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1983 - "Menudomania" Officially Began After 3500 Screaming Girls Met Them at the Kennedy Airport in New York
Fun Fact!
Jimmy Swaggart Got Married in 1952 at Age 17 to 15-Year Old Frances Anderson
* Still Married
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OJ Simpson and Nicole
February 2nd in 80s History
1987 - Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart Admitted to Paying Prostitutes
* Begged His Followers to Forgive Him
#1 Songs in America
(February 2nd)
1980 - "Rock With You"
Michael Jackson
1/19 - 2/15
1981 - "The Tide is High"
Blondie
1/31 - 2/6
1982 - "I Can't Go For that"
Daryl Hall & John Oates
1/30 - 2/5
1983 - "Down Under"
Men at Work
1/15 - 2/4
1984 - "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
Yes
1/21 - 2/3
1985 - "I Want To Know What Love Is"
Foreigner
2/2 - 2/15
1986 - "That's What Friends Are For"
Dionne & Friends
1/18 - 2/14
1987 - "At This Moment"
Bill Vera and the Beaters
1/24 - 2/6
1988 - "Need You Tonight"
INXS
1/30 - 2/5
1989 - "Two Hearts"
Phil Collins
1/21 - 2/3
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Happy 80s Birthdays
1942 - Graham Nash (English Musician) Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Birthplace: Blackpool, Lancashire, England
1946 - Al McKay (Guitarist) Earth, Wind, and Fire
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
1949 - Brent Spiner (Actor) Star Trek: The Next Generation
Birthplace: Houston, Texas
1949 - Ross Valory (Bassist) Journey
Birthplace: San Francisco, California
1954 - Christie Brinkley (Supermodel)
Birthplace: Monroe, Michigan
1954 - John Tudor (Baseball)
Birthplace: Schenectady, New York
1966 - Robert DeLeo (Bassist) Stone Temple Pilots
Birthplace: Montclair, New Jersey
Fun Fact!
Christie Brinkley Was Married to Billy Joel From 1985 to 1994
* 1 Child Together
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Other Notable Birthdays
George Halas (Football Owner)
February 2, 1895 - October 31, 1983
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Passed Away at Age 88 From Pancreatic Cancer
* The Founder and Owner of the Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears Were Founded in 1920 (The First Year of the NFL)
Robert Mandan (Actor)
February 2, 1932 - April 29, 2018
Birthplace: Clever, Missouri
Passed Away at Age 86 From Cancer
* Unknown Type of Cancer
Best Known For Playing Chester on the Sitcom Soap and Mr. Bradford on Three’s a Crowd
Farrah Fawcett (Actress and Model)
February 2, 1947 - June 25, 2009
Birthplace: Corpus Christi, Texas
Passed Away at Age 62 From Anal Cancer
* Was the First Freshman at the University of Texas to be Named as One of the Top 10 Prettiest Coeds
Best Known For Playing Jill Munroe on Charlie’s Angels
Fun Fact!
Farrah Fawcett Starred in the Six Million Dollar Man From 1974 to 1978 With Then Husband Lee Majors
* Married From 1973 to 1982
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Sid Vicious (Bassist)
May 10, 1957 - February 2, 1979
Birthplace: Lewisham, London, England
Passed Away at Age 21 From a Drug Overdose of Heroin and Quaaludes
* Some Say it Was a Suicide
The Bassist For The Sex Pistols
Gene Kelly (Actor and Dancer)
August 23, 1912 - February 2, 1996
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Passed Away at Age 83 From a Stroke
* Best Known For His Energetic and Athletic Dancing
Won an Academy Award For His Role as Don Lockwood in the 1952 Musical Singin' in the Rain (Won Best Picture)
Bill Henderson (Singer)
August 9, 1939 - February 2, 2007
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana
Passed Away at Age 67 From Complications of Diabetes
* Henderson Was the Spinners Best Dancer
Formed the Spinners at Lincoln High School in Detroit, Michigan in 1956 With 4 Friends
Carl Weathers (Actor)
January 14, 1948 - February 2, 2024
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Passed Away at Age 76 From Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
* Weathers Was an All-Around Athlete, Involved in Football, Soccer, Boxing, Wrestling, Judo, and Gymnastics
Best Known For Playing Apollo Creed in Rocky
Fun Fact!
Carl Weathers Played Linebacker in the NFL For the Oakland Raiders (1970 - 1971) and the B.C. Lions (1971 - 1973) in the Canadian Football League
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
No 80s Movies Released On This Day
Fun Fact!
In 1989 Michael Douglas Became the First Presenter to Say “and the Oscar goes to” Instead of the Traditional “and the Winner is”
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1981 - The Gangster Chronicles Premiered on NBC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
1985 - Alex Karras Hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guest: Tina Turner
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1980 - After Dark
Andy Gibb (3rd Album)
Reached #21 on the US Billboard 200 Charts
1981 - Killers
Iron Maiden (2nd Album)
Reached #78 on the US Billboard Charts
1988 - Ain't Misbehavin' (EP)
UFO
1988 - I’m Your Man
Leonard Cohen (8th Album)
Hit #1 in Norway
1988 - Lita
Lita Ford (3rd Solo Album)
Reached #29 on the US Billboard 200 Charts
Singles Released
1981 - “Planet Earth”
Duran Duran
Reached #12 in the UK and Hit #1 in France
* “Planet Earth was the debut single for Duran Duran
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1980 - Salvador Sanchez Beat Danny "Little Red" Lopez by TKO in the 13th Round to Win the WBC Featherweight Championship
1986 - The NFC Beat the AFC 28-24 in the NFL Pro Bowl
Location: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
MVP: Phil Simms (Giants)
NFC Coach: John Robinson (Rams)
AFC Coach: Don Shula (Dolphins)
Location: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Attendance: 50,101
Payouts
Winning Team: $5000
Losing Team: $2500
1987 - Pitcher Dennis Leonard Retired From Baseball
* Played 12 Seasons with the Kansas City Royals
Career Record: 144 - 106
Leonard Was a 3x 20-Game Winner
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Other Notable Dates
(On February 2nd)
1653 - New York City Was Incorporated
* Originally Called New Amsterdam
1876 - The National League (Baseball) Was Formed in Manhattan, New York
1935 - The Lie Detector Test Was Used For the First Time in a Court Case
* Administered by the Inventor Leonarde Keeler
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Headlines
(February 2nd)
1980 - Reports Surfaced That the FBI Was Targeting Corrupt Members of Congress
* Known as the Abscam Operation
1985 - “I Want to Know What Love Is” by Foreigner Became the #1 Song in America
* #1 Song in America From February 2 - 15
Also Hit #1 in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Poland and Israel
Fun Fact!
Foreigner Formed in New York City in 1976
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"I Want to Know What Love Is" Became the #1 Song in America
On February 2, 1986 OJ Simpson Married Nicole Brown