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April 21st

Movies
  1. 1989 Field of Dreams, Pet Sematary, Red Scorpion and Speed Zone were released.
Television
  1. 1982 The final episode of WKRP in Cincinnati aired.
Music
  1. 1980 Pete Townshend's 2nd album Empty Glass and The Undertones 2nd album Hypnotised were released.
  2. 1984 Bananarama's 2nd album Bananarama was released.
  3. 1986 Journey's 9th album Raised On Radio, Peter Gabriel's single Sledgehammer, Accept's 7th album Russian Roulette and Siouxsie , the Banshees' 7th album Tinderbox and Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark's single If You Leave were released.
  4. 1987 Testament's debut album The Legacy and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' 7th album Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) were released.
  5. 1989 X Japan's 2nd album Blue Blood was released.
Highlights
  1. 1984 Against All Odds by Phil Collins reached the top spot on the US Billboard Charts. Nintendo released Duck Hunt in Japan.
  2. 1985 After being surrounded for two days, the religious cult known as The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord ultimately surrendered to federal authorities in Arkansas.
  3. 1989 The Game Boy made its debut in Japan before reaching the United States in July. The Game Boy made its debut in Japan before reaching the United States in July.
 
April 22nd

Movies
  1. 1983 Exposed and The Deadly Spawn were released.
  2. 1988 Casual Sex?, Return of the Killer Tomatoes and The Unholy were released.
Television
  1. 1988 The final episode of Beverly Hills Buntz aired.
  2. 1989 Jesse Hawkes premiered.
Music
  1. 1980 The Cure's 2nd album Seventeen Seconds was released.
  2. 1985 Prince and the Revolution's 7th album Around the World in a Day and Anvil's compilation album Backwaxed were released.
Highlands
  1. 1983 Stern Magazine declared the discovery of the "Hitler Diaries" amidst East German ruins, only to be debunked as forgeries on May 6th.
  2. 1989 Madonna's "Like a Prayer" soared to the top of the US Billboard charts, reigning as America's number one song from April 22 to May 12.


 
April 23rd

Movies
  1. 1982 Tag: The Assassination Gam was released.
  2. 1989 Teen Witch was released.
Television
  1. 1982 The final episodes of the game show Blockbuster and Friday's aired.
  2. 1986 The final episode of Fast Times aired.
Music
  1. 1982 Madness' compilation album Complete Madness was released.
  2. 1985 Men at Work's 3rd album Two Hearts was released.
  3. 1987 Faith No More's 2nd album Introduce Yourself and Death Angel's debut album The Ultra-Violence were released.
  4. 1988 Iron Maiden's 7th album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was released.
Highlights
  1. 1983 Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen" reached the top spot on the US Billboard Charts.
  2. 1985 Whitney Houston's "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" claimed the number one spot on the American charts. Coca-Cola introduced "New" Coke, now regarded as one of the greatest marketing blunders in American history.
 
April 24th

Movies
  1. 1981 Take This Job and Shove It, Cattle Annie and Little Britches, The Hand and Ms. 45 were released.
  2. 1987 Extreme Prejudice and My Demon Lover were released.
Television
  1. 1986 Bridges to Cross premiered.
  2. 1987 The final episode of Together We Stand aired.
Music
  1. 1980 Cameo's 5th album Cameosis was released.
  2. 1989 Tom Petty's debut album Full Moon Fever and Black Sabbath's 15th album Headless Cross were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 An attempt to end the Iran Hostage Crisis resulted in the tragic loss of eight United States servicemen's lives.
 
April 25th

Movies
  1. 1980 Where the Buffalo Roam was released.
  2. 1986 Violets are Blue and 8 Million Ways to Die were released.
Television
  1. 1986 Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills premiered.
Music
  1. 1980 Black Sabbath's 9th album Heaven and Hell was released.
  2. 1983 Krokus' 7th album Headhunter was released.
  3. 1985 Exodus' debut album Bonded by Blood was released.
  4. 1988 Reba McEntire's 15th album Reba, Soul Asylum's 4th album Hang Time and Hawkwind's 15th album The Xenon Codex were released.
  5. 1989 Blue Murder's debut album Blue Murder was released.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Over a 100 Repair Men Were Exposed to Radiation at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
  2. 1983 Samantha Smith, an American schoolgirl, received an invitation to visit the Soviet Union after Soviet leader Yuri Andropov read her letter expressing concerns about nuclear war. The space probe Pioneer 10 journeyed past the orbit of Pluto.
  3. 1988 John Demjanjuk, a former Nazi guard, received a death sentence in Israel for his involvement in war crimes during World War II but was released later on.
 
