NL beat Minnesota AL - 4 games to 3
OCT 18 Davis Miller was first to be arrested for burning a draft card
OCT 25 Ford Foundation donated $85 million to 50 U.S. symphony orchestras
OCT 28 The 630 ft. parabolic Gateway Arch in St. Louis was topped out
NOV 07 Art Arfons set world speed record with 576 mph jet racer
NOV 09 A massive power blackout struck the Northeast & 30,000,000 people
DEC 01 Thousands of Cuban refugees were airlifted out of Cuba
DEC 09 "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was first shown on TV (CBS)
DEC 15 The first rendezvous in space occurred: Gemini 6 met Gemini 7
DEC 30 Ferdinand Marcos was inaugurated as Philippine President

1966 . . . . . . .GRADUATION TEAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1966
JAN 01 Eaton Manufacturing Company merged with Yale & Towne
JAN 02 Packers beat Browns 23-12 for NFL title
JAN 17 B52 crashed in Spain with 4 unarmed H-bombs
JAN 19 Indira Gandhi became India's third Prime Minister
FEB 03 Luna IX became the first spacecraft to land softly on the moon
FEB 27 Peggy Fleming won the gold in world championship figure skating
MAR 01 Venus III (Russian) became the first spacecraft on another planet
MAR 21 Merger announced by Herald Tribune, Journal American, World Telegram
MAR 22 General Motors apologized to Ralph Nader for spying on him
MAR 25 The Supreme Court ruled that poll taxes were unconstitutional
APR 07 U.S. recovered the H-bomb it had lost off the Spanish coast
APR 17 Timothy Leary was arrested for narcotics possession
APR 18 Bill Russell was named the first black coach in professional sports
APR 19 70th Boston Marathon was won by Kenji Kimihara (2:17:11)
JUN 06 James Meredith was shot and wounded on lone civil rights march
JUN 13 The Supreme Court issued its Miranda decision
JUN 14 LBJ signed Coulee Dam bill for world's largest power plant
JUN 29 For the first time in the war, Hanoi and Haiphong were bombed
JUL 14 Richard Speck murdered eight student nurses in Chicago
AUG 01 Charles Whitman shot and killed 15 and wounded 31 from UT tower
AUG 08 Heart surgeon Michael DeBakey installed first successful heart pump
AUG 10 The U.S. Treasury halted the printing of $2 bills
AUG 27 F. Chichester, age 64, set sail on solo world trip in Gipsy Moth IV
SEP 08 "Star Trek" appeared on TV for the first time (on NBC)
SEP 23 A bill was signed setting $1.60/hour minimum wage
OCT 09 World Series #63 - Baltimore AL beat Los Angeles NL - 4 games to 0
NOV 08 Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California
NOV 08 Edward Brooke became the first black elected to Senate by public
NOV 11 Astronauts Lovell and Aldrin complete last Gemini mission
NOV 18 Catholics were allowed to eat meat on Fridays
DEC 03 Judy Collins played at Carnegie Hall
DEC 05 Comedian Dick Gregory went to Vietnam despite federal warnings
DEC 15 Walt Disney died of lung cancer

1967. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967
JAN 03 Jack Ruby died of cancer
JAN 15 The Packers beat the Chiefs 35 to 10 in the first Super Bowl
JAN 18 The Boston Strangler, Albert De Salvo, received a life sentence
JAN 27 Astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee were killed in launch pad fire
FEB 10 The 25th Amendment became part of the U.S. Constitution
FEB 22 The first white gorilla was found in Africa
APR 21 Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, took refuge in U.S.
APR 30 Mohammed Ali was stripped of championship for not serving military
MAY 01 Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas
MAY 06 The 93rd Kentucky Derby was won by Proud Clarion (2:00:36)
MAY 19 U.S., British & U.S.S.R. banned nuclear weapons in space
JUN 01 "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released
JUN 05 War started with Israel bombing Syria, Jordan, Iraq & Egypt
JUN 08 Israel attacked a U.S. ship killing 34 servicemen by mistake
JUN 10 The Six-Day War ended as U.N. mediated cease-fire
JUN 12 Laws forbidding interracial marriages were ruled unconstitutional
JUN 23 Summit meeting was held in Glassboro, N.J. between LBJ and Kosygin
JUL 06 Biafran War began (over 600,000 people died in next 2.5 years)
JUL 22 Carl Sandburg, poet and Lincoln authority, died at age 89
AUG 01 Stokely Carmichael called for a black revolution in the U.S.
AUG 25 George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of American Nazi Party, was murdered

