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1984 Mercedes
Ronald Reagan (Feb. 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004)) 40th President of the United States
“We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.”
— Ronald Reagan
AVERAGE COST OF LIVING
George H.W. Bush (Born June 12, 1924) 43rd Vice President of the United States
World events
• Indian Prime Minister Indira Ghandi assassinated • Ethioptian famine begins • The UK and China agree Hong Kong will revert to China in 1997 • Giant gas works explosion near Mexico City kills 500 • Truck containing 500kg of high explosives destroys the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon killing 12 people • USSR and Soviet Bloc boycotts the Olympic games • Union Carbide Pesticide Plant leak in India kills more than 3,500 • 12-month coal miners strike in UK begins • English pound notes are taken out of circulation
• 700 year old wing of York Minster destroyed by fire • IRA bomb goes off in Grand Hotel Brighton in UK • Virgin Atlantic inaugural flight • Typhoon Ike strikes Philippines
U.S. news
• Man shoots 20 dead and wounds 16 in McDonalds in San Ysidro, California • Olympic Games are held in Los Angeles • By the end of the year, 70 U.S. banks fail • Subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz
DNA developed and used by forensic scientists
shoots four black youths on a Manhattan subway
Technology
• AIDS virus identified • AT&T broken up • First Apple Macintosh goes on sale • First CD player introduced • Sony makes first 3-1/2” computer disk • Space Shuttle Discovery takes maiden voyage • First flight in space using jet back packs • Ginetic fingerprinting or
Sports
• Superbowl Los Angeles over Washington XVIII • NBA Champions Boston Celtics defeated the L.A. Lakers • World Series Detroit Tigers 4 games to 1 over the San Diego Padres
Pop culture
• MTV Video Music Awards started • Band Aid recorded and song “Do They Know It’s Christmas” recorded to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia
1984 Ferrari
• Michael Jackson wins unprecedented acclaim for his album “Thriller” and racks up sales over 37 million copies
Popular films
• Ghostbusters • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom • Gremlins • Beverly Hills Cops • Terms of Endearment • The Karate Kid • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock • Police Academy
BORN IN 1994: Above right: Scarlett Johansson. Above left: Theo James, Olivia Wilde, Luke Grimes, America Ferrara
• Romancing the Stone • Splash • The Terminator • Amadeus • The Killing Fields • A Passage to India
Popular musicians
• When Doves Cry, Prince • What’s Love Got To Do With It, Tina Turner • Say Say Say, Paul McCartney and Michael Jakson • Footloose, Kenny Loggins • Against All Odds, Phil Collins • Jump, Van Halen • Hello, Lionel Richie • Owner of a Lonely Heart, Yes • Ghostbusters, Ray Parker, Jr. • Karma Chameleon, Culture Club • Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper
Popular TV shows
• Income per year $21,600 • Minimum wage $3.35 • New house $86,730 • New car $13,045 • Gallon of gas $1.10 • Lb. of bacon $1.69 • Dozen eggs $1.01 • Gallon of milk $2.26 • First-class stamp 20¢ • Movie ticket $2.50
• The Cosby Show • Murder, She Wrote • Miami Vice • Airwolf • Night Court • Who’s The Boss? • Charles in Charge • Punky Brewster • Highway to Heaven • Hunter
Born in 1984
• Jena Malone • Scarlett Johansson • Jaimie Alexander • Olivia Wilde • Theo James • Mandy Moore • Luke Grimes • Ashlee Simpson
1984 Ford Mustang GT
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