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April 1st

Movies
  1. 1980 The Baltimore Bullet was released.
  2. 1983 Heart Like a Wheel and Screwballs were released.
  3. 1986 Miracles was released.
  4. 1988 Bright Lights Big City and The Seventh Sign were released.
Television
  1. 1983 Baby Makes Five premiered. The final episodes of the game shows Just Men! and Hit Man aired.
  2. 1984 Al TV premiered.
  3. 1987 Mariah, Roxie and Take Five premiered.
  4. 1988 The final episode of Blackout premiered.
Music
  1. 1981 The Grateful Dead's live album Reckoning and Flo & Eddie's 6th album Rock Steady with Flo & Eddy were released.
  2. 1982 Men Without Hats' debut album Rhythm of Youth was released.
  3. 1983 Carlos Santana's 5th album Havana Moon was released.
  4. 1984 Laura Branigan's 3rd album Self Control was released.
  5. 1986 Book of Love's debut album Book of Love and New Kids on the Block's debut album New Kids on the Block were released.
  6. 1987 Suzanne Vega's 2nd album Solitude Standing was released.
  7. 1989 Dramarama's 3rd album Stuck in Wonderamaland and Carole King's 15th album City Streets were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 Brian Johnson stepped in as the new lead vocalist for AC/DC.
  2. 1984 Marvin Gaye's father fatally shot him during a dispute, just one day shy of Marvin's 45th birthday.
  3. 1989 Eternal Flame by The Bangles climbed to the top spot as America's #1 song.





 
April 2nd

Movies
  1. 1982 Some Kind of Hero, Silent Rage, A Little Sex, Cat People and Penitentiary II were released.
Television
  1. 1981 Strike Force premiered.
  2. 1984 The final episode of Automan aired.
  3. 1987 Nothing in Common premiered.
Music
  1. 1982 Duran Duran's single Rio was released in the U.S.
  2. 1987 Celine Dion's 8th album Incognito was released.
Highlights
  1. 1989 Hulk Hogan Triumphs Over Randy Savage at WrestleMania V at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City.
 
April 3rd

Movies
  1. 1981 Hardly Working was released.
  2. 1985 Alamo Bay was released.
  3. 1987 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol.
Television
  1. 1980 The final episode of Barnaby Jones aired.
  2. 1989 The game show Top Card aired.
Music
  1. 1980 Saxon's 2nd album Wheels of Steel was released.
Highlights
  1. 1981 The groundbreaking portable computer, The Osbourne, made its debut in San Francisco, marking the dawn of portable computing. Priced at $1,795, it became the first successful venture into portable computing.
 
April 4th

Movies
  1. 1981 This is Elvis was released.
Television
  1. 1983 The final episode of Archie Bunker's Place aired.
  2. 1984 Double Trouble premiered.
  3. 1986 The final episode of Knight Rider and the game show Bruce Forsyth’s Hot Streak aired.
Music
  1. 1988 The Church was released.
  2. 1989 Alphaville's 3rd album The Breathtaking Blue and Bon Jovi's single I'll Be There For You were released.
Highlights
  1. 1983 Space Shuttle Challenger embarked on its inaugural flight.
  2. 1987 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship rose to the top of the charts in America, claiming the #1 spot.
 
April 5th

Movies

No 80s movies released on this day.

Television
  1. 1980 The final episode of Hawaii Five-O aired.
  2. 1982 Report to Murphy premiered.
  3. 1987 Married with Children premiered The Tracey Ullman premiered.
  4. 1988 The Robert Guillaume Show premiered.
Music
  1. 1988 Cheaptrick's single The Flame, Tracy Chapman's debut album Tracy Chapman Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers' 4th album Conscious Party and Sade's 3rd album Stronger Than Pride were released.
Highlights
  1. 1987 Fox Network made its first appearance.
 
April 6th

Movies
  1. 1984 Moscow on the Hudson, Up the Creek and were released.
Television
  1. 1983 Zorro and Son premiered.
  2. 1986 Fathers and Sons premiered.
  3. 1988 Just in Time premiered.
Music
  1. 1981 Roger Taylor's debut album Fun in Space, DeBarge's debut album The DeBarge's and The Birthday Party's debut album Prayers on Fire were released.
  2. 1982 The Motels' 3rd album All Four One was released.
  3. 1984 Ultravox's 7th album Lament was released.
  4. 1987 The Cult's 3rd album Electric and Danny Wilson's debut album Meet Danny Wilson were released.
  5. 1988 Tracy Chapman's single Fast Car was released.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Post-it Notes went on sale in America.
 
