October 23rd in 80s History
Fernando Valenzuela
On October 23, 1981 Dodgers Rookie Fernando Valenzuela beat the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series
#1 Songs in America
(October 23rd)
1980 - "Another One Bites the Dust"
Queen
10/4 - 10/24
1981 - "Arthur's Theme"
Christopher Cross
10/17 - 11/6
1982 - "Jack & Diane
John Cougar Mellencamp
10/2 - 10/29
1983 - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Bonnie Tyler
10/1 - 10/28
1984 - "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
Stevie Wonder
10/13 - 11/2
1985 - "Take on Me"
a-ha
10/19 - 10/25
1986 - "When I Think of You"
Janet Jackson
10/11 - 10/24
1987 - "Lost in Emotion"
Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam
10/17 - 10/23
1988 - "A Groovy Kind of Love"
Phil Collins
10/22 - 11/4
1989 - "Miss You Much"
Janet Jackson
10/7 - 11/3
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1984 - Wham! Released Make it Big (2nd Album)
* Featuring “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go”
Hit #1 on the US Billboard 200 Charts
Also Hit #1 in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands and Japan
Fun Fact!
This Was Wham’s 2nd and Final Album Before George Michael Went Solo
1987 - Suspect Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Cher, Dennis Quaid and Liam Neeson
Happy 80s Birthdays
1936 - Philip Kaufman (Director) The Right Stuff
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
1951 - David Wills (Country Singer)
Birthplace: Pulaski, TN
1956 - Dwight Yoakam (Country Singer)
Birthplace: Pikeville, KY
1959 - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Singer) “Eat It”
Birthplace: Downey, CA
1959 - Sam Raimi (Director) The Evil Dead, Spider Man
Birthplace: Royal Oak, MI
1962 - Doug Flutie (Football)
Birthplace: Manchester, MD
1965 - Al Leiter (Baseball)
Birthplace: Toms River, NJ
1969 - Brooke Theiss (Actress) Just the Ten of Us (Wendy)
Birthplace: Palos Verde, CA
Fun Fact!
Doug Flutie Won the 1984 Heisman Trophy Award
College: BYU
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Other Notable Birthdays
Johnny Carson (Talk Show Host)
October 23, 1925 - January 23, 2005
Birthplace: Corning, IA
Passed Away at Age 79 From Respiratory Failure (Emphysema)
Hosted the Tonight Show From 1962 to 1992
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Yokozuna (Wrestler)
October 2, 1966 - October 23, 2000
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Passed Away at Age 34 From Pulmonary Edema
Elected to the WWE Hall of Fame in 2002
* 2x WWE Heavyweight Champion
Fun Fact!
Yokozuno's Real Name Was Agatupu Rodney Anoaʻi
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1981 - Nightmare
Director: Romano Scavolini
Starring: Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke, Mike Cribben and Danny Ronan
Budget: N/A
Box Office: N/A
1981 - The Pit (Canada)
Director: Lew Lehman
Starring: Sammy Snyders and Jeannie Elias
Budget: N/A
Box Office: N/A
1981 - Silence of the North
Director: Allan King
Starring: Tom Skerritt, Gordon Pinsent and Ellen Burstyn
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $1.6 Million
1984 - Give My Regards to Broad Street
Director: Peter Webb
Starring: Paul McCartney, Bryan Brown, Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Linda McCartney, Tracey Ullman, Ralph Richardson, John Paul Jones, John Bennett, John Burgess
Budget: $9 Million
Box Office: $1.4 Million
1985 - Twice in a Lifetime
Director: Bud Yorkin
Starring: Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy and Brian Dennehy
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $8.4 Million
1987 - Prince of Darkness
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Dennis Dun, Susan Blanchard and Anne Howard
Budget: $3 Million
Box Office: $14.1 Million
1987 - The Sicilian
Director: Michael Cimino
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland, John Turturro, Barbara Sukowa, Richard Bauer, Giulia Boschi, Ray McAnally, Barry Miller, Andreas Katsulas and Michael Wincott
Budget: $16.5 Million
Box Office: $5.4 Million
1987 - Suspect
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney and Joe Mantegna
Budget: $14.5 Million
