Today during the 80s in the month of November

[Pete]

November 1

Music

1. 1980 Slade's compilation album Slade Smashes! was released.
2. 1982 Night Ranger's debut album Dawn Patrol was released.
3. 1984 Pat Benatar's 5th album Tropico and Cocteau Twins 3rd album Treasures were released.
4. 1985 Simply Red's single Holding Back the Years was released.
5. 1986 Clan of Xymox 2nd album Medusa was released.
6. 1987 Earth, Wind & Fire's 14th album Touch the World and Black Sabbath's 13th album The Eternal Idol were released.
7. 1988 Harry Connick, Jr.'s 2nd album 20, Ratt's 4th album Reach for the Sky and Ofra Haza's 17th album Shaday were released.

Movies

1. 1985 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, To Live and Die in L.A. and Death Wish 3 we're released.

Television

1. 1981 Code Red premiered.

Highlights

1. 1982 Honda opened a factory in Marysville, Ohio making them the first Asian company to produce cars in the United States.

 

[Pete]

November 2

Music

1. 1980 Rory Gallagher's live album Stage Struck was released.
2. 1982 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 5th album Long After Dark was released.
3. 1983 Irene Cara's 2nd album What a Feelin' was released.
4. 1987 Paul McCartney's compilation album All the Best!, Dokken's 4th album Back for the Attack, Bryan Ferry's 7th album Bête Noire and George Harrison's 11th album Cloud Nine was released.

Movies

1. 1983 National Lampoon's Movie Madness was released.
2. 1984 Paris, Texas and the Killing Fields were released.

Television

1. 1987 The game show Finders Keepers premiered.
2. 1988 Murphy’s Law premiered.

Highlights

1. 1980 Edith passed away from a stroke on the season 2 premiere of Archie Bunker’s Place.
2. 1983 President Reagan signed a bill making Martin Luther King, Jr. a holiday.
3. 1985 The song Part-Time Lover by Stevie Wonder became number one in America.
4. 1988 The First Internet computer worm was released by MIT students.

 

[Pete]

November 3

Music

1. 1980 Whitesnake's live album Live...in the Heart of the City, ABBA's 7th album Super Trouper, Bauhaus' debut album In the Flat Field and The Damned's 4th album The Black Album were released. Dolly Parton's single 9 to 5 was released.
2. 1986 Kim Wilde's 5th album Another Step (5th), Kool & the Gang's 17th album Forever, John Lennon's compilation album Menlove Ave. and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 4th album Your Funeral... My Trial were released.
3. 1987 Kool Moe Dee's 2nd album How Ya Like Me Now was released.

Movies

1. 1989 The Phantom of the Opera and Second Sight were released.

Television

1. 1981 Father Murphy premiered.
2. 1985 The miniseries North and the South premiered.

Highlights

1. 1984 The song Caribbean Queen by Billy Ocean became number one in America.
2. 1988 Geraldo Rivera had his nose broken in a brawl by a nazi skinhead during the filming of his talk show.

 

[Pete]

November 4th

Music

1. 1981 Black Sabbath's 10th album the Mob Rules was released.
2. 1983 Paul Simon's 6th album Hearts and Bones and Earth, Wind & Fire's 13th album Electric Universe were released.
3. 1984 Hawkwind's live album This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic was released.
4. 1985 Barbra Streisand's 24th album The Broadway Album, Aerosmith's 8th album Done with Mirrors, The Clash's 6th and final album Cut the Crap, Hawkwind's compilation album Hawkwind Anthology Elton John's 19th album Ice on Fire, Sade's 2nd album Promise and Spandau Ballet's compilation album The Singles Collection were released.
5. 1986 The Pretenders' 4th album Get Close, They Might Be Giants debut album They Might Be Giants and Yngwie Malmsteen's 3rd album Trilogy were released.

Movies

1. 1983 Deal of the Century, The Osterman Weekend, Running Brave and The Being were released.
2. 1988 Everybody's All-American, The Good Mother, U2: Rattle and Hum documentary and They Live we're released.

