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September 21

Music
  1. 1982 Janet Jackson‘s debut album Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross‘ 2nd album Forever, For Always, For Love and Sheena Easton‘s 2nd album You Could Have Been with Me were released.
  2. 1984 America‘s 12th album Perspective was released.
  3. 1987 Kiss‘ 14th album Crazy Nights, Yes‘ 12th album Big Generator, World Wrestling Federation‘s 2nd album Piledriver: The Wrestling Album 2 and Wet Wet Wet’s debut album Popped In Souled Out were released.
  4. 1988 Anvil‘s 5th album Pound for Pound was released.
Movies
  1. 1984 All of Me, Windy City, Places in the Heart and The River Rat were released.
Television
  1. 1983 The television show Hotel premiered.
  2. 1985 The television shows Hollywood Beat and Lime Street premiered.
  3. 1987 The cartoon shows Beverly Hills Teens and Spiral Zone premiered in syndication.
  4. 1989 The television shows Top of the Hill and Hardball premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1985 Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits made it to number one on the US Billboard charts. George Clooney made his debut on the television show The Facts of Life.
 
September 22nd

Music
  1. 1986 Alice Cooper‘s 9th album Constrictor was released.
  2. 1987 Michael Bolton‘s 5th album The Hunger and Icehouse‘s 6th album Man of Colours was released.
Movies
  1. 1986 Black Rain was released.
Television
  1. 1982 The television show Family Ties premiered.
  2. 1984 The television shows Cover Up, Hot Pursuit and Finder of Lost Loves premiered.
  3. 1986 The television shows ALF and Together We Stand premiered. The children’s television show Zoobilee Zoo premiered in syndication. The cartoon show Dennis the Menace premiere.
  4. 1987 The television show I Married Dora and Full House premiered.
  5. 1989 The television shows Baywatch, Family Matters, Free Spirit and Snoops premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1982 The Who began their Farewell tour in Washington, D.C.
  2. 1984 The song Missing You by John Waite became number one in America.
  3. 1985 The Farm Aid concert took place In Champaign, Illinois.
 
September 23rd

Music
  1. 1980 Barbra Streisand‘s 22nd album Guilty was released.
  2. 1982 Billy Joel‘s 8th album The Nylon Curtain and Frank Zappa’s 34th album You Are What You Is were released.
  3. 1983 Kiss‘11th album Lick It Up was released.
  4. 1985 The Fall‘s 8th album This Nation's Saving Grace and 10,000 Maniacs‘ The Wishing Chair were released.
  5. 1986 Tina Turner‘s 6th album Break Every Rule and Boston‘s 3rd album Third Stage were released.
Movies
  1. 1981 Only When I Laugh and Rich and Famous were released.
  2. 1983 Eddie and the Cruisers and Pieces were released.
  3. 1988 Gorillas in the Mist, Kansas, Patty Hearst and Sweet Hearts Dance were released.
Television
  1. 1983 The television show Mr. Smith premiered.
  2. 1984 The television show Paper Dolls premiered.
  3. 1986 The television show Sledge Hammer! premiered.
  4. 1987 The television shows Hooperman and The Slap Maxwell Story premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1980 Bob Marley performed his last concert at the Hallenstadion in Zürich, Switzerland.
 
September 24th

Music
  1. 1980 Utopia‘s 5th album Deface the Music was released.
  2. 1982 Kool & the Gang‘s 13th album Something Special was released.
  3. 1984 David Bowie’s 16th album Tonight, Depeche Mode‘s 4th album Some Great Reward were released.
  4. 1985 Diana Ross’ 16th album Eaten Alive was released.
  5. 1987 Wendy & Lisa’s debut album Wendy and Lisa and Barry White 16th album The Right Night & Barry White were released.
Movies
  1. 1982 Amityville II: The Possession and Yes, Giorgio were released.
  2. 1988 Daffy Duck's Quackbusters was released.
Television
  1. 1982 The television show Bring 'Em Back Alive premiered.
  2. 1984 The final episode of the television show Happy Days aired.
  3. 1985 The television show Growing Pains premiered.
  4. 1987 The television shows A Different World, Tour of Duty and Booker premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1983 The song Tell Her About It by Billy Joel became number one in America.
  2. 1988 The song Don’t Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin became number one in America.
 
September 25th

Music
  1. 1982 The Psychedelic Furs‘ 3rd album Forever Now was released.
  2. 1988 They Might Be Giants‘ 2nd album Lincoln, Marillion‘s 5th album Seasons End, The Sugarcubes‘ 2nd album Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! and Tears for Fears’ 3rd album The Seeds of Love were released.
Movies
  1. 1981 The Boogens, Carbon Copy and So Fine were released.
  2. 1987 The Princess Bride, Best Seller, The Big Town and Real Men were released.
Television
  1. 1982 The television show Silver Spoons premiered. The cartoon shows Pac-Man, Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour, The Little Rascals and The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour premiered.
  2. 1984 The television show Three's a Crowd premiered.
  3. 1985 The television show The Insiders premiered.
  4. 1986 The news program Our World premiered.
  5. 1987 The television show Beauty and the Beast premiered. The final episode of the cartoon show My Little Pony premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1981 The Rolling Stones opened their US tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  2. 1982 The song Abracadabra by the Steve Miller Band became number one America.
 
