Welcome to Awesome80s.com!

Welcome to the Super70s family of websites: There is Super70s.com, which covers the 1970s. There is Awesome80s.com, which covers the 1980s. And there is Virtual90s.com, which will cover the 1990s starting in late summer of 2008. The fourth site is BaseballChronology which covers the history of baseball from the 1840s to the present. Do you see the set of colored boxes on the right labeled 70s, 80s, 90s, and BC? These are at the top of every page and allow you to quickly switch between all four sites!

Have you checked out our new discussion forums? Now you can discuss anything related to the Super70s, Awesome80s, or Virtual90s. There are literally thousands of your messages dating back to the last century already there and I am copying over more every day. I think you will agree that this is a much better way to allow you to share your memories with others and read others comments as well.

There are over 400,000 pages combined on these sites, and we're hardly going to stop there! We constantly add new information, so come back soon! (Don't forget to add Awesome80s.com to your favorites, so you can find us again. You can also make Awesome80s.com your home page.)

July 31 in 70s/80s History:

In The News for July 31:
On this date in 1973 A Delta DC-9 crashed as confused pilots descended into ocean during approach to Boston (Logan) killing 89.
On this date in 1976 Flash flooding in Big Thompson Canyon leaves 139 dead in the worst-ever natural disaster in Colorado.
On this date in 1977 Typhoon Vera in Taiwan leaves 19 dead.

Movies released on July 31:
Harlan County, USA in 1976
O'Hara's Wife in 1982

The #1 Songs for July 31:
1970: '(They Long to Be) Close to You' by The Carpenters.
1971: 'You've Got a Friend' by James Taylor.
1972: 'Alone Again (Naturally)' by Gilbert O'Sullivan.
1973: 'Bad, Bad Leroy Brown' by Jim Croce.
1974: 'Annie's Song' by John Denver.
1975: 'The Hustle' by Van McCoy.
1976: 'Kiss and Say Goodbye' by Manhattans.
1977: 'I Just Want to be Your Everything' by Andy Gibb.
1978: 'Shadow Dancing' by Andy Gibb.
1979: 'Bad Girls' by Donna Summer.
1980: 'It's Still Rock and Roll to Me' by Billy Joel.
1981: 'The One That You Love' by Air Supply.
1982: 'Eye of the Tiger' by Survivor.
1983: 'Every Breath You Take' by The Police.
1984: 'When Doves Cry' by Prince.
1985: 'Everytime You Go Away' by Paul Young.
1986: 'Sledgehammer' by Peter Gabriel.
1987: 'Alone' by Heart.
1988: 'Roll With It' by Steve Winwood.
1989: 'Toy Soldiers' by Martika.
These were the most popular songs on July 31 of each year.

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