Box Office: $18.7 Million
1987 - Fatal Beauty
Director: Tom Holland
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades, Harris Yulin, John P. Ryan, Jennifer Warren and Brad Dourif
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $12 Million
1987 - The Glass Menagerie
Director: Paul Newman
Starring: Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen and James Naughton
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $895,000
1987 - No Man's Land
Director: Peter Werner
Charlie Sheen, D.B. Sweeney, Randy Quaid, Lara Harris, Bill Duke, R.D. Call, M. Emmet Walsh
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $2.8 Million
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1982 - Howard Hesseman Hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guest: Men at Work
1988 - Mission: Impossible Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 35
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1981 - Circle of Love
Steve Miller Band (11th Album)
Reached #26 on the US Billboard 200 Charts
1981 - Almost Blue
Elvis Costello and the Attractions (6th Album)
Reached #50 on the US Billboard 200 Charts
1983 - Without a Song
Willie Nelson (29th Album)
Reached #54 on the US Billboard 200 Charts and 33 in Country
1984 - Make It Big
Wham! (2nd Album)
Hit #1 on the US Billboard 200 Charts and Hit #1 in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands and Japan
Singles “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go”, “Everything She Wants” and “Careless Whisper Hit #1 on the US Billboard Charts
Over 6 Million Copies Sold in the US
* Released in the UK on November 5
1984 - Dream Street
Janet Jackson (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #147
1986 - Blah Blah Blah
Iggy Pop (11th Album)
Billboard Charts: #75
1989 - Neither Fish nor Flesh Terence
Trent D'Arby (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #61
1989 - A Black & White Night (Live Album)
Roy Orbison and Friends
Billboard Charts: #123
Singles Released
1980 - “(Just Like) Starting Over”
John Lennon
#1 Song in America from December 27 - January 30
* Also Hit #1 in the UK, Canada, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Switzerland and Australia
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1981 - The Los Angeles Dodgers Beat the New York Yankees 5 - 4 at Dodger Stadium to Cut the World Series 2 - 1
Attendance: 56,236
Home Runs: Ron Cey (Dodgers) Bob Watson, Rick Cerone (Yankees)
Rookie Sensation Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) Pitched a Complete Game
1984 - Chicago Cubs Pitcher Rick Sutcliffe Won the National League Cy Young Award by Unanimous Decision
1985 - The St. Louis Cardinals Beat the Kansas City Royals 3 - 0 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis) to Take a 3 - 1 World Series Lead
Attendance: 53,634
John Tudor (Cardinals) Pitched a Complete Game Shutout
Home Runs: Willie McGee, Tito Landrum (Cardinals)
John Tudor (Cardinals) Pitched a Complete Game Shutout
1986 - The Boston Red Sox Beat the New York Mets 4 - 2 at Fenway Park to Take a 3 - 2 World Series Lead
Attendance: 34,010
Home Runs: Tim Tuefel (Mets)
Bruce Hurst (Red Sox) Pitched a Complete Game (2 ER)
1988 - Miami Dolphins Quarterback Dan Marino Threw For 521 Yards Against the New York Jets
* The Dolphins Lost to the Jets 44 - 30 at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami
Spread
Dolphins -6.5
O/U 43.0
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Other Notable Dates
(On October 23rd)
1970 - Gary Gabelich Set a Land Speed Record in a Rocket-Powered Automobile (The Blue Flame)
Did You Know?
The Current Record is 760.343 MPH Held by Black Rock
* Broken in 1997
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Wham! Released Make It Big
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1984 - Janet Jackson Released Her 2nd Album, Dream Street
Billboard Charts: 47
Headlines
(October 23rd)
1982 - A Shootout Between Police Officers and a Religious Cult Broke Out in Arizona
* 2 Cult Members Were Killed and a Dozen Police Officers Were Injured From the Shootout
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