Tim Matheson and James Widdoes played Eric Stratton and Robert Hoover in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), respectively.
This takes place on October 16, 1980-something, but The Terminator (1984) was released on October 26, 1984, ten days after Beverly wanted to take Adam to see the movie. Joe Namath was on Basin Street/The Devil's Triangle (1981) on May 2, 1981.