User:The0Quester/Events/1980s

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1980 edit

Unknown date 1 - Adventure
Unknown date 2 - Zork I
Entire year - Rubik's Cube
January 6 - Vruć vetar
January 10 - The Age of Plastic
January 14 - 3-2-1 Contact
January 18 - Permanent Waves
January 27 - "Canadian Caper"
January 28 - Chespirito
January 29 - "Call Me" - Blondie
January 30 - Maniac
February 1 - American Gigolo
February 1 - Dragster
February 1 - The Fog
February 5 - Mystery!
February 7 - Cannibal Holocaust
February 7 - Inferno
February 8 - Cruising
February 13 - Lake Placid Winter Olympics
February 15 - Moon Cresta
February 15 - Get Happy!!
February 22 - "Miracle on Ice"
February 25 - Yes Minister
February 29 - The Ninth Configuration
March 1 - "Funkytown" - Lipps Inc.
March 1 - Star Raiders
March 12 - Glass Houses
March 15 - Breaker Morant
March 19 - The King and the Mockingbird
March 24 - Nightline
March 26 - Women and Children First
March 28 - The Changeling
March 28 - Duke
March 28 - The World of Strawberry Shortcake
April 11 - Fridays
April 14 - British Steel
April 14 - Iron Maiden
April 18 - Seventeen Seconds
April 23 - Kagemusha
April 24 - Operation Eagle Claw
April 25 - Heaven and Hell
April 26 - Los Angeles
April 28 - Game & Watch
May 5 - Mystery House
May 8 - Death and state funeral of Josip Broz Tito
May 16 - Fame
May 16 - McCartney II
May 18 - Eruption of Mount St. Helens
May 18 - Gwangju Uprising
May 21 - My American Uncle
May 21 - The Empire Strikes Back
May 22 - Pac-Man
May 23 - The Shining
May 24 - The Adventure Game
June 1 - CNN
June 6 - Alvarez hypothesis
June 10 - Uprising
June 13 - Friday the 13th
June 16 - The Blues Brothers
June 18 - "Upside Down" - Diana Ross
June 30 - The Game
July 1 - Missile Command
July 2 - Airplane!
July 18 - Closer
July 18 - Crocodiles
July 18 - Prom Night
July 19 - Moscow Summer Olympics
July 25 - Back in Black
July 25 - Caddyshack
July 25 - Dressed to Kill

July 28 - Rest Energy
July 30 - Hurricane Allen
August 1 - Kaleidoscope
August 2 - Bologna massacre
August 10 - Personal Problems
August 13 - "Whip It" - Devo
August 19 - Saudia Flight 163
August 22 - "Another One Bites the Dust" - Queen
September 2 - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
September 3 - Atlantic City
September 8 - Never for Ever
September 17 - The Last Metro
September 18 - Pixote
September 18 - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
September 19 - Ordinary People
September 22 - Beginning of Iran-Iraq War
September 26 - Oktoberfest bombing
September 28 - Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
September 28 - Hungarian Folk Tales
September 29 - Hotter than July
October 1 - Ace of Spades
October 1 - TLC
October 1 - Astro Boy
October 1 - "Celebration"
October 1 - Gloria
October 2 - The Elephant Man
October 3 - Rally-X
October 3 - Zenyatta Mondatta
October 4 - Thundarr the Barbarian
October 8 - Dirty Mind
October 8 - Radar Scope
October 8 - Remain in Light
October 12 - Berlin Alexanderplatz
October 17 - The River
October 20 - Boy
October 23 - Who's Singin' Over There?
October 30 - It's a Living
November 1 - Battlezone
November 1 - Crazy Climber
November 1 - Space Panic
November 1 - Star Castle
November 3 - In the Flat Field
November 3 - The Long Good Friday
November 3 - Super Trouper
November 7 - Babylon
November 11 - Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
November 11 - Too Close for Comfort
November 12 - Berzerk
November 12 - Voyager 1 approach to Saturn
November 14 - Alligator
November 17 - Double Fantasy
November 19 - Heaven's Gate
November 21 - BBC Children in Need
November 21 - Gaucho
November 21 - MGM Grand fire
November 23 - Irpinia earthquake
December 1 - Phoenix
December 3 - Out of the Blue
December 4 - Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
December 4 - Superman II
December 5 - Flash Gordon
December 8 - Murder of John Lennon
December 11 - Magnum, P.I.
December 12 - Sandinista!
December 19 - 9 to 5
December 19 - Raging Bull
December 25 - Altered States
December 31 - Boxing
December 31 - Rogue
December 31 - Wizard of Wor

