July 27, 1984 - "Purple Rain" opens in US movie theaters. It is the feature film debut of music icon Prince, co-starring Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Jerome Benton, Olga Karlatos and Clarence Williams III. The film directed by Albert Magnoli, and produced by Robert Cavallo, Stephen Fargnoli and Joseph Ruffalo (Prince's management team), is the semi autobiographical account of musicians rise to fame. Prince develops ideas for the story prior to and during the "1999 Triple Threat" Tour" (circa 19