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Retirement
1996 Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement

1995 Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football

1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement

1990 Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement

1989 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years

1987 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. announces his retirement

1986 Dodgers' Bill Russell, 38, announces his retirement

1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans

1985 Earl Weaver comes out of retirement to manage Baltimore Orioles

1983 Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less

1983 Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis

1979 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final

1974 Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act

1974 Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1M from Houston Aeros, WHA

1973 Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season

1973 Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide

1971 Danny Murtaugh, manager of world champ Pirates, announces retirement

1967 Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball

1966 Sandy Koufax announces his retirement, due to arthritic left elbow

1965 Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball

1965 Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting

1959 Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released and charged with loss 2 months after his retirement

1951 Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement

1951 Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement

1951 Joe DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement

1943 Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates New York)

1939 New York Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement

1935 Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player

1928 Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming

1920 Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits

1915 Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season



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