September 26th

Music
  1. 1980 Madness‘ 2nd Album absolutely was released.
  2. 1983 Motley Crue’s 2nd album Shout at the Devil and the Art of Noise’s EP Into Battle with the Art of Noise Battles was released.
  3. 1986 Magnum‘s 6th album Vigilante was released.
  4. 1988 Oingo Boingo‘s Llive album Boingo Alive was released.
  5. 1989 Rickie Lee Jones‘ 5th album Flying Cowboys, The Mighty Lemon Drops‘ 3rd album Laughter, Thompson Twins‘ 7th album Big Trash and Randy Travis‘ 4th album No Holdin’ Back were released.
Movies
  1. 1980 In God We Tru$t, Resurrection, Stardust Memories and Without Warning were released.
  2. 1986 Crocodile Dundee was released.
Television
  1. 1982 The television shows Knight Rider, Matt Houston and Gloria premiered.
  2. 1983 The television shows Boone and AfterMASH premiered.
  3. 1984 The television show It’s Your Move premiered.
  4. 1987 The television shows Jake and the Fatman, J.J. Starbuck and Second Chance (aka Boys Will Be Boys) premiered. The cartoon show ALF: The Animated Series premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Iron Maiden Hired Bruce Dickinson as their new lead singer.
  2. 1987 The song Didn't We Almost Have it All by Whitney Houston became number one in America.
 
September 27th

Music
  1. 1982 Depeche Mode’s 2nd album A Broken Frame, UB40‘s 3rd album UB44 and The Fall‘s 5th album Room to Live were released.
  2. 1984 Alphaville’s debut album Forever Young was released.
  3. 1989 Billy Joel’s single We Didn’t Start the Fire and Roxette‘s Listen to Your Heart were released.
Movies
  1. 1985 The Journey of Natty Gann was released.
Television
  1. 1982 The television show Square Pegs premiered.
  2. 1983 The television show Oh Madeline premiered.
  3. 1984 The television show Partners in Crime premiered.
  4. 1986 The television show Amen premiered.
  5. 1987 The television shows Dolly and The Law & Harry McGraw premiered.
  6. 1989 The television Police Academy premiered.
Highlights
  1. 1986 Metallica’s bassist Cliff Burton was killed when the band’s tour bus crashed in Sweden.
 
September 28th

Music
  1. 1982 Dionne Warwick‘s 23rd album Heartbreaker was released.
  2. 1983 Alice Cooper’s 8th album DaDa was released.
  3. 1985 Angel Witch’s 2nd album Screamin' 'n' Bleedin' was released.
  4. 1987 Savatage‘s 4th album Hall of the Mountain King, Depeche Mode’s 6th album Music for the Masses and The Smiths’ 4th album Strangeways, Here We Come were released.
  5. 1988 MC Hammer’s debut album Let's Get It Started was released.
Movies
  1. 1983 The Big Chill was released.
  2. 1984 Country, Irreconcilable Differences and The Wild Life were released.
Television
  1. 1985 The final episode of Little Puppet Monsters aired.
  2. 1986 WWF Wrestling Challenge premiered in syndication.
  3. 1987 The game show Lingo and the television show Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered on syndication.
Highlights
  1. 1981 Olivia Newton-John‘s single Physical was release. The arcade game Galaga arcade game was released in Japan.
 
September 29

Music
  1. 1980 Stevie Wonder‘s 19th album Hotter Than July, Kool & the Gang‘s 12th album Celebrate! and Kurtis Blow‘s debut album Kurtis Blow were released.
  2. 1981 Herbie Hancock‘s 32nd album Magic Windows was released. Kenny Rogers‘ single Lady was released.
  3. 1986 New Order‘s 4th album Brotherhood, Kenny G‘s 4th album Duotones, Chicago‘s 15th album Chicago 18, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s 7th album The Pacific Age, Iron Maiden‘s 6th album Somewhere in Time and John Fogerty‘s 4th album Eye of the Zombie were released.
  4. 1987 Red Hot Chili Peppers 3rd album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan‘s and Warlock 4th and final album was released.
Movies
  1. 1989 In Country and Johnny Handsome were released.
Television
  1. 1985 The television shows MacGyver and Amazing Stories premiere.
  2. 1986 The television show Designing Women premiered.
  3. 1987 The television show thirtysomething premiered.
  4. 1989 The final episode of the cartoon show Thundercats aired.
Highlights
  1. The song Let's Go Crazy by Prince and the Revolution became number one in America.
 
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September 30th

Music
  1. 1982 Bruce Springsteen‘s 6th album Nebraska was released.
  2. 1985 Madness‘ 6th album Mad Not Mad Yngwie Malmsteen‘s 2nd album Marching Out, Tom Waits‘ 8th album Rain Dogs and Stevie Ray Vaughan‘s 3rd album Soul to Soul were released.
  3. 1986 Bruce Hornsby & the Range’s debut album The Way It Is was released.
Movies
  1. 1983 Brainstorm, The Honorary Consul and The Lonely Lady were released.
  2. 1988 Bird and Heartbreak Hotel were released.
Television
  1. 1982 The television show Cheers premiered.
  2. 1983 The television show Manimal premiered.
  3. 1984 The television show Murder, She Wrote premiered.
 
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