April 7th

Movies
  1. 1982 Basket Case was released.
  2. 1989 Major League, The Dream Team, Cyborg and Dead Calm were released.
Television
  1. 1984 The final episode of Mama’s Family premiered.
  2. 1985 National Geographic Explorer premiered.
Music
  1. 1981 Rick James's 5th album Street Songs was released.
  2. 1984 Steve Perry's single Oh Sherrie was released.
  3. 1986 The Blow Monkeys' 2nd album Animal Magic was released.
  4. 1987 Whitesnake's 7th album Whitesnake was released.
  5. 1989 Sepultura's 3rd album Beneath the Remains was released.
Highlights
  1. 1983 Fred Wendorf discovered what is believed to be the oldest human skeleton, estimated at 80,000 years old, in Egypt.
  2. 1985 Wham! made history as the first Western pop group to perform in China, holding a concert at Beijing’s Workers Stadium.
  3. 1988 Alice Cooper narrowly escaped death on stage after falling several feet when his harness failed at Wembley Stadium in England.
 
April 8th

Movies
  1. 1983 Losin’ It was released.
  2. 1988 Above the Law, 18 Again! and Bad Dreams were released.
Television
  1. 1986 The final episodes of Foley Square and Mary aired.
Music
  1. 1982 Toto's 4th album Toto IV and Dave Edmunds' 7th album D.E. 7th were released.
  2. 1983 Bonnie Tyler's 5th album Faster Than the Speed of Night and Heaven 17's 2nd album The Luxury Gap were released.
  3. 1984 Nena's compilation album 99 Luftballons was released.
  4. 1988 Yngwie Malmsteen's 4th album Odyssey and The Moody Blues single Your Wildest Dreams were released.
Highlights
  1. 1983 David Copperfield caused the Statue of Liberty to vanish before a live audience.
  2. 1986 Clint Eastwood won the mayoral election in Carmel, California.
  3. 1989 The Look by Roxanne reached the top spot as the number one song in America.


 
April 9th

Movies
  1. 1986 Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom was released.
Television
  1. 1981 Checking In premiered.
  2. 1985 The final episode of Three’s a Crowd aired.
  3. 1988 The final episode of High Mountain Rangers aired.
Music
  1. 1982 Jethro Tull's 14th album Broadsword and the Beast and Elton John's 16th album Jump Up! were released.
  2. 1983 Men at Work's single Overkill was released.
  3. 1984 R.E.M.'s 2nd album Reckoning was released.
  4. 1986 The Moody Blues's 12th album The Other Side of Life was released.
Highlights
  1. 1984 At the 56th Academy Awards, "Terms of Endearment" clinched the coveted title of Best Picture.
  2. 1988 Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car by Billy Ocean soared to the top spot on the charts, claiming the #1 position in America.
 
April 10th

Movies
  1. 1981 Nighthawks, Excalibur, Going Ape! and Knightriders were released.
  2. 1987 Secret of My Success and Three For the Road were released.
Television
  1. 1983 Casablanca premiered. The final episode of Gloria aired.​
  2. 1984 The final episode of a.k.a. Pablo aired.​
  3. 1985 Double Dare premiered.​
  4. 1987 The final episode of Amazing Stories.​
  5. 1989 Nearly Departed premiered.​
Music
  1. 1982 Scorpions' 8th album Blackout was released.
  2. 1984 Bryan Adams' single Heaven was released.
  3. 1989 Soul II Soul's debut album Club Classics Vol. One, The Cult's Sonic Temple and New Kids on the Block's single I'll Be Loving You (Forever) were released.
Highlights
  1. 1985 Madonna kicked off "The Virgin Tour" in Seattle.
 
