Today in 80s history! What happened on August 28th 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
Daniel Stern (Diner, Born in East L.A., C.H.U.D.) - 69
August 28, 1957
Scott Hamilton (1984 Olympic Figure Skating Gold) - 68
August 28, 1958
Luis Guzmán (Crocodile Dundee II) - 70
August 28, 1956
Lou Piniella (New York Yankees) - 83
August 28, 1943
REMEMBERING
Roxie Roker (Helen Willis on The Jeffersons, mother of Lenny Kravitz)
August 28, 1929 - December 2, 1995 (Age 66)
Ben Gazzara (Brad Wesley in Road House)
August 28, 1930 - February 3, 2012 (Age 81)
David Soul (Hutch in Starsky & Hutch, Salem's Lot)
August 28, 1943 - January 4, 2024 (Age 80)
Mr. Fuji (WWF Manager and Tag Team Champion)
May 4, 1934 - August 28, 2016 (Age 82)
TODAY IN 80S MUSIC
80s Music Released on August 28th
1984 - The Woman in Red (Soundtrack)
Artist: Stevie Wonder
Billboard Charts: #4
Note: "I Just Called to Say I Love You" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and went to #1 in nineteen countries — the biggest-selling single of Wonder's career. The film had opened on August 15.
1989 - Still Cruisin'
Artist: The Beach Boys (26th Album)
Billboard Charts: #46
Note: Built around "Kokomo," which had gone to #1 off the Cocktail soundtrack the year before — their first chart-topper since 1966 and the last thing anyone expected in 1988.
1983 - The Present
Artist: The Moody Blues (11th Album)
Billboard Charts: #26
Note: The follow-up to Long Distance Voyager, and the last Moody Blues album with Patrick Moraz fully integrated into the writing. "Blue World" was the lead single.
TODAY IN 80S MOVIES
80s Movies Released On August 28th
Body Heat (1981)
Release Date: August 28, 1981
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson and Mickey Rourke
Budget: $9 Million
Box Office: $24 Million
Note: Kasdan's directing debut after writing Empire and Raiders, and Kathleen Turner's first film — a full-blooded film noir dropped into 1981. Ted Danson tap dances. Mickey Rourke steals two scenes and a career.
TODAY IN 80S TV
No 80s TV News for today in the 80s!
TODAY IN 80S SPORTS
1987 - Mike Schmidt Passed Ted Williams on the Home Run List
Event: MLB
Details: Number 522 off Ed Whitson moved Schmidt past both Williams and Willie McCovey. His 300th had come on August 14, six years earlier.
TODAY IN OTHER 80S NEWS
No other news today in the 80s!