1970. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970
SEP 24 Soviet Luna landed, ending first unmanned round trip to moon
SEP 28 Egyptian leader Nasser died of a heart attack at age 52
OCT 04 Rock star Janis Joplin died at age 27 of a drug overdose
OCT 05 Public Service Television became a network
OCT 15 World Series #67 - Baltimore AL beat Cincinnati NL - 4 games to 1
OCT 19 The World Trade Center became the world's largest building
OCT 26 The "Doonesbury" comic strip started in 28 newspapers
NOV 08 Tom Dempsey (Saints) kicked a record 63-yard field goal (vs Lions)
NOV 13 300,000 died in a Bangladesh cyclone
NOV 27 Pope Paul VI was wounded by an assassin disguised as a priest
DEC 04 Cesar Chavez was jailed for organization of a lettuce boycott
DEC 07 Rube Goldberg, cartoonist, died at age 87
DEC 08 Gen. Westmoreland ended Army tradition of playing morning reveille
DEC 10 Lee Iacocca was named president of Ford
DEC 15 FDA ordered recall of one million cans of contaminated tuna
DEC 27 "Hello, Dolly!" closed on Broadway after record 2844 performances

1971. . . . . . . FIVE YEARS AFTER GRADUATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1971
JAN 06 Berkeley chemists announced synthetic production of growth hormones
JAN 12 "All In The Family" TV show was first aired
JAN 17 Super Bowl V - Colts beat Cowboys 16-13
JAN 25 Idi Amin seized power in Uganda in bloody coup
FEB 04 The Rolls-Royce company declared bankruptcy
FEB 06 The Apollo 14 astronauts returned from the moon safely
FEB 13 Vice President Agnew hit three spectators with golf balls
FEB 20 Radio and TV stations nationwide broadcasted a false nuclear alert
MAR 01 The radical Weather Underground exploded a bomb in the U.S. Capitol
MAR 27 UCLA won its fifth straight NCAA basketball championship
MAR 29 Ford recalled all Pintos because of engine defect
APR 08 OTB opened with Mayor Lindsay's $2 bet
APR 11 Charles Coody won the Masters golf tournament
APR 14 Pres. Nixon lifted a 20 year old trade embargo with China
APR 15 "Patton" won seven Oscars
APR 19 Ping-pong helped initiate China-U.S. contact
APR 20 The Supreme Court upheld constitutionality of busing
MAY 01 Amtrak began operation with 182 trains to over 300 cities
MAY 16 First class mail increased to 8 cents from 6 cents
MAY 25 Pres. Nixon killed the U.S. SST program for a supersonic transport
MAY 30 Mariner 9 was launched for journey to Mars
JUN 02 AT&T offered $1,375 million in the largest new stock issue ever
JUN 11 U.S. marshals stopped a 19-month Indian occupation of Alcatraz
JUN 13 The New York Times started printing the Pentagon Papers
JUN 14 Frank Sinatra announced his retirement
JUN 30 The 26th Amendment became law, lowering voting age to 18
JUL 06 Louis D. ("Satchmo") Armstrong, jazz musician, died at age 71
JUL 10 Lee Trevino won the British Open title
JUL 31 Apollo 15 astronauts took the first ride on the moon
AUG 01 Rock stars held a major benefit for Bangladesh
AUG 02 The Apollo 15 astronauts returned from the moon safely
AUG 02 Congress authorized a bailout of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
AUG 15 Nixon instituted a 90-day wage and price freeze
AUG 20 INTELSAT was established for international communications
AUG 22 Campbell's recalled its chicken soup for contamination
04 A major riot started at prison in Attica, N.Y., killing 43 people
SEP 08 JFK Center for Performing Arts opened with Bernstein's "Mass"
SEP 13 Leningrad went wild over Duke Ellington's Soviet tour
SEP 28 Kennecott and Anaconda copper mines were nationalized in Chile
OCT 01 Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opened
OCT 02 A speed record was set for snowmobiles at 140.6 mph
OCT 17 World Series #68 - Pittsburgh NL beat Baltimore AL - 4 games to 3
OCT 24 The Cowboys moved from the Cotton Bowl to Texas Stadium
NOV 13 Mariner 9 at Mars became first space probe to orbit another planet
NOV 15 China was inducted into the United Nations
NOV 19 Sperry Rand announced its purchase of RCA's computer operations
NOV 24 A hijacker parachuted from plane with $200,000 ransom
DEC 26 Vietnam vets seized the Statue of Liberty in anti-war statement

