2014 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing to revise food labels by providing realistic serving sizes, emphasizing calories and sugar amounts, and breaking down fat listings into 'good' and 'bad' fats 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
