#1 Songs in America
(July 20th)
1980 - "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
Billy Joel
7/19 - 8/1
1981 - "Bette Davis Eyes"
Kim Carnes
6/27 - 7/24
1982 - "Don't You Want Me"
The Human League
7/3 - 7/23
1983 - "Every Breath You Take"
The Police
7/9 - 9/2
1984 - "When Doves Cry"
Prince
7/7 - 8/10
1985 - "A View to Kill"
Duran Duran
7/13 - 7/26
1986 - "Invisible Touch"
Genesis
7/19 - 7/25
1987 - "Alone"
Heart
7/11 - 7/31
1988 - "The Flame"
Cheap Trick
7/9 - 7/22
1989 - "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Simply Red
7/15 - 7/21
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Other Notable Birthdays
Chuck Daly (Basketball Coach)
July 20, 1930 - May 9, 2009
Passed Away at Age 78 from Pancreatic Cancer
Won Back to Back NBA Championships in 1989 and 1990 as the Head Coach of the Detroit Pistons
Diana Rigg
July 20, 1938 - September 10, 2020
Passed Away at Age 82 from Lung Cancer
Won an Emmy Award For Best Supporting Actress For Her Role as Mrs. Danvers in the 1997 British-German Miniseries, Rebecca
Natalie Wood
July 20, 1938 - November 29, 1981
Passed Away from Drowning at Age of 43 off the Coast of Catalina Island
Best Known For Her Role as Little Susan in the 1947 Film, Miracle on 34th Street
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
June Byers (Wrestler)
Passed Away on July 20, 1998 at Age 76 from Pneumonia
The Women's Heavyweight Champion From 1953 to 1963
Sandra Gould
Passed Away on July 20, 1999 at Age 82 from a Stroke
Played Gladys on the TV Show, Bewitched
James Doohan
Passed Away on July 20, 2005 at Age 85 from Pulmonary Fibrosis
Played Montgomery Scott in the Star Trek Films
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1984 - Revenge of the Nerds
Director: Jeff Kanew
Starring: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Ted McGinley, Bernie Casey
Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Brian Tochi, Julie Montgomery, Donald Gibb, James Cromwell, David Wohl and John Goodman
Budget: $6 Million
Box Office: $60.4 Million ($40 Million Domestic)
1984 - The NeverEnding Story
Director: Wolfgang Peterson
Starring: Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley, Gerald McRaney, Moses Gunn, Alan Oppenheimer, Thomas Hill, Deep Roy and Tilo Prückner
Budget: $27 Million
Box Office: $100 Million ($20 Million Domestic)
1984 - Best Defense
Director: Willard Huyck
Starring: Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw and Tom Noonan
Budget: $18 Million
Box Office: $19.2 Million
1984 - Electric Dreams
Director: Steve Barron
Starring: Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Bud Cort and Maxwell Caulfield
Budget: $5.5 Million
Box Office: $2.5 Million
1988 - The Midnight Run
Director: Martin Brest
Starring: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina and Joe Pantaliano
Budget: $35 Million
Box Office: $81.6 Million ($38 Million Domestic)
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80s Television
(On This Day)
No TV Premieres of Finales On This Day
Fun Fact!
Hill Street Blues Won an 4 Consecutive Emmy Awards (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984) For Most Outstanding Drama
* Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Mad Men, The West Wing and Game of Thrones Have the Record with 4 Wins
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1981 - Pleasant Dreams
The Ramones (6th Album)
Billboard Charts: #58
1985 - How Could It Be
Eddie Murphy (Debut Album)
Billboard Charts: #26
* Featuring “Party All the Time”
1987 - Born to Mack
Too Short (4th Album)
* Reached #50 in R&B
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1980 - Tom Watson (-13) Won the British Open
Prize: $25,000
Runner Up: Lee Trevino (-9)
Runner Up Prize: $17,500
Location: Gullane, Scotland
Course: Muirfield
1980 - Joop Zoetemelk (Netherlands) Won the Tour de France
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In Other 80s News
1982 - The Hyde Park and Regent Park Bombings Occurred in London
* 8 Soldiers Were Killed and 47 People Injured When the The Irish Republican Army (IRA) Set off a Bomb
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Other Notable Dates
1940 - The First Freeway in California Opened
* Called the Arroyo Seco Parkway, Now The Pasadena Freeway
1868 - The First International Special Olympics Took Place at Soldier Field in Chicago
* Over 1,000 Competitors
1969 - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Became the First to Walk on the Moon
* Apollo 11 Spaceflight
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1984 - The NeverEnding Story Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Barret Oliver and Noah Hathaway
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Happy 80s Birthdays
1945 - Kim Carnes (Singer) "Bette Davie Eyes"
1945 - John Lodge (Bassist) Moody Blues
1946 - Randal Kleiser (Director) Grease
1947 - Carlos Santana (Musician)
1952 - Jay Jay French (Guitarist) Twisted Sister
1955 - Dan Monahan (Actor) Porky's (PeeWee)
1957 - Donna Dixon (Actress) Bosom Buddies (Sonny)
1958 - Mick MacNeil (Keyboardist) Simple Minds
1963 - Frank Whaley (Actor) Field of Dreams
1968 - Kool G Rap (Rapper)
1972 - Vitamin C (Singer) Hairspray
Fun Fact!
Donna Dixon Has Been Married to Dan Aykroyd Since 1983
* Shared the Screen in the 1985 Film, Spies Like US
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1984 - Revenge of the Nerds Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Ted McGinley and John Goodman
Did You Know?
Stuckin80s.com Voted Revenge of the Nerds as the Best Comedy of the 80s
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(July 20th)
1980 - Tom Watson (-13) Beat Lee Trevino by 4-Strokes to Win The 109th British Open
* Now Called The Open Championship
July 20th in 80s History
1987 - Too Short Released His 4th Album, Born to Mack
* Featuring “Life is… Too Short”
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Too Short Released Born To Mack
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Fun Fact!
This Was the First British Open to End on a Sunday
* The Previous Opens Went From Wednesday to Saturday