1981 edit

January 1 - The Mystery of the Third Planet
January 5 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
January 5 - The Great Space Coaster
January 12 - Dynasty
January 14 - Scanners
January 15 - Hill Street Blues
January 21 - DMC DeLorean
January 23 - Trust
February 1 - Defender
February 1 - Gorf
February 1 - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
February 6 - New Rally-X
February 11 - Mephisto
February 11 - My Bloody Valentine
February 12 - Moving Pictures
February 13 - Face Value
March 1 - Scramble
March 4 - The Aviator's Wife
March 13 - The Funhouse
Match 13 - The Howling
March 19 - The Greatest American Hero
March 24 - Löwenzahn
March 27 - Thief
March 30 - Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
April 2 - Christiane F.
April 10 - Brixton riot
April 10 - Excalibur
April 12 - Space Shuttle Columbia first mission
April 17 - Faith
April 24 - Ms .45
April 29 - The Beyond
April 29 - Fair Warning
May 1 - Friday the 13th Part 2
May 8 - The Burning
May 10 - Computer World
May 11 - Death of Bob Marley
May 13 - Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II
May 27 - Possession
May 29 - Polyester
May 30 - Heaven Up Here
June 1 - Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness
June 5 - Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS
June 12 - History of the World, Part I
June 12 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
June 15 - Centipede
June 19 - Juju
June 19 - Only a Lad
June 22 - Fire of Unknown Origin
June 24 - For Your Eyes Only
June 26 - Stripes
July 1 - The Decline of Western Civilization
July 1 - Vanguard
July 2 - Time Bandits
July 9 - Donkey Kong
July 8 - Beauty and the Beat
July 10 - The Fox and the Hound
July 10 - Escape from New York
July 17 - Arthur
July 17 - Hyatt Regency walkway collapse
July 24 - Blow Out
July 27 - Bella Donna
July 29 - Heavy Metal
July 29 - Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana
July 30 - Time for Revenge
July 31 - Time
August 1 - Frogger
August 1 - MTV
August 7 - Gallipoli
August 12 - IBM Personal Computer
August 12 - MS-DOS

August 12 - Never Too Much
August 12 - Shot of Love
August 17 - One from the Heart
August 21 - An American Werewolf in London
August 24 - Tattoo You
August 28 - Body Heat
August 31 - Fire of Love
August 31 - Peperina
September 1 - Castle Wolfenstein
September 1 - Deceit
September 1 - Galaga
September 1 - Today's Special
September 1 - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
September 1 - "Let's Groove" - Earth, Wind & Fire
September 8 - Only Fools and Horses
September 12 - The Smurfs
September 12 - Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
September 13 - Mur Murs
September 17 - Das Boot
September 19 - Postman Pat
September 22 - Discipline
September 23 - Garde à Vue
September 26 - Chariots of Fire
September 26 - Elvira's Movie Macabre
September 28 - Bullseye
September 28 - They Don't Wear Black Tie
September 28 - Danger Mouse
September 28 - "Physical" - Olivia Newton-John
October 1 - Diary of a Madman
October 1 - Qix
October 1 - Tempest
October 2 - Ghost in the Machine
October 3 - Irish hunger strike
October 3 - Ulysses 31
October 9 - Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
October 11 - My Dinner with Andre
October 12 - Brideshead Revisited
October 12 - October
October 14 - Controversy
October 14 - Urusei Yatsura
October 15 - The Evil Dead
October 16 - Dare
October 16 - Mask
October 21 - Stargate
October 22 - Son of the White Mare
October 22 - Tenko
October 23 - Almost Blue
October 29 - Gimme a Break!
October 30 - Halloween II
November 1 - Bosconian
November 2 - "Down Under" - Men at Work
November 4 - Mob Rules
November 9 - Business as Usual
November 11 - Adventures in Modern Recording
November 13 - Movement
November 13 - Tin Drum
November 18 - I Love Rock 'n Roll
November 20 - For Those About to Rock We Salute You
November 24 - Simon & Simon
November 27 - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
December 1 - 3D Monster Maze
December 3 - Francisca
December 3 - Reds
December 4 - Falcon Crest
December 5 - Damaged
December 11 - El Mozote massacre
December 24 - Mad Max 2
December 25 - Kisapmata
December 31 - Kaboom!
December 31 - Venture

1982 edit

Unknown date 1 - Cabbage Patch Kids
Unknown date 2 - Glo Worm
January 1 - Robotron: 2084
January 1 - Zaxxon
January 7 - Commodore 64
January 7 - Fame
January 12 - American Playhouse
January 13 - Ms. Pac-Man
January 18 - Sons and Daughters
January 30 - Elk Cloner
February 1 - Haunted House
February 1 - Late Night with David Letterman
February 2 - Hama massacre
February 5 - Bad Brains
February 12 - missing.
February 16 - The Concert in Central Park
February 18 - The King of Comedy
February 18 - Veronika Voss
March 1 - "I Ran (So Far Away)" - A Flock of Seagulls
March 1 - Walk Among Us
March 4 - Police Squad!
March 5 - Fitzcarraldo
March 16 - Conan the Barbarian
March 19 - Victor/Victoria
March 22 - The Number of the Beast
April 2 - Cat People
April 2 - Falklands War
April 7 - Basket Case
April 19 - Big Science
April 19 - Dig Dug
April 24 - Chan Is Missing
April 26 - Tug of War
April 28 - Koyaanisqatsi
May 1 - The Mysterious Cities of Gold
May 1 - Yars' Revenge
May 2 - The Weather Channel
May 4 - Hot Space
May 4 - Pornography
May 8 - Moon Patrol
May 10 - Rio
May 14 - Combat Rock
May 21 - Annie
May 21 - Choplifter
May 28 - Avalon
May 28 - Rocky III
May 29 - "Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor
June 1 - Album – Generic Flipper
June 4 - Poltergeist
June 4 - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
June 6 - Lebanon War
June 11 - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
June 13 - Spain 82
June 22 - Nothing to Fear
June 25 - "Africa" - Toto
June 25 - Blade Runner
June 25 - The Thing
June 30 - Donkey Kong Jr.
July 2 - Imperial Bedroom
July 2 - Mirage
July 2 - The Secret of NIMH
July 7 - White Dog
July 9 - Tron
July 10 - Garlands
July 14 - Pink Floyd – The Wall
July 16 - Joust
July 17 - Screaming for Vengeance
July 23 - Twilight Zone accident
July 28 - An Officer and a Gentleman
August 1 - ColecoVision
August 9 - Filthy Rich

