Other Notable Birthdays
Estelle Getty (Golden Girls)
July 25, 1923 - July 22, 2008
Passed Away at Age 84 of Complications from Dementia
Won an Emmy Award For Outstanding Supporting Actress For Her Role as Sophia in the TV Series, The Golden Girls
* Nominated 6 Times
Walter Payton (Football)
July 25, 1954 - November 1, 1999
Passed Away at Age 45 from Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer)
1970s All-Decade Team
1980s All-Decade Team
75th Anniversary All-Time Team
100th Anniversary All-Time Team
Elected to the Football Hall of Fame in 1993
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Judith Barsi
Passed Away on July 25, 1988 at Age 10 in a Double Murder-Suicide by Her Father
Best Known For the Animated Voices in The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go to Heaven
Steve Rubell (Businessman)
Passed Away on July 25, 1989 at Age 45 from AIDS Complications
Owner of Studio 54
Ben Hogan (Golf)
Passed Away on July 25, 1997 at Age 84 (Unknown Causes)
Won 9 Majors
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1980 - Caddyshack
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Bill Murray and Cindy Morgan
Budget: $6 Million
Box Office: $39.8 Million
1980 - Dressed to Kill
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz and Keith Gordon
Budget: $6.5 Million
Box Office: $31.9 Million
1986 - Maximum Overdrive
Director: Stephen King
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington and Christopher Murney
Budget: $9 Million
Box Office: $5.3 Million
1986 - Out of Bounds
Director: Richard Tuggle
Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff Kober and Glynn Turman
Budget: $9 Million
Box Office: $5 Million
1986 - Haunted Honeymoon
Director: Gene Wilder
Starring: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise, Jonathan Pryce and Paul L. Smith
Budget: $9 Million
Box Office: $8 Million
1986 - Heartburn
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniel, Jean Stapleton, Catherine O’Hara and Kevin Spacey
Budget: $15 Million
Box Office: $25.3 Million
1986 - Robotech: The Movie (Animation)
Directors: Noboru Ishiguro and Carl Macek
Starring: Kerrigan Mahan and Iona Morris
Budget: $8 Million
Box Office: N/A
1986 - The Patriot
Director: Frank Harris
Starring: Gregg Henry, Simone Griffeth, Michael J. Pollard, Jeff Conaway, Stack Pierce and Leslie Nielsen
Budget: N/A
Box Office: N/A
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80s Television
(On This Day)
No 80s TV Premieres or Finales On This Day
Fun Fact!
Carroll O'Connor, Michael J. Fox, Kelsey Grammer and Jim Parsons Have the Record with 4 Emmy Awards For Most Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
* Ted Dansen Holds the Record With 14 Emmy Nominations
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1980 - Back in Black
AC/DC (7th Album)
Billboard Charts: #4
* Hit #1 in the UK, Canada, Australia and France
Over 50 Million Copies Sold Worldwide
1980 - TP
Teddy Pendergrass (4th Album)
Billboard Charts: #14
1983 - Kill 'Em All
Metallica (Debut Album)
Billboard Charts: #120
Over 3 Million Copies Sold in the US
1986 - The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
2 Live Crew (Debut Album)
Billboard Charts: #128
1986 - Lightning Strikes
Loudness (6th Album)
Billboard Charts: #64
1988 - View from the House
Kim Carnes (11th Album)
* Reached #36 on the Country Charts
1989 - Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #14
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1982 - Bernard Hinault (France) Won the Tour de France
1987 - Every Boston Red Sox Starter Got a Hit in a 11 - 5 Victory Over the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park in Boston
Attendance: 32,040
* Red Sox Rookie Sam Horn Hit His First Major League Home Run
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In Other 80s News
1984 - Soviet Cosmonaut, Svetlana Savitskaya Became the First Woman to Walk in Space
* Aboard the Salyut 7 Space Station
1980 - The Final Episode of The Rockford Files Aired
* Ran 6 Seasons with 123 Episodes
Ranked #39 as TV Guides Top Greatest TV Show of All Time
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July 25th in 80s History
1981 - “The One That You Love” by Air Supply Became the #1 Song in America
* #1 Song in America from July 25 - 31
Hit #2 in Canada
Fun Fact!
Kathy Sullivan Was the First American Woman to Walk in Space
* On October 11, 1984
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Caddyshack Premiered in Theaters
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1980 - AC/DC Released Their 7th Album, Back in Black
* Featuring “Back in Black” and “You Shook Me All Night Long”
Back in Black is the 2nd Highest Selling Album of All-Time With Over 50 Million Copies Sold Worldwide
Fun Fact!
The Filming of Caddyshack Would Constantly Get Pushed Back Because the Cast Would Always Arrive Late to Morning Calls From Too Much Partying the Night Before
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#1 Songs in America
(July 25th)
1980 - "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
Billy Joel
7/19 - 8/1
1981 - "The One That You Love"
Air Supply
7/25 - 7/31
1982 - "Eye of the Tiger"
Survivor
7/24 - 9/3
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 - "Hold On To The Nights"
Richard Marx
7/23 - 7/29
1989 - "Toy Soldiers"
Maltika
7/22 - 8/4
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Happy 80s Birthdays
1951 - Verdine White (Bassist) Earth, Wind & Fire
1958 - Thurston Moore (Guitarist) Sonic Youth
1962 - Doug Drabek (Baseball)
1967 - Matt LeBlanc (Actor) TV101
Fun Fact!
Doug Drabek (Pittsburgh Pirates) Won the NL Cy Young Award in 1990
Headlines
(July 25th)
1980 - Caddyshack Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Bill Murray and Cindy Morgan
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Other Notable Dates
(On July 25th)
1837 - The First Electric Telegraph Was Successfully Demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone
1956 - The Italian Ocean Liner SS Andrea Doria Collided With the MS Stockholm and Sunk near Nantucket
* 46 People Killed and 1660 Survived
1976 - The Viking 1 Became the First Successful Mars Landing
* The Viking Program
Took the Popular Photo "The Face on Mars "
1975 - Louise Brown, From Manchester, England Became the First In-Vitro Baby in the World