1972. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972
JAN 05 NASA was ordered to start work on a reusable space shuttle
JAN 09 Howard Hughes told reporters his biography was a fake
JAN 12 Coca-Cola recalled three million contaminated cans
JAN 16 Super Bowl VI - Cowboys beat Dolphins 24-3
FEB 11 McGraw Hill discovered biography of Howard Hughes was a fake
FEB 21 Pres. Nixon started a historic presidential visit to China
MAR 02 Pioneer 10 was launched to explore Jupiter
MAR 06 Jackie Onassis sued photographer Ronald Galella
MAR 22 The Senate approved the equal rights amendment
APR 09 Jack Nicklaus won his fourth Masters title
APR 10 70 nations signed an agreement banning biological warfare
APR 27 The Apollo 16 astronauts returned from the moon safely
MAY 02 J. Edgar Hoover died at age 77
MAY 15 George C Wallace was shot and paralyzed while campaigning
MAY 21 A deranged man attacked Michelangelo's Pieta with a hammer
MAY 26 Largest building demolished by explosives was the Traymore Hotel
MAY 27 The 56th Indianapolis 500 was won by Mark Donohue (3:04:5.54)
JUN 17 "Fiddler on the Roof" set record with 3,225 consecutive performances
JUN 17 Five burglars were arrested at Democatic offices at the Watergate
JUL 25 Thomas Eagleton admitted to having shock therapy twice
AUG 12 The last U.S. ground combat forces left Vietnam

1975. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975
SEP 18 FBI agents seized Patricia Hearst and two of her alleged captors
SEP 22 Pres. Ford was shot at but missed in San Francisco
OCT 09 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Soviet Andrei Sakharov
OCT 11 "Saturday Night Live" premiered on TV
OCT 22 The World Football League folded
OCT 22 World Series #72 - Cincinnati NL beat Boston AL - 4 games to 3
NOV 12 William O. Douglas announced his retirement from the Supreme Court
NOV 14 The Berlin Opera performed in JFK Center
DEC 11 First class mail increased from 10 to 13 cents
DEC 23 The Metric Conversion Act was signed (voluntary conversion)

