On This Day November 16th in 80s History

Fun Movie Facts

(Academy Award For Best Supporting Actor)

1980 - Timothy Hutton

Ordinary People

1981 - John Gielgud

Arthur

1982 - Louis Gossett, Jr.

An Officer and a Gentlemen

1983 - Jack Nicholson

Terms of Endearment

1984 - Haing S. Ngor

The Killing Fields

1985 - Don Ameche

Cocoon

1986 - Michael Caine

Hannah and Her Sisters

1987 - Sean Connery

The Untouchables

1988 - Kevin Kline

A Fish Called Wanda

1989 - Denzel Washington

Glory

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Other Notable Birthdays

Burgess Meredith (Actor)
November 16, 1907 - September 9, 1997
Birthplace: Cleveland, OH

Passed Away at Age 89 From Alzheimer's Disease and Melanoma

Played Mickey in the Rocky Films

* Also Played the Penguin in the 1960’s TV Series Batman

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Passed Away
(On This Day)

Clark Gable (Actor)
February 1, 1901 - November 16, 1960
Birthplace: Cadiz, OH

Passed Away at Age 59 From a Heart Attack

Played Rett Butler in the 1939 Film Gone With the Wind

* Gone With the Wind Won 8 Academy Awards

1985 - “We Built This City” by Starship Became the #1 Song in America
* #1 Song in America from November 16 - 29

Also Hit #1 in Canada, Australia and South Africa

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Ann Wedgeworth (Actress)
January 21, 1934 - November 16, 2017
Birthplace: Abilene, TX

Passed Away on November 16, 2017 at Age 83 from a Long Illness

Played Lana On the TV Series, Three’s Company

Rick Astley's Released His Debut Album

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Headlines

(November 16th)

1984 - Missing in Action Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Chuck Norris

1987 - Rick Astley Released His Debut Album, Whenever You Need Somebody
* Featuring “Together Forever” and "Never Gonna Give You Up"

Bilboard Charts: #10

Hit #1 in the UK, Germany, Spain and Australia
Over 15 Million Copies Sold Worldwide

Happy 80s Birthdays

1956 - Terry Labonte (Race Car Driver)
Birthplace: Corpus Christie, TX
1958 - Marg Helgenberger (Actress) China Beach
Birthplace: Fremont, NE
1961 - Frank Bruno (Boxer)
Birthplace: London, England
1963 - Zina Garrison (Tennis)
Birthplace: Houston, TX
1964 - Dwight Gooden (Baseball)
Birthplace: Tampa, FL
1967 - Lisa Bonet (Actress) The Cosby Show
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
1970 - Martha Plimpton (Actress) Parenthood
Birthplace: New York City

Fun Fact!
Dwight Gooden Was the 5th Overall Pick in the 1982 MLB Draft by the New York Mets
1984 NL Rookie of the Year
1985 NL Cy Young Award (1985)

* At Age 20 the Youngest to Win the Cy Young Award
In 1985 Dwight Gooden Won the Triple Crown of Pitching (Wins, ERA, Strikeouts)

1988 - Robin Givens Sued Ex Husband Mike Tyson For $125 Million Dollars

80s Movies

(Released On This Day)

1984 - Missing in Action
Director: Joseph Zito
Starring: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, David Tress, Lenore Kasdorf, Ernie Ortega, James Hong and Erich Anderson
Budget: $3 Million

Box Office: $22.8 Million

1984 - Night of the Comet
Director: Thom Eberhardt
Starring: Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, Kelli Maroney, Sharon Farrell, Mary Woronov, Geoffrey Lewis, Peter Fox, John Achorn and Michael Bowen
Budget: $700,000

Box Office: $14.4 Million

1984 - Just the Way You Are
Director: Édouard Molinaro
Starring: Kristy McNichol, Michael Ontkean, Kaki Hunter, Catherine Salviat, Robert Carradine, Alexandra Paul, Lance Guest and Tim Daly
Budget: N/A

Box Office: $7.8 Million

1984 - Night Patrol
Director: Jackie Kong
Starring: Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Billy Barty, Murray Langston, Pat Morita, Jaye P. Morgan, Vic Dunlop and Andrew Dice Clay
Budget: N/A

Box Office: N/A

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80s Television

(On This Day)

1985 - Chevy Chase Hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guest: Sheila E

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80s Music

(Albums Released On This Day)

1981 - Take It Off
Chic (5th Album)

Billboard Charts: #124

1987 - Whenever You Need Somebody
Rick Astley (Debut Album)

Billboard Charts: #10

* Hit #1 in the UK, Germany, Spain and Australia

Featuring “Never Gonna Give You Up” and “Together Forever”
Over 15 Million Copies Sold Worldwide

1987- Floodland
Sister of Mercy (2nd Album)

Billboard Charts: #101

* #9 in the UK

1988 - Beast from the East (Live Album)
Dokken

Billboard Charts: #33

1988 - Goodbye Girl
Miyuki Nakajima (16th Album)

Hit #1 in Japan

Other Notable Music News

1990 - Milli Vanilli Were Stripped of Their Grammy Awards For Lip Syncing

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80s Sports

(On This Day)

1980 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Doug Williams Threw For 486 Yards With TD’s
* The Bucs Lost to the Vikings 38 - 30 in Minnesota
Spread

Vikings -4

O/U 37.0

1984 - Houston Rockets Blocked 20 Shots Against the Denver Nuggets
* The Rockets Lost 119 - 102 in Denver
Attendance: 18,557
Alex English (Nuggets) 32 Pts. 10 Rebounds
Ralph Sampson (Rockets) 23 Pts. 9 Rebounds 4 Blocks

1986 - Dale Earnhardt Won the NASCAR Sprint Cup

1988 - Jose Canseco (Oakland A's) Won the American League MVP

by Unanimous Choice
Runner Up: Mike Greenwell (Red Sox)

1988 - Robin Givens Sued Ex-Husband Mike Tyson For $125 Million Dollars

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Other Notable Dates

(On November 16th)

1907 - Oklahoma Became the 46th US State
* The Indian Territories and Oklahoma Territory Combined to Make Oklahoma

1938 - LSD Was First Synthesized by Albert Hofmann From Ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel

1940 - The "Mad Bomber" George Metesky Placed His First Bomb at a Manhattan Office Building

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