Other Notable Birthdays
Tony Phillips (Baseball)
April 25, 1959 - February 17, 2016
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia
Passed Away at Age 56 From a Heart Attack
MLB Seasons: 18
Teams: 7
Career Hits: 2,023
Won the World Series in 1989 With the Oakland A's
Paul Baloff (Singer)
April 25, 1960 - February 2, 2002
Birthplace: San Francisco, California
Passed Away at Age 41 From a Stroke
* Removed Off Life Support After Going Into a Coma
The Lead Singer For Exodus
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Bea Arthur (Actress)
May 13, 1922 - April 25, 2009
Birthplace: New York City
Passed Away on April 25, 2002 at Age 86 From Lung Cancer
* Died in Her Los Angeles Home
A 2x Emmy Award Winner For Most Outstanding Lead Actress in Comedy Series
Maude (1977)
The Golden Girls (1988)
John Havlicek (Basketball)
April 8, 1940 - April 25, 2019
Birthplace: Martins Ferry, Ohio
Passed Away on April 25, 2019 at Age 79 From Parkinson’s
NBA Seasons: 17 (Boston Celtics)
All-Star: 13
All-NBA First Team: 4
NBA Champion: 8
Elected to the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984
Harry Belafonte (Singer and Actor)
March 1, 1927 - April 25, 2023
Birthplace: New York City
Passed Away at Age 96 From Congestive Heart Failure
* Best Known For the 1956 Song "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)"
Belafonte Was a 3x Grammy Award Winner
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1980 - Where the Buffalo Roam
Director: Art Linson
Starring: Bill Murray, Peter Boyle and Craig T. Nelson
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $6.6 Million
1986 - Violets are Blue
Director: Jack Fisk
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline and Bonnie Bedelia
Budget: $10 Million
Box Office: $4.7 Million
1986 - 8 Million Ways to Die
Director: Hal Ashby
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul and Andy Garcia
Budget: $18 Million
Box Office: $1.3 Million
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1986 - Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills Premiered on CBS
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1980 - Heaven and Hell
Black Sabbath (9th Album)
Billboard Charts: #28
1983 - Headhunter
Krokus (7th Album)
Billboard Charts: #25
1985 - Bonded by Blood
Exodus (Debut Album)
* Bay Area Thrash Band
1988 - Reba
Reba McEntire (15th Album)
Billboard Charts: #118
* #1 Country Charts
1988 - Hang Time
Soul Asylum (4th Album)
* Debut Album For a Major Label
1988 - The Xenon Codex
Hawkwind (15th Album)
1989 - Blue Murder
Blue Murder (Debut Album)
Billboard Charts: #69
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80s Sports
(Released On This Day)
1980 - Oakland A’s Manager Billy Martin Had to be Restrained by Umpires to Prevent Him From Attacking a Fan in Minnesota
1985 - Wayne Gretzky Scored 7 Points (3 Goals 4 Assists) in a Playoff Game
* Edmonton Beat the Winnipeg Jets 8 - 3 to Sweep the Series
1989 - Mario Lemieux Tied an NHL Playoff Record With 4 Goals in the 1st Period
* The Pittsburgh Penguins Beat the Philadelphia Flyers 10 - 7 to Take a 3 - 2 Playoff Lead
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In Other 80s News
(On This Day)
1981 - Over a 100 Repair Men Were Exposed to Radiation at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan
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In Other News
(On April 25th)
1846 - The Mexican-American War Began
* Lasted Until February 2, 1848
Ended With an American Victory
1901 - New York Became the First State to Require Cars to Have License Plates
1944 - The United Negro College Fund Was Founded by Fredrick Douglass Patterson
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#1 Songs in America
(April 25th)
1980 - "Call Me"
Blondie
4/19 - 5/30
1981 - "Kiss on My List"
Hall & Oates
4/11 - 5/1
1982 - "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
3/20 - 5/7
1983 - "Come on Eileen"
Dexys Midnight Riders
4/23 - 4/29
1984 - "Against All Odds"
Phil Collins
4/21 - 5/11
1985 - "We Are the World"
USA for Africa
4/13 - 5/10
1986 - "Kiss"
Prince
4/19 - 5/2
1987 - "I Knew You Were Waiting"
Aretha Franklin and George Michael
4/18 - 5/1
1988 - "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
Whitney Houston
4/23 - 5/6
1989 - "Like a Prayer"
Madonna
4/22 - 5/12
Black Sabbath Released Heaven and Hell
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1983 - American Schoolgirl Samantha Smith Was Invited to the Soviet Union After Leader Yuri Andropov Read Her Letter About Fears of Nuclear War
Did You Know?
On August 25, 1985 Samantha and Her Father Died in a Plane Crash in Auburn, Maine
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Headlines
(April 25th)
1980 - Black Sabbath Released Their 9th Album Heaven and Hell
Billboard Charts: 28
* First Album With New Lead Singer Ronnie James Dio
Fun Fact!
Ozzy Osbourne Was the Lead Singer For Black Sabbath From 1968 to 1979
* The Band Fired Him Due to Alcohol and Drug Abuse
1988 - Former Nazi Guard John Demjanjuk Was Sentenced to Death in Israel For War Crimes Committed During World War II
* Holocaust Survivors in Israel Identified Him as the Treblinka Extermination Camp Guard Known as "Ivan the Terrible
Did You Know?
Based on New Evidence, Demjanjuk Was Released in 1993 by the Israeli Supreme Court Even Though the Judges Agreed Their Was Sufficient Amount of Evidence
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April 25th in 80s History
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Happy 80s Birthdays
1940 - Al Pacino (Actor) Scarface
Birthplace: New York City
1946 - Talia Shire (Actress) Rocky
Birthplace: New York City
1954 - Randy Cross (Football)
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
1958 - Fish (Singer)
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Fun Fact!
Al Pacino and Talia Shire Shared the Screen as Brother and Sister in The Godfather Series
1983 - The Space Probe Pioneer 10 Traveled Beyond Pluto's Orbit
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