Today in 80s history! What happened on August 22nd 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
Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears) - 65
August 22, 1961
Debbi Peterson (The Bangles) - 65
August 22, 1961
Tori Amos (Y Kant Tori Read) - 63
August 22, 1963
Bill Parcells (New York Giants) - 85
August 22, 1941
Paul Molitor (Milwaukee Brewers) - 70
August 22, 1956
Carl Yastrzemski (Boston Red Sox) - 87
August 22, 1939
Paul Ellering (Manager of the Road Warriors) - 73
August 22, 1953
REMEMBERING
Cindy Williams (Shirley on Laverne & Shirley)
August 22, 1947 - January 25, 2023 (Age 75)
Valerie Harper (Rhoda)
August 22, 1939 - August 30, 2019 (Age 80)
TODAY IN 80S MUSIC
80s Music Released on August 22nd
1987 - "Who's That Girl" Was #1 in America
Artist: Madonna
Note: Her sixth American #1, from the soundtrack to a film that had opened two weeks earlier on August 7 and died on arrival. The song outlived it comfortably.
1983 - Construction Time Again
Artist: Depeche Mode (3rd Album)
UK Charts: #6
Note: Alan Wilder's first album with the band, and the one where they discovered sampling — hitting bits of scrap metal and building songs out of it. "Everything Counts" is the sound of Depeche Mode becoming Depeche Mode.
TODAY IN 80S MOVIES
80s Movies Released On August 22nd
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Release Date: August 22, 1986
Director: Tobe Hooper
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams and Bill Moseley
Budget: $4.7 Million
Box Office: $8 Million
Note: Hooper came back to his own film and made it a comedy, with Dennis Hopper duelling Leatherface chainsaw-to-chainsaw. It went out unrated after the MPAA refused it anything but an X, and Bill Moseley's Chop Top became a horror icon.
TODAY IN 80S TV
1986 - The Final Episode of Riptide Aired
Event: Series Finale
Network: NBC
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 56
Note: Three Vietnam veterans running a detective agency off a boat, with a pink helicopter and a robot called Roboz. It aired after The A-Team, which was four Vietnam veterans running a detective agency out of a van.
TODAY IN 80S SPORTS
1989 - Nolan Ryan Struck Out Rickey Henderson for Number 5,000
Event: MLB
Details: At 42, in front of 42,869 at Arlington Stadium, Ryan became the first pitcher ever to reach 5,000 strikeouts — and did it on a 96 mph fastball to the greatest leadoff hitter who ever lived. He threw a complete game with 13 Ks and finished his career with 5,714.
TODAY IN OTHER 80S NEWS
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