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January 1st

Movies
  1. 1982 MadMan was released.
  2. 1985 Rockin' Road Trip was released.
Television
  1. 1982 Headline News was launched.
  2. 1985 VH1 (Video Hits One) and WWF Prime Time Wrestling premiered.
Music
  1. The Stranglers 7th album Feline was released.
  2. 1986 Riders in the Sky 6th album New Trails and Big Black debut album Atomizer were released.
  3. 1987 Riders in the Sky compilation album Best of the West was released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 The First Far Side comic was published in the San Francisco Chronicle. Cliff Richard was appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
  2. 1983 ZTT Records was launched. The foundation of the internet was invented.
 
January 2nd

Movies

No 80s movies released on this day.

Television
  1. 1988 High Mountain Rangers was released.
  2. The final episode Sage aired.
Music
  1. 1983 Michael Jackson single Billie Jean was released.
  2. 1986 The Bangles 2nd album Different Light was released.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe aka the "Yorkshire Ripper" was arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
 
January 3rd

Movies

No 80s movies released today.

Television
  1. 1983 Not Necessarily the News, the game shows Hit Man and Just the Guys! premiered.
  2. 1984 Riptide premiered.
  3. 1989 The Arsenio Hall Show premiered.
Music

No 80s music released today.

Highlights
  1. 1983 Plinko was added on the Price Is Right.
  2. 1984 A 48-Year old woman from Fremont, California was killed on the Disneyland Matterhorn.
  3. 1987 Aretha Franklin became the first woman elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
 
January 4th

Movies
  1. 1985 The Mutilator was released in NY.
  2. 1989 The Boost was released.
Television
  1. 1982 The Elephant Man movie made for tv was released.
  2. 1985 Night Hawk premiered.
  3. 1988 The game show Blackout premiered.
Music
  1. 1980 The Romantics debut album The Romantics was released.
  2. 1983 Eurythmics 2nd album Sweet Dreams was released.
  3. 1984 Judas Priest's 9th album Defender of the Faith was released.
Highlights
  1. 1982 Bryant Gumbel made his debut as co-anchor of The Today Show on NBC.
  2. 1987 An Amtrak train crashed en route to Boston from Washington, D.C. which resulted in the death of 16 people.
 
January 5th

Movies

No 80s movies released on this day.

Televisions
  1. 1980 The final episodes of A New Kind of Family, the cartoon Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo and the cartoon Spider-Woman aired.
  2. 1985 Berrenger's premiered.
  3. 1986 Blacke's Magic premiered.
Music
  1. 1987 The Beastie Boys' single Brass Monkey and Huey Lewis and the News single Jacob's Ladder were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 The song Please Don't Go by KC and the Sunshine made it to number one on the US Billboard Charts. The song Rappers Delight by The Sugar Hill Gang became the first rap song to hit the top 40.
 
January 6th

Movies
  1. 1983 Yentl was released.
Television
  1. 1980 Skag premiered.
  2. 1984 Blue Thunder premiered.
  3. 1986 The game shows Card Shark (revival) and Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak premiered.
Music
  1. 1989 Debbie Gibson's single Lost in Your Eyes was released.

Highlights
  1. 1986 Peter Bergman from the soap opera All My Children appeared on a Vicks Formula commercial and said the famous line "I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One on TV".
 
January 7th

Movies
  1. 1981 Scream was released.
Television
  1. 1982 Fame premiered.
  2. 1985 The game show Time Machine premiered. The final episode of Stir Crazy aired.
  3. 1987 The final episode of You Again? aired.
  4. 1989 The sketch comedy show USA Up All Night and Bordertown premiered. The final episode of the cartoon Alf: The Animated Series aired.
Music
  1. 1982 The Fleshtones debut album Roman Gods was released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 An 18 year old boy was crushed and killed on the Disneyland People Movers. Rhythm and blues singer Larry Williams was found dead in his Los Angeles home from a gunshot wound to the head at the age of 44. President Carter authorized a $1.5 billion dollar loan to the Chrysler Corporation.
  2. 1982 Charles Brooks, Jr., became the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
  3. 1985 Japan became the only country Besides the United States and the Soviet Union to launch a deep space probe.
  4. 1987 Janet Jackson divorced James DeBarge.
 
