Today in 80s history! What happened on August 14th in the 80s? Find out what happened today in 80s Movies, 80s Music, 80s TV Shows, and 80s Sports! Also find out about celebrity birthdays for the legends, icons and characters we grew up with in the 80s!
TODAY'S 80S BIRTHDAYS
Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers) - 67
August 14, 1959
Steve Martin (The Jerk, Planes Trains and Automobiles) - 81
August 14, 1945
Jackée Harry (Sandra on 227) - 70
August 14, 1956
Susan Saint James (Kate & Allie) - 80
August 14, 1946
Gary Larson (The Far Side) - 76
August 14, 1950
Bob Backlund (WWF Champion) - 77
August 14, 1949
REMEMBERING
Earl Weaver (Baltimore Orioles Manager)
August 14, 1930 - January 19, 2013 (Age 82)
Alice Ghostley (Bernice on Designing Women)
August 14, 1923 - September 21, 2007 (Age 84)
TODAY IN 80S MUSIC
80s Music Released on August 14th
1987 - Crushin'
Artist: Fat Boys (4th Album)
Billboard Charts: #8
Note: The Brooklyn trio talked the actual Beach Boys into singing backup on "Wipeout," and the result went top 15 and gave the Fat Boys their biggest hit. Nobody has ever explained why it works. It just does.
TODAY IN 80S MOVIES
80s Movies Released On August 14th
The Monster Squad (1987)
Release Date: August 14, 1987
Director: Fred Dekker
Starring: Andre Gower, Duncan Regehr, Tom Noonan and Ashley Bank
Budget: $12 Million
Box Office: $3.8 Million
Note: Co-written by Shane Black, and a total flop that became one of the most beloved cult films of the decade on video. Dracula, the Wolf Man, the Mummy and the Gill-man against a bunch of kids with a treehouse. Wolfman's got nards.
Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Release Date: August 14, 1987
Director: Steve Rash
Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Courtney Gains and Seth Green
Box Office: $31.6 Million
Note: A nerd pays the most popular girl in school a thousand dollars to date him for a month. Dempsey's African anteater ritual dance is the single most 1987 thing committed to film.
No Way Out (1987)
Release Date: August 14, 1987
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young and Will Patton
Budget: $15 Million
Box Office: $35.5 Million
Note: A Pentagon thriller with a final twist people still argue about, released the same summer as The Untouchables. Between the two, Costner went from unknown to leading man in about eight weeks.
TODAY IN 80S TV
No 80s TV News for today in the 80s!
TODAY IN 80S SPORTS
1987 - Mark McGwire Set the Rookie Home Run Record
Event: MLB
Details: Number 39 broke a record that had stood since 1930. He finished with 49 and skipped the last game of the season to be present for the birth of his son, passing up a shot at 50.
1981 - Mike Schmidt Hit His 300th Home Run
Event: MLB
Details: Off Mike Scott at Shea Stadium in an 8-4 Phillies win. Schmidt finished with 548 and three MVP awards, two of them in this decade.
1988 - The Tigers Snapped the Red Sox's 24-Game Home Streak
Event: MLB
Details: An 18-6 demolition at Fenway, one day after Boston set the American League record. Baseball has a sense of humor about these things.
TODAY IN OTHER 80S NEWS
No other news today in the 80s!
