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October 21st

Music
  1. 1981 Bobby (Bobby Weir) and the Midnites‘ debut album Bobby and the Midnites was released.
  2. 1982 Devo‘s 5th album Oh, No! It’s Devo was released.
  3. 1983 The The‘s debut album Soul Mining was released.
  4. 1985 Simple Minds‘ 7th album Once Upon a Time was released.
  5. 1986 Weird Al" Yankovic‘s 4th album Polka Party! Was released.
  6. 1988 Roxette‘s 2nd album Look Sharp!, Kid 'n Play‘s debut album 2 Hype and Quiet Riot‘s 6th album QR were released.
Movies
  1. 1983 All the Right Moves, The Dead Zone, The Right Stuff and Under Fire were released.
  2. 1988 Mystic Pizza, Bat*21, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Tapeheads were released.
Television
  1. Jennifer Slept Here premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1980 Philadelphia Phillies won their first world series in team history.
  2. 1983 The meter was defined as the distance light travels in a second.
 
October 22nd

Music
  1. 1982 Dollar‘s third album The Dollar Album was released.
  2. 1984 Paul McCartney’s soundtrack Give My Regards to Broad Street was released.
  3. 1985 Aldo Nova‘s 3rd album Twitch was released.
  4. 1986 Bad Company‘s 7th album Fame and Fortune was released.
  5. 1988 Ozzy Osbourne‘s 5th album No Rest for the Wicked was released.
Movies
  1. 1982 First Blood, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Jinxed! and Monsignor were released.
Television
  1. 1982 The Quest premiered.
  2. 1988 The final episode of the cartoon Mighty Mouse: The New Adventure aired.
Headlines
  1. 1982 Vanna White replaced Susan Stafford on Wheel of Fortune.
  2. 1993 Prison inmates killed 2 correctional officers at the Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois.
  3. 1988 The song A Groovy Kind of Love by Phil Collins became number one in America.
 
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October 23rd

Music
  1. 1980 John Lennon‘s single (Just Like) Starting Over was released.
  2. 1981 Steve Miller Band‘s 11th album City of Love and Elvis Costello and the Attractions‘ 6th album Almost Blue were released.
  3. 1983 Willie Nelson‘s 29th album Without a Song was released.
  4. 1984 Wham!‘s 2nd album Make it Big and Janet Jackson‘s 2nd album Dream Street were released.
  5. 1986 Iggy Pop‘s 11th album Blah Blah Blah was released.
  6. 1989 Trent D'Arby‘s 2nd album Neither Fish nor Flesh Terence and Roy Orbison and Friends‘ live album A Black & White Night were released.
Movies
  1. 1981 Nightmare, The Pit and Silence of the North were released.
  2. 1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street was released.
  3. 1985 Twice in a Lifetime was released.
  4. 1987 Prince of Darkness, The Sicilian, Suspect, Fatal Beauty, The Glass Menagerie and No Man's Land were released.
Television
  1. 1988 Mission: Impossible premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1982 A shootout between police officers and a religious cult broke out in Arizona.
 
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October 24th

Music
  1. 1980 Cheap Trick‘s 5th album All Shook Up, Take Polaroids 4th album Gentlemen and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark‘s 2nd album Organisation were released.
  2. 1981 Billy Idol‘s debut album Don't Stop was released.
  3. 1983 Too Short‘s debut album Don’t Start Rappin’ was released.
  4. 1984 Nakajima‘s 11th album Hajimemashite Miyuki was released.
  5. 1985 The soundtrack for Krush Grooves was released.
  6. 1986 Nik Kershaw‘s 3rd album Radio Musicola and Stryper‘s 3rd album To Hell With the Devil we’re released.
  7. 1988 Sandra‘s 3rd album Into a Secret Land and Dead Can Dance‘s 4th album The Serpent's Egg were released.
  8. 1989 The Smithereens 3rd album 11 was released.
Movies
  1. 1986 Soul Man and Trick or Treat were released.
Television
  1. 1981 Fitz and Bones premiered.
  2. 1982 Made for tv Little Gloria premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1987 The song Bad by Michael Jackson became the number one song in America. The Minnesota Twins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11 - 5 to force a game 7 of the world series.
 
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October 25th

Music
  1. 1980 Aretha Franklin‘s 26th album Aretha was released.
  2. 1984 Culture Club‘s 3rd album Waking Up with the House on Fire was released.
  3. 1985 Olivia Newton John‘s 13th album Soul Kiss The Cars compilation album Greatest Hits were released.
  4. 1988 Barbra Streisand‘s 25th album Till I Loved You, Frank Zappa‘s live album You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 and Kansas‘ 11th album In the Spirit of Things were released.
Movies
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Television
  1. 1981 Today's F.B.I. premiered.
  2. 1982 Newhart premiered.
  3. 1983 Bay City Blues premiered.
  4. 1988 Midnight Caller premiered.
  5. 1989 The final episode of The Nutt House aired.
Highlights
  1. 1980 The song Woman in Love by Barbra Streisand became the number one song in America.
  2. 1986 The song True Colors by Cyndi Lauper became the one song in America.
  3. 1987 The Minnesota Twins won the World Series.
 
