1984

Fun Filled Facts! 

• Cosby Show premieres. 

 

• Gandhi is assassinated. 

 

• Geraldine Ferraro is first woman Vice President running mate. 

 

• Regan re-elected in landslide election. 

 

• Stonewashed jeans are introduced. 

 

• The first megabit chip is produced at Bell Labs. 

 

• The Soviets boycott the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. 

 

• Mary Lou Retton wins two gold, two silver and two bronze medals. 

 

• January 28, Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the shooting of a Pepsi commercial. 

 

• Run DMC are the first rap group to have a certified gold album. 

 

• Bob Geldof, founder of "Band Aid", releases "Do They Know It's Christmas" with all proceeds going to relief effort in Ethiopia. 

 

• Vanessa Williams becomes first black Miss America. A title that is taken away after nude photos of her surface in Penthouse. 

 

• Apple computer releases the Macintosh personal computer. 

 

• Tipper Gore forms the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center). 

 

• The First Video Music Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall September 18th. 

 

• Fashionable foods: iced cappuccinos, wine spritzer, sushi, bagel dogs, and Tofutti. 

 

• Break dancing was a huge fan - inspiring the film Breakin'. 

 

• L'Oreal introduces "Free Hold Styling" mousse to the world. The mousse industry does 100 million dollars in business. 

 

• "Where's The Beef!?" takes the country by storm.

• Guess? Jeans send young girls into a spending frenzy making a question mark on the back pocket of your jeans a necessary fashion statement.