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October 1st

Music
  1. 1980 Circle Jerks’ debut album Group Sex was released.
  2. 1981 Earth, Wind & Fire’s 11th album Raise was released.
  3. 1982 Marvin Gaye‘s 17th album Midnight Love and Donald Fagen’s debut album The Nightfly was released.
  4. 1983 David Bowie‘s live album Ziggy Stardust – The Motion Picture was released.
  5. 1984 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts‘ 4th album Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth, Chaka Khan‘s 5th album I Feel for You, Midnight Oil‘s 5th album Red Sails in the Sunset, Ramones‘ 8th album Too Tough to Die and U2’s 4th album The Unforgettable Fire were released.
  6. 1985 The Chameleons‘ 2nd album What Does Anything Mean? Basically was released.
  7. 1988 Lennie Gallant’s debut album Breakwater was released.

Movies
  1. 1982 Hey Good Lookin' was released.
Television
  1. 1982 The television show Remington Steele premiered.
  2. 1983 The television shows The Rousters and Cutter to Houston premiered.
  3. 1986 The television show Better Days premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1982 Epcot opened at Walt Disney World in Florida. The First compact discs went on sale in Japan.
  2. 1983 The song Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler became number one in America.
  3. 1984 The AMC Channel made it’s debut.
 
October 2nd

Music
  1. 1981 The Police’s 2nd album Ghost in the Machine and Madness’ 3rd album 7 were released.
  2. 1982 Accept’s 4th album Restless and Wild was released.
  3. 1984 Bathory’s debut album Bathory and The Replacements’ 3rd album Let It Be were released.
  4. 1986 Cowboy Junkies‘ debut album Whites Off Earth Now!! was released.
  5. 1987 Billy Idol’s single Mony Mony was released.
  6. 1989 Neil Young’s 17th album Freedom and The Wonder Stuff‘s 2nd album Hup was released.
Movies
  1. 1981 Paternity was released.
  2. 1982 Split Image was released.
  3. 1987 Anna, Like Father Like Son and Slam Dance were released.
Television
  1. 1982 The television show The Devlin Connection premiered.
  2. 1983 The television show The Yellow Rose premiered.
  3. 1989 The game show Make the Grade premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1980 Muhammad Ali came out of retirement to fight the heavyweight champion Larry Holmes.
  2. 1982 The song Jack & Diane by John Cougar Mellencamp became number one in America.
 
October 3rd

Music
  1. 1980 Diamond Head‘s debut album Lightning to the Nations and The Police’s 3rd album Zenyatta Mondatta were released.
  2. 1981 Lindsey Buckingham‘s debut album Law and Order and Genesis’ 12th album Genesis was released.
  3. 1988 Chris de Burgh’s 9th album Flying Colours and Keith Richards‘ debut album Talk Is Cheap were released.
  4. 1988 Tracy Chapman‘s 2nd album Crossroads, Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville‘s Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind and Belinda Carlisle 3rd album Runaway Horses were released. The soundtrack album Shocker was released.
Movies
  1. 1980 Oh, God! Book II, Coast to Coast, The First Deadly Sin, One-Trick Pony, Terror Train and Somewhere in Time were released.
  2. 1982 Split Image was released.
  3. 1986 Children of a Lesser God and Tough Guys were released.
Television
  1. 1982 Voyagers premiered.
  2. 1983 Scarecrow and Mrs. King premiered.
  3. 1984 Charles in Charge premiered.
  4. 1987 Everything's Relative, Leg Work and Friday the 13th: The Series premiered. The final episode of Final Episode of Once a Hero aired.
Highlights
  1. 1988 TNT (Turner Network Television) made it’s debut.
 
