_______________________________
1984 - Conan the Destroyer Premiered in Theaters
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Mako, Tracey Walter, Olivia d'Abo and Sarah Douglas
#1 Songs in America
(June 29th)
1980 - "Coming Up"
Paul McCartney
6/28 - 7/18
1981 - "Bette Davis Eyes"
Kim Carnes
6/27 - 7/24
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 - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"
Whitney Houston
6/27 - 7/10
1988 - "Foolish Beat"
Debbie Gibson
6/25 - 7/1
1989 - "Satisfied"
Richard Marx
6/24 - 6/30
Click Here For More Music Fun Facts and Awards
Headlines
(June 29th)
1984 - Bachelor Party Premiered in Theaters
Director: Neil Israel
Starring: Tom Hanks, Adrian Zmed, William Tepper and Tawny Kitaen
Kim Wilde Released Her Debut Album
1987 - Vincent Van Gogh’s Painting “The Le Pont de Trinquetaille” Was Purchased For $20.4 Million at an Auction in London, England
Fun Fact!
The Most Valuable Van Gogh Painting is the 1890 Portrait of Dr. Gatchet
Sold: May 15, 1990
Price: $82.5 Million
Current Price: $200 Million
1988 - Coming to America Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall
The 3rd Highest Grossing Movie From 1988
#1 Rain Man
#2 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Fun Fact!
Cuba Gooding Jr. Made His Film Debut as a Barber Shop Customer
2007 - Apple Released the First iPhone
Price: $499 (4GB) $599 (8GB)
Units Sold: 6.1 Million
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
June 29th in 80s History
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
Happy 80s Birthdays
1944 - Gary Busey (Actor) Lethal Weapon
1947 - Richard Lewis (Actor) Anything but Love
1948 - Fred Grandy (Actor) The Love Boat
1949 - Dan Dierdorf (Sportcaster)
1953 - Colin Hay (Singer) Men at Work
1953 - Don Dokken (Singer) Dokken
1954 - Rick Honeycutt (Baseball)
1956 - Pedro Guerrero (Baseball)
1957 - Maria Conchita Alonso (Singer)
1967 - Melora Hardin (Actress) Iron Eagle
1969 - Ilan Mitchell-Smith (Actor) Weird Science
Fun Fact!
Gary Busey Attended Pittsburg State University on a Football Scholarship
_______________________________
Other Notable Birthdays
Harmon Killebrew (Baseball)
June 29, 1936 - May 17, 2011
Birthplace: Payette, Idaho
Passed Away at Age 74 From Esophageal Cancer
MLB Seasons: 22 (Minnesota Twins)
* Spent 1-Season With the Kansas City Royals
All-Star: 13
AL Home Run Leader: 6
AL MVP: 1969
Elected to the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984 (4th Ballot)
Richard Lewis (Comedian and Actor)
June 29, 1947 - February 27, 2024
Birthplace: New York City
Passed Away at Age 76 From a Heart Attack (Diagnosed With Parkinson's 2 Years Earlier
* Lewis Suffered From Anxiety and Depression
Best Known For the TV Shows Anything but Love (1989 - 1992) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000 - 2024)
Craig Sager (Sports Reporter)
June 29, 1951 - December 15, 2016
Birthplace: Batavia, Illinois
Passed Away at Age 65 From Acute Myeloid Leukemia
* Covered Sports For CNN, TBS and TNT From 1981 to 2016
Elected to the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017
_______________________________
Passed Away
(On This Day)
Jayne Mansfield (Actress and Playmate)
April 19, 1933 - June 29, 1967
Birthplace: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Passed Away at Age 34 in a Car Accident
* A Sex Symbol From the 1950s and 1960s
Nicknames Hollywood’s “Smartest Dumb Blonde”
Katharine Hepburn (Actress)
May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut
Passed Away Age 96 From Cardiac Arrest
* A Hollywood Leading Lady For 6 Decades
A 4x Academy Award Winner For Best Actress Winner
Morning Glory (1934)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1968)
The Lion in Winter (1969)
On Golden Pond (1982)
Steve Ditko (Marvel Comics)
November 2, 1927 - June 29, 2018
Birthplace: Johnston, Pennsylvania
Passed Away at Age 90 From a Heart Attack
* Died in His New York City Apartment
Created Spider-Man and Doctor Strange
_______________________________
80s Movies
(On This Day)
1984 - Bachelor Party
Director: Neil Israel
Starring: Tom Hanks, Adrian Zmed, William Tepper and Tawny Kitaen
Budget: $7 Million
Box Office: $38.4 Million
1984 - Cannonball Run II
Director: Hal Needham
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Jamie Farr, Marilu Henner, Telly Savalas, Shirley MacLaine, Susan Anton, Catherine Bach, Jackie Chan, Richard Kiel and Frank Sinatra
Budget: $18 Million
Box Office: $56.3 Million
1984 - Conan the Destroyer
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Mako, Tracey Walter, Olivia d'Abo and Sarah Douglas
Budget: $18 Million
Box Office: $27 Million
1987 - The Living Daylights
Director: John Glen
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker, Art Malik and Jeroen Krabbé
Budget: $40 Million
Box Office: $191.2 Million ($51 Million Domestic)
1988 - Coming to America
Director: John Landis
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair and Shari Headley
Budget: $36 Million
Box Office: $288 Million ($128 Million Domestic)
_______________________________
80s Television
(On This Day)
1983 - Friday Night Videos Premiered on NBC
Seasons: 20
1988 - Final Episode of The Bronx Zoo
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 21
Network: NBC
_______________________________
80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1981 - Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde (Debut Album)
Billboard Charts: #86
* Hit #1 in Germany and Sweden
1987 - Pop Goes the World
Men Without Hats (3rd Album)
Billboard Charts: #73
* #8 in Canada
1988 - Dimension Hatröss
Voivod (4th Album)
Singles Released
1989 - “Right Here Waiting”
Richard Marx
* #1 Song in America from August 12 - September 1
Also in Canada, Poland, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand
_______________________________
80s Sports
(On This Day)
1983 - Thoroughbred Jockey, Angel Cordero Won His 5000th Carrer Race
1984 - Pete Rose Played in His Record Breaking 3,309th Career Game
* Pete Rose Finished His Career With a Major League Record 3,562 Games Played
#2 Carl Yastrzemski 3,308
#3 Hank Aaron 3,298
1986 - Tom Seaver Was Traded From the Chicago White Sox to the Boston Red Sox For Steve Lyons
1986 - Sparky Anderson Became the First Manager to Win 600 Games in Both Leagues
Cincinnati Reds: 836 Games
Detroit Tigers: 1331
Won the World Series in 1975 & 1976 (Reds) and 1984 (Tigers)
_______________________________
In Other News
(On June 29th)
1974 - Ballet Dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov Defected From the Soviet Union to Canada While He Was On Tour With the Kirov Ballet
1975 - Steve Wozniak Tested the First Prototype of the Apple I Computer