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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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