August 13 - Fast Times at Ridgemont High
August 13 - Friday the 13th Part III
August 17 - CD
August 20 - Pitfall!
August 23 - Pieces
August 24 - Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress
August 25 - BurgerTime
September 4 - Milo Goes to College
September 9 - Signals
September 11 - Faerie Tale Theatre
September 10 - The Slumber Party Massacre
September 15 - USA Today
September 13 - The Dreaming
September 16 - Pole Position
September 16 - Sabra and Shatila massacre
September 18 - Funeral of Princess Grace of Monaco
September 22 - Family Ties
September 22 - Tales of the Gold Monkey
September 23 - The Nylon Curtain
September 24 - Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl
September 25 - Silver Spoons
September 26 - Knight Rider
September 26 - Pengo
September 26 - Super Pac-Man
September 30 - Cheers
September 30 - Nebraska
October 1 - Epcot
October 1 - The Nightfly
October 1 - Pooyan
October 1 - Vincent
October 2 - Once Upon a Time... Space
October 3 - Voyagers!
October 10 - Boys from the Blackstuff
October 10 - Nature
October 10 - Remington Steele
October 18 - Q*bert
October 21 - The Plague Dogs
October 22 - First Blood
October 22 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch
October 22 - The Sky's Gone Out
October 25 - Newhart
October 26 - St. Elsewhere
October 27 - 1999
October 27 - Tenebrae
November 1 - Atari 5200
November 1 - Black Metal
November 1 - Bump 'n' Jump
November 1 - Spider-Man
November 1 - Time Pilot
November 2 - Channel 4
November 2 - Brookside
November 2 - The Comic Strip Presents...
November 9 - The Young Ones
November 12 - Creepshow
November 12 - Millipede
November 18 - Popeye
November 19 - The Last Unicorn
November 20 - Thriller
November 30 - Gandhi
December 1 - Mr. Do!
December 1 - River Raid
December 7 - 48 Hrs.
December 8 - The Verdict
December 10 - Xevious
December 17 - The Dark Crystal
December 17 - Fanny and Alexander
December 17 - Tootsie
December 26 - The Snowman
December 30 - 'Allo 'Allo!
December 31 - Gravitar

1983 edit

Entire year - Video game crash of 1983
January 1 - Possibly in Michigan
January 10 - Fraggle Rock
January 11 - The Joy of Painting
January 15 - Blackadder
January 17 - Frontline
January 21 - "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" - Eurythmics
January 22 - Mama's Family
January 23 - The A-Team
January 25 - Dimensions of Dialogue
February 1 - Chicken McNuggets
February 1 - Sinistar
February 4 - Porcupine
February 4 - Videodrome
February 11 - "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
February 16 - Ash Wednesday bushfires
February 19 - Wah Mee massacre
February 20 - Born in Flames
February 28 - War
March 1 - Gyruss
March 1 - Mappy
March 2 - Sans Soleil
March 4 - Tender Mercies
March 7 - "Blue Monday" - New Order
March 7 - The Hurting
March 16 - Astron Belt
March 21 - The Final Cut
March 23 - Eliminator
March 23 - Pauline at the Beach
March 24 - The Fourth Man
March 25 - The Outsiders
March 31 - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
April 4 - Mario Bros.
April 4 - Perman
April 12 - Murmur
April 13 - Violent Femmes
April 14 - Let's Dance
April 15 - Flashdance
April 16 - Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
April 18 - Disney Channel
April 18 - U.S. embassy bombing
April 29 - The Hunger
April 29 - Local Hero
April 29 - The Ballad of Narayama
May 1 - Jetpac
May 1 - Enduro
May 1 - V
May 2 - Power, Corruption & Lies
May 10 - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
May 16 - Piece of Mind
May 18 - L'Argent
May 19 - El Sur
May 23 - Elevator Action
May 25 - Holy Diver
May 25 - Return of the Jedi
May 27 - Benton fireworks disaster
May 27 - Filth
June 1 - Buffalo Bill
June 1 - Speaking in Tongues
June 2 - Nostalghia
June 6 - Octopussy
June 6 - Reading Rainbow
June 8 - Trading Places
June 10 - Dragon's Lair
June 11 - Spy Hunter
June 13 - Texas Flood
June 17 - Synchronicity
June 18 - STS-7
July 1 - Bomberman
July 8 - Crystal Castles

July 15 - Famicom
July 15 - Zelig
July 21 - Barefoot Gen
July 23 - Sri Lankan Civil War
July 25 - Kill 'Em All
July 26 - Good for Your Soul
June 26 - Loving
July 27 - Madonna
July 29 - National Lampoon's Vacation
August 1 - Around the World with Willy Fog
August 5 - Risky Business
August 8 - An Innocent Man
August 12 - Cujo
September 1 - Hi, How Are You
September 1 - Korean Air Lines Flight 007
September 1 - Swordfishtrombones
September 1 - Track & Field
September 2 - Tapper
September 4 - City of Pirates
September 5 - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
September 5 - Inspector Gadget
September 6 - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper
September 12 - Born Again
September 12 - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
September 17 - Alvin and the Chipmunks
September 17 - Dungeons & Dragons
September 19 - Press Your Luck
September 27 - GNU Project
September 28 - The Big Chill
October 1 - Horizons
October 3 - Scarecrow and Mrs. King
October 8 - Terrahawks
October 13 - Captain Tsubasa
October 14 - She's So Unusual
October 15 - Eddie Murphy Delirious
October 16 - The Right Stuff
October 21 - The Dead Zone
October 21 - Rumble Fish
October 21 - Soul Mining
October 23 - Beirut barracks bombings
October 24 - Head over Heels
October 25 - Operation Urgent Fury
October 25 - Microsoft Word
October 28 - Angst
October 29 - The Boxer's Omen
October 29 - Tales from the Darkside
October 30 - Natural World
October 31 - Pipes of Peace
November 5 - Clics modernos
November 7 - 90125
November 10 - El Norte
November 10 - Rebel Yell
November 11 - Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
November 16 - À Nos Amours
November 18 - A Christmas Story
November 18 - Sleepaway Camp
November 23 - Terms of Endearment
November 29 - An Englishman Abroad
December 1 - Antarctic Adventure
December 1 - Spelunker
December 2 - Michael Jackson's Thriller
December 3 - Show No Mercy
December 5 - Timely!!
December 9 - Christine
December 9 - Scarface
December 14 - Silkwood
December 15 - WarGames
December 16 - The Keep
December 16 - Mickey's Christmas Carol
December 22 - Project A