1976. . . . . TEN YEAR REUNION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976
JAN 18 Super Bowl X - Steelers beat Cowboys 21-17
JAN 21 The supersonic Concorde started flying
JAN 24 Farewell performance of "Hello Dolly!" performed by Pearl Bailey
FEB 12 Red Dye No. 2 was banned from food, drugs and cosmetics by the FDA
MAR 20 Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was convicted of armed robbery
APR 13 The $2 bill was reintroduced as United States currency
APR 17 Four home runs were hit in one game by Mike Schmidt
APR 20 A $1 million contract was obtained by Barbara Walters
APR 21 The U.S. auto industry ceased production of convertibles
APR 22 Reports claimed widespread cheating at West Point
APR 22 Plans were announced by Volkswagon for a U.S. plant
APR 22 Barbara Walters became the first full-time network anchorwoman
MAY 01 The 102nd Kentucky Derby was won by Bold Forbes (2:01:36)
MAY 03 Saul Bellow won a Pulitzer prize for "Humboldt's Gift"
MAY 14 Agreement to resume diplomatic ties reached by India and Pakistan
MAY 19 Mario Jascalevich was indicted for five curare deaths
MAY 25 Congressman Hays admitted to 'seeing' Elizabeth Ray
MAY 30 Bobby Unser only took 4 seconds to refuel in the fastest pit stop
JUN 04 The United States celebrated its 200th birthday
JUN 05 The Teton R. Dam collapsed in Idaho killing 14 people
JUN 06 The Celtics won their 13th NBA title
JUN 16 A baseball game was rained out in a covered stadium for the 1st time
JUN 21 A King Kong model was dropped from World Trade Center for a movie
JUN 24 An American gave Britain $1.2 million to buy Battle of Hastings site
JUN 26 Toby Harrah played a whole doubleheader as shortstop without 1 play
JUL 02 The Supreme Court stated death penalty was not cruel and unusual
JUL 03 Israeli's dramatic raid on Entebbe freed 105 hostages
JUL 18 Nadia Comaneci scored perfect ten in Olympic gymnastics
JUL 20 Viking I became the first spaceship to land on Mars, sent pictures
UL 28 Over 242,000 people died in an earthquake in China
JUL 28 The SR-71 attained a record speed for a jet of over 2,193 mph
AUG 26 28 people died of Legionnaire's disease
SEP 03 Viking II landed on Mars to take first close-up color photos
SEP 06 A Soviet pilot stole MIG-25 and asked for political asylum in U.S.
SEP 13 A right-to-die law was approved by California
SEP 17 The space shuttle was unveiled
SEP 18 Mao Tse-tung died at age 82
SEP 20 Jimmy Carter said he'd "looked on a lot of women with lust"
SEP 29 A Rembrandt painting was acquired for record $3.25 million OCT 04 Earl Butz resigned over a racist remark
OCT 10 Sadaharu Oh tied Babe Ruth's home run record in Japan's league
OCT 10 Student published article describing construction of atomic bomb
OCT 21 World Series #73 - Cincinnati NL beat New York AL - 4 games to 0
OCT 22 Use of Red Dye No. 4 was banned by FDA
OCT 23 A college football rushing record was set by Tony Dorsett
NOV 02 James Earl Carter, Jr. was elected President
NOV 02 Casinos were approved for Atlantic City
NOV 03 Nobel laureate urged scientists to keep life on earth secret
NOV 14 Jimmy Carter's church dropped its ban on blacks
DEC 06 Tip O'Neill was elected Speaker of the House
DEC 15 The tanker Argo Merchant ran aground causing major oil spill
DEC 28 Carter pledged to keep New York City out of bankruptcy

