1984 post! It's the year of my birth, so here we go...
1984 stuff (I just pulled it off the Internet... I make no claims that it's 100% accurate!):
Media quotes:
"Where's the beef?" - Wendy's
"I'll be back." - Terminator
Founding/start of:
Dell Computers
DNA Testing
Transformers
Apple's Macintosh computer
Movie releases:
Ghostbusters
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Gremlins
The Karate Kid
Police Academy
Billboard #1 song (starting on my birthday):
Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
Also:
Indira Gandhi is assassinated.
Ronald Reagan is re-elected as US President.
The Cosby Show debuts on NBC.
The Supreme Court rules that taping television shows at home on VCRs does not violate copyright law.
The US and the Vatican exchange diplomats for the first time in 116 years.
Italy and the Vatican agree to end Roman Catholicism as the state religion.
Crack cocaine is first introduced into the Los Angeles area and soon spreads across the United States in what becomes known as the Crack epidemic.