1984 edit

Unknown date 1 - Afghan Girl
Unknown date 2 - Sabre Wulf
January 1 - Ghost
January 4 - Night Court
January 9 - The Jewel in the Crown
January 9 - MCMLXXXIV
January 13 - Defenders of the Faith
January 14 - Tennis
January 16 - Mother and Son
January 19 - The Living Planet
January 22 - "1984"
January 22 - Airwolf
January 23 - Wild Gunman
January 27 - Broadway Danny Rose
January 29 - Ever Decreasing Circles
February 1 - A&E
February 1 - Circus Charlie
February 2 - Pinball
February 3 - The first untethered spacewalk
February 8 - Sarajevo Winter Olympics
February 17 - Footloose
February 20 - The Smiths
February 26 - Spitting Image
February 27 - The Works
March 1 - Bomb Jack
March 1 - Boulder Dash
March 1 - My War
March 2 - Repo Man
March 2 - This Is Spinal Tap
March 6 - UK miners' strike
March 11 - La piovra
March 11 - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
March 19 - Kate & Allie
March 23 - Police Academy
March 26 - Blood Simple
April 12 - Grace Under Pressure
April 13 - Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
April 16 - Diretas Já
April 21 - Duck Hunt
April 24 - Sherlock Holmes
April 28 - Robin of Sherwood
May 1 - Flicky
May 1 - Golf
May 1 - Karate Champ
May 4 - Ocean Rain
May 4 - Sixteen Candles
May 10 - King's Quest I
May 16 - Stranger Than Paradise
May 23 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
May 29 - Private Dancer
June 1 - Operation Blue Star
June 1 - Once Upon a Time in America
June 1 - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
June 1 - Streets of Fire
June 1 - The Tower of Druaga
June 4 - Born in the U.S.A.
June 6 - Tetris
June 8 - Ghostbusters
June 8 - Gremlins
June 8 - Hyæna
June 12 - Hogan's Alley
June 22 - The Karate Kid
June 22 - Top Secret!
July 1 - SonSon
July 1 - Zen Arcade
July 3 - Double Nickels on the Dime
July 16 - Diamond Life
July 20 - The NeverEnding Story
July 25 - The Adventures of André & Wally B.
July 27 - Ride the Lightning

July 27 - Purple Rain
July 28 - Los Angeles Summer Olympics
July 30 - Santa Barbara
August 2 - Sherlock Hound
August 21 - Typhoon Ike
August 24 - Love Streams
August 27 - Soda Stereo
August 29 - Full Moon in Paris
September 1 - Kids Incorporated
September 1 - Star Force
September 4 - Powerslave
September 10 - Chance in a Million
September 10 - Voltron
September 15 - Muppet Babies
September 15 - Snorks
September 16 - Miami Vice
September 16 - Heimat
September 16 - Punky Brewster
September 17 - The Transformers
September 19 - Amadeus
September 19 - Highway to Heaven
September 20 - The Cosby Show
September 20 - Elite
September 20 - Who's the Boss?
September 22 - Piano Bar
September 23 - Threads
September 24 - Some Great Reward
September 30 - Murder, She Wrote
October 2 - Bathory
October 2 - Let It Be
October 3 - Charles in Charge
October 5 - Devil World
October 9 - Thomas & Friends
October 11 - Fist of the North Star
October 15 - Make It Big
October 18 - Stop Making Sense
October 25 - Yie Ar Kung-Fu
October 26 - Body Double
October 26 - The Terminator
October 26 - The Times of Harvey Milk
October 29 - Pac-Land
October 31 - Assassination of Indira Gandhi
November 1 - Knight Lore
November 1 - Road Fighter
November 1 - Sikh massacre
November 1 - Treasure
November 2 - The Killing Fields
November 5 - Canal+
November 9 - A Nightmare on Elm Street
November 12 - Like a Virgin
November 14 - Urban Champion
November 18 - Paris, Texas
November 21 - Boy Meets Girl
November 24 - Kung-Fu Master
November 25 - "Do They Know It's Christmas?" - Band Aid
November 28 - Clu Clu Land
November 28 - Excitebike
November 30 - 1942
December 1 - Karateka
December 1 - Controlled Impact Demonstration
December 3 - Bhopal disaster
December 3 - Twenty Years Later
December 5 - Beverly Hills Cop
December 7 - Streetwise
December 11 - Various Positions
December 13 - Hydlide
December 14 - Dune
December 14 - Starman
December 15 - Marble Madness
December 19 - Sino-British Joint Declaration