1977. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977
JAN 03 Apple Computer was incorporated
JAN 06 Nadia Comaneci and Bruce Jenner voted athletes of the year by AP
JAN 09 A smelt (1/16 of an oz) won because the other 107 fishermen caught 0
JAN 09 Super Bowl XI - Raiders beat Vikings 32-14
JAN 19 Pres. Ford pardoned Tokyo Rose for her WWII broadcasts
JAN 19 Over 12 million attended religious ceremonies on the Ganges River
JAN 20 President Carter was sworn in then walked to the White House
JAN 21 Pres. Carter pardoned most Vietnam draft resisters
JAN 23 The miniseries "Roots" started (ABC)
FEB 18 The space shuttle made its first flight atop Boeing 747
MAR 11 130 hostages were freed by Moslem captors in Washington, D.C.
MAR 27 Two 747's crashed in the Canary Islands killing 582 people
MAR 30 NASA reported Uranus had at least five rings
APR 06 Aides to Carter said U.S. would halt work on nuclear reactors
APR 09 The future of supermarkets questioned due to increase in eating out
APR 18 A special Pulitzer was awarded to Alex Haley for "Roots"
APR 19 The Supreme Court ruled that spanking in public schools was OK
APR 21 The musical "Annie" premiered on Broadway
APR 23 A Duncan Imperial Yo-Yo completed 20,302 loops by Dr. Allen Bussey
APR 28 Discrimination against the disabled was banned by HEW
MAY 27 New York City fined the "human fly" $1.10 for scaling 110 stories
MAY 29 A.J. Foyt won the Indianapolis 500 for record 4th straight time
JUN 10 Apple Computer shipped its first Apple II computer
JUN 11 The 109th Belmont Stakes was won by Seattle Slew (2:29:36)
JUN 16 Rocket scientist Wernher von Braun died at age 65
JUN 20 The Alaskan Pipeline began to transport oil
JUN 25 Ted St Martin made 2,036 consecutive free throws
JUL 14 Sandy Allen of Chicago showed off her measurements of 7' 7.25"
AUG 10 David Berkowitz was arrested as the Son of Sam murderer
AUG 12 A Boeing 747 dropped the space shuttle Enterprise for first flight
AUG 16 Elvis Presley, king of rock and roll, died at age 42
AUG 17 Arktika became first surface ship to break ice pack at North Pole
AUG 23 The Gossamer Condor won Kremer prize for human-powered aircraft

1985. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985
SEP 11 Pete Rose set major league baseball career hit record - 4192
SEP 16 The U.S. became a debtor nation for the first time since 1914
SEP 19 An earthquake devastated Mexico City
OCT 07 Terrorists hijacked the Italian liner Achille Lauro
OCT 15 The Salinon Corporation was incorporated in Dallas, Texas
OCT 27 World Series #82 - Kansas City AL beat St. Louis NL - 4 games to 3
NOV 04 Yurchenko, KGB defector, escaped from CIA and returned to USSR
NOV 08 The M-19 guerrillas killed 100 people and 11 judges in Bogota
NOV 13 A mudslide killed 23,000 people in Armero, Columbia
NOV 29 NYC drug officials announced that Crack had hit the streets
DEC 10 A Texas jury awarded the Pennzoil Co. $11.12 billion from Texaco
DEC 12 G.E. said it would buy RCA for $6.3 billion
DEC 31 Ricky Nelson was killed in a plane crash