January 8th

Movies
  1. 1988 Cop was released.
Television
  1. 1982 The final episode of Behind the Screen aired.
  2. 1987 The final episod of I married Dora aired. Shell Game premiered.
Music
  1. 1989 Peter Frampton's 10th album When All the Pieces Fit was released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 The Mattel Intellivision video game system was released in the United States.
  2. 1981 A farmer reported a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France.
  3. 1982 The breakup of the Bell Systems in the United States.
  4. 1989 42nd Street closed it's doors at The Winter Garden Theater in New York After 3,486 performances.
 
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January 9th

Movies
  1. 1987 Assassination was released.
Television
  1. 1989 Inside Edition premiered.
Music
  1. 1984 Van Halen's 6th album 1984 was released.
  2. 1989 Rush's live album Show of Hands was released.
Highlights
  1. 1984 The Where’s the Beef commercial by Wendy's made it's debut.
  2. 1987 Star Tours opened at Disneyland.
  3. 1988 The song So Emotional by Whitney Houston made it to number one on the US Billboard Charts.
 
January 10th

Movies
  1. 1986 Black Moon Rising was released.
Television
  1. 1980 The final episode of The Rockford Files aired.
  2. 1983 Fraggle Rock premiered.
  3. 1986 He's the Mayor premiered.
  4. 1987 The final episode of Heart of the City aired.
Music
  1. 1980 The Buggles debut album The Age of Plastic was released .
  2. 1983 Dire Straits' EP ExtendedancEPlay was released.
  3. 1985 Chris Isaak's debut album Silvertone was released.
  4. 1989 Lou Reed's 15th album New York was released. Metallica released the single One.
Highlights
  1. 1984 The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-established diplomatic relations after 117 years.
  2. 1988 Michael Jackson's Moonwalker was released on home video.
 
January 11th

Movies
  1. 1985 Tuff Turf, Avenging Angel and Too Scared to Scream were released.
  2. 1989 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka was released.
Television
  1. 1983 The Joy of Painting with Boss Ross premiered.
  2. 1988 T. and T. premiered.
Music
  1. 1982 The Waitresses' debut album Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? was released.
Highlights
  1. 1984 The song Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood was banned by the BBC for so call suggestive lyrics.
  2. 1986 The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia was officially opened to the public.
  3. 1989 President Ronald Reagan gave his farewell address to the nation.
 
January 12th

Movies

No 80s movies were released on this day.

Television
  1. 1981 Dynasty premiered.
  2. 1982 American Playhouse premiered.
Music
  1. 1981 April Wine's 9th album Nature of the Beast and Blondie's single Rapture were released.
  2. 1987 Deep Purple's 12th album House of the Blue Light was released.
  3. 1988 Rick Astley's single Together Forever was released.
  4. 1989 Roxette's single The Look was released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 The song Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes became the number one in America for the second time.
 
January 13th

Movies
  1. 1984 Hot Dog... The Movie and Angel were released.
  2. 1988 Pumpkinhead was released.
  3. 1989 Gleaming the Cube, Deepstar Six, The Experts and January Man were released.
Television
  1. 1989 Ryan's Hope
Music
  1. 1986 Peter Frampton 9th album Premonition was released.
Highlights
  1. 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th street bridge in Washington D.C. before falling into to the Potomac River.
 
January 14th

Movies
  1. 1981 Scanners was released.
Television
  1. 1980 3-2-1 Contact and the game show Chain Reaction premiered.
  2. 1989 The final episode of Dirty Dancing aired.
Music
  1. 1980 Rush's 7th album Permanent Waves was released.
  2. 1984 Rockwell's single Somebody's Watching Me was released.
  3. 1985 John Fogerty's 3rd album Centerfield was released. Phil Collins' single Sussudio was released.
Highlights
  1. 1981 President of the United States Jimmy Carter gave his farewell address to the nation.
  2. 1984 Madonna told Dick Clark on American Bandstand that she wanted to Rule the World.
  3. 1986 Actress Donna Reed passed away at age 64 from pancreatic cancer.
  4. 1989 The song My Prerogative by Bobby Brown became number one in America. Paul McCartney released Снова в СССР (Back in the USSR) in Russia.
 
January 15th

Movies
  1. 1987 Good Morning Vietnam was released worldwide.
  2. 1988 For Keeps and The Couch Trip were released.
Television
  1. 1981 Hill Street Blues premiered.
  2. 1988 The Thorns premiered. The final episode of Rags to Riches aired.
Music
  1. 1981 Marvin Gaye's 16th album In Our LIfetime was released.
  2. 1982 Barbara Dickinson's 9th album All For a Song was released.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Pope John Paul II received a delegation from solidarity at the Vatican led by Polish Statesman, Lech Wałęsa.
  2. 1983 The song Down Under by Men at Work became number one in America.
  3. 1987n Ray Bolger who was the scarecrow for the movie the Wizard of Oz passed away at age 83 from bladder cancer.
 