1985 edit

Entire year - Ethiopia famine
January 7 - Sakigake
January 23 - ThunderCats
January 25 - No Jacket Required
January 30 - Ice Climber
January 31 - Phenomena
February 1 - Paperboy
February 2 - Gradius
February 7 - The Breakfast Club
February 8 - Witness
February 11 - Meat Is Murder
February 14 - Whitney Houston
February 19 - EastEnders
January 22 - Balloon Fight
February 22 - Brazil
February 25 - Songs from the Big Chair
March 1 - Hell Awaits
March 1 - The Purple Rose of Cairo
March 2 - Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
March 3 - Moonlighting
March 4 - Robotech
March 7 - "We Are the World"
March 11 - First and Last and Always
March 15 - Lost in America
March 15 - Mr. Belvedere
March 18 - Neighbours
March 29 - Bad Moon Rising
March 31 - WrestleMania I
April 2 - Commando
April 3 - The Official Story
April 5 - Strawberry Switchblade
April 6 - The Max Headroom Show
April 12 - Desperately Seeking Susan
April 14 - Mapp & Lucia
April 22 - Around the World in a Day
April 22 - Taipei Story
April 23 - New Coke
April 23 - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
April 30 - Shoah
May 13 - Low-Life
May 17 - Brothers in Arms
May 21 - The Ray Bradbury Theater
May 22 - A View to a Kill
May 29 - Heysel Stadium disaster
June 1 - King's Quest II
June 1 - Ran
June 3 - Larry King Live
June 7 - The Goonies
June 10 - Little Creatures
June 12 - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
June 17 - Discovery Channel
June 23 - Air India Flight 182
June 24 - "Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits
June 30 - Day of the Dead
July 1 - City Connection
July 2 - Hang-On
July 3 - Back to the Future
July 4 - The Raccoons
July 7 - Ghosts 'n Goblins
July 9 - Come and See
July 10 - Silverado
July 10 - Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
July 13 - Live Aid
July 13 - Night on the Galactic Railroad
July 16 - Discovery of the ozone depletion
July 23 - Tiger-Heli
July 26 - Kiss of the Spider Woman
July 26 - R.O.B.
August 1 - "We Built This City" - Starship
August 2 - Weird Science

August 2 - Fright Night
August 3 - The Time to Live and the Time to Die
August 9 - Pee-wee's Big Adventure
August 12 - Japan Air Lines Flight 123
August 14 - A Mind Forever Voyaging
August 16 - The Return of the Living Dead
August 27 - Mach Rider
August 28 - Legend
August 30 - The Head on the Door
September 1 - Wreck of the Titanic
September 2 - "Cheri, Cheri Lady" - Modern Talking
September 2 - She-Ra: Princess of Power
September 4 - Rush'n Attack
September 5 - Desert Hearts
September 5 - Small Wonder
September 9 - Battle City
September 13 - Super Mario Bros.
September 14 - 227
September 14 - Adventures of the Gummi Bears
September 14 - The Golden Girls
September 16 - Hounds of Love
September 18 - The Equalizer
September 18 - Tim
September 19 - Mexico City's earthquake
September 20 - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
September 20 - Spenser: For Hire
September 25 - Growing Pains
September 27 - The Twilight Zone
September 29 - Amazing Stories
September 29 - MacGyver
September 30 - M.A.S.K.
September 30 - Rain Dogs
October 1 - Déjà Vu
October 2 - Space Harrier
October 4 - A Zed & Two Noughts
October 4 - Commando
October 4 - Misfits of Science
October 6 - Jem
October 11 - After Hours
October 15 - Gauntlet
October 16 - American Masters
October 18 - Re-Animator
October 18 - Nintendo Entertainment System
October 20 - Master System
October 25 - Locura
October 26 - The World of David the Gnome
October 28 - Dead Man's Party
October 28 - "Take On Me" - A-ha
November 1 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
November 1 - To Live and Die in L.A.
November 1 - Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
November 4 - Edge of Darkness
November 4 - Promise
November 13 - Armero tragedy
November 18 - Calvin and Hobbes
November 18 - Radio
November 18 - Psychocandy
November 20 - Windows 1.0x
November 21 - Nada personal
November 23 - Tampopo
December 1 - Sky Kid
December 4 - Vagabond
December 6 - Runaway Train
December 9 - Section Z
December 12 - My Life as a Dog
December 13 - A Room with a View
December 13 - Clue
December 14 - Police Story
December 18 - The Color Purple
December 22 - Angel's Egg

1986 edit

Unknown date 1 - The Noid
Unknown date 2 - "Nothing to My Name"
Unknown date 3 - My Pet Monster
Entire year - Iran–Contra affair
January 1 - World of Echo
January 10 - Lovejoy
January 24 - The Ultimate Sin
January 24 - Voyager 2 arrives to Uranus
January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
January 29 - Pretty in Pink
February 1 - "Your Love" - The Outfield
February 4 - Control
February 7 - Hannah and Her Sisters
February 14 - "The Final Countdown" - Europe
February 17 - The Colour of Spring
February 19 - Ikari Warriors
February 19 - Mir
February 21 - The Hitcher
February 21 - King of America
February 21 - The Legend of Zelda
February 22 - People Power Revolution
February 26 - Dragon Ball
February 28 - Assassination of Olof Palme
March 3 - Master of Puppets
March 3 - Matlock
March 5 - Fantasy Zone
March 7 - Highlander
March 8 - Halley's Comet
March 17 - Black Celebration
March 24 - 5150
March 25 - Perfect Strangers
March 31 - Parade
April 2 - IBM PC Convertible
April 7 - Silver Fang
April 9 - Betty Blue
April 14 - Victorialand
April 15 - Operation El Dorado Canyon
April 21 - "Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel
April 21 - Tinderbox
April 24 - Crocodile Dundee
April 26 - Arkanoid
April 26 - Chernobyl disaster
April 26 - His Motorbike, Her Island
May 1 - EVOL
May 2 - Takeshi's Castle
May 9 - The Sacrifice
May 12 - Top Gun
May 15 - Raising Hell
May 19 - So
May 20 - Chester Cheetah
May 25 - Hands Across America
May 27 - Dragon Quest
May 31 - Mexico 86
June 3 - Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
June 10 - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
June 11 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
June 11 - "Papa Don't Preach" - Madonna
June 16 - Bubble Bobble
June 16 - The Queen Is Dead
June 19 - The California Raisins
June 27 - Labyrinth
June 30 - True Blue
July 1 - Big Trouble in Little China
July 2 - The Great Mouse Detective
July 3 - Rampage
July 18 - Aliens
July 28 - Lifes Rich Pageant
August 1 - Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
August 1 - Gauntlet II
August 1 - Howard the Duck

