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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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(March 16th)
1981 - The Who Released Their 9th Album, Face Dances
Reached #4 in the US and Hit #1 in Canada
Featuring "You Better You Bet"
Did You Know?
"You Better You Bet" is the 4th Most Played Video on MTV
* Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel is #1
Other Notable Birthdays
James Madison (Former U.S. President)
March 16, 1751 - June 28, 1836
Passed Away at Age 85 From Congestive Heart Failure
4th President of the United States
Jerry Lewis (Actor and Comedian)
March 16, 1926 - August 20, 2017
Passed Away at Age 91 From Cardiac Disease
Hosted the Jerry Lewis Telethon, For the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Eric Show (Baseball)
May 19, 1956 - March 16, 1994
Passed Away at Age 37 From a Drug Overdose
Pitched 11-Seasons in the Major Leagues
San Diego Padres (1981 - 1990)
Oaklands A's (1991)
Did You Know?
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
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 Who Were Supported by Iran
* Released on December 4, 1991
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
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Happy 80s Birthdays
1941 - Chuck Woolery (Game Show Host) The Newlywed Game
1948 - Michael Bruce (Guitarist) Alice Cooper
1949 - Erik Estrada (Actor) CHiPs
1950 - Kate Nelligan (Actress) Without a Trace
1954 - Nancy Wilson (Singer) Heart
1956 - Ozzie Newsome (Football)
1959 - Flavor Flav (Rapper) Public Enemy
Fun Fact!
Ozzie Newson (Tight End) Was the 23rd Overall Pick in the 1978 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns
* Elected to the NFL Hall of Fame in 1999
Became the First Black GM of the NFL by the Baltimore Ravens in 200
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
The Who Released Face Dances
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1981 - Final Episode of The White Shadow Aired
* Ran 3 Seasons with 54 Episodes
Network: CBS
March 16th in 80s History
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Charges of Conspiracy