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