August 2 - A Better Tomorrow
August 2 - Castle in the Sky
August 5 - Sid and Nancy
August 6 - Metroid
August 8 - She's Gotta Have It
August 8 - Stand by Me
August 15 - Manhunter
August 16 - Slippery When Wet
August 17 - The Fly
August 17 - Luxo, Jr.
August 2 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
August 25 - Graceland
August 29 - The Green Ray
September 1 - "Walk Like an Egyptian" - The Bangles
September 4 - OutRun
September 6 - CASUAL+Y
September 8 - The Oprah Winfrey Show
September 8 - SilverHawks
September 10 - It's Garry Shandling's Show
September 11 - Our House
September 12 - Adventure Island
September 13 - At the Movies
September 13 - Pee-wee's Playhouse
September 13 - The Real Ghostbusters
September 15 - Dead Man's Letters
September 15 - L.A. Law
September 15 - Zoobilee Zoo
September 17 - Head of the Class
September 18 - Crime Story
September 19 - Blue Velvet
September 19 - The Name of the Rose
September 19 - Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
September 20 - Down by Law
September 22 - ALF
September 24 - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
September 26 - Castlevania
September 29 - Designing Women
September 29 - Somewhere in Time
October 1 - King's Quest III
October 4 - Oktubre
October 6 - Double Dare
October 6 - The Trap Door
October 7 - Reign in Blood
October 8 - The Color of Money
October 9 - Fox Broadcasting Company
October 10 - San Salvador earthquake
October 10 - True Stories
October 11 - Saint Seiya
October 17 - Shadows in Paradise
October 24 - From Beyond
October 24 - When the Wind Blows
October 27 - Skylarking
October 31 - "Livin' On a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
November 1 - Alex Kidd in Miracle World
November 1 - Solaris
November 7 - Something Wild
November 9 - Rolling Thunder
November 10 - Signos
November 14 - Chopping Mall
November 15 - Licensed to Ill
November 16 - The Singing Detective
November 17 - "Land of Confusion" - Genesis
November 21 - An American Tail
November 26 - Mauvais Sang
November 26 - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
December 12 - Three Amigos
December 19 - Kid Icarus
December 19 - Little Shop of Horrors
December 19 - Terrorizers
December 24 - Platoon

1987 edit

Unknown date - Alien Syndrome
January 1 - Withnail and I
January 6 - Inspector Morse
January 10 - Blind Chance
January 14 - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
January 18 - Degrassi Junior High
January 20 - Unsolved Mysteries
January 25 - Ramayan
January 26 - Square One Television
January 28 - Dragon Quest II
January 31 - The StoryTeller
February 1 - Where Is the Friend's House?
February 4 - Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
February 20 - Contra
February 23 - SN 1987A
February 27 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
March 6 - Zeebrugge disaster
March 6 - Lethal Weapon
March 9 - French and Saunders
March 9 - The Joshua Tree
March 13 - Evil Dead II
March 13 - Raising Arizona
March 16 - Among the Living
March 30 - Sign o' the Times
April 4 - Super Hang-On
April 5 - The Tracey Ullman Show
April 5 - Married... with Children
April 6 - City Hunter
April 12 - 21 Jump Street
April 13 - Tango in the Night
April 22 - Double Dragon
May 1 - Repentance
May 2 - "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" - Whitney Houston
May 9 - LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055
May 11 - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
May 15 - R-Type
May 17 - USS Stark incident
May 22 - Hashimpura massacre
May 25 - Scream Bloody Gore
May 26 - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
June 1 - 1943: The Battle of Midway
June 1 - Sister
June 2 - Whitney
June 3 - The Untouchables
June 12 - "Tear down this wall!"
June 12 - The Witches of Eastwick
June 17 - Full Metal Jacket
June 24 - Spaceballs
July 1 - After Burner
July 1 - California Games
July 3 - Adventures in Babysitting
July 7 - Paid in Full
July 12 - Predator
July 13 - The Brave Little Toaster
July 13 - Metal Gear
July 17 - RoboCop
July 20 - Parte de la Religión
July 21 - Appetite for Destruction
July 27 - "Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley
July 28 - NetHack
July 30 - Shadowgate
July 31 - The Lost Boys
August 3 - Hysteria
August 16 - Deathcrush
August 16 - Northwest Airlines Flight 255
August 21 - Dirty Dancing
August 28 - Babette's Feast
August 28 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
August 28 - Matewan
August 29 - Au revoir les enfants

