1980 - European Cup Final Final, Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid. Nottingham Forest 1 Hamburger SV 0 (Attendance 50000). USA No 1 - Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) Paul McCartney & Wings
1982 - Release of Rocky III starring, written, and directed by Sylvester Stallone. Argentinean Diego Maradona becomes the world's most expensive player when he is sold to Barcelona for 8 million dollars .
1983 - UK No 1 - Candy Girl - New Edition. USA No 1 - Flashdance - Irene Cara.
1984 - Death of Eric Morecambe, British comedian
1989 - Malta National Football - Rep Ireland v Malta 2-0 (WC). USA No 1 - Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul.
1987 - 19-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet air defense and lands a private plane on Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained and will later be released on Wednesday, August 3, 1988.
1988 - UK No 1 - With a little help from my friends - Wet Wet Wet. USA No 1 - One More Try - George Michael.
