1989 - Fletch Lives Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Chevy Chase
80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1989 - Fletch Lives
Director: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook and Julianne Phillips
Budget: $8 Million
Box Office: $39.4 Million
1989 - Leviathan
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Starring: Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Ernie Hudson and Daniel Stern
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $15 Million
1989 - Rooftops
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Jason Gedrick,Troy Beyer,Eddie Velez and Tisha Campbell
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $2 Million
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1982 - Herbie the Matchmaker Premiered on CBS
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5
1983 - The 9th People’s Choice Award Aired on CBS
Host: Dick Van Dyke
Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer: Burt Reynolds
Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer: Barbara Mandrell
1984 - Billy Crystal Hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guest: Al Jarreau
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1980 - Let’s Get Serious
Jermaine Jackson (6th Album)
Billboard Charts: #6
* #1 in R&B
1986 - Black Celebration
Depeche Mode (5th Album)
Billboard Charts: #90
* Hit #1 in Switzerland
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1981 - The Moondogs Beat Tony Garea and Rick Martel For the WWF Tag Team Championship
1983 - Mike Bossy Recorded His 70th Hat Trick
1988 - The NCAA Basketball Tournament Began
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Jermaine Jackson Released "Let's Get Serious"
Happy 80s Birthdays
1944 - Cito Gaston (Baseball)
1944 - John Sebastian (Singer)
1949 - Patrick Duffy (Actor) Dallas
1951 - Kurt Russell (Actor)
1954 - Lesley-Anne Down (Actress) North and South
1959 - Danny Ainge (Basketball)
1960 - Arye Gross (Actor) Just One of the Guys
1961 - Casey Siemaszko (Actor) Young Guns
1962 - Sam Bowie (Basketball)
1962 - Janet Gardner (Singer) Vixon
1964 - Rob Lowe (Actor)
1967 - Billy Corgan (Musician) Smashing Pumpkins
Fun Fact!
Rob Lowe Made His Film Debut as “Soda Pop” Curtis in The Outsiders (1983)
WWF Tag Team Championship
1973 - The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photograph The Burst of Joy Photo Was Taken Symbolizing the End of the Vietnam War
* The Picture Shows a Former Prisoner of War Being Reunited With His Family
#1 Songs in America
(March 17th)
1980 - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Queen
2/23 - 3/21
1981 - "9 to 5"
Dolly Parton
3/14 - 3/20
1982 - "Centerfold"
J. Geils Band
2/6 - 3/19
1983 - "Billie Jean"
Michael Jackson
3/5 - 4/22
1984 - "Jump"
Van Halen
2/25 - 3/30
1985 - 'Can't Fight This Feeling"
REO Speedwagon
3/9 - 3/29
1986 - "Sara"
Starship
3/15 - 3/21
1987 - "Jacob's Ladder"
Huey Lewis and the News
3/14 - 3/20
1988 - "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Rick Astley
3/12 - 3/25
1989 - "Lost in Your Eyes"
Debbie Gibson
3/4 - 3/24
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March 17th in 80s History
Other Notable Dates
(On March 17th)
1950 - Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley Created Element 98
* They Named it "Californium"
Element 98 is a Radioactive Chemical Element With the Symbol Cf and Atomic Number 98
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1985 - Serial Killer Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker) Committed His First 2 Murders in Rosemead and Monterey Park in Los Angeles
* It Was Proven Later in 2009 That Ramirez's First Murder Took Place in the San Francisco's Tenderloin in 1984
Convicted and Sentenced to Death in 1989
Passed Away on June 7, 2013 at Age 53 While Waiting Execution
Headlines
(March 17th)
1980 - Jermaine Jackson Released His 6th Album, Let’s Get Serious
Reached #6 on the US Billboard Charts
Jermaine's Most Successful Album
* Over 2 Million Copies Sold Worldwide
On March 17, 1981 The Moondogs Beat Tony Garea and Rick Martel For the WWF Tag Team Championship
1988 - The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Began
#1 Seeds
East: Temple
Southeast: Oklahoma
West: Arizona
Midwest: Purdue
Kansas Beat Oklahoma 83 - 79 to Win the NCAA National Championship
* Danny Manning (Kansas) Won Tournament MVP
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Other Notable Birthdays
Sammy Baugh (Football) "Slingin Sammy"
March 17, 1914 - December 17, 2008
Passed Away at Age 94 From Alzheimer's and Other Health Issues
* Played All 16-Seasons With the Washington Redskins
NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
Elected to the Football Hall of Fame in 1963
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Jermaine Stewart (Singer)
Passed Away at Age 39 From AIDS-Related Liver Cancer
Best Known For the Hit Song “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off”