Television

1. 1981 The Fall Guy premiered.

Highlights

1. 1980 Ronald Reagan (R) was Elected the 40th President of the United States. Steve Carlton from the Philadelphia Phillies won his 3rd National League Cy Young Award.
2. 1989 The song Listen to Your Heart by Roxette became number one in America.

 

[Pete]

November 5th

Music

1. 1982 Phil Collins 2nd album Hello, I Must Be Going!, George Clinton's debut album Computer Games, Madness' 4th album The Rise & Fall, Siouxsie and The Banshees' 5th album A Kiss in the Dreamhouse and George Harrison's 10th album Gone Troppo were released.
2. 1984 Bryan Adams 4th album Reckless, REO Speedwagon's 11th album Wheels Are Turnin' and Kim Wilde's 4th album Teases & Dares were released.
3. 1986 Too Short's 3rd album Raw, Uncut and X-Rated was released.

Movies

1. 1982 The Man from Snowy River and Piranha II: The Spawning were released.

Television

1. 1983 The final episode of the cartoon Pac-Man aired.
2. 1987 Beverly Hills Buntz premiered.
3. 1988 Raising Miranda premiered.

Highlights

1. 1983 Eddie Murphy performed the James Brown “Hot Tub Party” skit on Saturday Night Live.
2. 1988 The song Kokomo by The Beach Boys became number one in America.

 

[Pete]

November 6th

Music

1. 1981 The Cars 4th album Shake it Up, Rod Stewart's 11th album Tonight I'm Yours and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 3rd album Architecture & Morality were released.
2. 1982 Rod Stewart's live album Absolutely was released.
3. 1983 The Pointer Sisters 10th album Break Out was released.
4. 1987 Stevie Wonder's 21st album Characters, the Less Than Zero soundtrack and N.W.A.'s debut album N.W.A and the Posse were released.
5. 1989 Phil Collins' 4th album ...But Seriously (U.S.release) and The Creatures 2nd album Boomerang were released.

Movies

1. 1981 Time Bandits was released.
2. 1987 Less Than Zero, Cry Freedom, Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, Hello Again, Hiding Out, Made in Heaven, Russkies and Steel Dawn we're released.

Television
No television news for today.

Highlights

1. 1982 The song Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes became number one in America.
2. 1984 President Reagan (R) was re-elected President of the United States.

 

[Pete]

November 7th

Music

1. 1980 Bette Midler and the Harlettes live album Divine Madness and the Eagles live album Eagles were released.
2. 1981 Ozzy Osbourne's 2nd album Diary of a Madman was released.
3. 1982 Grace Jones 6th album Living My Life was released.
4. 1983 Yes' 11th album 90125 and the The Rolling Stones 19th album Undercover were released.
5. 1985 Yes' live album 9012 Live: The Solos and Bob Dylan's box set Biography were released.
6. 1987 Venom's 5th album Calm Before the Storm and David Sylvian 4th album Secrets of the Beehive were released.
7. 1987 R.E.M's 6th album Green and Wet Wet Wet's compilation album The Memphis Sessions were released.
8. 1988 Eric Clapton's 11th album Journeyman and Whitesnames' 8th album Slip of the Tongue were released.

Movies

1. 1984 Oh, God! You Devil was released.
2. 1986 52 Pick-Up, Modern Girls, Sid and Nancy, Something Wild and Tai-Pan De were released.

Television

1. 1987 Sable premiered. The final episodes of Everything’s Relative, Leg Work and the cartoon Teen Wolf aired.
2. 1989 The of Chicken Soup aired.

Highlights

1. 1981 The song Private Eyes by Daryl Hall and John Oates made it number one on the US Billboard charts.
2. 1983 A bomb exploded inside the United States Capitol.
3. 1987 The song I Think We’re Alone Now by Tiffany became number one in America.
4. 1989 Douglas Wilder (Virginia) became the first African American Governor elected in the United States. David Dinkins Bbcame the first African American mayor of New York City.

