Category Archives: 1980s

‘A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)’ by Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio peaks at #4 in USA #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 20 1981)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, June 20, 1981) — “A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)” by Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio peaked today at #4 on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of two weeks. Continue reading ‘A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)’ by Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio peaks at #4 in USA #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 20 1981) →

‘America’ by Neil Diamond peaks at #8 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 13 1981)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, June 13, 1981) — “America” by Neil Diamond, released from the soundtrack album of Diamond’s film The Jazz Singer, peaked today at #8 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for the first of three weeks. Continue reading ‘America’ by Neil Diamond peaks at #8 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 13 1981) →

‘The Waiting’ by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers peaks at #19 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 13 1981)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, June 13, 1981) — “The Waiting” by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers peaked at #19 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of two weeks. Continue reading ‘The Waiting’ by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers peaks at #19 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 13 1981) →

‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ opens in New York City 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1981)

1980s, Movies 1980s


Video: 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' trailer

(Friday, June 12, 1981, 11:00 a.m. EDT) — Raiders of the Lost Ark, an American action-adventure film that pits Indiana Jones against the Nazis who search for the Ark of the Covenant because Adolf Hitler believes it will make their army invincible, opened today at Loews Astor Plaza movie theater at 1515 Broadway, between West 44th and 45th Streets, in the Times Square area of Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Continue reading ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ opens in New York City 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1981) →

Israeli jets destroy unfinished Iraqi atomic reactor near Baghdad 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 7 1981)

1980s


Video: 'Operation Opera - Israel's Raid on the Iraqi Reactor 1981'

(Sunday, June 7, 1981, 6:55 p.m. Arabia Standard Time; during Operation Opera, part of the Arab–Israeli conflict) — Israeli planes today bombed and destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor 11 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, that the Israeli government said would have enabled Iraq to manufacture nuclear weapons. Continue reading Israeli jets destroy unfinished Iraqi atomic reactor near Baghdad 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 7 1981) →

AIDS epidemic officially begins as CDC reports cluster of rare form of pneumonia in five gay men in Los Angeles 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 5 1981)

1980s


Video: 'The Age of Aids full documentary'

(Friday, June 5, 1981) — The AIDS epidemic officially began today when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report newsletter reported unusual clusters of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) caused by a form of Pneumocystis carinii (now recognized as a distinct species, Pneumocystis jirovecii) in five homosexual men in Los Angeles. Continue reading AIDS epidemic officially begins as CDC reports cluster of rare form of pneumonia in five gay men in Los Angeles 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 5 1981) →

‘Somewhere in England’ by George Harrison released 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 1 1981)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s, The Beatles 1980s


Video: 'George Harrison somewhere in England album' (first 10 videos constitute original release)

(Monday, June 1, 1981) — Somewhere in England, the ninth studio album by former Beatle George Harrison, was released today in the U.S. (June 5, 1981, in the UK).
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‘Watching the Wheels’ by John Lennon peaks at #10 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 23 1981)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'WATCHING THE WHEELS. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon (official music video HD)'

(Saturday, May 23, 1981) — “Watching the Wheels,” by former Beatle John Lennon peaks at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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