October 4th

Music
  1. 1980 the Specials 2nd album More Specials was released.
  2. 1982 Culture Club‘s debut album Kissing to Be Clever, Hall & Oates’ 11th album H2O and Jefferson Starship‘s 7th album Winds of Change were released.
  3. 1988 Ultramagnetic MCs‘ debut album Critical Beatdown and Kenny G’s 5th album Silhouette was released.
Movies
  1. 1985 Commando, Jagged Edge and Sweet Dreams were released.
Television
  1. 1980 The cartoons Heathcliff and Thundarr the Barbarian premiered.
  2. 1985 Misfits of Science premiered.
  3. 1988 The American Experience and the reality show High Risk premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1980 The song Another One Bites the Dust by Queen made it to the number one spot on the US Billboard Charts. Arnold Schwarzenegger won his 7th and final Mr. Olympia Competition.
  2. 1985 The Free Software Foundation was founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
  3. 1988 Shirley MacLaine called David Letterman an asshole on the show Late Night with David Letterman.
 
October 5th

Music
  1. 1980 Killing Joke’s debut album Killing Joke was released.
  2. 1981 Depeche Mode‘s debut album Speak & Spell was released.
  3. 1985 Mike + The Mechanic‘s debut album Mike + The Mechanics was released.
  4. 1987 Belinda Carlisle‘s 2nd album Heaven on Earth was released.
Movies
  1. 1984 Teachers was released.
Television
  1. 1983 Whiz Kids premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1982 Tylenol products were recalled in Chicago when bottles were found to be laced with cyanide.
 
October 6th

Music 🎶
  1. 1982 Lionel Richie’s debut album Lionel Richie was released.
  2. 1983 George Strait’s 3rd album Right or Wrong was released.
  3. 1986 Metal Church‘s 2nd album The Dark and A-ha’s 2nd album Scoundrel Days were released.
Movies
  1. 1982 The Wizard of Oz Animation was released.
  2. 1989 An Innocent Man, Drugstore Cowboy, Henry V and Old Gringo were released.
Television
  1. 1982 Tucker's Witch premiered.
  2. 1984 Out of Control (Sketch Comedy) premiered.
  3. 1985 Jem (Cartoon) premiered.
  4. 1986 My Sister Sam and Double Dare (Game Show) premiered.
  5. 1988 Dear John premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Bette Davis passed away at the age of 81.
  2. 1982 Madonna released her debut single Everybody.
 
October 7th

Music
  1. 1981 Loverboy‘s 2nd album Get Lucky was released.
  2. 1982 Supertramps‘ 7th album ...Famous Last Words was released.
  3. 1985 Kix’s 3rd album Midnite Dynamite was released.
  4. 1986 Slayer’s 3rd album Reign in Blood was released.
  5. 1987 Exodus’ 2nd album Pleasures of the Flesh and Commodores 12th album United were released.
  6. 1989 Taylor Dayne‘s 2nd album Can’t Fight Fate and KMFDM 4th album UAIOE were released.
Movies
  1. 1983 Never Cry Wolf and Never Say Never Again were released.
  2. 1988 Alien Nation, Clara's Heart, Memories of Me and Punchline were released.
Television
  1. 1981 Mr. Merlin premiered.
  2. 1988 War of the Worlds premiered.
  3. 1988 The final episode of America Bandstand aired.
Highlights
  1. 1981 The song Miss You Much by Janet Jackson became number one in America.
 
October 8th

Music
  1. 1980 Prince’s 3rd album Dirty Mind and Talking Heads‘s 4th album Remain in Light were released.
  2. 1981 Mike Love‘s debut album Looking Back with Love and Joy Division‘s compilation album Still were released.
  3. 1982 Missing Persons‘ debut album Spring Session M was released.
Movies
  1. 1982 My Favorite Year was released.
  2. 1983 Rumble Fish was released.
  3. 1984 The Burning Bed (TV Movie) was released.
Television
  1. 1988 Empty Nest, Freddy's Nightmares, The Munsters Today and Superboy premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1987 Chuck Berry received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  2. 1988 The song Love Bites by Def Leppard became the number one song in America.
 