 

[Pete]

November 8th

Music

1. 1980 Motörhead's 4th album Ace of Spades was released. Eddie Rabbit's single I Love a Rainy Night was release.
2. 1982 ABBA's compilation album The Singles: The First Ten Years was released.
3. 1983 Barbra Streisand's soundtrack Yentil was released.
4. 1985 New Edition's 3rd album All for Love was released.
5. 1988 Realm's debut album Endless War and The Jungle Brothers' debut album Straight Out of the Jungle were released.

Movies

1. 1985 Target, That Was Then... This Is Now and Transylvania 6-5000 were released.
2. 1986 Quiet Cool was released.

Television

1. 1989 The cartoon shows Richie Rich and Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo premiered.

Highlights

1. 1986 The song Amanda by Boston became number one in America.
2. 1988 George H.W. Bush was Elected 41st president of the United States.

 

[Pete]

November 9th

Music

1. 1981 Men at Work's debut album Business as Usual and The Stranglers' 6th album La Folie were released.
2. 1984 Alison Moyet's debut album Alf and Gary Numan's 6th album Berserker we're released.
3. 1985 WWF Wrestlers' debut album The Wrestling Album, Twisted Sister's 4th album Come Out and Play, Y&T's 7th album Down for the Count, White Lion's debut album Fight to Survive, W.A.S.P.'s 2nd album The Last Command, Helix's 5th album Long Way to Heaven, Icon's 2nd album Night of the Crime and King Kobra's debut album Ready to Strike were released.
4. 1986 Killer Dwarfs 2nd album Stand Tall.
5. 1987 Candlemass' 2nd album Nightfall and the Eurythmics' 6th album Savage were released.

Movies

1. 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street and No Small Affair were released.
2. 1988 Child's Play was released.

Television
No television shows debuted

Highlights

1. 1985 Miami Vice's theme song by Jan Hammer became number one in the U.S.
2. 1989 The Berlin Wall was approved to be taken down in Germany.

 

[Pete]

November 10th

Movies

1. 1983 Star 80 was released.
2. 1982 Creepshow was released.
3. 1989 Best of the Best, Communion and Staying Together were released.

Television

1. 1984 The final episode of the cartoon The Puppy’s Further Adventures.
2. 1988 Knightwatch premiered.

Music

1. 1980 Neil Diamonds soundtrack The Jazz Singer was released.
2. 1981 Kiss' 9th album Music from "The Elder", Mötley Crüe's debut album Too Fast For Love and The Durutti Column's 2nd album LC were released.
3. 1983 Billy Idol's 2nd album Rebel Yell was released.
4. 1984 The Who's live album Who's Last was released.
5. 1986 Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band's live album Live/1975–85, Sepultura's debut album Morbid Visions, Kate Bush's compilation album The Whole Story and Kraftwerk's 9th album Electric Cafe were released.
6. 1987 Cher's 18th album Cher and Neil Diamond's live album Hot August Night II were released.
7. 1989 Robert Earl Keen's 2nd album West Textures was released.

Highlights

1. 1983 Bill Gates introduced Windows 1.0.
2. 1989 Germany began tearing down the Berlin Wall.

 

[Pete]

November 11th

Movies

1. 1988 Ernest Saves Christmas, Evil Angels, Distant Thunder, Iron Eagle II and Split Decisions were released.

Television

1. 1980 Too Close for Comfort premiered.
2. 1981 Shannon premiered.
3. 1987 The final episode of the cartoon The Transformers aired.

Music

1. 1980 Aerosmith's compilation album Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits was released.
2. 1981 The Jacksons' live album The Jacksons and The Buggles 2nd album Adventures in Modern Recording was released.
3. 1983 Corey Hart's debut album First Offense was released.
4. 1984 Oingo Boingo 4th album - So-Lo was released.
5. 1985 Depeche Mode's compilation album Catching Up with Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen's compilation album Songs to Learn & Sing, Hawkwind's 14th album The Chronicle of the Black Sword, Pete Townshend's concept album White City: A Novel and Sandra's debut album The Long Play were released.

Highlights

1. 1989 The song When I See You Smile by Bad English became number one in America.

