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
Rebecca De Mornay (Risky Business) - 67
August 29, 1959
Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) - 63
August 29, 1963
Deborah Van Valkenburgh (The Warriors, Too Close for Comfort) - 74
August 29, 1952
Carl Banks (New York Giants, NFL 1980s All-Decade Team) - 64
August 29, 1962
Stan Hansen (Wrestler) - 77
August 29, 1949
Pebbles ("Girlfriend," "Mercedes Boy") - 62
August 29, 1964
REMEMBERING
Michael Jackson (Thriller, Bad, the Moonwalk)
August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009 (Age 50)
Joel Schumacher (St. Elmo's Fire, The Lost Boys)
August 29, 1939 - June 22, 2020 (Age 80)
Gene Wilder (The Woman in Red, Young Frankenstein)
June 11, 1933 - August 29, 2016 (Age 83)
Ed Asner (Lou Grant)
November 15, 1929 - August 29, 2021 (Age 91)
Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca)
August 29, 1915 - August 29, 1982 (Age 67)
TODAY IN 80S MUSIC
80s Music Released on August 29th
1987 - "La Bamba" Was #1 in America
Artist: Los Lobos
Note: Three weeks at the top for a song sung entirely in Spanish — only the second ever to top the Hot 100 — from the Ritchie Valens biopic. Valens' original had peaked at 22.
1989 - Steel Wheels
Artist: The Rolling Stones (21st Album)
Billboard Charts: #3
Note: The reconciliation record after Mick and Keith spent most of the decade at war. The tour that followed was the highest-grossing in history to that point, and opened in Philadelphia two days later. "Mixed Emotions" was the lead single.
1980 - Signing Off
Artist: UB40 (Debut Album)
UK Charts: #2
Note: Named after a British unemployment benefit form, recorded in a bedsit in Birmingham, and it stayed on the UK chart for over a year. "Food for Thought" had already made them the first band to reach the UK top five on an independent label.
1989 - Sleeping with the Past
Artist: Elton John (22nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #23
Note: Newly sober and dedicated to Bernie Taupin. "Sacrifice" eventually gave Elton his first solo UK #1, eighteen years into his career.
TODAY IN 80S MOVIES
80s Movies Released On August 29th
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TODAY IN 80S TV
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TODAY IN 80S SPORTS
1988 - The First WWF SummerSlam
Event: Pro Wrestling
Details: Madison Square Garden, and the Mega Powers — Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, with Miss Elizabeth in the corner — beat André the Giant and Ted DiBiase in the main event. On the undercard, the Ultimate Warrior took the Intercontinental title off the Honky Tonk Man in 31 seconds. Miss Elizabeth had debuted three years earlier on August 24.
1987 - Nolan Ryan Reached 200 Strikeouts for the 11th Time
Event: MLB
Details: A record at the time; he'd finish his career with fourteen such seasons. His 5,000th strikeout came two years later, on August 22.
TODAY IN OTHER 80S NEWS
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