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October 9th

Movies
  1. 1981 Neil Diamond‘s 14th album On the Way to the Sky was released.
  2. 1983 Joe Walsh‘s 6th album You Bought It, You Name It was release.
  3. 1984 Barbra Streisand‘s 23rd album Emotion, Armored Saint‘s debut album March of the Saint and Devo’s 6th album Shout were released.
  4. 1987 Bruce Springsteen‘s 8th album Tunnel of Love and Joe Cocker‘s 11th album Unchain My Heart were released.
Movies
  1. 1981 The Prowler, Full Moon High and Tattoo were released.
  2. 1987 Baby Boom, Someone to Watch Over Me, Three O'Clock High and Surrender were released.
Television
  1. 1981 Behind the Screen premiered.
  2. 1986 The Late Show With Joan Rivers premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1980 A riot broke out at a Black Sabbath concert in Milwaukee when the band walked off the stage.
  2. 1986 The Fox Broadcasting Channel was launched.
 
October 10th

Music
  1. 1980 Manfred Mann's Earth Band‘s 10th album Chance, Icehouse‘s debut album Icehouse and The Teardrop Explodes‘s debut album Kilimanjaro were released.
  2. 1981 King Crimson‘s 8th album Discipline and UB40’s remix album Present Arms in Dub were released.
  3. 1982 Kiss’ 10th album Creatures of the Night was released.
  4. 1983 Culture Club‘s 2nd album Colour by Numbers was released.
  5. 1988 Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé‘s collaboration album Barcelona, John Lennon‘s soundtrack Imagine: John Lennon, U2’s live soundtrack album Rattle and Hum and the Pet Shop Boys‘ 3rd album Introspective were released.
  6. 1989 Biz Markie‘s 2nd album The Biz Never Sleeps, McAuley Schenker Group‘s 6th album Save Yourself, D.R.I.‘s 5th album Thrash Zone and Ice T’s 3rd album The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say were released.
Movies
  1. 1980 The Elephant Man and Private Benjamin were released.
  2. 1984 1984 was released.
  3. 1986 Deadly Friend, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Peggy Sue Got Married and True Stories were released.
Television
  1. 1981 Laverne & Shirley in the Army cartoon premiered.
  2. 1982 Nature premiered.
  3. 1983 Adam made for television movie premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1980 The arcade game Pac-Man was released in the US.
  2. 1987 The song Here I Go Again by Whitesnake became number one in America .
 
October 11th

Music
  1. 1982 Adam Ant‘s debut album Friend or Foe was released.
  2. 1983 Lionel Richie‘s 2nd album Can't Slow Down was released.
  3. 1985 Simply Red‘s debut album Picture Book was released.
  4. 1988 Ministry’s 3rd album The Land of Rape and Honey and Sarah McLachlan‘s debut album Touch was released.
  5. 1989 Bobby Brown‘s single My Prerogative was released.
Movies
  1. 1981 My Dinner with Andre was released.
  2. 1985 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins and Silver Bullet were released.
Television
  1. 1981 The Made-For-TV Movie Family Reunion aired.
  2. 1987 Women in Prison premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1986 The song When I Think Of You by Janet Jackson became number one in America.
  2. 1988 Turner Broadcasting purchased Jim Crockett Wrestling Promotions.
 
October 12th

Music
  1. 1981 U2’s 2nd album October was released.
  2. 1984 Hall & Oates 12th album Big Bam Boom, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions debut album Rattlesnakes and the INXS 6th album Kick were released.
  3. 1987 McAuley Schenker Group‘s 5th album Perfect Timing, Various Artists compilation album A Very Special Christmas, ABC’s 4th album Alphabet City and The Wedding Present‘s debut album George Best were released.
Movies
  1. 1984 Garbo Talks was released.
Television

No new televisions shows on this date.

Headlines
  1. 1982 Cindy Williams made her final appearance on the television show Laverne & Shirley.
  2. 1985The song Oh Sheila by Ready for the World made it to the number one spot on the US Billboard Charts in America.
  3. 1987 Valerie Harper filed a lawsuit against NBC.
 