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January 16th

Movies
  1. 1987 The Bedroom Window, Critical Condition and Wanted: Dead or Alive were released.
Television
  1. 1981 Harper Valley PTA and Nero Wolfe premiered.
  2. 1982 King’s Crossing premiered.
  3. 1986 The final episode of Shadow Chasers premiered.
Music
  1. 1983 Kenny G.'s 2nd album GForce was released.
  2. 1984 Wang Chung's 2nd album Points on the Curve was released.
  3. 1988 Richard Marx's single Endless Summer was released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 Paul McCartney was arrested in Tokyo for possession of a half of a pound of marijuana.
  2. 1987 The Beastie Boys became the first act to get censored on American Bandstand.
 
January 17th

Movies
  1. 1986 Iron Eagle, Troll, The Clan of the Cave Bear and HeathCliff: The Movie were released.
Television
  1. 1981 Walking Tall premiered.
  2. 1987 Ohara premiered.
  3. 1988 The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh premiered.
Music

No 80s albums were released on this day.

Highlights
  1. 1987 The song Shake You Down by Gregory Abbott became number one in America.
 
January 18th

Movies
  1. 1980 Just Tell Me What You Want and Windows were released.
  2. 1983 Lianna was released.
  3. 1985 The New Kids and the documentary That's Dancing! were released.
Television
  1. 1986 The Redd Foxx Show premiered.
  2. 1988 The talk show Home premiered.
  3. 1989 A Fine Romance premiered.
Music
  1. 1980 Wishbone Ash's 10th album Just Testing and John Foxx's 10th album Metamic were released.
  2. 1981 Sheena Easton's debut album Take My Time was released.
  3. 1982 Jean-Luc Ponty's 22nd album Mystical Adventures was released.
  4. 1983 Bryan Adams' 3rd album Cuts Like a Knife was released.
  5. 1986 Soul Asylum's 2nd album Made to be Broken was released. Heart's single These Dreams was released.
Hightlights
  1. 1981 Wendy O. Williams from the band The Plasmatics was arrested in Milwaukee for pretending to masturbate with a sledgehammer on stage.
  2. 1986 The song That’s What Friends Are For by Dionne Warwick and Friends became number in the US and Canada.
  3. 1989 At the age of 38 Stevie Wonder became the youngest singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
 
January 19th

Movies

No 80s movies were released on this day.

Television
  1. 1988 48 Hours premiered.
  2. 1989 The final episode of Knightwatch aired.
Music
  1. 1980 The Pretenders' debut album The Pretenders was released.
  2. 1981 Styx's 10th album Paradise Theatre was released.
  3. 1982 Bad Religion's debut album Could Hell Be Any Worse? Joan Jett's single I Love Rock 'n' Roll was released.
  4. 1987 Husker Du's 6th album Warehouse: Songs and Stories was released.
  5. 1988 Taylor Dayne's debut album Tell It to My Heart and Billy Oceans' 7th album Tear Down These Walls were released.
Highlights
  1. 1980 The song Rock with You by Michael Jackson became number one in the US. The UK introduced The UK Indie Charts.
  2. 1981 The United States and Iran signed an agreement to release the 52 American hostages after 14 months in captivity.
  3. 1983 The “Apple Lisa” was introduced.
  4. 1986 The first PC virus the Brain made it's debut and started spreading like wildfire.
 
January 20

Movies
  1. 1984 The Buddy System was released.
Television
  1. 1984 The Master premiered.
  2. 1985 MacGruder and Loud premiered.
  3. 1987 Unsolved Mysteries premiered.
Music
  1. 1983 Def Leppard's 3rd album Pyromania and The Oak Ridge Boys 8th album American Made were released.
  2. 1987 For Against's debut album and Bruce Willis' debut album The Return of Bruno were released.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Ronald Reagan (R) was inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States
  2. 1982 Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a live bat during a performance in Des Moines, Iowa. The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Bob Dylan and The Supremes were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
  3. 1989 George H. W. Bush (R) was inaugurated as the 41st President of the United States.
 
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