Headlines
(February 21st)
1980 - American Speed Skater Eric Heiden Won His 4th Gold Medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid
* Finished With 5 Gold Medals
Other Notable Birthdays
Rue McClanahan (Actress)
February 21, 1934 - June 3, 2010
Birthplace: Healdtown, Oklahoma
Passed Away at Age 76 From a Brain Hemorrhage
* Best Known For Playing Blanche in The Golden Girls
McClanahan Won an Emmy in 1986 For Most OutstandingActress in a Comedy Series
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Billy Graham (Televangelist)
November 7, 1918 - February 21, 2018
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina
Passed Away at Age 99 in His North Carolina Home From Natural Causes
* Graham Was a Southern Baptist Minister
Considered the Most Influential Christian Leader of the 20th Century
Peter Tork (Keyboardist)
February 13, 1942 - February 21, 2019
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
Passed Away at Age 77 From Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
* A Rare Form of Head and Neck Cancer
The Keyboardist and Bassist For The Monkees
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1986 - 9 1/2 Weeks
Director: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Mickey Rourke and Kim Bassinger
Budget: $17 Million
Box Office: $100 Million
1986 - The Hitcher
Director: Robert Harmon
Starring: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jeffrey DeMunn and Jennifer Jason Leigh
Budget: $5.8 Million
Box Office: $7.9 Million
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1981 - Charlene Tilton Hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guests: Prince and Todd Rundgren
Debut of Eddie Murphy’s "Mister Rogers Neighborhood"
1987 - Willie Nelson Hosted Saturday Night Live
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1986 - King of America
Elvis Costello (10th Album)
Billboard Charts: #39
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1980 - American Eric Heiden (Speed Skater) Won His 4th of the 5 Gold Medals from the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid
1985 - Tim Raines Received $12 Million Dollars in Arbitration
1989 Pete Rose Met with Commissioner Ueberroth to Discuss His Gambling Problem
* Rose Would Get Banned by Major League Baseball for Betting on Games
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In Other 80s News
(On February 21st)
1986 - Nintendo Released The Legend of Zelda in Japan
* Released in the United Stated on August 22, 1987
Price: $49.99
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Other Notable Dates
(On February 21st)
1948 - NASCAR Was Founded by William France, Sr.
* With the Help of Several Other Drivers
Fun Fact!
The First NASCAR Race Was the “Strictly Stock” at Charlotte Speedway on June 19, 1949
* Glenn Dunaway Won But Was Disqualified For Altering His Rear Springs and Jim Roper Was Given the Victory
1874 - The Oakland Tribune (Newspaper) Was First Published
1878 - The First United States Phone Book Was Issued in New Haven Connecticut
1885 - The Washington Monument Was Completed
1925 - The New Yorker (Magazine) Was First Published
1965 - Malcolm X Was Assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem
1975 - Attorney General John N. Mitchell and White House Aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman Were Sentenced to Prison For the Watergate Scandal
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1981 - Charles Rocket Was Fired From Saturday Night Live For Saying the "F" Word on Live TV
* The First Cast Member Fired From SNL
Fun Fact!
Charles Rocket is Best Known For Playing the Scheming Villain in the 1994 Film Dumb and Dumber
On February 21, 1986 9 1/2 Weeks Starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Bassinger Premiered in Theaters
1981 - Eddie Murphy Premiered “Mister Rogers Neighborhood” on Saturday Night Live
#1 Songs in America
(February 21st)
1980 - "Do It To Me One More Time"
Captain & Tennille
2/16 - 2/22
1981 - "9 to 5"
Dolly Parton
2/21 - 2/27
1982 - "Centerfold"
J. Geils Band
2/6 - 3/19
1983 - "Baby, Come to Me"
Patti Auston and James Ingram
2/19 - 3/4
1984 - "Karma Chameleon"
Boy George
2/4 - 2/24
1985 - "Careless Whisper"
Wham!
2/16 - 3/8
1986 - "How Will I Know"
Whitney Houston
2/15 - 2/28
1987 - "Livin' on a Prayer"
Bon Jovi
2/14 - 3/13
1988 - "Seasons Change"
Expose
2/20 - 2/26
1989 - "Straight Up"
Paula Abdul
2/11 - 3/3
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"9 to 5" Became the #1 Song in America
1981 - "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton Became the #1 Song in America
* #1 Song in America from February 21 - 27
Also Hit #1 in Canada
February 21st in 80s History
9 1/2 Weeks
Happy 80s Birthdays
1946 - Tyne Daly (Actress) Cagney & Lacey
Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin
1946 - Anthony Daniels (Actor) C3PO
Birthplace: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
1949 - Jerry Harrison (Musician) Talking Heads
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1955 - Kelsey Grammer (Actor) Cheers
Birthplace: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
1958 - Alan Trammell (Baseball)
Birthplace: Garden Grove, California
1961 - Christopher Atkins (Actor) Blue Lagoon
Birthplace: Rye, New York
1963 - William Baldwin (Actor) Born on the Fourth of July
Birthplace: Massapequa, New York
Fun Fact!
Tyne Daly Won 4 Primetime Emmy Awards (1983, 1984, 1985, 1988 for Her Role as Lacey in Cagney and Lacey
* Sharon Gless (Cagney) Won in 1985 & 1986
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