1986 . . . . . . . TWENTY YEAR REUNION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986
AN 01 Spain and Portugal officially joined the EEC
JAN 15 Gorbachev offered to eliminate all nuclear arms by the year 2000
JAN 24 Voyager II flew past Uranus for first close-up pictures
JAN 26 Super Bowl XX - Bears beat Patriots 46-10
JAN 28 The space shuttle Challenger exploded killing all seven astronauts
FEB 17 Johnson & Johnson pulled Tylenol from shelves as killings reappeared
FEB 21 Shigechiyo Izumi died at the age of 120 years, 237 days
FEB 25 Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines after rigging election
FEB 28 Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme was killed walking home
MAR 04 Kurt Waldheim of Austria was accused of Nazi actions
MAR 06 Soviet's Vega 1 spacecraft was within 5,500 miles of Halley's comet
MAR 07 Texas celebrated its 150th birthday
MAR 21 Canada issued the largest souvenier coin, $1 million gold piece
APR 08 Carmel-by-the-Sea elected a new mayor, Clint Eastwood
APR 11 Dodge Morgan completed sailing around the world in record 150 days
APR 13 Jack Nicklaus won his 6th Masters (a record)
APR 15 U.S. planes bombed Libya, hit Khadafy's home
APR 26 The Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded in the Soviet Union
APR 27 Captain Midnight protested HBO scrambling
MAY 03 The 112th Kentucky Derby was won by Ferdinand (2:02:48)
MAY 11 Dr. Jean-Louis Etienne, was the first to reach the North Pole solo
MAY 25 Six million people linked hands in "Hands Across America" event
MAY 28 Five indicted for insider trading on Wall Street
MAY 31 The Indy 500 was won by Bobby Rahal averaging 170.7 mph
JUN 07 The Justice Dept. said AIDS victims have protection as handicapped
JUN 19 Len Bias died of cocaine overdose before entering pros
JUN 29 Argentina won soccer's World Cup
JUL 29 Courts ruled NFL had violated antitrust laws; awarded USFL $1
AUG 04 USFL decided to cancel its 1986 season
AUG 21 A lake in Cameroon released deadly gas killing at least 1200 people
AUG 22 Kerr-McGee agreed to $1.3 million Silkwood settlement
AUG 26 Experts claimed Chernobyl disaster will cause 24,000 cancer deaths
AUG 29 The U.S. trade deficit reached $18 billion
SEP 07 Tutu became the first black to lead Anglican Church in S. Africa
SEP 12 The Soviets traded journalist Daniloff for physicist Zakharov
SEP 18 A Newark judge barred mandatory drug testing of federal employees
OCT 13 The Reagan/Gorbachev meeting in Iceland did not go smoothly
OCT 17 Pioneer 10 crossed the mean orbit of Pluto
OCT 18 Castro freed the last Bay of Pigs captive
OCT 27 World Series #83 - New York NL beat Boston AL - 4 games to 3
NOV 14 Ivan Boesky was fined $100 million by the SEC for insider trading
NOV 29 Actor Cary Grant died at age 82
DEC 11 The Dow Jones closed above 1500 for the first time
DEC 23 The Voyager landed after 25,012 miles without ever stopping for gas
DEC 25 Mount Etna erupted in Sicily
DEC 30 President Reagan said "mistakes were made" in Iran dealings

1987. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987
JAN 13 Yasumasu Kanada calculated PI to 133,554,000 decimal places
JAN 16 KRON in San Francisco accepted TV commercials for condoms (a first)
JAN 17 10,000 marched in Cummings, Georgia as civil rights supporters
JAN 25 Super Bowl XXI - Giants defeated Broncos 39-20
FEB 02 Report stated US infant death rate highest among industrial nations
FEB 04 The U.S. yacht Stars and Stripes won the America's Cup
FEB 13 Court affirmed $9.1 billion of judgement against Texaco
FEB 21 Robert Boll won the US Speed Bricklaying contest (914 in an hour)
FEB 21 Artist Andy Warhol died at age 98
FEB 25 The NCAA cancelled SMU's 1987 football season for rules violations
MAR 02 Actor Randolph Scott died at age 89
MAR 02 The moustache of Birger Pellas of Sweden was measured at 109 inches
MAR 19 Jim Bakker responded to sex scandal in the Charlotte Observer
MAR 22 Oral Roberts said God would call him home if money wasn't collected
MAR 30 Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" was auctioned for $39.9 million
APR 12 Texaco became largest U.S. company ever to file for bankruptcy
APR 24 1st genetically altered bacteria released in CA to stop frost damage
APR 27 The Justice Dept. barred Austrian Pres. Waldheim from entering U.S.
MAY 08 Gary Hart dropped his '88 campaign over scandal (later reentered)
MAY 16 Soviets launched "Energia", able to put 100 ton shuttle into orbit
MAY 17 USS Stark was hit by Iraqi missle in the Persian Gulf (39 killed)
MAY 29 Soviets arrested teenager Mathius Rust for violating air space
JUN 02 Pres. Reagan announced that Paul Volcker would retire from FRB
JUN 16 Subway vigilante Bernard Goetz found not guilty of attempted murder
JUN 17 Jeffrey Warwick did 32,251 push-ups in 24 hours in a New York YMCA
JUN 22 Actor/dancer Fred Astaire died at age 88
JUN 24 Entertainer Jackie Gleason died at age 71
JUN 30 Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden high-jumped a record 7 ft. 11.5 in.
JUN 30 The Supreme Soviet passed law that embodied Gorbachev's new reforms
JUL 02 18 young Mexicans were found dead in a railroad boxcar
JUL 14 Lt. Col. Oliver North completed his testimony of Iran-Contra affair
JUL 29 U.S. Patent Office said it would rush superconductivity applications AUG 04 The FCC dropped its Fairness Doctrine for radio and T.V.