August 30 - Street Fighter
August 31 - Bad
August 31 - Darklands
August 31 - Document
September 5 - Maurice
September 7 - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
September 10 - Songs About Fucking
September 11 - Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
September 11 - Hellraiser
September 14 - BraveStarr
September 16 - Fatal Attraction
September 16 - Wings of Desire
September 16 - Wiseguy
September 17 - Out of this World
September 18 - DuckTales
September 18 - Punch-Out!!
September 19 - Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater
September 19 - Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
September 20 - My Two Dads
September 22 - Full House
September 24 - A Different World
September 24 - Tour of Duty
September 25 - Beauty and the Beast
September 26 - ChuckleVision
September 28 - Come On Pilgrim
September 28 - Music for the Masses
September 28 - Star Trek: The Next Generation
September 28 - Strangeways, Here We Come
September 29 - Thirtysomething
October 2 - Near Dark
October 2 - Tunnel of Love
October 5 - The Lion and the Cobra
October 5 - Maniac Mansion
October 9 - The Princess Bride
October 10 - After Chabón
October 11 - House of Games
October 15 - Great Storm of 1987
October 19 - Black Monday
October 19 - Children of God
October 23 - The Last Emperor
October 23 - Prince of Darkness
October 30 - Faith
October 30 - The Hidden
November 13 - Floodland
November 16 - Faxanadu
November 16 - Shinobi
November 17 - Fireman Sam
November 18 - King's Cross fire
November 19 - Typhoon Nina
November 21 - Adventures in Odyssey
November 22 - Max Headroom signal hijacking
November 23 - Lupo the Butcher
November 25 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles
December 1 - Tecmo Bowl
December 8 - First Intifada
December 8 - INF Treaty
December 11 - Bad Taste
December 11 - Wall Street
December 14 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
December 14 - You're Living All Over Me
December 16 - Broadcast News
December 17 - Mega Man
December 18 - Final Fantasy
December 18 - Moonstruck
December 19 - Opera
December 20 - MV Doña Paz sinking
December 20 - Phantasy Star
December 23 - Good Morning, Vietnam
December 25 - Empire of the Sun
December 26 - A Bit of Fry & Laurie

1988 edit

Entire year - Australian Bicentenary
January 2 - Wasteland
January 17 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
January 18 - Home and Away
January 28 - Super Contra
January 31 - The Wonder Years
February 2 - I'm Your Man
February 5 - The Guardian Legend
February 7 - America's Most Wanted
February 10 - Dragon Quest III
February 10 - R.C. Pro-Am
February 13 - Calgary Winter Olympics
February 13 - Stand and Deliver
February 15 - Red Dwarf
February 20 - London's Burning
February 28 - Bloodsport
March 1 - Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny
March 2 - Jane B. par Agnès V.
March 6 - In the Heat of the Night
March 11 - A Short Film About Killing
March 18 - The Thin Blue Line
March 21 - Surfer Rosa
March 25 - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
March 29 - Beetlejuice
April 5 - Tracy Chapman
April 11 - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
April 16 - Grave of the Fireflies
April 16 - My Neighbor Totoro
April 26 - China Beach
April 26 - Just the Ten of Us
April 30 - Ronin Warriors
May 3 - Stronger Than Pride
May 9 - Un baión para el ojo idiota
May 12 - On the Silver Globe
May 13 - Distant Voices, Still Lives
May 15 - Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
May 20 - Willow
May 24 - Descanso Dominical
May 27 - Killer Klowns from Outer Space
June 2 - Vampire's Kiss
June 3 - Big
June 9 - As Tears Go By
June 14 - Yellowstone fires
June 14 - Altered Beast
June 17 - Blaster Master
June 21 - "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
June 21 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
June 26 - Coming to America
June 28 - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
July 3 - Iran Air Flight 655
July 5 - A Fish Called Wanda
July 5 - P.O.V.
July 5 - South of Heaven
July 6 - Piper Alpha explosion
July 12 - Die Hard
July 16 - Akira
July 20 - Midnight Run
July 20 - Bionic Commando
July 24 - "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin
August 1 - The NewZealand Story
August 2 - Tin Toy
August 3 - Alice
August 5 - The Blob
August 8 - 8888 Uprising
August 8 - Straight Outta Compton
August 12 - The Last Temptation of Christ
August 19 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
August 23 - Nothing's Shocking
August 30 - Caifanes
August 30 - Danzig

September 1 - Super Mario Bros. 2
September 6 - Count Duckula
September 7 - ...And Justice for All
September 8 - Suffer
September 9 - Hellbound: Hellraiser II
September 9 - Running on Empty
September 10 - Landscape in the Mist
September 10 - A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
September 11 - Miracle Mile
September 12 - "Domino Dancing" - Pet Shop Boys
September 12 - Spirit of Eden
September 15 - Doble Vida
September 17 - Garfield and Friends
September 17 - Seoul Summer Olympics
September 19 - Blue Bell Knoll
September 23 - Dead Ringers
September 23 - Whose Line Is It Anyway?
September 25 - Lincoln
September 30 - Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
October 2 - Mahabharat
October 3 - "Orinoco Flow" - Enya
October 3 - TNT
October 4 - American Experience
October 5 - Ghouls 'n Ghosts
October 8 - Blood Fire Death
October 8 - Empty Nest
October 8 - Superboy
October 9 - My Secret Identity
October 16 - The Kids in the Hall
October 18 - Daydream Nation
October 18 - Roseanne
October 21 - A Short Film About Love
October 21 - Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
October 22 - Gain Ground
October 22 - Monsters
October 23 - Super Mario Bros. 3
October 24 - Heathers
October 25 - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
October 27 - The Vanishing
October 29 - Space Harrier II
November 1 - Splatterhouse
November 2 - Morris worm
November 4 - They Live
November 7 - Green
November 9 - Child's Play
November 14 - Murphy Brown
November 16 - Leprosy
November 17 - Cinema Paradiso
November 18 - The Land Before Time
November 21 - Isn't Anything
November 22 - Eazy-Duz-It
November 23 - Scrooged
November 24 - Mystery Science Theater 3000
December 2 - The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
December 2 - Mississippi Burning
December 4 - Gunbuster
December 7 - Armenian earthquake
December 8 - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
December 9 - Ninja Gaiden
December 12 - Rain Man
December 16 - Dangerous Liaisons
December 17 - Final Fantasy II
December 21 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes
December 21 - Pan Am Flight 103
December 21 - Time of the Gypsies
December 22 - Rab C. Nesbitt
December 24 - Mega Man 2
December 29 - You Rang, M'Lord?
December 31 - Menace
December 31 - NARC

