Apr 18, 1986: the film At Close Range was released in theaters. #80s

Apr 18, 1986: the film Legend was released in theaters. #80s Directed by Ridley Scott, it starred Tom Cruise, Mia Sara & Tim Curry.

Apr 18, 1987: 'I Knew You Were Waiting For Me' by Aretha Franklin & George Michael hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. #80s Held the top spot for 2 weeks.

Apr 18, 1987: Headbangers Ball debuted on MTV. #80s Original run lasted until 1995.

Apr 18, 1985: Atari released the Paperboy arcade game. #80s

Happy #80s Birthday to Rick Moranis(71), James Woods(77), 'Ferris Bueller's Mom' Cindy Pickett(77) & Kenny Ortega(74)

Apr 17, 1982: Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force released 'Planet Rock' as a single. #80s

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Apr 17, 1987: the film Project X was released in theaters. #80s

Also, today would've been the 70th birthday of Rowdy Roddy Piper (died in 2015). #RIP

Happy #80s Birthday to Michael Sembello(70), Joel Murray (61), Jan Hammer(76) & Lela Rochon(60)

Apr 16, 1983: Journey released 'Faithfully' as the 2nd single from Frontiers. #80s

Apr 16, 1988: Def Leppard released 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' in the U.S. as the 4th single from Hysteria. #80s Find out about the song's music video here > 80sxchange.com/post/flashback…

Apr 16, 1981: the series finale of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century aired. #80s Began in 1979, ran 2 seasons & 37 episodes.

Apr 16, 1984: 40 years ago, Bill Gates was on the cover of Time Magazine. #80s Computer Software

Apr 16, 1984: 40 years ago, Duran Duran released 'The Reflex' as the 3rd single from Seven and the Ragged Tiger. #80s

Happy #80s Birthday to Jon Cryer (59), Ellen Barkin (70), 'Ralphie' Peter Billingsley(53), Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett(71), Double's Kurt Maloo(71), Martin Lawrence(59) & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareeem Abdul-Jabbar(77)

Apr 15, 1989: Tone Loc's Loc-ed After Dark hit #1 on the Billboard album chart. #80s

Apr 15, 1988: the film Colors was released in theaters. #80s

Apr 15, 1989: 'She Drives Me Crazy' by Fine Young Cannibals hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. #80s