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October 26th

Music
  1. 1981 The J. Geils Band‘s 10th album Freeze Frame was released.
  2. 1983 Night Ranger‘s 2nd album Midnight Madness was released.
  3. 1987 Meat Loaf‘s live album Live at Wembley, Pop Will Eat Itself‘s debut album Box Frenzy and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions‘ 3rd album Mainstream were released.
  4. 1989 Pat Benatar‘s greatest hits album Best Shots and The Hooters‘ 4th album Zig Zag were released.
Movies
  1. 1984 The Terminator, American Dreamer, Body Double and Terror in the Aisles were released.
Television
  1. 1981 The game show Battlestars premiered.
  2. 1982 St. Elsewhere and Gavilan premiered.
  3. 1984 V premiered.
  4. 1985 The final episode of Lime Street aired.
  5. 1988 Tattingers, Annie McGuire and The Van Dyke Show premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1980 Paul Kantner (Jefferson Starship) was rushed to hospital following a cerebral hemorrhage. The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial Was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
  2. 1981 Iron Maiden Pllayed Its first show with Bruce Dickinson as the new lead singer in Bologna, Italy.
  3. 1985 The song Saving All My Love for You by Whitney Houston made it to number one on the US Billboard Charts.
 
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October 27th

Music
  1. 1980 Hawkwind‘s 10th album Levitation was released.
  2. 1981 Ringo Starr‘s 8th album Stop and Smell the Roses was released.
  3. 1982 Prince‘s 5th album 1999 was released.
  4. 1983 Bob Dylan‘s 22nd album Infidels was released.
  5. 1985 Celtic Frost‘s debut album To Mega Therion was released.
  6. 1986 XTC‘s 9th album Skylarking and The Stranglers 9th album Dreamtime was released.
  7. 1987 Robbie Robertson‘s debut album Robbie Robertson was released.
Movies
  1. 1989 Dad, Shocker, Immediate Family and Worth Winning were released.
Television
  1. 1980 The game show Blockbusters and Gambit premiered. Ladies' Man premiered.
  2. 1987 The final episode of the cartoon Maxie’s World aired.
  3. 1988 Paradise premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1985 The Kansas City Royals won their first World Series in history by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals.
  2. 1986 The NY Mets won their 2nd World Series by defeating the Boston Redsox.
  3. 1989 The World SeriesbBetween the Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants resumed after 10 days because of the 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake. Jane Pauley stepped down as co-anchor of NBC's Today Show after 13 years.
 
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October 28th

Music
  1. 1983 Nick Heyward’s debut album North of a Miracle was released.
  2. 1985 ZZ Top‘s 9th album Afterburner Oingo Boingo‘s 5th album Dead Man's Party, Grace Jones‘ 7th album Slave to the Rythm and A-ha’s debut album Hunting High and Low were released.
  3. 1988 Mike + The Mechanics‘ 2nd album Living Years was released.
  4. 1989 Bolt Thrower’s 2nd album Realm of Chaos – Slaves to Darkness was released.
Movies
  1. 1988 Feds was released.
Television
  1. 1981 Love, Sidney premiered.
  2. 1988 The final episode of The Late Show with Joan Rivers aired. The television movie Davie premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1981 The LA Dodgers won the World Series by defeating the NY Yankees.
  2. 1989 The Oakland A’s won the World Series by defeating the San Francisco Giants.
 
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October 29th

Music
  1. 1980 Neil Young's 10th album Hawks & Doves was released.
  2. 1981 Rush's live album Exit...Stage Left was released.
  3. 1982 Hawkwind's 13th album Choose Your Masques was released.
  4. 1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood's debut album Welcome to the Pleasuredome was released.
  5. 1987 Joe Walsh's 8th album Got Any Gum? was released.
Movie
  1. 1982 Class Reunion and Q were released.
  2. 1988 Moonwalker was released.
Television
  1. 1981 Gimme a Break and Lewis & Clark premiered.
  2. 1982 The New Odd Couple premiered.
  3. 1986 The final episode of Better Days aired.
  4. 1988 Dirty Dancing premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1983 The song Islands in the Stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton became number one in America.
  2. 1986 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opened the Last Stretch of the M25 Motorway.
 
October 30th

Music
  1. 1983 Mercyful Fate's debut album Melissa was released.
  2. 1985 Pat Benatar 6th album Seven the Hard Way, Anthrax's 2nd album Spreading the Disease and Armored Saint's 2nd Delirious Nomad were released.
  3. 1987 George Michael's debut album Faith and Sepultura's 2nd album Schizophrenia were released.
  4. 1989 Joe Satriani's 3rd album Flying in a Blue Dream, Wet Wet Wet's 2nd album Holding Back the River, Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila 2nd album Songs for the Poor Man and John Bramwell's LP You, Me and the Alarm Clock we're released.
Movies
  1. 1981 Halloween II and Looker were released.
Television
  1. 1980 It's a Living premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Halloween made it's broadcast premiere on tv the same day Halloween II was released in theaters.
  2. 1982 The song Who Can It Be Now? by Men at Work became number one in America.
 
October 31

Music
  1. 1980 Klaus Schulze's 13th album Dig It was released.
  2. 1983 Cocteau Twins' 2nd album Head Over Heels Brian May + Friends' EP Star Fleet Project was released.
  3. 1984 Madonna's Like a Virgin single was released.
  4. 1986 Possessed's 2nd album Beyond the Gates was released.
  5. 1988 Dinosaur Jr.'s 3rd album Bug, Paul McCartney's 7th album Choba B CCCP (USSR release) and Soundgarden's debut album Ultramega OK were released.
  6. 1989 Grateful Dead's final 13th album Built to Last and The Psychedelic Furs 6th album Book of Days were released.
Movies
  1. 1980 The Awakening and Touched by Love were released.
  2. 1986 Let's Get Harry was released.
Television
  1. 1980 I'm a Big Girl premiered.
  2. 1983 The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1987 Lee Haney (USA) won the Mr. Olympia competition for the 4th time.
 
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