1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990
SEP 16 L.A. Law won Emmy for best drama series
OCT 01 Supreme Soviet legalized freedom of religion
OCT 03 East and West Germany reunited as one country
OCT 08 George Strait won country music award - entertainer of the year
NOV 19 22 nations signed European conventional armed forces treaty

1991 . . . . . . . . TWENTY FIVE REUNION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991
JAN 17 U.S. bombed Iraq as war in the Middle East began
FEB 01 Margaret Thatcher enjoyed chocolate-covered potato chips in Fargo
FEB 04 President proposed $1.45 trillion 1992 U.S. budget to Congress
FEB 14 Willie Nelson used Outlaw Music Channel to help pay IRS off
FEB 28 Allies victorious as war in the Middle East ended
MAR 03 L.A. police beating of Rodney King was captured on video tape
MAR 20 Donald Trump was happy with small $10 million divorce settlement
MAR 21 House of Representatives approved $78 billion for S&L bailout
APR 17 Dow closed above 3000 for the first time
MAY 10 Inessa Kravets set triple jump world record of 49 feet, 4 inches
JUN 10 Over 4 million welcomed troops home in NYC ticker tape parade
JUN 12 Huge volcano erupted in the Philippines
JUN 14 Space Shuttle Columbia completed medical research mission
JUN 19 Drug lord Pablo Escobar surrendered in Colombia
JUL 11 A total eclipse of the sun occurred
JUL 17 U.S. and Soviets reached nuclear arms pact
JUL 20 Co-stars Kirk Cameron and Chelsea Noble tied the knot
JUL 28 Dennis Martinez pitched 1st perfect game ever by a Latin-American
AUG 04 Captain abandoned ship before passengers when liner Oceanos sunk
AUG 05 Cubans won 6 of the 9 track and field events at Pan American games
AUG 09 Salomon Brothers admitted violations in U.S. Treasury auctions
AUG 19 World stock markets tumbled on news of Soviet coup
AUG 21 Soviet coup failed, Gorbachev returned to power
AUG 25 "Cheers" won Emmy for best comedy series
AUG 25 Carl Lewis set new record running 100 meters in 9.86 seconds
SEP 05 Court ordered lip-synching Milli Vanilli to offer fans rebates
SEP 15 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp was crowned Miss America 1992
SEP 16 All Iran-contra charges were dropped against Oliver North
SEP 26 Four men and four women entered Biosphere for two year stay
OCT 09 NASA satellite reported ozone layer at lowest level ever
OCT 14 Burmese prisoner, Mrs. Suu Kyi, won Nobel Peace Prize
OCT 16 Senate confirmed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court
OCT 16 Roseanne Arnold and Cher inducted into worst-dressed hall of fame
DEC 08 Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger won Sour Apple Award
DEC 17 Gorbachev agreed to dissolve the USSR
DEC 17 "The Silence Of The Lambs" won 4 NY film critic awards
DEC 18 General Motors announced plans to close 21 more factories
DEC 20 CytoTherapeutics announced development of artificial pancreas
DEC 20 Soviet nuclear scientists available, average pay under $20 / month
DEC 22 Fred Couples won the World Championship golf tournament in Jamaica
DEC 25 Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union
DEC 31 Dow Jones closed year at a record high of 3168.83