Other Notable Birthdays
Burgess Meredith (Actor)
November 16, 1907 - September 9, 1997
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Passed Away at Age 89 From Alzheimer's Disease and Melanoma
* Played the Penguin the 1960's TV Show Batman
A 2x Academy Award Nominee For His Role as Rocky's Manager, Mickey in Rocky (1976) and Harry in the Day of the Locust (1975)
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Clark Gable (Actor)
February 1, 1901 - November 16, 1960
Birthplace: Cadiz, Ohio
Passed Away at Age 59 From a Heart Attack
* Best Known For Playing Rhett Butler in the 1939 Film Gone With the Wind
Won an Academy Award For His Role as Peter Warne in the 1934 Film It Happened One Night
1985 - “We Built This City” by Starship Became the #1 Song in America
* #1 Song in America from November 16 - 29
Also Hit #1 in Canada, Australia and South Africa
Fun Fact!
The First Divorce in the United States Was Granted to Anne Clarke in 1643 in Massachusetts Bay Colony on the Grounds of Desertion and Bigamy
* Ex-Husband Denis Clarke Was Severely Punished Because the Puritans Viewed Divorce as Distasteful
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November 16th in 80s History
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Ann Wedgeworth (Actress)
January 21, 1934 - November 16, 2017
Birthplace: Abilene, Texas
Passed Away on November 16, 2017 at Age 83 From a Long Illness
* Died in a North Bergen, New Jersey Nursing Home
Played Lana On Three’s Company
Rick Astley's Released His Debut Album
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Headlines
(November 16th)
1984 - Missing in Action Premiered in Theaters
Director: Joseph Zito
Starring: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, David Tress, Lenore Kasdorf, Ernie Ortega, James Hong and Erich Anderson
1987 - Rick Astley Released His Debut Album
Title: Whenever You Need Somebody
U.S. Billboard Charts: #10
UK: #1
Germany: #1
Spain: #1
Australia: #1
Over 15 Million Copies Sold Worldwide
* Featuring “Together Forever” and "Never Gonna Give You Up"
80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1984 - Missing in Action
Director: Joseph Zito
Starring: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, David Tress, Lenore Kasdorf, Ernie Ortega, James Hong and Erich Anderson
Budget: $3 Million
Box Office: $22.8 Million
1984 - Night of the Comet
Director: Thom Eberhardt
Starring: Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, Kelli Maroney, Sharon Farrell, Mary Woronov, Geoffrey Lewis, Peter Fox, John Achorn and Michael Bowen
Budget: $700,000
Box Office: $14.4 Million
1984 - Just the Way You Are
Director: Édouard Molinaro
Starring: Kristy McNichol, Michael Ontkean, Kaki Hunter, Catherine Salviat, Robert Carradine, Alexandra Paul, Lance Guest and Tim Daly
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $7.8 Million
1984 - Night Patrol
Director: Jackie Kong
Starring: Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Billy Barty, Murray Langston, Pat Morita, Jaye P. Morgan, Vic Dunlop and Andrew Dice Clay
Budget: N/A
Box Office: N/A
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1985 - Chevy Chase Hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guest: Sheila E
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1981 - Take It Off
Chic (5th Album)
Billboard Charts: #124
1987 - Whenever You Need Somebody
Rick Astley (Debut Album)
Billboard Charts: #10
* Hit #1 in the UK, Germany, Spain and Australia
Featuring “Never Gonna Give You Up” and “Together Forever”
Over 15 Million Copies Sold Worldwide
1987- Floodland
Sister of Mercy (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #101
* #9 in the UK
1988 - Beast from the East (Live Album)
Dokken
Billboard Charts: #33
1988 - Goodbye Girl
Miyuki Nakajima (16th Album)
Hit #1 in Japan
Other Notable Music News
1990 - Milli Vanilli Were Stripped of Their Grammy Awards For Lip Syncing
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1980 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Doug Williams Threw For 486 Yards With TD’s
* The Bucs Lost to the Vikings 38 - 30 in Minnesota
Spread
Vikings -4
O/U 37.0
1984 - Houston Rockets Blocked 20 Shots Against the Denver Nuggets
* The Rockets Lost 119 - 102 in Denver
Attendance: 18,557
Alex English (Nuggets) 32 Pts. 10 Rebounds
Ralph Sampson (Rockets) 23 Pts. 9 Rebounds 4 Blocks
1986 - Dale Earnhardt Won the NASCAR Sprint Cup
1988 - Jose Canseco (Oakland A's) Won the American League MVP
by Unanimous Choice
Runner Up: Mike Greenwell (Red Sox)
1988 - Robin Givens Sued Ex-Husband Mike Tyson For $125 Million Dollars
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Other Notable Dates
(On November 16th)
1907 - Oklahoma Became the 46th US State
* The Indian Territories and Oklahoma Territory Combined to Make Oklahoma
1938 - LSD Was First Synthesized by Albert Hofmann From Ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel
1940 - The "Mad Bomber" George Metesky Placed His First Bomb at a Manhattan Office Building
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Happy 80s Birthdays
1956 - Terry Labonte (Race Car Driver)
Birthplace: Corpus Christie, Texas
1958 - Marg Helgenberger (Actress) China Beach
Birthplace: Fremont, Nebraska
1961 - Frank Bruno (Boxer)
Birthplace: London, England
1963 - Zina Garrison (Tennis)
Birthplace: Houston, Texas
1964 - Dwight Gooden (Baseball)
Birthplace: Tampa, Florida
1967 - Lisa Bonet (Actress) The Cosby Show
Birthplace: San Francisco, California
1970 - Martha Plimpton (Actress) Parenthood
Birthplace: New York City
Fun Fact!
Dwight Gooden Was the 5th Overall Pick in the 1982 MLB Draft by the New York Mets
MLB Seasons: 16
Position: Pitcher
Career Wins: 194
Losses: 112
ERA: 3.51
Strikeouts: 2,293
All-Star: 4
World Series Champion: 2 (1986, 2000)
NL Rookie of the Year: 1984
NL Cy Young Award: 1985
* At Age 20 the Youngest to Win the Cy Young Award
In 1985 Dwight Gooden Won the Triple Crown of Pitching (Wins, ERA, Strikeouts)
1988 - Robin Givens Sued Ex Husband Mike Tyson For $125 Million Dollars
#1 Songs in America
(November 16th)
1980 - "Lady"
Kenny Rogers
11/15 - 12/26
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 - "We Built This City"
Starship
11/16 - 11/29
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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