Happy 80s Birthdays
1930 - Katherine Jackson (Mother of the Jackson’s)
Birthplace: Clayton, Alabama
1951 - Mick Mars (Guitarist) Motley Crue
Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana
1951 - Jackie Jackson (Singer) Jackson 5
Birthplace: Gary, Indiana
1953 - Pia Zadora (Actress) Butterfly
Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey
1956 - Ken Oberkfell (Baseball)
Birthplace: Highland, Illinois
1959 - Randy Travis (Singer)
Birthplace: Marshville, North Carolina
Fun Fact!
Randy Travis Won Back to Back Grammy Awards For Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"Always & Forever" (1988)
1973 - The Sears Tower Became the Tallest Building in the World
* 1,451 Feet
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1987 - Candy Maldonado (San Francisco Giants) Hit For the Cycle Against the St. Louis Cardinals
* The San Francisco Giants Had 21 Hits in a 10 - 7 Victory Over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium
Attendance: 22,833
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#1 Songs in America
(May 4th)
1980 - "Call Me"
Blondie
4/19 - 5/30
1981 - "Morning Train
Sheena Easton
5/2 - 5/17
1982 - "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
3/20 - 5/7
1983 - "Beat It"
Michael Jackson
4/30 - 5/20
1984 - "Against All Odds"
Phil Collins
4/21 - 5/11
1985 - "We Are the World"
USA for Africa
4/13 - 5/10
1986 - "Addicted to Love"
Robert Palmer
5/3 - 5/9
1987 - "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
Cutting Crew
5/2 - 5/15
1988 - "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
Whitney Houston
4/23 - 5/6
1989 - "Like a Prayer"
Madonna
4/22 - 5/12
May 4th in 80s History
Headlines
(May 4th)
1984 - Sixteen Candles Premiered in Theaters
Director: John Hughes
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Michael Anthony-Hall and Michael Schoeffling
John Hughes Directorial Debut
Fun Fact!
Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall Initially Didn't Like Each Other Until John Hughes Took Them To a Record Store and Found Out They Liked the Same Music
* They Dated Briefly After the Movie and Before Filming The Breakfast Club
1985 - Angel Cordero, Jr. Won the 111th Kentucky Derby Aboard Spend a Buck
Post Position: 9
Odds: 4 - 1
Trainer: Cam Gambolati
Owner: Hunter Farm
Attendance: 108,573
Fun Fact!
Henderson Has the 2nd Highest Population in Nevada Behind Las Vegas
Henderson: 318,000
Las Vegas: 643,000
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Other Notable Birthdays
Audrey Hepburn (Actress)
May 4, 1929 - January 20, 1993
Birthplace: Brussels. Belgium
Passed Away at Age 63 From Abdominal Cancer
* Best Known For Her Role as Holly Golightly in the 1961 Film Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Won Best Actress in 1953 For Her Role as Princess Ann in the Film Roman Holiday
Russi Taylor (Voice Actress)
May 4, 1944 - July 26, 2019
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Passed Away at Age 75 From Colon Cancer
* Died in Her Glendale, California Home
The Voice of Minnie Mouse
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Dom DeLuise (Actor)
August 1, 1933 - May 4, 2009
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Passed Away at Age 75 From Kidney Failure
* Had Cancer, High Blood Pressure and Diabetes
Best Known as Captain Chaos in the 1981 Film The Cannonball Run
Adam Yauch (Rapper)
August 5, 1964 - May 4, 2012
Birthplace: New York City
Passed Away at Age 47 From a Cancerous Parotid Gland and Lymph Node
* Diagnosed in 2009
MCA From the Beastie Boys
Don Shula (Football Coach)
January 4, 1930 - May 4, 2020
Birthplace: Grand River, Ohio
Passed Away at Age 90 From Heart Disease
* Died in His Indian Creek, Florida Home
A Head Coach in the NFL For 33-Seasons
Baltimore Colts (1963 - 1969) Lost Super Bowl III
Miami Dolphins (1970 - 1995) Won Super Bowl VII & VIII
Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997
Fun Fact!
The 1972 Miami Dolphins Are the Only Team to Finish the Entire Season Undefeated
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1984 - Sixteen Candles
Director: John Hughes
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall and Michael Schoeffling
Budget: $6.5 Million
Box Office: $23.7 Million
1984 - Breakin’
Director: Joel Silberg
Starring: Adolfo 'Shabba Doo' Quinones, Michael “'Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers and Lucinda Dickey
Budget: $1.2 Million
Box Office: $38.7 Million
1984 - Alphabet City
Director: Amos Poe
Starring: Vincent Spano, Jami Gertz and Michael Winslow
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $7 Million
1984 - The Bounty
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Fox and Laurence Olivier
Budget: $20 Million
Box Office: $18.3 Million
1988 - The House on Carroll Street
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels and Mandy Patinkin
Budget: $14 Million
Box Office: $459,824
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1980 - America's Top 10 Premiered in Syndication
* The Television Version of Radio's American Top 40, Also Hosted by Casey Kasem
1986 - The TV Miniseries North and South: Book II Aired on ABC
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1982 - Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium (Compilation Album)
Stevie Wonder
1982 - Special Forces
38 Special (5th Album)
Billboard Charts: #10
1984 - Ocean Rain
Echo & the Bunnymen (4th Album)
Billboard Charts: #87
* #4 in the UK
1987 - Always & Forever
Randy Travis (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #19
* #1 on the Country Charts
1987 - Dawnrazor
Fields of the Nephilim (Debut Album)
Singles Released
1982 - “Hungry Like the Wolf”
Duran Duran
Reached #3 on the US Billboard 200 Charts
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1980 - The Los Angeles Lakers Beat the Philadelphia 76ers 109 - 102 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals
1980 - The Los Angeles Dodgers Hit Out of Order in the 1st Inning Against the Chicago Cubs
1985 - Angel Cordero, Jr. Won the 111th Kentucky Derby Aboard Spend a Buck
Post Position: #9
Trainer: Cam Gambolati
Owner: Hunter Farm
1987 - Dr. J Was on the Cover of Sports Illustrated
Title: “Thanks For The Memories”
1987 - Candy Maldonado Hit For the Cycle
* The San Francisco Giants Had 21 Hits in a 10 - 7 Victory Over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium
Attendance: 22,833
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In Other News
(On May 4th)
1776 - Rhode Island Became the First American Colony to Renounce Allegiance to King George III
1871 - The First Professional Baseball League, the National Association Began Its First Season In Fort Wayne, Indiana
1904 - The United States Began Construction on the Panama Canal
1932 - Al Capone Began Serving His 11-Year Prison Sentence For Tax Evasion
1959 - The First Grammy Awards Were Held
Location: Beverly Hills Hotel
Network: NBC
Awards
Album of the Year: The Music from Peter Gunn (Henry Mancini)
Record of the Year: "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" (Domenico Modugno)
Song of the Year: "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" (Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno)
1988 - Space Shuttle Fuel Caused an Explosion in Henderson, Nevada Killing 2 and Injuring 372
* Known as The PEPCON Disaster With Over $100 Million in Damages
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Sixteen Candles Premiered in Theaters