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February 1st

Movies
  1. 1980 American Gigolo, Caligula and Fatso were released.
Television
  1. 1980 The final episode of Love of Life aired.
  2. 1982 Late Night with David Letterman premiered.
  3. 1986 The final episode of the cartoon Inspector Gadget aired.
Music
  1. 1980 Blondie's single Call Me was released.
  2. 1981 Earthstar's 3rd album Atomkraft? Nein, Danke! was released.
  3. 1983 Journey's 8th album Frontiers was released.
  4. 1986 Grave Digger's 3rd album War Games was released.
  5. 1989 Tesla's 2nd album The Great Radio Controversy was released.
Highlights
  1. 1984 The Lifetime Network channel was launched.
 
February 2nd

Movies

No 80s movies that I know of were released today.

Television
  1. 1981 The Gangster Chronicles premiered.
Music
  1. 1980 Andy Gibb's 3rd album After Dark was released.
  2. 1981 Duran Duran's single Planet Earth was released.
  3. 1982 Iron Maiden's 2nd album Killers was released.
  4. 1988 UFO's EP Ain't Misbehavin', Leonard Cohen's 8th album I’m Your Man and Lita Ford's 3rd album Lita were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 Reports surfaced that the FBI was targeting corrupt members of Congress.
  2. 1983 Menudomania officially began when 3500 screaming girls met Menudo at New York's JFK Airport .
  3. 1985 The song I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner became #1 in America.
 
February 3rd

Movies
  1. 1984 Reckless was released.
  2. 1989 Her Alibi, Who’s Harry Crumb?, KinJite: Forbidden Subjects and Wicked Stepmother were released.
Television
  1. 1980 Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours aired.
  2. 1983 The final episode of The Greatest American Hero aired.
Music
  1. 1980 Rainbow's 5th album Difficult to Cure was released.
  2. 1983 Earth, Wind & Fire's 12th album Powerlight was released.
  3. 1986 The Firm's 2nd album Mean Business was released.
Highlights
  1. 1982 The arcade game Ms. Pac-man was in the U.S.
  2. 1984 The first embryo was transferred from one woman to another that resulted in a live birth. Space Shuttle Challenger was launched so it could deploy 2 communications satellites.
 
February 4th

Movies
  1. 1983 The Entity, Videodrome and Without a Trace were released.
Television

No 80s tv releases or finales on this day.

Music
  1. 1980 The Ramones 5th album End of the Century was released.
  2. 1982 Echo & The Bunnymen's 3rd album Porcupine was released. Stevie Nicks' single Edge of Seventeen was released.
  3. 1985 Joan Armatrading's 9th album Secret Secrets was released.
  4. 1986 Janet Jackson 's 3rd album Control was released.
  5. 1988 Widespread Panic's debut album Space Wrangler was released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 The Young and the Restless aired its first one hour episode.
  2. 1984 The song Karma Chameleon by Culture Club became the #1 in the US.
  3. 1987 Singer and Entertainer, Liberace passed away at age 67 from AIDS related pneumonia.
  4. 1989 The song When I’m With You by the Canadian Arena Rock band Sheriff became the #1 in the U.S.
 
February 5th

Movie
  1. 1982 Butterfly, Night Crossing and Personal Best were released.
  2. 1988 She’s Having a Baby and The Unbearable Lightness of Being were released.
Television
  1. 1980 Mystery! premiered.
  2. 1983 The cartoon The Dukes premiered.
Music
  1. 1980 The Cure's compilation album Boys Don’t Cry was released.
  2. 1986 Prince's single Kiss was released.
Highlights
  1. 1983 The song Africa by Toto became #1 in the U.S.
  2. 1988 Andre the Giant beat Hulk Hogan to win the WWF Heavyweight Championship belt on Saturday night's main event. Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega was indicted on drug charges and money laundering.
  3. 1989 Six members of the Brady Bunch reunited on the sitcom Day by Day.
 
February 6th

Movies
  1. 1987 Black Widow, From the Hip and Light of Day were released.
Television
  1. 1981 The Brady Brides premiered.
  2. 1986 The final episodes of of Ripley’s Believe It or Not and Dad aired.
  3. 1988 The cartoon Count Duckula premiered.
Music
  1. 1984 Simple Minds' 6th album Sparkle in the Rain was released.
  2. 1988 Michael Jackson's single Man in the Mirror was released.
  3. 1989 George Strait's 9th album Beyond the Blue Neon and Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead's collaborative album Dylan & the Dead were released.
Highlights
  1. 1982 The song Centerfold by the J. Geils Band became #1 in the U.S.
  2. 1988 The song Could’ve Been by Tiffany became #1 in the U.S. Michael Jordan won the NBA slam dunk competition.
 
