1982 - Silver Spoons Premiered on NBC
* Ran 5 Seasons with 116 Episodes
Did You Know?
The Stratton Mansion Shown During the Opening Credits is an English Country House Located in Warwickshire, England
#1 Songs in America
(September 25th)
1980 - "Upside Down"
Diana Ross
9/6 - 10/3
1981 - "Endless Love"
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
8/15 - 10/16
1982 - "Abracadabra"
Steve Miller Band
9/25 - 10/1
1983 - "Tell Her About It"
Billy Joel
9/24 - 9/30
1984 - "Missing You"
John Waite
9/22 - 9/28
1985 - "Money for Nothing"
Dire Straits
9/21 - 10/11
1986 - "Stuck With You"
Huey Lewis and the News
9/20 - 10/10
1987 - "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett
9/19 - 9/25
1988 - "Don't Worry Be Happy"
Bobby McFerrin
9/24 - 10/7
1989 - "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
Millie Vanilli
9/23 - 10/6
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Silver Spoons Premiered on NBC
1986 - Houston Astros Pitcher Mike Scott Pitched a No-Hitter Against the San Francisco Giants to Clinch the National League West
* Mike Scott Went on to WIn the 1986 National League Cy Young Award
1988 - Led Zeppelin’s Drummer, John Bonham Was Found Dead by Bandmate John Paul Jones
* Died of Alcohol Poisoning (Pulmonary Aspiration) After Drinking Over 40 Shots of Vodka
Did You Know?
John Bonham is Considered One the Greatest and Most Influential Drummers of All-Time
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Happy 80s Birthdays
1933 - Hubie Brown (Basketball)
Birthplace: Hazletown, PA
1943 - Robert Walden (Actor) Lou Grant
Birthplace: New York City
1944 - Michael Douglas (Actor) Wall Street, Romancing the Stone
Birthplace: New Brunswick, NJ
1947 - Cheryl Tiegs (Supermodel)
Birthplace: Breckinridge, MN
1951 - Burleigh Drummond (Drummer) Ambrosia
Birthplace: Fort Leavenworth, KS
1951 - Bob McAdoo (Basketball)
Birthplace: Greensboro, NC
1951 - Mark Hamill (Actor) Star Wars (Luke Skywalker)
Birthplace: Oakland, CA
1952 - Jimmy Garvin (Wrestler)
Birthplace: Tampa, FL
1957 - Michael Madsen (Actor)
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
1961 - Heather Locklear (Actress) T.J. Hooker, Melrose Place
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
1965 - Scottie Pippin (Basketball)
Birthplace: Hamburg, AR
1968 - Will Smith (Rapper) Fresh Prince
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Fun Fact!
Michael Douglas Won an Academy Award For Best Actor For His Role as Gordon Gecko in the 1987 Film Wall Street
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Other Notable Birthdays
Phil Rizzuto (Baseball)
September 25, 1917 - August 13, 2007
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Passed Away in His Sleep at Age 89
* Won 7 World Series Titles With the New York Yankees
Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994. (Veterans Committee)
Fun Fact!
Phil Rizzuto For the New York Yankees For Over 40 Years and Coined the Phrase "Holy Cow"
Barbara Walters (Broadcast Journalist)
September 25, 1929 - December 30, 2022
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Passed Away in Her Manhattan Home at Age 93 From Dementia
Best Known for 20/20 and The View
Christopher Reeve (Actor)
September 25, 1952 - October 10, 2004
Birthplace: New York City
Passed Away at Age 52 from Cardiac Arrest
Best Known For Playing Superman
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Arnold Palmer (Golf)
September 10, 1929 - September 25, 2016
Birthplace: Latrobe, PA
Passed Away at Age 87 While Awaiting Heart Surgery
Won 7 Majors
* 62 PGA Victories
Did You Know?
