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- 1980 Forbidden Zone and Little Miss Marker were released.
- 1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training, Just Between Friends, Rad, Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation and GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords were released.
- 1983 The final episode of Little House on the Prairie aired.
- 1985 Eye to Eye premiered.
- 1981 Isley Brothers' 19th album Grand Slam was released.
- 1983 Pink Floyd's 9th album The Final Cut and Saxon's 5th album Power & the Glory were released.
- 1988 Pixies' debut album Surfer Rosa was released.
- 1989 Madonna's 4th album Like a Prayer and Bonnie Raitt's 10th album Nick of Time were released.
- 1980 The season finale of Dallas featured the shooting of J.R. Ewing, sparking the phenomenon known as "Who Shot J.R.?" President Jimmy Carter declared that the United States would boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, in protest against the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.
- 1981 "Keep on Loving You" by REO Speedwagon claimed the top spot as the #1 song in America from March 21 to March 27.
- 1984 A section of Central Park was named "Strawberry Fields" as a tribute to John Lennon.
- 1987 "Lean on Me" by Club Nouveau reached the pinnacle as the #1 song in America from March 21 to April 3. It also achieved the top spot in Canada and New Zealand.