What Happened In 1984

The News In 1984:

• Ronald Reagan was president of the US
• On a Challenger mission, two astronauts became the first humans to fly free of a spacecraft
• An Union Carbide insecticide plant in Bhopal, India seeped toxic gas killing over 2,000
• The Soviet Union boycotted the Los Angeles Summer Olympics
• "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's aired for the first time
• The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to use a computer mouse and GUI interface, was introduced by Apple
• Ethiopian famine begun
• Mandy Moore and Avril Lavigne were born
• Detroit Tigers won the World Series
• Los Angeles Raiders won Superbowl XVIII
• Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup
• Ghost Busters, Beverly Hills Cop, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and The Karate Kid were top grossing films
• "When Doves Cry" by Prince and the Revolution spent the most time at the top of US charts
• Michael Jackson's hair catched fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial
• The Cosby Show, Punky Brewster, and Who's the Boss? premiered 

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