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1995 Event - 62nd Sugar Bowl: Virginia Tech beats Texas 1991 Event - Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him 1989 Death - Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer 1988 Event - Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde 1988 Death - Sugar Geise, actress (Rhythm Parade), dies after brief illness at 71 1987 Event - Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler 1983 Event - Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1982 Event - Sugar Ray Leonard retires for 1st time 1982 Event - "Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 1208 performances 1981 Event - Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1980 Event - Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship 1980 Event - Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision 1980 Event - Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship 1979 Event - "Sugar Babies" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 1208 performances 1979 Event - J McHugh and A Malvin's musical "Sugar Babies," premieres in New York City 1977 Event - "Bubbling Brown Sugar" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 766 performances 1977 Event - Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight 1977 Event - Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl 1976 Event - "Bubbling Brown Sugar" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 766 performances 1975 Event - 42nd Sugar Bowl: Alabama 13 beats Penn State 6 1974 Event - 41st Sugar Bowl: Nebraska 13 beats Florida 10 1973 Event - 40th Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 24 beats Alabama 23 1973 Event - "Sugar" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 506 performances 1972 Event - 39th Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 14 beats Penn State 0 1972 Event - "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 506 performances 1971 Event - Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar" 1969 Event - Archies' "Sugar Sugar" hits #1 1968 Birthday - Mark McGrath, born in Hartford, Connecticut, singer, 'Sugar Ray' rock band, previously a co-host on 'Extra' entertainment television show 1964 Death - Don Redman, orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64 1964 Death - Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55 1960 Event - Cuba nationalizes all U.S. owned sugar factories 1960 Event - Fidel Castro ends Havana's International League team, Sugar Kings move to New Jersey 1960 Event - U.S. stops sugar import from Cuba 1960 Event - Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title 1959 Birthday - Sheena Easton, born in Glasgow, Scotland, singer, Sugar Walls 1958 Event - Sugar Ray Robinson is 1st boxing champ to win 5 times 1956 Birthday - Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete 1951 Event - Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta and takes middleweight title 1950 Event - Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title 1950 Birthday - Barbi Benton, Klein, California, Playboy model, Hee Haw, Sugar Time! 1949 Birthday - Gene Johnson, born in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle 1948 Birthday - Mick Taylor, rock bassist, Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar 1947 Event - WW II sugar rationing finally endd in U.S., began May 28, 1942 1947 Birthday - Alan Sugar, English multi-millionaire/computer manufacturer, Amstrad 1945 Birthday - Ron Dante, Staten Island, New York, rock vocalist, Archies-Sugar, Sugar 1945 Event - Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa 1945 Death - Major Courtney, U.S. medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf 1945 Event - U.S. offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered 1945 Event - Every Amsterdammer gets 3 kg sugar beets 1943 Birthday - Bobby Keyes, born in Slaton, Texas, musician, saxophone player, played with Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, The Rolling Stones, celebrated recording "Return to Sender", "Brown Sugar" 1943 Birthday - Keith Richards, born in England, rock guitarist, Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar 1942 Event - U.S. begins rationing sugar during WW II 1942 Birthday - Brian Jones, rock guitarist, Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar 1941 Birthday - Charlie Watts, drummer, Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar 1940 Event - Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter and sugar) 1939 Event - Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands 1939 Event - Sugar rationed in Netherlands 1935 Birthday - Sugar Pie DeSanto, U.S. singer, Soulful dress 1935 Event - 1st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl 1932 Birthday - Wynn Irwin, New York City, actor, Lotsa Luck, Sugar Time 1929 Birthday - Hugo Claus, Flemish writer and director, Cool Lover, Sugar 1920 Birthday - Sugar Ray Robinson, Walter Smith, middle/welterweight boxer, champ 1915 Birthday - Jimmie Rogers, born in Detroit, Michigan, singer, Sugar Hill Time 1908 Birthday - Willie Bryant, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, Sugar Hill Times 1900 Birthday - Don Redman, Piedmont, West Virginia, orchestra leader, Sugar Hill Times 1895 Event - Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association forms 1890 Event - 1st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantations 1890 Birthday - Gertrude McCoy, born in Sugar Valley, Georgia, silent screen actress, Blue Bird 1835 Event - 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii 1819 Birthday - Henry Tate, English sugar producer Tate Gallery 1806 Birthday - Norbert Rillieux, inventor, sugar refiner |
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