October 13th

Music
  1. 1980 INXS‘ debut album INXS, Rough Trade’s 2nd album Avoid Freud and Thin Lizzy‘s Chinatown album were released.
  2. 1981 Olivia Newton-John 9th album Physical as released.
  3. 1983 Whodini‘s debut album Whodini was released.
  4. 1986 Berlin‘s 4th album Count Three & Pray, Saxon’s 8th album Rock the Nations and Howard Jones 3rd album One to One was released.
  5. 1987 Sting’s 2nd album Nothing Like the Sun, Supertramp‘s 9th albu, Free As a Bird, Ace Frehley’s 4th album Trouble Walkin', Overkill‘s 4th album The Years of Decay, Voivod‘s 5th album Nothingface and Lou Gramm‘s 2nd album Long Hard Look were released.

Movies
  1. 1989 Look Who's Talking, Fabulous Baker Boys, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers and Breaking In were released.
Television
  1. 1989 Mancuso, F.B.I. premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1983 Ameritech Mobile Communications became the first company to provide mobile phone service to the public
  2. 1984 The song I Just Called to Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder became the number one song in America.
 
October 14th

Music
  1. 1980 Earth, Wind & Fire‘s 10th album Faces was released.
  2. 1981 Prince‘s 4th album Controversy.
  3. 1983 Cyndi Lauper‘s debut album She's So Unusual was released.
  4. 1995 The Jets‘ debut album, INXS‘s 5th album Listen Like Thieves, Iron Maiden‘s live album Live After Death and Rush’s 11th album Power Windows.
  5. 1986 Wang Chung‘s 4th album Mosaic was released.
  6. 1988 Frank Zappa‘s live album Broadway the Hard Way was released.
Movies
  1. 1980 Fade to Black was released.
  2. 1984 Songwriter was released.
  3. 1988 The Accused, The Kiss, Another Woman and Pumpkinhead were released.
Television
  1. 1982 It Takes Two premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1982 President Reagan proclaimed a war on drugs.
  2. 1987 Eighteen month old baby Jessica fell 22 feet Into her aunt's well in Midland, Texas. She was rescued.
 
October 15th

Music
  1. 1983 Pat Benatar‘s live album Live From Earth was released.
  2. 1984 Julian Lennon‘s debut album Valotte, The Judds debut album Why Not Me, AC/DC‘s EP '74 Jailbreak, XTC’s 7th album The Big Express Manowar‘s 4th album Sign of the Hammer and Bronski Beat‘s debut album The Age of Consent were released.
  3. 1985 Falco‘s 3rd album Falco 3 was released.
  4. 1986 Elton John‘s 20th album Leather Jackets was released.
  5. 1987 Joe Satriani‘s 2nd album Surfing with the Alien was released.
  6. 1988 Motörhead‘s live album Nö Sleep at All was released.
Movies
  1. 1982 Love Child was released.
Television
  1. 1988 Political talk show Capital Gang premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1987 Bob Barker appeared on The Price is Right for the first time without his dyed brown hair.
  2. 1988 The song Red Red Wine by UB40 made it to number one on the US Billboard Charts.
 
October 16th

Music
  1. 1981 The Human League‘s 3rd album Dare and Eurythmics‘s debut album In the Garden were released.
  2. 1982 INXS‘s 3rd album Shabooh Shoobah was released.
  3. 1983 Thin Lizzy‘s live album Life was released.
  4. 1984 UB40‘s 5th album Geffery Morgan was released.
  5. 1985 Possessed‘s debut album Seven Churches was released.
  6. 1987 Manfred Mann's Earth Band‘s 13th album Masque was released.
  7. 1989 Debbie Harry‘s 3rd album Def, Dumb and Blonde, All About Eve‘s 2nd album Scarlet and Other Stories, Erasure‘s 4th album Wild, The Blue Nile‘s 2nd album Hats and Kate Bush‘s 6th album The Sensual World were released.
Movies
  1. 1981 …All the Marbles was released.
  2. 1987 Barfly, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, Weeds and The Whales of August were released.
Television
  1. 1988 Kids in the Hall premiered.
  2. 1989 The final episode of The People Next Door aired.
Highlights
  1. 1982 Mr. T made a guest appearance on the television show Silver Spoons.
  2. 1984 Human rights activist Desmond Tutu (South African Lama) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  3. 1987 Baby Jessica was rescued after being trapped in her aunt’s well for over 56 hours.
 