April 11th

Movies
  1. 1986 Band of Hand, Critters and Off Beat were released.
Television
  1. 1985 The 100th episode of Hills Street Blues aired.
Music
  1. 1980 Paul McCartney's single Coming Up was released.
  2. 1983 Savatage's debut album Sirens was released.
  3. 1988 Debbie Gibson's single Foolish Beat, Butthole Surfers' 4th album Hairway to Steven and Neil Young and the Bluenotes' 16th album This Note’s For You were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 The regulation of sexual harassment in the workplace started.
  2. 1981 The song "Kiss on My List" by Hall & Oates reached the number one spot on the US Billboard charts. Ronald Reagan returned home from the hospital following being shot in the chest by John Hinckley Jr.
  3. 1983 Actress Valerie Bertinelli tied the knot with Eddie Van Halen.
 
April 12

Movies
  1. 1980 Mad Max was released.
  2. 1985 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, LadyHawke and Cat’s Eye were released.
Television
  1. 1983 The final episode of Ace Crawford, Private Eye.
  2. 1984 Duck Trouble premiered.
  3. 1987 21 Jump Street premiered.
  4. 1988 The final episode of My Sister Sam.
Music
  1. 1980 Ambrosia was released.
  2. 1982 John Cougar's American Fool was released.
  3. 1983 R.E.M.'s debut album Murmur was released.
  4. 1984 Rush's 10th album Grace Under Pressure was released.
  5. 1988 Michael Jackson's single Dirty Diana, Weird Al Yankovic's 5th album Even Worse and Cheap Trick's 10th album Lap of Luxury were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 Terry Fox, the inspirational amputee, initiated his Marathon of Hope, marking a historic milestone as the inaugural amputee to successfully cross the finish line of the New York Marathon.
  2. 1982 Tragedy struck as three CBS employees were fatally shot in a New York City parking lot after encountering an abducted woman on the rooftop of the parking facility.
  3. 1983 Harold Washington Was Elected as the First Black Mayor of Chicago.
 
April 13th

Movies
  1. 1984 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Swing Shift, Ice Man, Kidco and Phat Lap were released.
Television
  1. 1989 Dream Street premiered.
Music
  1. 1983 Violent Femmes' debut album Violent Femmes as released.
  2. 1987 Fleetwood Mac's 14th album Tango in the Night, Johnny Cash's 73rd album Johnny Cash is Coming to Town and Mel and Kim's debut album F.L.M. were released.
  3. 1988 The Cross's debut album Shove It and Glass Tiger's 2nd album Diamond Sun were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 The Broadway production of "Grease" concluded its record-breaking run after an impressive total of 3,388 performances.
  2. 1985 USA for Africa's 'We Are the World' Topped the Charts as America's #1 Song.
 
April 14th

Movies
  1. 1989 Say Anything…, Disorganized Crime, She’s Out of Control, Winter People and See You in the Morning were released.
Television
  1. 1982 Teachers Only premiered.
  2. 1988 The final episode of Probe aired.
  3. 1989 The Jim Henson Hour premiered. The final episode of Unsub aired.
Music
  1. 1980 Iron Maiden's debut album Iron Maiden and Judas Priest's 6th album British Steel were released.
  2. 1981 The Rolling Stones' compilation album Sucking in the Seventies, The Cure's 3rd album Faith and Funkadelic's 13th album The Electric Spanking of War Babies were released.
  3. 1982 Van Halen's 5th album Diver Down was released.
  4. 1983 David Bowie's 15th album Let's Dance was released.
  5. 1984 Jermaine Jackson's 10th album Jermaine Jackson was released.
  6. 1986 Art of Noise's 2nd album Visible Silence, Judas Priest's 10th album Turbo and Cocteau Twins' 4th album Victorialand were released.
  7. 1989 Fine Young Cannibals' single Good Thing and Blind Guardian's 2nd album 2nd album Follow the Blind were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 At the 52nd Academy Awards, "Kramer vs. Kramer" clinched the Best Picture award.

