World & Nation
A mild earthquake rocked the top of Mt.
Aug. 28, 1987
High School Sports
Ruby Flores, the Sunny Hills High School pitcher who has thrown four no-hitters and given up only one earned run this season, did her usual job in a Southern Section 3-A second-round playoff game Wednesday, allowing Los Amigos one hit, striking out 14 and walking none.
May 28, 1987
Science & Medicine
A Japanese scientist whose experiments explored the machinery by which cells recycle their dilapidated or unwanted contents won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday.
Oct. 3, 2016
Business
In the midst of an appeal for the United States and Japan to quit quarreling over bilateral trade and to work together to solve long-range problems, the prediction came out with all the naturalness of discussing the sun rising tomorrow: “You will soon be buying cars made in (South) Korea,” declared Sadami (Chris) Wada, vice president of Sony Corp. of America.
Dec. 6, 1985
Sports
Mike Reid shot a two-under-par 70 for a two-stroke victory in the $923,000 Casio World Open golf tournament at Kaimoncho, Japan, over fellow American David Ishii and Japan’s Yoshinori Kaneko.
Nov. 26, 1990
Federated Department Stores Inc. will refund $4.3 million to thousands of customers who were pressured to pay their bills after filing for U.S.
July 11, 1997
Autos
* Masao Nagura has been appointed president of Suzuki Motor Corp.’
Aug. 2, 1994
Three more Japanese brokerages were accused Monday of making payoffs to a racketeer charged with blackmailing Nomura Securities Co.
July 1, 1997
Olympics
Note: The torch relay from Olympia, Greece, was instituted in 1936: Year Final Torchbearer 1936 Fritz Schilgen, Germany 1948 John Mark, Britian 1952 Paavo Nurmi, Finland 1956 Ron Clarke, Australia 1960 Giancarlo Peris, Italy 1964 Yoshinori Sakai, Japan 1968 Enriquetta Basilio, Mexico 1972 Gunter Zahn, West Germany 1976 Sandra Henderson and Stephen Prefontaine, Canada 1980 Sergei Belov, USSR 1984 Rafer Johnson, United States 1988 Chung Sun Man, Kim Won Tak, Sohn Mi Chung, South Korea
Sept. 17, 1988
Toru Ogawa has been named chairman of Mazda Motors of America (Central) Inc., Rancho Dominguez.
May 8, 1987