(Saturday, August 31, 1985) — “You’re Only Human (Second Wind)” by Billy Joel peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘You’re Only Human (Second Wind)’ by Billy Joel peaks at #9 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 31 1985)
Category Archives: 1980s
AIDS victim Ryan White starts school over telephone 40 years ago today (Aug 26 1985)
Video: 'WISHstory: Ryan White barred from attending school due to AIDS diagnosis, pushes back (1985)'
(Monday, August 26, 1985) — 13-year-old AIDS patient Ryan White began “attending” classes today at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indiana, via a telephone hook-up at his home after school officials had barred Ryan from participating in person.
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Air crash kills young citizen diplomat Samantha Smith 40 years ago this hour (Aug 25 1985)
Video: 'Samantha Smith Dies - Archival Footage'
(Monday, August 25, 1985, at about 10:05 p.m. EDT; during the Cold War) — Samantha Smith, the 13-year-old schoolgirl whose letter to Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov resulted in her peace tour of the communist country, was killed tonight with her father, Arthur, and six other people in a commuter plane crash near Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport in Auburn, Maine. Continue reading Air crash kills young citizen diplomat Samantha Smith 40 years ago this hour (Aug 25 1985)
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‘The Power of Love’ by Huey Lewis and the News peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 24 1985)
(Saturday, August 24, 1985) — “The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis and the News peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Aug. 24/31, 1985). Continue reading ‘The Power of Love’ by Huey Lewis and the News peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 24 1985)
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‘What About Love’ by Heart peaks at #10 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 24 1985)
(Saturday, August 24, 1985) — “What About Love” by Heart peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘What About Love’ by Heart peaks at #10 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 24 1985)
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‘Jesse’ by Julian Lennon peaks at #54 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 24 1985)
(Saturday, August 24, 1985) — “Jesse” by Julian Lennon peaked at #54 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Jesse’ by Julian Lennon peaks at #54 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 24 1985)
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‘You Look Marvelous’ by Billy Crystal peaks at #58 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 24 1985)
(Saturday, August 24, 1985) — “You Look Marvelous” by Billy Crystal peaked at #58 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘You Look Marvelous’ by Billy Crystal peaks at #58 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 24 1985)
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‘Never Surrender’ by Corey Hart peaks at #3 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 17 1985)
(Saturday, August 17, 1985) — “Never Surrender” by Corey Hart peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Never Surrender’ by Corey Hart peaks at #3 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 17 1985)
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‘You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)’ by Dead or Alive peaks at #11 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 17 1985)
(Saturday, August 17, 1985) — “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” by Dead or Alive peaked at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)’ by Dead or Alive peaks at #11 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 17 1985)
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Meat packers strike at Hormel plant in Minnesota 40 years ago this hour (Aug 17 1985)
Video: 'NBC Reports Labor Pains - Hormel Strike - Decline of Unions'
(Saturday, August 17, 1985, 12:01 a.m. CDT) — More than 1,400 meatpackers walked off the job today at the Geo. A. Hormel and Co.’s main plant in Austin, Minnesota, in a bitter strike that would last just over a year.
