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Happy 80s Birthdays
1933 - Hubie Brown (Basketball)
Birthplace: Hazletown, Pennsylvania
1943 - Robert Walden (Actor) Lou Grant
Birthplace: New York City
1944 - Michael Douglas (Actor) Wall Street, Romancing the Stone
Birthplace: New Brunswick, New Jersey
1947 - Cheryl Tiegs (Supermodel)
Birthplace: Breckinridge, Minnesota
1951 - Burleigh Drummond (Drummer) Ambrosia
Birthplace: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
1951 - Bob McAdoo (Basketball)
Birthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina
1951 - Mark Hamill (Actor) Star Wars (Luke Skywalker)
Birthplace: Oakland, California
1952 - Jimmy Garvin (Wrestler)
Birthplace: Tampa, Florida
1957 - Michael Madsen (Actor)
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
1961 - Heather Locklear (Actress) T.J. Hooker, Melrose Place
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
1965 - Scottie Pippin (Basketball)
Birthplace: Hamburg, Arkansas
1968 - Will Smith (Rapper) Fresh Prince
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fun Fact!
Michael Douglas Won an Academy Award For Best Actor For His Role as Gordon Gecko in the 1987 Film Wall Street
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Other Notable Birthdays
Phil Rizzuto (Baseball)
September 25, 1917 - August 13, 2007
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Passed Away in His Sleep at Age 89
MLB Seasons: 15 (New York Yankees)
Position: Shortstop
All-Star: 5
AL MVP: 1950
World Series Champion: 7
Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994 (Veterans Committee)
Fun Fact!
Phil Rizzuto For the New York Yankees For Over 40 Years
* Coined the Phrase "Holy Cow"
Barbara Walters (Broadcast Journalist)
September 25, 1929 - December 30, 2022
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Passed Away in Her Manhattan Home at Age 93 From Dementia
* Began Her Career in 1951 at WNBC
Best Known For 20/20 and The View
Christopher Reeve (Actor)
September 25, 1952 - October 10, 2004
Birthplace: New York City
Passed Away at Age 52 From Cardiac Arrest
* Became Paralyzed From the Neck Down in 1995 After Getting Thrown From a Horse During an Equestrian Competition in Culpeper, Virginia
Best Known For Playing Superman
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Arnold Palmer (Golf)
September 10, 1929 - September 25, 2016
Birthplace: Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Passed Away at Age 87 While Awaiting Heart Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
* Regarded as One of the Greatest and Most Charismatic Golfers in History
Won 7 Majors During His Career
The Masters: 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964
U.S. Open: 1960
The Open Championship: 1961, 1962
Fun Fact!
When Arnold Palmer Passed Away His Net Work Was $875 Million Dollars With Most of it Coming From the Arnold Palmer Iced Tea
* Palmer Also Helped Design Over 300 Golf Courses
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1981 - The Boogens
Director: James L. Conway
Starring: Rebecca Balding, Fred McCarren, Anne-Marie Martin, Jeff Harlan, John Crawford, Med Flory, Jon Lormer and Scott Wilkinson
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $600,000
1981 - Carbon Copy
Director: Michael Schultz
Starring: George Segal, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden and Denzel Washington
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $9 Million
1981 - So Fine
Director: Andrew Bergman
Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Jack Warden, Mariangela Melato, Richard Kiel and Fred Gwynne
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $6 Million
1987 - The Princess Bride
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, Peter Falk, Fred Savage and Billy Crystal
Budget: $16 Million
Box office: $30.9 Million
1987 - Best Seller
Director: John Flynn
Starring: James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant, Allison Balson, Paul Shenar, George Coe, Anne Pitoniak
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $4.2 Million
1987 - The Big Town
Directors: Harold Becker, Ben Bolt
Starring: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Tom Skerritt, Lee Grant, Suzy Amis Cameron, David Marshall Grant, Don Francks
Budget: $17 Million
Box Office: $1.7 Million
1987 - Real Men
Director: Dennis Feldman
Starring: Jim Belushi, John Ritter, Barbara Barrie, Bill Morey, Isa Jank, Mark Herrier
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $873,000
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1982 - Silver Spoons Premiered on NBC
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 116
1982 - Season 8 of Saturday Night Live Premiered on NBC
Host: Chevy Chase
Musical Guest: Queen
Don Pardo Returned as the Announcer
1982 - Pac-Man (Animation) Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 44
1982 - Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (Animation) Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 27
1982 - The Little Rascals (Animation) Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 22
1982 - The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (Animation) Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
1984 - Three's a Crowd Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 22
Three's Company Spinoff
1985 - The Insiders Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
The Theme Song, "Just a Job" Was Sung by Genesis
1986 - Our World (News Program) Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
1987 - Beauty and the Beast Premiered on CBS
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 56
Starring Linda Hamilton
1987 - Final Episode of My Little Pony (Animation)
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 56
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1982 - Forever Now
The Psychedelic Furs (3rd Album)
Billboard Charts: #61
* #4 in New Zealand
1988 - Lincoln
They Might Be Giants (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #89
1989 - Seasons End
Marillion (5th Album)
* Reached #7 in the UK
1989 - Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!