January 7th

Movies
  1. 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters and F/X were released.
Television
  1. 1987 The final episode of Too Close For Comfort aired.
  2. 1988 Americas Most Wanted premiered.
Music
  1. 1980 Sugarhill Gang debut album Sugarhill Gang was released.
  2. 1983 Michael W. Smith's debut album Michael W. Smith Project was released.
  3. 1984 The Alan Parsons Project's 7th album Ammonia Avenue was released.
  4. 1989 The Replacements' 6th album Don’t Tell a Soul, 2 Live Crew's 3rd album As Nasty As They Wanna Be and Metal Church's 3rd album Blessing in Disguise were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 Pink Floyd’s The Wall Tour ppened in Los Angeles.
  2. 1981 The song Celebration by Kool & the Gang became #1 in the U.S.
  3. 1987 The song Open Your Heart by Madonna became #1 in the U.S.
 
February 8th

Movies
  1. 1980 The Fog, Hero at Large, Cruising, Midnight Madness and The Last Married Couple in America were released.
  2. 1985 Witness, Heaven Help Us and Mischief were released.
Television
  1. 1985 The final episode of The Dukes of Hazzard aired.
Music
  1. 1980 Nazareth's 11th album was released.
  2. 1983 Prince's single Little Red Corvette was released.
  3. 1988 The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu's 2nd album Who Killed the JAMs? was released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 Michael J. Fox Made His Film Debut in Midnight Madness. David Bowie and Angie divorced after 10 years.
  2. 1984 Opening ceremonies for the XIV Winter Olympic Games opened in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
  3. 1986 At only 5'7 Spud Webb (Atlanta Hawks) won the NBA Slam Dunk competition.
 
February 9th

Movies
No 80s movies released on this day.

Television
  1. 1987 The final episode of Gung Ho aired.
Music
  1. 1981 Riot's 3rd album Down Under was released.
Highlights
  1. 1986 Halley's Comet appeared in the inner solar system.
 
February 10th

Movies
  1. 1984 Unfaithfully Yours was released.
  2. 1989 Tap, The Fly II and Cousins were released.
Television
  1. 1983 Amanda's premiered.
  2. 1988 The final episode of The Law & Harry McGraw aired.
Music
  1. 1986 John Lennon's live album Live in New York City was released.
  2. 1985 Northern Lights released the single Tears Are Not Enough.
  3. 1988 Public Enemy's debut album Yo! Bum Rush the Show was released.
Highlights
  1. 1989 The WWF admitted that wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport.
 
February 11th

Movies
  1. 1981 My Bloody Valentine and Sphinx were released.
Television
  1. 1988 The final episode of the Charmings aired.
  2. 1989 The final episode of Crossbow aired.
Music
  1. 1983 Marty Balin's 11th album Lucky and Bonnie Tyler's single Total Eclipse of the Heart were released.
  2. 1985 The Firm's debut album The Firm and The Smiths's 2nd album Meat is Murder were released.
Highlights
  1. 1983 The Rolling Stones premiered Let’s Spend the Night Together concert movie in New York.
  2. 1986 Boy George made a guest appearance on an episode of the A-Team.
  3. 1989 The song Straight Up by Paula Abdul became #1 in the U.S.
 
February 12th

Movies
  1. 1982 Cannery Road, Love and Money, Missing, One From the Heart, Making Love and The Beast Within were released.
  2. 1987 Over the Top was released in NY and LA.
  3. 1988 Action Jackson and Shoot to Kill were released.
Television
  1. 1988 The final episode of Sledge Hammer aired.
Music
  1. 1980 Bryan Adams' debut album Bryan Adams was released.
  2. 1981 Rush's 8th album Moving Pictures was released.
  3. 1982 XTC's 5th album English Settlement was released.
  4. 1985 Vision Quest's soundtrack was released.
Highlights
  1. 1983 The song Down Under by Men at Work made it to #1 in the U.S. Billboards for the second time.
 
February 13th

Movies
  1. 1981 American Pop and Eyewitness were released.
  2. 1987 Mannequin and Over the Top were released.
Television
  1. 1988 The final episode of Mr. President was released.
Music
  1. 1981 Phil Collins' debut album Face Value was released.
  2. 1982 David Bowie's EP Baal was released.
  3. 1984 Lionel Richie's single Hello was released.
  4. 1986 Jermaine Jackson's 11th album Precious Moments was released.
  5. 1987 Atlantic Starr's 8th album All in the Name of Love was released.
  6. 1989 Simply Red's 3rd album A New Flame was released.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Sewer explosions destroyed more than 2 miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
  2. 1983 A 300-pound gravestone from the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ronnie Van Zant was stolen from an Orange Park, Florida cemetery. Marvin Gaye sang the National Anthem at the NBA All-Star game.
 
February 14th

Movies
  1. 1986 Wildcats, Delta Force, Quicksilver, Knights of the City and TerrorVision were released.
Television

No 80s tv shows were released or ended on this day.