April 26th

Movies
  1. 1985 Just One of the Guys and Stick were released.
Television
  1. 1987 Down and Out in Beverly Hills premiered.
  2. 1988 Just the Ten Of Us premiered.
  3. 1989 The final episode of Nightingale aired.
Music
  1. 1980 Los Angeles' debut album X was released.
  2. 1982 Paul McCartney's 3rd album Tug of War and Bucks Fizz's 2nd album Are You Ready were released.
  3. 1988 The soundtrack for Colors and Frank Zappa's live album Guitar were released.
  4. 1989 Richard Marx's 2nd album Repeat Offender and Cro-Mags's 2nd album Best Wishes were released.
Highlights
  1. 1981 At the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, Dr. Michael R. Harrison conducted the inaugural human open fetal surgery.
  2. 1982 Rod Stewart's $50,000 Porsche was stolen following a mugging incident in Los Angeles.
  3. 1986 The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union witnessed the world's most catastrophic nuclear disaster.
  4. 1989 The most devastating tornado ever recorded hit central Bangladesh, resulting in over 1,300 fatalities, 12,000 injuries, and leaving 80,000 people homeless.
 
April 27th

Movies
  1. 1984 Love Letter was released.
Television
  1. 1984 The final episode of Masquerade aired.
  2. 1986 The final episode of Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors aired.
  3. 1988 China Beach premiered.
Music
  1. 1981 The Fall's EP Slates was released.
  2. 1983 The B-52’s 3rd album Whammy! was released.
  3. 1987 Slade's 14th album You Boyz Make Big Noize.
  4. 1988 Evelyn “Champagne” King 9th album Flirt was released.
Highlights
  1. 1986 Captain Midnight interfered with HBO's signal to protest against the $12.95 monthly fee.
  2. 1987 The United States banned Austrian President Kurt Waldheim and his wife, Elisabeth, from entering the country.
 
April 28th

Movies
  1. 1989 Loverboy, K-9, Miss Firecracker, Criminal Law and The Horror Show.
Television

No 80s television debuts or releases

Music
  1. 1980 Alice Cooper's 12th album Flush the Fashion and Grateful Dead's 11th album Go To Heaven were released.
  2. 1982 Marshall Crenshaw's debut album Marshall Crenshaw was released.
  3. 1986 38 Special's 7th album Strength in Numbers was released.
  4. 1989 Adrian Belew's 4th album Mr. Music Head was released.
Highlights
  1. 1986 The USS Enterprise made history as the inaugural nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. It embarked on a significant journey to the Suez Canal to provide relief to the USS Coral Sea. Soviet authorities were compelled to make a public announcement regarding the Chernobyl disaster following the detection of elevated radiation levels at a nuclear power plant in Sweden.
  2. 1988 During an Aloha Airlines Flight 243, flight attendant Clarabelle Lansing tragically fell to her death after being blown out when a portion of the plane's fuselage ripped open mid-flight.
  3. 1989 Jon Bon Jovi tied the knot with his high school sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley, in Las Vegas and remains happily married to her.
 
April 29th

Movies
  1. 1983 Valley Girl, The Hunger and Something Wicked This Way Comes were released.
  2. 1988 Critters 2: The Main Course, the documentary Powaqqats and Sunset were released.
Television
  1. 1980 The final episode of Hello, Larry aired.
  2. 1983 The final episode of Baby Makes Five aired.
  3. 1987 The final episode of Easy Street aired.
Movies
  1. 1981 Van Halen's 4th album Fair Warning and Carlos Santana's 12th album Zebop! were released.
  2. 1983 Men at Work's 2nd album Cargo and The Replacements 2nd album Hootenanny were released.
  3. 1985 Eurythmics' 4th album Be Yourself Tonight and Freddie Mercury's solo album Mr. Bad Guy were released.
  4. 1986 Oingo Boingo's single Dead Man's Party was released.
Highlights
  1. 1983 Actor Dan Aykroyd tied the knot with actress Donna Dixon, known for her role as Buffy in "Bosom Buddies."
 
April 30th

Movies
  1. 1982 Partners and Soup for One were released.
Television
  1. 1984 The final episode of That’s Incredible! aired.
Music
  1. 1981 Air Supply's single The One That You Love was released.
  2. 1982 A Flock Of Seagulls' debut album A Flock Of Seagulls was released.
  3. 1984 Orchestral Manoeuvre in the Dark's 5th album Junk Culture, Roger Waters' debut album The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking and The Cure's 5th album The Top were released.
  4. 1986 Keel's 3rd album The Final Frontier was released.
Highlights
  1. 1982 Lester Bangs, the rock journalist, passed away due to an overdose of prescription drugs.
  2. 1983 "Beat It" by Michael Jackson claimed the top spot as America's #1 song, reigning from April 30 to May 20.
 
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