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
Pelé (Soccer)
October 23, 1940 - December 29, 2022
Birthplace: Três Corações, Brazil
Passed Away at Age 82 From Colon Cancer
Considered the Greatest and Most Influential Soccer Player of All-Time
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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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#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
October 23rd in 80s History
On October 23, 1981 Dodgers Rookie Fernando Valenzuela beat the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series
Fernando Valenzuela