Music
  1. 1980 Teena Marie's 2nd album Lady T and Heart's 5th album Bébé le Strange were released.
  2. 1981 Rick Springfield's 4th album Working Class Dog was released.
  3. 1982 UFO's 11th album Making Contact was released.
  4. 1983 Michael Jackson's single Beat It and Styx's single Mr. Roboto were released.
  5. 1984 Deniece Williams' single Let’s Hear it for the Boy and Laurie Anderson's 2nd album Mister Heartbreak were released.
  6. 1985 Whitney Houston's debut album was released.
  7. 1986 Europe's single The Final Countdown was released.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Billy Idol left the punk rock band Generation X to pursue a solo career.
  2. 1984 Former Aerosmith band members Joe Perry and Brad Whitford attended an Aerosmith concert and decided to come back to the band.
 
February 15th

Movies
  1. 1985 The Breakfast Club, Vision Quest, Turk 182, Fast Forward and The Mean Season were released.
Television
  1. 1986 Fortune Dane premiered.
  2. 1987 The miniseries Amerika premiered.
Music
  1. 1980 Elvis Costello's 4th album Get Happy, The Knack's 2nd album ...But the Little Girls Understand, Graham Nash's 3rd album Earth & Sky and Angel Witch and Neal Kay's compilation album Metal for Muthas were released.
  2. 1981 Warren Zevon's 4th album Bad Luck Streak was released.
  3. 1985 Jethro Tull with the London Symphony Orchestra's album A Classic Case was released.
HIghlights
  1. 1986 The song How Will I Know by Whitney Houston became #1 in the U.S.
  2. 1989 The Soviet Union officially announced that all of their troops have left Afghanistan.
 
February 16th

Movies
  1. 1989 The Mighty Quinn was released.
Television

No 80s television shows were released on this day.

Music
  1. 1982 Simon & Garfunkel's live album The Concert in the Park was released.
  2. 1988 Sting's EP Nada como el sol All About Eve's debut album All About Eve and Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction's debut album Tattooed Beat Messiah were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 The song Do That to Me One More Time” by Captain and Tennille made it to #1 on the US Billboard Charts.
  2. 1985 The song Careless Whisper by Wham! became #1 in the US.
 
February 17th

Movies
  1. 1983 Local Hero was released.
  2. 1984 Footloose, The Right Stuff, Blame it On Rio, Lassiter and Crackers was released.
  3. 1989 Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, The Burbs and True Believer were released.
Television
No 80s television shows were released on this day.

Music
  1. 1980 Tommy Tutone's debut album Tommy Tutone was released.
  2. 1981 Eric Clapton's 7th album Another Ticket, Smokey Robinson's 11th album Being With You and Diana Ross's compilation album To Love Again were released.
  3. 1984 Thompson Twins' 4th album Into the Gap and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band's live album Budapest were released.
  4. 1986 Electric Light Orchestra's 11th album Balance of Power and King Diamond's debut album Fatal Portrait were released.
  5. 1987 Manowar's 5th album Fighting the World and Lee Aaron's debut album Lee Aaron were released.
  6. 1988 Geto Boys' debut album Making Trouble was released.
HIghlights

No 80s highlights to report for this day.
 
February 18th

Movies
  1. 1983 The Sting II, Lovesick, Table for Five and the The Pirates of Penzance were released.
Television
No 80s television shows were released on this day.

Music
  1. 1983 Manfred Mann's Earth Band's 11th album Somewhere in Afrika was released.
  2. 1985 Yoko Ono's 7th album Starpeace was released.
  3. 1986 Jackson Browne's 8th album Lives in the Balance was released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 Thirteen people were killed and 1 seriously injured in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle.
 
February 19th

Movies
  1. 1982 Death Wish 2 was released.
  2. 1983 Betrayal was released.
  3. 1986 Parting Glances was released.
Television

No 80s television shows were released on this day

Music
  1. 1985 Mick Jagger's debut album She's the Boss and The Breakfast Club soundtrack were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 AC/DC's lead singer Bon Scott died in London from alcohol poisoning.
  2. 1983 The song Baby, Come to Me by Patti Austin and James Ingram became #1 in the U.S.
  3. 1985 William J. Schroeder became the first person to leave the hospital with an artificial heart.
 
February 20th

Movies
  1. 1987 Death Before Dishonor and Square Dance were released.
Television
  1. 1988 The final episode of Women in Prison aired.
  2. 1989 The final episode of Almost Grown aired.
Music
  1. 1984 Madness' 5th album Keep Moving was released.
  2. 1985 Simple Minds' single Don’t You (Forget About Me) was released.
  3. 1989 Meat Beat Manifesto's debut album Storm the Studio, Fine Young Cannibals' 2nd album The Raw & Cooked and Paula Abdul's single Forever Your Girl were released.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Andy Kaufman started a brawl during an episode of Friday Night’s sketch on ABC.
  2. 1982 Pat Benatar married her guitarist Neil Giraldo in Maui. They're still married.
  3. 1986 The Soviet Union launched the Mir Spacecraft that remained in orbit for 15 years.
  4. 1988 The song Seasons Change by Expose became #1 in the U.S. Peter Kalikow purchased the New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million.
 
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