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This week in 80’s history!

Posted on April 22, 2023

Let’s look back at everything this week in the decade of decadence had to off! It’s time to take a look at this week in 80’s history! It was on this week in:

1980 – “Call Me” by Blondie Became the #1 Song in America and would hold onto that spot until June.

1986 – Michael Jordan Set an NBA Playoff Record With 63 Points Against the Boston Celtics in the First Round of the Playoffs.

1987 – The Simpsons Premiered as a Short on The Tracey Ullman Show and the rest…is tv history!

1989 – If you build it, they will come. Field of Dreams, filmed right here in our backyard premiered in theaters.

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