Today in 80s history! What happened on July 25th 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
Iman (Supermodel of the Decade) - 71
July 25, 1955
REMEMBERING
Estelle Getty (Sophia on The Golden Girls)
July 25, 1923 - July 22, 2008 (Age 84)
Walter Payton (Sweetness, Chicago Bears Legend)
July 25, 1954 - November 1, 1999 (Age 45)
TODAY IN 80S MUSIC
80s Music Released on July 25th
Back in Black
AC/DC
Seventh Studio Album
Release Date: July 25, 1980
Chart Info: Reached #4 on the Billboard 200 and became one of the best-selling albums in history with over 50 million copies sold worldwide
Featuring: "Back in Black," "You Shook Me All Night Long" and "Hells Bells"
Note: The first album with Brian Johnson on vocals, recorded just months after the death of Bon Scott. The all-black cover was a tribute to him.
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
Second Studio Album
Release Date: July 25, 1989
Chart Info: Reached #14 on the Billboard 200
Featuring: "Hey Ladies" and "Shake Your Rump"
Note: A commercial letdown at the time, the Dust Brothers' sample-packed production is now considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever made.
1981 - Air Supply Hit #1 with "The One That You Love"
Event: Billboard Hot 100 Milestone
Details: The Australian soft-rock duo reached #1 on the chart dated July 25, 1981. Despite a run of eight straight Top 5 hits, it was the only #1 of Air Supply's career.
TODAY IN 80S MOVIES
80s Movies Released On July 25th
Caddyshack (1980)
Release Date: July 25, 1980
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight and Bill Murray
Box Office: $39.8 Million
Note: Harold Ramis' directorial debut. The gopher, the Baby Ruth, Cinderella story, and possibly more quotable lines per minute than any comedy of the decade. So it's got that going for it, which is nice.
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Release Date: July 25, 1980
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen
Note: De Palma's Hitchcock-style thriller opened the same day as Caddyshack. Two wildly different classics, one Friday.
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Release Date: July 25, 1986
Director: Stephen King
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle and Laura Harrington
Note: The only film Stephen King ever directed, with machines coming murderously alive and an AC/DC soundtrack. Fitting release date: AC/DC's Back in Black came out six years earlier to the day.
TODAY IN 80S TV
No 80s TV News for today in the 80s!
TODAY IN 80S SPORTS
No 80s Sports news for today in the 80s!
TODAY IN OTHER 80S NEWS
1984 - Svetlana Savitskaya Became the First Woman to Walk in Space
Details: The Soviet cosmonaut spent 3 hours and 35 minutes outside the Salyut 7 space station, cutting and welding metal, becoming the first woman ever to perform a spacewalk.
