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(March 16th)
1981 - The Who Released Their 9th Album, Face Dances
Billboard Charts: #4
Canada: #1
Featuring "You Better You Bet"
Fun Fact!
"You Better You Bet" is the 4th Most Played Video on MTV
#1 "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel
Other Notable Birthdays
James Madison (Former U.S. President)
March 16, 1751 - June 28, 1836
Birthplace: Port Conway, Virginia
Passed Away at Age 85 From Congestive Heart Failure
* One of the Founding Fathers
The 4th President of the United States
In Office: 1809 - 1817
Jerry Lewis (Actor and Comedian)
March 16, 1926 - August 20, 2017
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey
Passed Away at Age 91 From Cardiac Disease
* Best Known For the Comedy Duo Martin and Lewis
Hosted the Jerry Lewis Telethon, For the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) From 1966 to 2010
Chuck Woolery (Game Show Host)
March 16, 1941 - November 23, 2024
Birthplace: Ashland, Kentucky
Passed Away in His Horseshoe Bay, Texas Home at Age 83
* Unknown Cause of Death
The Host of Wheel of Fortune From 1975 to 1981 and the Dating Game From 1983 to 1994
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Eric Show (Baseball)
May 19, 1956 - March 16, 1994
Birthplace: Riverside, California
Passed Away at Age 37 From a Drug Overdose
MLB Seasons: 11
Position: Pitcher
San Diego Padres (1981 - 1990)
Oaklands A's (1991)
Fun Fact!
In 1985 Eric Show Gave Up Pete Rose's Record Breaking 4,192 Hit
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1982 - Victor/Victoria
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, John Rhys-Davies and Alex Karras
Budget: $15 Million
Box Office: $28.2 Million
1984 - Tank
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Starring: James Garner, Jenilee Harrison, and C. Thomas Howell
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $11.3 Million
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1981 - Final Episode of The White Shadow
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 54
Network: CBS
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1981 - Face Dances
The Who (9th Album)
Billboard Charts: #4
* Hit #1 in Canada
Featuring "You Better You Bet"
Fun Fact!
"You Better You Bet" was the 4th Music Video Played on MTV
1981 - Breaker
Accept (3rd Album)
1984 - Alchemy: Dire Straits (Live Album)
Dire Straits
Billboard Charts: #46
* Hit #1 in the Netherlands
1984 - Cafe Bleu
The Style Council (Debut Album)
* Included in the “1001 Albums your must hear before you die”
1988 - Green Thoughts
The Smithereens (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #92
Singles Released
1987 - "With or Without You"
U2
#1 Song in America from May 16 - June 5
Also Hit #1 in Canada, Ireland and Poland
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1983 - Only 1,814 Fans Showed Up in Cleveland to Watch the New Jersey Nets Beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 96 - 90
1985 - Former MLB Pitcher Denny McLain Was Sentenced to 25 Years For Dealing Cocaine, Extortion and Racketeering
*McClain Was the Last 30-Game Winner in Major League Baseball
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1988 - Iraq President Saddam Hussein Ordered a Poison Gas Attack on the Kurdish Iraqi Town of Halabja
* 5,000 People Killed and 10,000 Injured
1985 - Associated Press Newsman Terry Anderson Was Taken Hostage in Beirut, Lebanon by a Group of Hezbollah Shiite Muslims That Were Supported by Iran
* Released on December 4, 1991
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Other Notable Dates
(On March 16th)
1945 - The World War II Battle of Iwo Jima Ended With a United States Victory Over Japan
* Small Pockets of Japanese Resistance Continued
On March 16, 1988 Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter Were Indicted on Charges of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States in Relation to The Iran-Contra Affair
Happy 80s Birthdays
1949 - Erik Estrada (Actor) CHiPs
Birthplace: New York City
1950 - Kate Nelligan (Actress) Without a Trace
Birthplace: London, Ontario, Canada
1954 - Nancy Wilson (Singer) Heart
Birthplace: San Francisco, California
1956 - Ozzie Newsome (Football)
Birthplace: Muscle Shoals, Alabama
1959 - Flavor Flav (Rapper) Public Enemy
Birthplace: Roosevelt, New York
Fun Fact!
Ozzie Newson Was the 23rd Overall Pick in the 1978 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns
College: Alabama
Position: Tight End
Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999
Did You Know?
Became the First Black General Manager in the NFL in 2002 by the Baltimore Ravens
* Became Ravens Executive VP in 2019
Did You Know?
Saddam Hussein Was Captured by U.S. Coalition Forces on December 13, 2003
* Hung on December 13, 2006 For Crimes Against Humanity
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The Who Released Their Face Dances Album
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1981 - Final Episode of The White Shadow Aired
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 54
Network: CBS
March 16th in 80s History
Charges of Conspiracy
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#1 Songs in America
(March 16th)
1980 - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Queen
2/23 - 3/21
1981 - "9 to 5"
Dolly Parton
3/14 - 3/20
1982 - "Centerfold"
J. Geils Band
2/6 - 3/19
1983 - "Billie Jean"
Michael Jackson
3/5 - 4/22
1984 - "Jump"
Van Halen
2/25 - 3/30
1985 - 'Can't Fight This Feeling"
REO Speedwagon
3/9 - 3/29
1986 - "Sara"
Starship
3/15 - 3/21
1987 - "Jacob's Ladder"
Huey Lewis and the News
3/14 - 3/20
1988 - "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Rick Astley
3/12 - 3/25
1989 - "Lost in Your Eyes"
Debbie Gibson
3/4 - 3/24
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