 

[Pete]

November 12th

Movies

1. 1982 Alone in the Dark, Jimmy the Kid, The Slumber Party Massacre (New York) Los Angeles September 10, They Call Me Bruce and White Dog were released.

Television

1. 1980 Enos premiered.
2. 1985 Hulk Hogan made a guest appearance on the A-Team.

Music

1. 1982 The J. Geils Band live album Showtime was released.
2. 1984 Madonna's 2nd album Like a Virgin, Eurythmics' soundtrack 1984, Duran Duran's live album and The Smiths's compilation album Hatful of Hollow was released.

Highlights

1. 1980 The Space Probe Voyager made it's closest approach to Saturn.
2. 1981 Billy Martin (A’s) won sporting news “Manager of the Year”. For the first time a manned spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia was launched into space twice.
3. 1983 The song All Night Long by Lionel Richie became number one song in America.
4. 1988 The song Wild, Wild West by The Escape Club became number one song in America.

 

[Pete]

November 13th

Movies

1. 1981 Porky's and The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper were released.
2. 1987 The Running Man, Hope and Glory and Cross My Heart were released.

Television

1. 1986 The final episode of Kay O’Brien aired.

Music

1. 1981 New Order's debut album Movement, Slade's 10th album Till Deaf Do Us Part and Japan's 5th album Tin Drum.
2. 1982 Eagles' compilation album Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol 2 and Lee Aaron's debut album The Lee Aaron Project were released.
3. 1985 Phranc's debut album Folk Singer and Jethro Tull's greatest hits album Original Masters were released.
4. 1989 Felt's 10th album Me and a Monkey on the Moon, Frank Zappa's live album You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 and Godflesh's debut album Streetcleaner were released.

Highlights

1. 1982 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.

 

[Pete]

November 14th

Movies

1. 1980 Raging Bull, The Boogeyman, Alligator and The Idolmaker were released.
2. 1985 Smooth Talk was released.
3. 1986 Hoosiers and Streets of Gold were released.

Television

1. 1982 The miniseries show Blue and the Gray premiered.
2. 1985 Shadow Chasers premiered.
3. 1988 Murphy Brown premiered.

Music

1. 1980 Saxon's 3rd album Strong Arm of the Law was released.
2. 1981 Earth, Wind & Fire's 11th album Raise! was released.
3. 1983 Eurythmics' 3rd album Touch, ABC's 2nd album Beauty Stab and Chic's 7th album Believer were released.
4. 1988 Milli Vanilli's debut album All or Nothing was released.
5. 1989 Ministry's 4th album The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste was released.

Highlights

No highlights known for today.

 

[Pete]

November 15th

Movies

1. 1985 Once Bitten and Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer.
2. 1989 Steel Magnolias.

Television

1. 1981 This Week premiered.
2. 1986 The final episode of Life with Lucy aired.
3. 1989 The final episode of A Peaceable Kingdom aired.

Music

1. 1981 Thin Lizzy's 11th album Renegade was released.
2. 1983 John Denver's 17th album It's About Time and Ozzy Osbourne's 3rd album Bark at the Moon were released.
3. 1984 Barry Manilow's 14th album 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe and Kool & the Gang's 16th album Emergency were released.
4. 1985 Cocteau Twins' EP Tiny Dynamine was released.
5. 1986 Frank Zappa's 17th album Jazz from Hell and Ray Vaughan's live album Live Alive, The Beastie Boys debut album License to Ill were released.
6. 1988 Fleetwood Mac's compilation album Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits, Journey's compilation album Journey’s Greatest Hits, Aerosmith's compilation album Gems, Robert Earl Keen's The Live Album, Kiss' compilation album Smashes, Thrashes & Hits and Cowboy Junkies' 2nd album The Trinity Session were released.

Highlights

1. 1980 The song Lady by Kenny Rogers made it to number one on the Billboards charts.
2. 1985 A university of Michigan research assistant was injured when a package from the unabomber exploded.

 

[Pete]

November 16th

Movies

1. 1984 Missing in Action, Night of the Comet, Just the Way You Are and Night Patrol were released.