The Sugarcubes (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #70
1989 - The Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears (3rd Album)
Billboard Charts: #8
* Hit #1 in the UK and Ireland
In Other 80s Music News
1981 - The Rolling Stones Opened Their US Tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1984 - Rusty Staub Became the 2nd Player in Major League Baseball History to Hit Home Run as a Teenager and in Their 40's
* Ty Cobb the Other
1985 - Rickey Henderson Set a New York Yankee Record With His 75th Stolen Base of the Season
1986 - Houston Astros Pitcher, Mike Scott Pitched a No-Hitter Against the San Francisco Giants
* The Astros Beat the Giants 2 - 0 at the Astrodome on a Thursday Afternoon
Attendance: 32,808
Alan Ashby Caught His 3rd Career No-Hitter
1988 - American Sprinter, Florence Griffith Joyner Won Gold in 100m at the Summer Olympics in Seoul
1988 - Carl Lewis Won Gold in the Long Jump at the Summer Olympics in Seoul
1988 - USA Men’s Swimming Won Gold in the 4 x 100m Relay at the Summer Olympics in Seoul
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Other Notable Dates
(On September 25th)
1789 - The U.S. Congress Passed the Bill of Rights
1890 - Sequoia Park That Connects Between Nevada and California Was Established as a National Park
2018 - Bill Cosby Was Sentenced 3 to 10 Years in Prison For Aggravated Sexual Assault
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September 25th in 80s History
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Headlines
(September 25th)
1982 - “Abracadabra” by the Steve Miller Band Became the #1 Song in America For the 2nd Time
* #1 Song in America from September 25 - October 1
Also Hit #1 in Canada, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and Australia
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1982 - Silver Spoons Premiered on NBC
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 116
Fun Fact!
The Stratton Mansion Shown During the Opening Credits is an English Country House Located in Warwickshire, England
#1 Songs in America
(September 25th)
1980 - "Upside Down"
Diana Ross
9/6 - 10/3
1981 - "Endless Love"
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
8/15 - 10/16
1982 - "Abracadabra"
Steve Miller Band
9/25 - 10/1
1983 - "Tell Her About It"
Billy Joel
9/24 - 9/30
1984 - "Missing You"
John Waite
9/22 - 9/28
1985 - "Money for Nothing"
Dire Straits
9/21 - 10/11
1986 - "Stuck With You"
Huey Lewis and the News
9/20 - 10/10
1987 - "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett
9/19 - 9/25
1988 - "Don't Worry Be Happy"
Bobby McFerrin
9/24 - 10/7
1989 - "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
Millie Vanilli
9/23 - 10/6
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Silver Spoons Premiered on NBC
1986 - Houston Astros Pitcher Mike Scott Pitched a No-Hitter Against the San Francisco Giants to Clinch the National League West
* Mike Scott Went on to Win the 1986 National League Cy Young Award
1988 - Led Zeppelin’s Drummer John Bonham Was Found Dead by Bandmate John Paul Jones
* Died of Alcohol Poisoning (Pulmonary Aspiration) After Drinking Over 40 Shots of Vodka
Did You Know?
John Bonham is Considered One the Greatest and Most Influential Drummers of All-Time