Happy 80s Birthdays
1942 - J.J. Dillon (Wrestler and Manager)
Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey
1951 - Robert Davi (Actor) Goonies (Jeff Fratelli)
Birthplace: Queens, New York
1955 - Mick Jones (English Singer) The Clash
Birthplace: Wandsworth, London, England
1955 - Gedde Watanabe (Actor) Sixteen Candles “Long Duk Dong”
Birthplace: Ogden, Utah
1956 - Chris Isaak (Singer)
Birthplace: Stockton, California
1957 - Patty Smyth (Singer)
Birthplace: New York City
1959 - Mark McKinney (Actor) The Kids in the Hall
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1961 - Terri Nunn (Singer) Berlin
Birthplace: Baldwin Hills, California
1961 - Greg LeMond (Cyclist)
Birthplace: Lakewood, California
1963 - Harriet Wheeler (English Singer) The Sundays
Birthplace: Bristol, England
1966 - Jürgen "Ventor" Reil (German Drummer) Kreator
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
1969 - Colin Greenwood (English Bassist) Radiohead
Birthplace: Oxford, England
Fun Fact!
Greg LeMond is a 3x Tour de France Winner (1986, 1989, 1990)
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Other Notable Birthdays
Jerome Kersey (Basketball)
June 26, 1962 - February 18, 2015
Birthplace: Clarksville, Virginia
Passed Away at Age 52 From a Blood Clot to the Lung
NBA Season: 17:
Position: Small Forward
NBA Champion: 1999 (San Antonio Spurs)
Drafted #46 Overall (2nd Round) by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1984 NBA Draft
College: Longwood
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers (Wrestler)
February 20, 1921 - June 26, 1992
Birthplace: Camden, New Jersey
Passed Away at Age 71 From a Stroke
* In 1963 Became the First WWE Heavyweight Champion (WWWF at the Time)
Elected to the WWE Hall of Fame in 1994
Roy Campanella (Baseball)
November 19, 1921 - June 26, 1993
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Passed Away at Age 71 From Heart Failure
MLB Seasons: 10 (Brooklyn Dodgers)
Position: Catcher
All-Star: 8
NL MVP: 3 (1951, 1953, 1955)
* Career Was Cut Short After Getting Paralyzed in a Car Accident in 1958
Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 (7th Ballot)
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1981 - Stripes
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles and John Candy
Budget: $10 Million
Box Office: $85.3 Million
1981 - The Great Muppet Caper
Director: Jim Henson
Starring: The Muppets
Budget: $14 Million
Box Office: $31.2 Million
1981 - Dragonslayer
Director: Matthew Robbins
Starring: Peter MacNicol, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam and Caitlin Clarke
Budget: $18 Million
Box Office: $14.1 Million
1985 - Pale Rider
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood
Budget: $6.9 Million
Box Office: $41.4 Million
1987 - Dragnet
Director: Tom Mankiewicz
Starring: Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks
Budget: $20 Million
Box Office: $66.6 Million
1987 - Full Metal Jacket
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard, Kevyn Major Howard and Ed O'Ross
Budget: $30 Million
Box Office: $120 Million
1987 - Straight to Hell
Director: Alex Cox
Starring: Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer, Dick Rude and Courtney Love
Budget: $1 Million
Box Office: $210,000
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1980 - Nobody’s Perfect Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
1983 - Loving (Soap Opera) Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 14
Episodes: 3,169
1987 - Final Episode of Rocky Road
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 71
Network: WTBS
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1984 - Sidewalk
Icehouse (3rd Album)
* Reached #8 in Australia
1987 - King's Record Shop
Rosanne Cash (6th Album)
Billboard Charts: #136
* #6 on the Country Charts
1989 - Bad English
Bad English (Debut Album)
Billboard Charts: #21
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1987 - The New York Yankees Beat the Boston Red Sox 12 - 11 (10 innings) After Being Down 9 - 0 on a Friday Night
* Wayne Tolleson (Yankees) Walk Off Single
The Yankees scored 11 runs in the 3rd inning
Starting Pitchers
Roger Clemens (Red Sox) 2.1 innings 8 ER
Tommy John (Yankees) 1.1 innings 8 ER
Attendance: 45,123
Bad English
Bad English's Released Their Debut Album
1987 - Dragnet Premiered in Theaters
Director: Tom Mankiewicz
Starring: Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks
Headlines
(June 26th)
1981 - Stripes Premiered in Theaters
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles and John Candy
Fun Fact!
Stripes Was Originally Supposed be a Cheech & Chong Movie Called Cheech & Chong Join the Army
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On June 26, 1989 Bad English Released Their Debut Album (Bad English)
*Album Went Platinum
Featuring “When I See You Smile”
1987 - Full Metal Jacket Premiered in Theaters
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard, Kevyn Major Howard and Ed O'Ross
Fun Fact!
The Filming Took So Long That Matthew Modine Got Married and Had a Kid Before Filming Was Complete
1987 - Kevin Seal Beat Out 1,250 College Kids in a Nationwide Contest to Become MTV's New VJ
Fun Fact!
MTV Made Its Debut on August 1, 1981
The Original MTV VJ's
Martha Quinn
Alan Hunter
JJ Jackson
Mark Goodman
Nina Blackwood
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In Other News
(On June 26th)
1870 - Christmas was Declared a Federal Holiday
1906 - The First Grand Prix Motor Race Was Held at Le Mans
1927 - The Cyclone Roller Coaster opened on Coney Island in New York
Cost: $175,000
Speed: 60 MPH
1974 - The Universal Product Code Was Scanned For the First Time
* A Pack of Wrigley's Gum Was Bought at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
1977 - Elvis Presley Performed His Final Concert
Location: Market Square Arena in Indianapolis
2015 - The U.S. Supreme Court That Same-Sex Couples Have a Constitutional Right to Get Married Under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution
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June 26th in 80s History
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#1 Songs in America
(June 26th)
1980 - "Funkytown"
Lipps Inc.
5/31 - 6/27
1981 - "Stars on 45 Medley"
Stars on 45 Medley
6/20 - 6/26
1982 - "Ebony and Ivory"
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
5/15 - 7/2
1983 - "Flashdance... What a Feeling"
Michael Sembello
5/28 - 7/8
1984 - "The Reflex"
Duran Duran
6/23 - 7/6
1985 - "Heaven"
Bryan Adams
6/22 - 7/5
1986 - "On My Own"
Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
6/14 - 7/4
1987 - "Head to Toe"
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
6/20 - 6/26
1988 - "Foolish Beat"
Debbie Gibson
6/25 - 7/1
1989 - "Satisfied"
Richard Marx
6/24 - 6/30
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