Television

No television debuts.

Music

1. 1981 Chic's 5th album Take it Off was released.
2. 1987 Rick Astley's debut album Whenever You Need Somebody and Sister of Mercy's Floodland were released.
3. 1988 Dokken's live album Beast from the East and Miyuki Nakajima's 16th album Goodbye Girl were released.

Highlights

1. 1985 The song We Built This City by Starship became number one in the US.
2. 1988 Robin Givens sued her ex husband Mike Tyson for $125 million dollars.

 

[Pete]

November 17th

Movies

1. 1989 The Little Mermaid (animated) , Harlem Nights, All Dogs Go to Heaven (animated) and Prancer were released.

Television

1. 1981 Skoakie Premiered on CBS.

Music

1. 1980 Lennon & Yoko Ono's 5th album Double Fantasy, Dolly Parton's 23rd album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs and The Fall's 3rd album Grotesque were released.
2. 1982 Chaka Khan's 4th album Chaka Khan was released.
3. 1984 The Stranglers 8th album Aural Sculpture was released.
4. 1986 Dark Angel's 2nd album Darkness Descends and the The's 2nd album Infected , The Kinks 22nd album Think Visual and Diamanda Galás 4th album Saint of the Pit were released.
5. 1987 Madonna's remix album You Can Dance was released.
6. 1989 Rob Base's 1st album The Incredible Base and Status Quo's 19th album Perfect Remedy were released.

Highlights

1. 1984 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham made it to number on the US Billboard Charts. Air Jordans were introduced to the public.

 

[Pete]

November 18th

Movies

1. 1983 Amityville 3-D, A Christmas Story, Nate and Hayes, A Night in Heaven and Sleepaway Camp were released.
2. 1988 The Land Before Time (animation), The Chocolate War, Fresh Horses, High Spirits, 1969 and Oliver & Company (animation) were released.

Television

1. 1980 Suzanne Somers made her final full appearance on the show Three’s Company.
2. 1988 The final episode of 3-2-1 Contact aired.

Music

1. 1981 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 2nd album I Love Rock 'n' Roll was released.
2. 1983 Ian Anderson's debut album Walk Into Light was released.
3. 1985 Stevie Nicks' 3rd album Rock a Little, Slade's compilation album Crackers: The Christmas Party Album, Element Ethan's album High Roller in New Orleans, The Jesus and Mary Chain's debut album Psychocandy and Arcadia's debut album So Red the Rose were released.
4. 1986 Duran Duran's 4th album Notorious was released.
5. 1988 Manowar's 6th album Kings of Metal was released.

Highlights

1. 1988 President Ronald Reagan signed a bill allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.

 

[Pete]

November 19th

Movies

1. 1980 Heaven's Gate was released.
2. 1982 Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales, Heidi's Song, The Last Unicorn (animation) and Still of the Night were released.

Television
No television premiers or finale's.

Music

1. 1989 Barry Manilow's 7th album Barry was released.
2. 1982 Led Zeppelin's compilation album Coda 1970-79 was released.
3. 1984 Don Henley's 2nd album Building the Perfect Beast, The Kinks's 20th album Word of Mouth and Nik Kershaw's 2nd album The Riddle was released.
4. 1985 Tears for Fear's single Shout was released.

Highlights

1. 1985 Pennzoil won a $10.53 billion judgment against Texaco.
2. 1988 The song Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi made it to number one on the US Billboard Charts.

 

[Pete]

November 20th

Movies

1. 1981 The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie and Ragtime were released.
2. 1987 Flowers in the Attic, Teen Wolf Too, Sign o' the Times and Date with an Angel were released.

Television

1. 1981 McClain’s Law premiered.
2. 1983 The miniseries Kennedy premiered.
3. 1985 The Colby’s premiered.

Music

1. 1982 Whitesnake's 5th album Saints & Sinners was released.
2. 1985 Status Quo's 16th album Back to Back was released.
3. 1989 Lisa Stansfield's debut album Affection was released.

Highlights

1. 1985 Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released to the public.