Happy 80s Birthdays
1938 - Britt Leach (Actor) Weird Science
1938 - Paul Verhoeven (Director) RoboCop
1940 - James Brolin (Actor) Octopussy
1940 - Joe Torre (Baseball)
1941 - Martha Reeves (Singer)
1957 - Nick Faldo (Golf)
1960 - Anne-Marie Johnson (Actress) I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1961 - Elizabeth McGovern (Actress) Ragtime
1966 - Dan O’Brien (Decathlon)
Fun Fact!
Joe Torre Won the National League MVP in 1971
* Managed the New York Yankees to 4 World Series Championships (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000)
Elected to the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014
Other Notable Birthdays
Harriet Nelson (Actor)
July 18, 1909 - October 2, 1994
Passed Away at Age 85 From Congestive Heart Failure
Starred in the TV Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Nelson Mandela (South African Politician)
July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013
Passed Away at Age 95 From a Respiratory Infection
The First President of South Africa (1994 - 1999)
John Glenn (Astronaut)
July 18, 1921 - December 8, 2016
Passed Away at Age 95 (Unknown Cause)
The 3rd American in Space, and the 1st American to Orbit the Earth, Circling it 3 times in 1962
Glenn Hughes (Singer)
July 18, 1950 - March 4, 2001
Passed Away at Age 50 From Lung Cancer
The "Leatherman" in The Village People
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Nico (German Singer)
October 16, 1938 - July 18, 1988
Passed Away at Age 49 From a Severe Cerebral Hemorrhage After Falling Off Her Bike While Vacationing in the Mediterranean Island of Ibiza
Her Distinctive Voice Was Once Described as a Cello Getting up in the Morning
Donnie Moore (Baseball)
February 13, 1954 - July 18, 1989
Passed Away at Age 35 From a Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound to the Head After Shooting His Wife
* His Wife Survived
All Star (1985)
Rebecca Schaeffer (Actress and Model)
November 6, 1967 - July 18, 1989
Passed Away at Age 21 From Gunshot Wounds
* Shot and Killed by a Crazy Fan in Her West Hollywood Home
Played Patti on the TV Show, My Sister Sam
Alex Rocco (Actor)
February 29, 1936 - July 18, 2015
Passed Away at Age 79 From Pancreatic Cancer
Played Moe Green in the 1972 Film, The Godfather
Bob Newhart (Actor and Comedian)
September 5, 1929 - July 18, 2024
Birthplace: Oak Park, IL
Passed Away at Age 94 in His Los Angeles Home From Different Illnesses
Nominated For 3 Primetime Emmy Awards For HIs Role as the Innkeeper, Dick Louden on the Sitcom Newhart From 1982 to 1990
Fun Fact!
Bob Newhart Won 3 Emmy Awards For His 1960 Live Album The Button-Down Mind
* Also Won in 1962 (The Bob Newhart Show) and 2013 For a Guest Appearance on The Big Bang Theory
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1980 - Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie
Director: Tommy Chong
Starring: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Evelyn Guerrero, Edie McClurg and Paul Reubens
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $41.7 Million
1980 - Prom Night
Director: Paul Lynch
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen
Budget: $1.5 Million
Box Office: $14.8 Million
1980 - Honeysuckle Rose
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Starring: Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving and Slim Pickens
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $17.8 Million
1980 - The Little Dragons
Director: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Charles Lane, Ann Sothern, Chris Petersen and Pat Petersen
Budget: N/A
Box Office: N/A
1986 - Aliens
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver with Bill Paxton and Paul Reiser
Budget: $18 Million
Box Office: $183 Million ($86 Million Domestic)
1986 - Vamp
Director: Richard Wenk
Starring: Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron, Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer,Gedde Watanabe and Grace Jones
Budget: $3.3 Million
Box Office: $4.9 Million
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1987 - Karen's Song Premiered on Fox
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
Starring Patty Duke
1987 - The New Adventures of Beans Baxter Premiered on Fox
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 17
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1980 - Closer
Joy Division (2nd and Final Album)
* Reached #6 in the UK
1980 - Crocodiles
Echo & the Bunnymen (Debut Album)
* Reached #17 in the UK
1980 - Full Moon
Charlie Daniels Band (11th Album)
Billboard Charts: #11
1980 - Honeysuckle Rose (Soundtrack)
Willie Nelson
Billboard Charts: #11
* #1 on the Country Charts
1987 - Dirty Dancing (Soundtrack)
Various Artists
Hit #1 on the US Billboard 200 Charts
* Also Hit #1 in Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand
Over 32 Million Copies Sold Worldwide
1989 - UHF (Soundtrack)
Weird Al Yankovich
Billboard Charts: #146
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1982 - Tom Watson (-4) Won The British Open
Prize: $32,000
Runner Up: Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price (-3)
Runner Up Prize: $19,300
Location: Troon, Scotland
Course: Royal Troon Golf Club
1987 - Don Mattingly (New York Yankees) Set a Major League Baseball Record by Hitting a Home Run in 8 Straight Games
1994 - The Rwandan Genocide Finally Ended
* 500,000 - 800,000 Tutsis Were Killed by Hutu Rebel
2013 - The Government of Detroit, With $20 Billion in Debt, Filed For the Largest Bankruptcy in U.S. History
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1984 - The McDonald's Massacre Occurred in San Ysidro, California Killing 21 People and Injuring 19
* The Shooter, James Oliver Huberty Was Eventually Shot and Killed by the Police
Headlines
(July 18th)
1982 - Tom Watson (-4) Beat Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price by 3-Strokes to Wi n The 111th British Open
* Now Called The Open Championship
1988 - Seve Ballesteros (-11) Beat Nick Price by 2-Strokes to Win The 117th British Open
1986 - Aliens Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Sigourney Weaver
Director: James Cameron
The 7th Highest Grossing Movie From 1986
#1 Top Gun
#2 Crocodile Dundee
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July 18th in 80s History
Aliens Premiered in Theaters
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#1 Songs in America
(July 18th)
1980 - "Coming Up"
Paul McCartney
6/28 - 7/18
1981 - "Bette Davis Eyes"
Kim Carnes
6/27 - 7/24
1982 - "Don't You Want Me"
The Human League
7/3 - 7/23
1983 - "Every Breath You Take"
The Police
7/9 - 9/2
1984 - "When Doves Cry"
Prince
7/7 - 8/10
1985 - "A View to Kill"
Duran Duran
7/13 - 7/26
1986 - "Holding Back the Years"
Simply Red
7/12 - 7/18
1987 - "Alone"
Heart
7/11 - 7/31
1988 - "The Flame"
Cheap Trick
7/9 - 7/22
1989 - "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Simply Red
7/15 - 7/21
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1988 - Seve Ballesteros (Spain) -11 Won The British Open
Prize: $80,000
Runner Up: Nick Price (Zimbabwe) -9
Runner Up Prize: $60,000
Location: Lytham St Annes, England
Courses: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
1989 - The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) Beat Demolition For the WWF Tag Team Championship
Location: Worcester, MA
Event: Saturday Night's Main Event
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Other Notable Dates
(On July 18th)
1863 - The First African-American Civil War Unit, The 54th Massachusetts Went Into Battle at Fort Wagner
* The 54th Massachusetts Was Portrayed in the 1988 Film, Glory
1968 - Intel Was Founded in Mountain View, California
1976 - Nadia Comăneci Became the First Gymnast to Score a Perfect 10 in the Summer Olympics
* The Montreal Summer Olympics
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