1989 edit

Entire year - British Airways face ad
January 3 - Babar
January 5 - Desmond's
January 6 - Making Out
January 8 - Agatha Christie's Poirot
January 10 - New York
January 16 - Press Gang
January 20 - Sex, Lies, and Videotape
January 24 - Skid Row
January 27 - Golden Axe
January 29 - Shining Time Station
January 30 - Technique
February 1 - SimCity
February 14 - My Left Foot
February 17 - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
February 17 - The 'Burbs
February 24 - Funeral of Hirohito
February 28 - Coach
March 1 - Valkyrie no Densetsu
March 3 - 3 Feet High and Rising
March 3 - "Like a Prayer" - Madonna
March 4 - Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
March 7 - Strider
March 11 - COPS
March 12 - World Wide Web
March 21 - Phantasy Star II
March 21 - Like a Prayer
March 21 - Nick of Time
March 24 - Exxon Valdez oil spill
March 26 - Quantum Leap
April 2 - May to December
April 7 - Beneath the Remains
April 14 - Say Anything...
April 15 - Hillsborough disaster
April 15 - Ranma ½
April 17 - Doolittle
April 21 - Field of Dreams
April 21 - Pet Sematary
April 21 - Game Boy
April 21 - Super Mario Land
April 24 - Full Moon Fever
April 26 - Dragon Ball Z
May 1 - Disney's Hollywood Studios
May 1 - Blood Money
May 2 - Disintegration
May 2 - The Stone Roses
May 10 - Dekalog
May 12 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
May 19 - Road House
May 19 - Santa Sangre
May 19 - The Seventh Continent
May 24 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
June 2 - Dead Poets Society
June 4 - Tiananmen Square Massacre
June 4 - Ufa train disaster
June 5 - Populous
June 6 - Funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini
June 7 - Surinam Airways Flight 764
June 10 - Tales from the Crypt
June 12 - Society
June 15 - Bleach
June 16 - Ghostbusters II
June 19 - Batman
June 23 - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
July 1 - "Lambada" - Kaoma
July 1 - Tetsuo: The Iron Man
July 2 - Do the Right Thing
July 5 - Seinfeld
July 6 - The Killer
July 14 - Hey Dude

July 21 - UHF
July 21 - When Harry Met Sally...
July 25 - Paul's Boutique
July 25 - Trash
July 27 - Mother
July 29 - Kiki's Delivery Service
August 9 - The Abyss
August 14 - Sega Genesis
August 16 - Mother's Milk
August 16 - Uncle Buck
August 18 - Casualties of War
August 18 - "Pump Up the Jam" - Technotronic
August 20 - Saved by the Bell
August 23 - Baltic Way
August 25 - Voyager 2 arrives to Neptune
August 28 - Dr. Feelgood
September 1 - Knick Knack
September 4 - A City of Sadness
September 4 - The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
September 5 - Louder Than Love
September 9 - American Gladiators
September 9 - Beetlejuice
September 9 - Captain N: The Game Master
September 12 - Floating into the Night
September 12 - Oh Mercy
September 12 - Pump
September 19 - Doogie Howser, M.D.
September 19 - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
September 20 - The Young Riders
September 22 - Baywatch
September 22 - Family Matters
September 25 - The Seeds of Love
October 1 - DuckTales
October 3 - Prince of Persia
October 6 - Drugstore Cowboy
October 13 - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
October 13 - Crimes and Misdemeanors
October 16 - The Sensual World
October 17 - Selena
October 17 - "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel
October 17 - Loma Prieta earthquake
October 20 - On Fire
October 20 - Pretty Hate Machine
October 26 - Tongues Untied
October 31 - Typhoon Gay
November 1 - NES Tetris
November 2 - No Control
November 4 - A Grand Day Out
November 6 - Degrassi High
November 9 - Fall of the Berlin Wall
November 13 - Streetcleaner
November 15 - The Little Mermaid
November 15 - Steel Magnolias
November 16 - Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
November 17 - Mystery Train
November 17 - Velvet Revolution
November 22 - Back to the Future Part II
November 25 - Final Fight
November 26 - America's Funniest Home Videos
December 1 - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
December 2 - The Revenge of Shinobi
December 11 - Gradius III
December 15 - Bonk's Adventure
December 15 - The Final Fantasy Legend
December 15 - Sweet Home
December 16 - Romanian revolution
December 17 - The Simpsons
December 20 - Born on the Fourth of July
December 20 - Operation Just Cause
December 21 - Ys I & II