October 17th

Music
  1. 1980 Bruce Springsteen‘s 5th album The River, Status Quo‘s 13th album, The Monochrome Set‘s 2nd album and Dire Straits‘ 3rd album Making Movies was released.
  2. 1983 Paul McCartney‘s 4th album Pipes of Peace was released.
  3. 1984 Whodini‘s 2nd album Escape was released.
  4. 1985 Various Artists‘ The Blasting Concept Vol 2 was released.
  5. 1986 Stacy Q‘s debut album Better Than Heaven was released.
  6. 1988 Dire Straits’ Greatest Hits album Money For Nothing was released, T’Pau‘s debut album Rage, Steve Earle 3rd album Copperhead Road, Chris Rea‘s Remix album New Light Through Old Windows and Traveling Wilburys‘ album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 were released.
  7. 1989 Selena‘s debut album Selena, George Harrison‘s compilation album Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989, Shawn Colvin’s debut album Steady On, Kiss’ 15th album Hot in the Shade and Suicidal Tendencies 4th album Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu were released.
Movies
  1. 1986 The Color of Money was released.
Television
  1. 1983 The Sally Jesse Raphael Show premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1981 The song Arthur's Theme by Christopher Cross became number one in America.
  2. 1987 The song Lost in Emotion by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam became number one in America.
  3. 1989 The 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay area during the World Series.
 
October 18th

Music
  1. 1980 Triumph’s 14th album The Jacksons was released.
  2. 1981 Hawkwind‘s 11th album Sonic Attack was released.
  3. 1982 Foghat’s 11th album In the Mood for Something Rude was released.
  4. 1983 Hall & Oates‘ compilation album Rock 'n Soul Part 1 and the Carpenters’ 11th album Voice of the Heart were released.
  5. 1984 Frank Zappa‘s 40th album Them or Us was released.
  6. 1985 The Cult‘s 2nd album Love was released.
  7. 1988 Duran Duran’s 5th album Big Thing, The Bangles 3rd album Everything, Anita Baker’s 3rd album Giving You the Best That I Got, Paul Simon’s compilation album Negotiations and Love Songs and Sonic Youth‘s 5th album Daydream Nation we’re released.
Movies
  1. 1980 Motel Hell was released.
  2. 1984 Stop Making Sense was released.
  3. 1985 Re-Animator was released.
Television
  1. 1988 Roseanne premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1985 The original Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the US.​
 
October 19th

Music
  1. 1981 INXS 2nd album Underneath the Colours was released.
  2. 1984 Big Country’s 2nd album Steeltown was released.
  3. 1987 Mötley Crüe‘s single You're All I Need was released.
Movies
  1. 1984 Crimes of Passion, The Razor's Edge and Thief of Hearts were released.
  2. 1989 The Bear was released.
Television

No television shows were release.

Highlights
  1. 1981 The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Montreal Expos 2 - 1 in game 5 to advance to the World Series.
  2. 1985 The song Take on Me by a-ha became number in America.
  3. 1987 The infamous Black Monday hit the U.S.
 
October 20th

Music
  1. 1980 U2’s debut album Boy and Donna Summer‘s 8th album The wanderer were released.
  2. 1983 Oak Ridge Boys‘ 9th album Deliver was released.
  3. 1984 Grave Digger‘s debut album Heavy Metal Breakdown was released.
  4. 1986 Billy Idol‘s 3rd album Whiplash Smile, Frankie Goes To Hollywood‘s 2nd album Liverpool and John Farnham‘s 12th album Whispering Jack was released.
  5. 1989 Nine Inch Nails‘ debut album Pretty Hate Machine was released.
Movies
  1. 1987 The Hidden was released.
  2. 1989 Fat Man and Little Boy, Gross Anatomy and Next of Kin were released.
Television
  1. 1985 Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes MTV talk show premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Two police officers and an armored car guard were killed by members of the Black Liberation Army and the Weather Underground during an armed robbery.
  2. 1982 The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series.
  3. 1988 The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series.
 
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