Arnold Palmer Was Worth $875 Million Dollars When He Passed Away, With Hundreds of Millions Coming From His Iced Tea Product
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1981 - The Boogens
Director: James L. Conway
Starring: Rebecca Balding, Fred McCarren, Anne-Marie Martin, Jeff Harlan, John Crawford, Med Flory, Jon Lormer and Scott Wilkinson
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $600,000
1981 - Carbon Copy
Director: Michael Schultz
Starring: George Segal, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden and Denzel Washington
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $9 Million
1981 - So Fine
Director: Andrew Bergman
Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Jack Warden, Mariangela Melato, Richard Kiel and Fred Gwynne
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $6 Million
1987 - The Princess Bride
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, Peter Falk, Fred Savage and Billy Crystal
Budget: $16 Million
Box office: $30.9 Million
1987 - Best Seller
Director: John Flynn
Starring: James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant, Allison Balson, Paul Shenar, George Coe, Anne Pitoniak
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $4.2 Million
1987 - The Big Town
Directors: Harold Becker, Ben Bolt
Starring: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Tom Skerritt, Lee Grant, Suzy Amis Cameron, David Marshall Grant, Don Francks
Budget: $17 Million
Box Office: $1.7 Million
1987 - Real Men
Director: Dennis Feldman
Starring: Jim Belushi, John Ritter, Barbara Barrie, Bill Morey, Isa Jank, Mark Herrier
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $873,000
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1982 - Silver Spoons Premiered on NBC
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 116
1982 - Season 8 of Saturday Night Live Premiered on NBC
Host: Chevy Chase
Musical Guest: Queen
Don Pardo Returned as the Announcer
1982 - Pac-Man (Animation) Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 44
1982 - Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (Animation) Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 27
1982 - The Little Rascals (Animation) Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 22
1982 - The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (Animation) Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
1984 - Three's a Crowd Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 22
Three's Company Spinoff
1985 - The Insiders Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
The Theme Song, "Just a Job" Was Sung by Genesis
1986 - Our World (News Program) Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
1987 - Beauty and the Beast Premiered on CBS
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 56
Starring Linda Hamilton
1987 - Final Episode of My Little Pony (Animation)
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 56
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1982 - Forever Now
The Psychedelic Furs (3rd Album)
Billboard Charts: #61
* #4 in New Zealand
1988 - Lincoln
They Might Be Giants (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #89
1989 - Seasons End
Marillion (5th Album)
* Reached #7 in the UK
1989 - Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!
The Sugarcubes (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #70
1989 - The Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears (3rd Album)
Billboard Charts: #8
* Hit #1 in the UK and Ireland
In Other 80s Music News
1981 - The Rolling Stones Opened Their US Tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1984 - Rusty Staub Became the 2nd Player in Major League Baseball History to Hit Home Run as a Teenager and in Their 40's
* Ty Cobb the Other
1985 - Rickey Henderson Set a New York Yankee Record With His 75th Stolen Base of the Season
1986 - Houston Astros Pitcher, Mike Scott Pitched a No-Hitter Against the San Francisco Giants
* The Astros Beat the Giants 2 - 0 at the Astrodome on a Thursday Afternoon
Attendance: 32,808
Alan Ashby Caught His 3rd Career No-Hitter
1988 - American Sprinter, Florence Griffith Joyner Won Gold in 100m at the Summer Olympics in Seoul
1988 - Carl Lewis Won Gold in the Long Jump at the Summer Olympics in Seoul
1988 - USA Men’s Swimming Won Gold in the 4 x 100m Relay at the Summer Olympics in Seoul
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Other Notable Dates
(On September 25th)
1789 - The U.S. Congress Passed the Bill of Rights
1890 - Sequoia Park That Connects Between Nevada and California Was Established as a National Park
2018 - Bill Cosby Was Sentenced 3 to 10 Years in Prison For Aggravated Sexual Assault
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September 25th in 80s History
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Headlines
(September 25th)
1982 - “Abracadabra” by the Steve Miller Band Became the #1 Song in America For the 2nd Time
* #1 Song in America from September 25 - October 1
Also Hit #1 in Canada, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and Australia
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