Other Notable Dates
Elizabeth Taylor (Actress)
February 27, 1932 - March 23, 2011
Passed Away at Age 79 From Congestive Heart Failure
Won 2 Academy Awards For Best Actress
Butterfield 8 (1961)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1967)
Howard Hesseman (Actor)
February 27, 1940 - January 29, 2022
Passed Away at Age 81 of Complications From Colon Surgery
Played Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati
* Also Charlie Moore (Teacher) on Head of the Class
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Louis Vuitton (French Fashion Designer)
Passed Away on November 27, 1892 at Age 70 (Unknown Cause)
Founder of the Louis Vuitton Brand
Lillian Gash (Actress)
Passed Away on February 27, 1993 at Age 99 From Heart Failure
The First Lady of American Cinema
J.T. Walsh (Actor)
Passed Away on February 27, 1998 at Age 54 From a Heart Attack
Played Charles Bushman in Sling Blade
* Also Played Sergeant Major Phillip Dickerson in Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
Duke Snider (Baseball)
Passed Away on February 27, 2011 at Age 84 (Undisclosed Illness)
* Played 16 Seasons With the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers
8x All-Star
Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980
Leonard Nimoy (Actor)
Passed away on February 27, 1931 at Age 83 From Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Played Spock on the Original Star Trek
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1987 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Director: Chuck Russell
Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Larry Fishburne, Priscilla Pointer, Craig Wasson and Robert Englund
Budget: $5 Million
Box Office: $44.8 Million
1987 - A Some Kind of Wonderful
Director: Howard Deutch
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Craig Sheffer, John Ashton, Candace Cameron and Lea Thompson
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $18.5 Million
1987 - Number One With A Bullet
Director: Jack Smight
Starring: Robert Carradine, Billy Dee Williams, Valerie Bertinelli, Peter Graves and Doris Roberts
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $410,000
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1980 - The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards Aired on CBS
Host: Kenny Rogers
Location: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
Winners
Record of the Year: "What a Fool Believes"
Artists: The Doobie Brothers
Album of the Year "52nd Street"
Artist: Billy Joel
Song of the Year: "What a Fool Believes"
Artists: The Doobie Brothers
Best New Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
1982 - Elizabeth Ashley Hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guest: Hall & Oates
1985 - Final episode of E/R
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 22
Starring George Clooney and Mary McDonnell
Both Also Starred in 90's Drama ER
1987 - The Love Boat Special “Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?" Aired on ABC
* The Love Boat Aired 5 Movie Specials
1988- Judge Reinhold Hosted the Season 13 Finale of Saturday Night Live
Musical Guest: 10,000 Maniacs
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80s Music
(Released On This Day)
1980 - Remorse Code
Desperate Bicycles (6th Album)
1984 - “Weird Al” Yankovich in 3-D
“Weird Al” Yankovich (2nd Album)
Reached #17 on the US Billboard 200 Charts
* Featuring “Eat It”
1984 - The Works
Queen (11th Album)
Reached #23 on the US Billboard Top 200 Charts and #2 in the UK
* Featuring “Radio Ga ga”
1984 - Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance (Debut Album)
1984 - Human Racing
Nik Kershaw (Debut Album)
Reached #70 on the US Billboard Top 200 Charts
1984 - Ricochet Days
Modern English (3rd Album)
Reached #93 on the US Billboard 200 Charts
1989 - Oranges & Lemons
XTC (11th Album)
Reached #44 on the US Billboard Top 200 Charts
In Other 80s Music News
1981 - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder Recorded "Ebony & Ivory"
* #1 Song in America from May 15 - July 2
Also Hit #1 in the UK, Canada, Germany, Spain, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Israel
1982 - The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company Gave Their Final Performance After 110 Years
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1981 - Calvin Murphy (Rockets) Set an NBA Record with 78 Consecutive Free Throws Made
* Calvin Murphy was Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993
Did You Know?
Calvin Murphy Has 14 Kids with 9 Different Wives
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"Father Figure" Became the #1 Song in America
1987 - A Some Kind of Wonderful Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Craig Sheffer and Lea Thompson
Did You Know?
Lea Thompson and the Director Howard Deutch Fell in Love on the Set and Have Been Married Since 1989
1987 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Premiered in Theaters
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Headlines
(February 27th)
1980 - The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards Aired on CBS
Host: Kenny Rogers
Most Wins: Kenny Rogers (5)
“What a Fool Believes” by The Doobie Brothers Won Song of the Year
1870 - The Current National Flag of Japan Was Formed
* The Flag Was Originally Made to Help Japanese Merchant Ships
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#1 Songs in America
(February 27th)
1980 - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Queen
2/23 - 3/21
1981 - "9 to 5"
Dolly Parton
2/21 - 2/27
1982 - "Centerfold"
J. Geils Band
2/6 - 3/19
1983 - "Baby, Come to Me"
Patti Auston and James Ingram
2/19 - 3/4
1984 - "Jump"
Van Halen
2/25 - 3/30
1985 - "Careless Whisper"
Wham!
2/16 - 3/8
1986 - "How Will I Know"
Whitney Houston
2/15 - 2/28
1987 - "Livin' on a Prayer"
Bon Jovi
2/14 - 3/13
1988 - "Father Figure"
George Michael
2/27 - 3/11
1989 - "Straight Up"
Paula Abdul
2/11 - 3/3
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1988 - “Father Figure” by George Michael Became the #1 Song in America
* #1 Song in America from February 27 - March 11
Also Hit #1 in Canada
Other Notable Dates
(On February 27th)
1864 - The First Northern Prisoners From the Civil War Arrived at Confederate Prison at Andersonville, Georgia
* Known as The 26 Acres of Hell
February 27th in 80s History
Happy 80s Birthdays
1930 - Joanne Woodward (Actress)
1937 - Barbara Babcock (Actress) Hill Street Blues
1954 - Neal Schon (Guitarist) Journey
1957 - Adrian Smith (Guitarist) Iron Maiden
1960 - Paul Humphreys (Singer) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)
1960 - Johnny Van Zant (Singer) Lynyrd Skynyrd
1961 - James Worthy (Basketball)
1962 - Adam Baldwin (Actor) D.C. Cab
Fun Fact!
James Worthy Was the #1 Overall Pick in the 1982 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers
College: North Carolina
* 7x All-Star
1988 NBA Finals MVP
Hall of Fame (2003)