 
April 15th

Movies
  1. 1983 Flashdance, Liquid Sky and Lone Wolf McQuade were released.
  2. 1988 Colors, Appointment with Death, Brain Damage, The Moderns, Plain Clothes and Return to Snowy River were released.
Television
  1. 1983 The Paper Chase premiered.
  2. 1985 Lady Blue premiered.
Music
  1. 1981 Chaka Khan's 3rd album What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me was released.
  2. 1983 Spandau Ballet's single True was released.
  3. 1985 Overkill's debut album Feel the Fire and The Exploited's 4th album Horror Epics and Atlantic Starr's 6th album As the Band Turns were released.
  4. 1986 Billy Ocean's 6th album Love Zone was released.
  5. 1987 The Exploited's 5th album Death Before Dishonour was released.
  6. 1989 W.A.S.P's 4th album The Headless Children was released.
Highlights
  1. 1982 Billy Joel had a motorcycle mishap.
  2. 1983 Tokyo Disneyland debuted its magical gates in Japan.
  3. 1989 The Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy" soared to the top spot on the American charts. Tone Loc's "Loc-ed After Dark" claimed the number one spot as America's top album.


 
April 16th

Movies
  1. 1982 Wrong is Right was released.
Television
  1. 1981 The final episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century aired.
  2. 1984 The final episode of Blue Thunder aired.
Music
  1. 1982 Status Quo's 15th album 1+9+8+2 was released.
  2. 1984 Duran Duran's single The Reflex, Venom's 3rd album At War with Satan and Saxon's 6th album Crusader were released.
  3. 1988 Scorpions 10th album Savage Amusement and Def Leppard's single Pour Some Sugar On Me were released.
Highlights
  1. 1987 The FCC issued warnings to Howard Stern's show for inappropriate language and sexual content.
 
April 17th

Movies
  1. 1980 The Private Eyes released.
  2. 1981 Caveman was released.
  3. 1987 Project X and Wild Thing were released.
Television

No 80s television show premiers or finales.

Music
  1. 1981 Stiff Little Fingers was released.
  2. 1982 Motörhead's Iron Fist was released.
  3. 1989 Annihilator's debut Alice in Hell was released.
Highlights
  1. 1986 Larry McMurtry received the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Lonesome Dove.
 
April 18th

Movies
  1. 1986 Murphy’s Law was released, At Close Range and Desert Bloom were released.
Television
  1. 1983 Good Morning, Mickey and Welcome to Pooh Corner premiered.
  2. 1987 Headbangers Ball and Sweet Surrender premiered.
Music
  1. 1980 Phil Lynott's debut album Solo in Soho was released.
  2. 1986 Butthole Surfers' 2nd album Rembrandt Pussyhorse were released.
  3. 1988 Eric Clapton's Box Set Crossroads, Erasure's 3rd album The Innocents, Timbuk3's 2nd album Eden Alley, The Jesus and Mary Chain's Compilation album and Barbed Wire Kisses were released.
  4. 1989 Pixies' 2nd album Doolittle was released.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Yes announced they’re breaking up.
  2. 1983 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich became the first female recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. A suicide bomber attacked the United States Embassy in Beirut, resulting in the deaths of 63 people.
  3. 1988 The United States initiated Operation Praying Mantis against Iran, marking the largest naval battle since World War II.
 
April 19th

Movies

No 80s movies were released today.

Television
  1. 1985 The Best Times premiered. The last episode of Off the Rack aired.
  2. 1986 The final episode of Benson and The Red Foxx Show aired.
  3. 1987 The debut of The Simpsons occurred as a cartoon short within The Tracey Ullman Show. Duet and the cartoon Bionic Six premiered.
Music
  1. 1982 Laurie Anderson's debut album Big Science was released.
  2. 1989 Natalie Cole's 11th album Good to be Back and Screaming Trees' 4th album Buzz Factory were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 "Call Me" by Blondie reached the #1 spot on the US Billboard charts. AC/DC welcomed Brian Johnson as their new frontman.
  2. 1982 Dig Dug the arcade game, debuted in Japan.
  3. 1986 "Kiss" by Prince claimed the top spot on the US Billboard charts.
 
April 20th

Movies

No 80s movies were released today.

Television
  1. 1981 The final episode of Soap aired.
  2. 1987 Hard Knocks premiered.
Music
  1. 1981 Girlschool's 2nd album Hit and Run and Dave Edmunds' 6th album Twangin… were released.
  2. 1988 Sabbat's debut album History of a Time to Come was released.
Highlights

No 80s highlights to report.
 
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