On This Day April 14th in 80s History

Happy 80s Birthdays

1941 - Pete Rose (Baseball)
1949 - John Shea (Actor) Missing
1952 - Kenny Aaronson (Guitarist)
1958 - Peter Capaldi (Actor) Dangerous Liaisons
1966 - Greg Maddux (Baseball)
1966 - David Justice (Baseball)
1968 - Anthony Michael Hall (Actor)

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Other Notable Birthdays

Loretta Lynn (Country Singer)

April 14, 1932 - October 4, 2022

Passed Away at Age 90 (Unknown Cause)

3x Time Grammy Award Winner

* Nominated 18 Times

Did You Know?

Sissy Spacek Won an Academy Award For Her Role as Loretta Lynn in the 1980 Film Coal Miner's Daughter

Anne Sullivan (Educator)
April 14, 1866 - October 20, 1936
Passed Away at Age 70 From a Blood Clot (Coronary Thrombosis)
Sullivan Was Helen Keller’s Instructor

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Passed Away
(On This Day)

Don Ho (Singer and Ukulele Player)

August 13, 1930 - April 14, 2007
Passed Away at Age 76 From Heart Failure

Best Known For the Song "Tiny Bubbles"

Percy Sledge (Singer)

November 25, 1940 - April 14, 2015
Passed Away at Age 74 From Liver Cancer

Best Known For the 1966 Song “When a Man Loves a Woman”

Bernie Madoff (American Mastermind)

April 29, 1938 - April 14, 2021
Passed Away at Age 82 (Natural Causes) While in Federal Prison
Founder of the Ponzi Scheme

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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)

1989 - Say Anything…
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: John Cusack, Ione Skye and John Mahoney
Budget: $16 Million

Box Office: $21.5 Million

1989 - Disorganized Crime
Director: Jim Kouf
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Corbin Bernsen, Ruben Blades, William Russ, Hoyt Axton, Daniel Roebuck and Ed O’Neill
Budget: N/A

Box Office: $7.7 Million

1989 - She’s Out of Control
Director: Stan Dragoti
Starring: Tony Danza, Catherine Hicks, Ami Dolenz and Matthew Perry
Budget: $12 Million

Box Office: $12 Million

1989 - Winter People
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Starring: Kurt Russell, Kelly McGillis, Lloyd Bridges and Mitchell Ryan
Budget: N/A

Box Office: $2 Million

1989 - See You in the Morning
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige, Farrah Fawcett, David Dukes, Drew Barrymore and Macaulay Culkin
Budget: N/A

Box Office: $4.7 Million

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80s Television
(On This Day)

1980 - 52nd Academy Awards Aired on ABC

1982 - Teachers Only
Seasons: 2

Episodes: 21

Starring Norman Fell

* Best Known For Playing Mr. Roper on Three’s Company

1984 - George McGovern Hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guest: Madness

1985 - Howard Cosell Hosted the Season 10 Finale of Saturday Night Live
Musical Guest: Greg Kihn

1988 - Final Episode of Probe
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8

1989 - The Jim Henson Hour Premiered on NBC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 12

1989 - Final Episode of Unsub
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8

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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)

1980 - Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden (Debut Album)
* Reached #4 in the UK

1980 - British Steel
Judas Priest (6th Album)
Billboard Charts: #34

* #4 in the UK

First Album With New Drummer Dave Holland

1981 - Sucking in the Seventies (Compilation Album)
The Rolling Stones
Billboard Charts: #15

1981 - Faith
The Cure (3rd Album)
* Reached #14 in the UK

1981 - The Electric Spanking of War Babies
Funkadelic (13th Album)

1982 - Diver Down
Van Halen (5th Album)
Billboard Charts: #3
* Featuring “Pretty Woman” and “Dancing in the Streets”
Over 4 Million Copies Sold in the US

1983 - Let’s Dance
David Bowie (15th Album)
Hit #1 on the US Billboard 200 Charts

* Also Hit #1 in the UK, Canada, France, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand
Over 10 Million Copies Sold Worldwide

1984 - Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson (10th Album)
Billboard Charts: #19

* #1 in R&B

1986 - Visible Silence
Art of Noise (2nd Album)

1986 - Turbo
Judas Priest (10th Album)
Billboard Charts: #17

1986 - Victorialand
Cocteau Twins (4th Album)

1989 - Follow the Blind
Blind Guardian (2nd Album)

Singles Released

1989 - “Good Thing”

Fine Young Cannibals
#1 Song in America from July 8 - 14
* Also Hit #1 in Canada

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80s Sports
(On This Day)

1985 - Bernhard Langer (Germany) Won the Masters
Prize: $126,000
Runner up: Seve Ballesteros (Spain) and Raymond Floyd (USA) -4
Runner up prize: $52,267
Location: Augusta, Georgia
First Golfer From Germany to Win the Masters

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In Other 80s News

(On This Day)

1986 - The Heaviest Hailstones Ever Recorded (2.2 pounds) Fell on the Gopalganj District of Bangladesh

* 92 People Killed

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1989 - Say Anything … Premiered in Theaters
* Starring John Cuscak and Ione Skye

Fun Fact!

The Dojo in the Kickboxing Scene is the Same Dojo Used in The Karate Kid

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April 14th in 80s History

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1983 - David Bowie Released His 15th Album (Let’s Dance)
Hit #1 on the US Billboard 200 Charts
* Also Hit #1 in the UK, Canada, France, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand
Over 10 Million Copies Sold Worldwide

Headlines

(April 14th)

1980 - Kramer vs. Kramer Won Best Picture at the 52nd Academy Awards
Location: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California

Network: ABC
Host: Johnny Carson
Best: Actor: Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs. Kramer)
Best Actress: Sally Field (Norma Rae)

Kramer vs. Kramer Won the Most Awards (5)

* Kramer vs. Kramer and All That Jazz Received Had the Most Nominations (9)

David Bowie Released His Let's Dance Album

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In Other News

(On April 14th)

1865 - President Lincoln Was Shot by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theater
* Died the Next Day

1902 - The First J.C. Penney’s Opened in Kemmerer, Wyoming
* Founded by James Cash Penney

1912 - The RMS Titanic Hit an Iceberg in the North Atlantic
* The Ship Sank the Next Day (Over 1500 People Died)

1927 - The First Volvo Car Made Premiered in Gothenburg, Sweden

1939 - The Grapes of Wrath Was Published For the First Time
* Written by John Steinbeck

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