News of 1984
* Scientists first warn of the "greenhouse effect"
* Hair trends: Men's ponytails, crimper, mousse, wire dangly hair pins, mohawks, banana clips, preppie & punk colours & styles
* Scientists of the USA & France identify the virus that causes AIDS
* Blue eye shadow & Green lipstick, army prints, bright fluorescent clothing, torn jeans and shirts, skinny ties for both sexes
* Marvin Gaye shot dead after an argument with his father
* Swatches, Trivial Pursuit parties were in
* A year before Coke changes its 'formula'; 5 years before the Berlin wall falls
* Where's the Beef??
* Madonna's first hit: Like a Virgin comes out; Prince releases Purple Rain
* Olympics in Los Angeles boycotted by 14 Soviet block countries
* Apple Computers founded
* Photographer Ansel Adams dies at age 82
* Famine in Ethiopia kills thousands
* Ronald Reagan re-elected after running against first woman to run for vice-president |
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Top Songs of 1984
1. When Doves Cry - Prince
2. What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
3. Jump - Van Halen
4. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
5. Like A Virgin - Madonna
6. Hello - Lionel Ritchie
7. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
8. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - Phil Collins
9. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
10. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
11. I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
12. Out Of Touch - Daryl Hall & John Oates
13. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!
14. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
15. Missing You - John Waite
16. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
17. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
18. The Reflex - Duran Duran
19. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
20. Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) - Billy Ocean
21. Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
22. Hard Habit To Break - Chicago
23. Let's Go Crazy - Prince & the Revolution
24. Self Control - Laura Branigan
25. The Wild Boys - Duran Duran
26. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
27. Jump (For My Love) - Pointer Sisters
28. Joanna - Kool & the Gang
29. Break My Stride - Mathew Wilder
30. The Glamorous Life - Sheila E.
31. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
32. Running With The Night - Lionel Richie
33. Penny Lover - Lionel Richie
34. That's All! - Genesis
35. Stuck On You - Lionel Richie
36. She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
37. Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry
38. 99 Luftballons - Nena
39. Drive - The Cars
40. Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
TV & Movies of 1980's
Simon & Simon, A-Team, Magnum PI, That's
Incredible, Remington Steel, Hart to Hart, Three's Company, Dynasty, Cheers,
Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, Wonder Years, TJ Hooker, Dukes of Hazard,
Benson, Webster, Family Ties, Love Boat, Dallas, Falcon Crest, Silver Spoons,
Fantasy Island, Alice, After M*A*S*H, Newhart, Knight Rider, Highway to Heaven,
Battlestar Gallactica 1980, Doogie Howser, Roseanne, Married with Children,
Moonlighting, Miami Vice, Quantum Leap, MacGyver, V, Max Headroom, Designing
Women, Head of the Class, Golden Girls, Growing Pains, Facts of Life, SImpson,
Who's the Boss?
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Beverly Hills Cop 2
Moscow on the Hudson
The Natural
The Terminator
Top Secret!
Blood Simple
Indiana Jones and the
Temple of Doom
The Philadelphia
Experiment
Children of the Corn
Cannonball Run II
Supergirl
Star Trek III: The
Search for Spock
Police Academy
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Star Wars: Episode VI –
Return of the Jedi
The Big Chill
The Dead Zone
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
WarGames
National Lampoon's
Vacation
Brainstorm
Zelig
The Right Stuff
Cujo
Superman 3
Psycho 2
Trading Places
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Slang of the 80's
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