Murphy Brown Premiered on CBS
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1988 - Murphy Brown Premiered on CBS
Seasons: 11
Episodes: 260
Emmy Awards
Most Outstanding Comedy: 2 (1990, 1992)
Most Outstanding Actress: 5 (Candace Bergman)
Fun Fact!
Candace Bergman Shares the Most Wins For Best Actress in a Comedy Series With Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Mary Tyler Moore
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1980 - Raging Bull
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci
Budget: $18 Million
Box Office $23.4 Million
De Niro Won an Academy Award For Best Actor
1980 - The Boogeyman
Director: Ulli Lommel
Starring: Suzanna Love, John Carradine and Ron James
Budget: $300,000
Box Office: $25 Million
1980 - Alligator
Director: Lewis Teague
Starring: Robert Forster, Robin Riker and Michael V. Gazzo
Budget: $1.7 Million
Box Office: $6.4 Million
1980 - The Idolmaker
Director: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Ray Sharkey, Peter Gallagher, Joe Pantoliano, Tovah Feldshuh and Olympia Dukakis
Budget: N/A
Box Office: N/A
1985 - Smooth Talk
Director: Joyce Chopra
Starring: Lauren Dern and Treat Williams
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $16,000
1986 - Hoosiers
Director: David Anspaugh
Starring: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Sheb Wooley, Maris Valainis, Brad Long, Steve Hollar and Dennis Hopper
Budget: $6 Million
Box Office: $28.6 Million
1986 - Streets of Gold
Director: Joe Roth
Starring: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Adrian Pasdar, Angela Molina, Elya Baskin, Rainbow Harvest, Dan O'Shea, John Mahoney and Wesley Snipes
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $2.5 Million
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1981 - Bernadette Peters hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guests: The Go-Go’s and Billy Joel
1982 - Blue and the Gray (miniseries) premiered on CBS
1985 - Shadow Chasers premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
1987 - Robert Mitchum hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guest: Simply Red
1988 - Murphy Brown premiered on CBS
Seasons: 11
Episodes: 260
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1980 - Strong Arm of the Law
Saxon (3rd Album)
* Reached #11 in the UK
1981 - Raise!
Earth, Wind & Fire (11th Album)
Billboard Charts: #5
* Hit #1 in R&B
Featuring “Let’s Groove”
1983 - Touch
Eurythmics (3rd Album)
Billboard Charts: #7
* Hit #1 in the UK and New Zealand
1983 - Beauty Stab
ABC (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #69
1983 - Believer
Chic (7th Album)
1988 - All or Nothing
Milli Vanilli (Debut Album)
Billboard Charts: #37
* Hit #1 in New Zealand
Featuring “Girl You Know It’s True”
1989 - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Ministry (4th Album)
Billboard Charts: #163
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1989 - San Diego Padres Pitcher, Mark Davis Won the National League Cy Young Award
Runner Up: Mike Scott (Astros)
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Other Notable Dates
(On November 14th)
1960 - Ruby Bridges Became the First Black Child to Attend an All-White Elementary School in Louisiana
1970 - Almost All of the Marshall University Football Team Was Killed In a Plane Accident
* The Teams Flight Crashed Into the Mountain in West Virginia (Southern Airways Flight 932)
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Headlines
(November 14th)
1980 - Raging Bull Premiered in Theaters
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci
Robert DeNiro Won an Academy Award For Best Actor For His Role as Professional Boxer, Jake Lamotta
Fun Fact!
Robert DeNiro Won an Academy Award For Best Actor For His Role as Professional Boxer, Jake Lamotta
#1 Songs in America
(November 14th)
1980 - "Woman in Love"
Barbra Streisand
10/24 - 11/14
1981 - "Private Eyes"
Daryl Hall and John Oates
11/7 - 11/20
1982 - "Up Where We Belong"
Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
11/6 - 11/26
1983 - "All Night Long"
Lionel Richie
11/12 - 12/9
1984 - "Caribbean Queen"
Billy Ocean
11/3 - 11/16
1985 - "Miami Vice Theme"
Jan Hammer
11/9 - 11/15
1986 - "Amanda"
Boston
11/8 - 11/21
1987 - "I Think We're Alone Now"
Tiffany
11/7 - 11/20
1988 - "Wild Wild West"
The Escape Club
11/12 - 11/18
1989 - "When I See You Smile"
Bad english
11/11 - 11/24
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November 14th in 80s History
1986 - Hoosiers Starring Premiered in Theaters
Director: David Anspaugh
Starring: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Sheb Wooley, Maris Valainis, Brad Long, Steve Hollar and Dennis Hopper
Based On the 1954 Basketball Season of Milan High School in Indiana
Happy 80s Birthdays
1944 - Mike Katz (Bodybuilder)
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut
1948 - Prince Charles of Wales
Birthplace: London, England
1949 - James Young (Guitarist) Styx
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
1949 - Gary Grubbs (Actor) Character Actor
Birthplace: Amory, Mississippi
1952 - Maggie Roswell (Voice Actress) The Simpsons
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
1955 - Jack Sickma (Basketball)
Birthplace: Kankakee, Illinois
1961 - D. B. Sweeney (Actor) Eight Men Out “Shoeless Joe”
Birthplace: Shoreham, New York
1962 - Laura San Giacomo (Actress) Sex, Lies, and Videotapes
Birthplace: West Orange, New Jersey
1964 - Joseph “Run” Simmons (Rapper) Run-D.M.C.
Birthplace: Queens, New York
1966 - Jeanette Jurado (Singer) Exposé
Birthplace: Pico Rivera, California
1974 - David Moscow (Actor) Big (Young Josh)
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York
Fun Fact!
D.B. Sweeney is in the 2000 Video Game Disney’s Dinosaur as Aladar
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Other Notable Birthdays
McLean Stevenson (Actor)
November 14, 1927 - February 15, 1996
Birthplace: Normal, Illinois
Passed Away at Age 68 From a Heart Attack
* Was Recovering From Bladder Cancer When He Had the Heart Attack
Played Lt. Henry Blake on the TV Series, M*A*S*H
Frankie Banali (Drummer)
November 14, 1951 - August 20, 2020
Birthplace: Queens, New York
Passed Away at Age 68 From Pancreatic Cancer
* Diagnosed in October 2019
The Drummer For Quiet Riot
Willie Hernandez (Baseball)
November 14, 1954 - November 20, 2023
Birthplace: Aguada, Puerto Rico
Passed Away at Age 69 From Unknown Causes
MLB Seasons: 13
Position: Pitcher
All-Star: 3
World Series Champion: 1984 (Detroit Tigers)
Fun Fact!
In 1984 Willie Hernandez Became the First Relief Pitcher to Win the Cy Young and the MVP Award in the Same Season
* Also Closed Out the 1984 World Series
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Tom Villard (Actor)
November 19, 1953 - November 14, 1994
Birthplace: Waipahu, Hawaii
Passed Away at Age 40 From AIDS-Related Pneumonia
* One of the Few Actors in the Early 90’s to Come out as Gay and Talk About Living with AIDS
Best Known For Playing T-Bird Willie in Grease 2
1962 - Gene Anthony Ray (Dancer and Actor)
May 24, 1962 - November 14, 2003
Birthplace: Harlem, New York
Passed Away at the Age of 41 From a Stroke
* Ray Was HIV Positive
Played Leroy in the 1980 Film Fame (Also the TV Series)
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1988 - Milli Vanilli Released Their Debut Album, All or Nothing
* Featuring “Girl You Know It’s True”
Fun Fact!
Miili Vanilli Was Formed in Munich, Germany in 1988