A Nostalgic Look Back at 1984!
What a great time to grow up, the transition of innocents to the age of discovery. The world was in a growth spurt. Our generation was one of the last to understand in simplicity of the 50's & 60's and the fast pace of the 90's & beyond. We started our journey with the birth of the digital age, yet we remember life without cell phones. Here is a quick look at our past!
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JANUARY
"Night Court" starring Harry Anderson, premiers on NBC-TV |
FEBRUARY
Bruce McCandlees makes the first untethered space walk. |
MARCH
Any Kaufman and Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres |
APRIL
After 37 weeks "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
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MAY
In baseball, Dave Kingman's fly ball got stuck in the Metrodome ceiling.
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JUNE
Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race |
JULY
The first case of a robot killing a human is documented in the United States.
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AUGUST
IBM releases MS-DOS version 3.0 |
SEPTEMBER
"Miami Vice" premiers on NBC-TV |
OCOTBER
Kathy Sullivan becomes the first U.S. woman to walk in space. |
NOVEMBER
The Viet Veterans Memorial is completed. |
DECEMBER
Harry Stevens, the oldest ever groom at 103 years of age, weds 83 year old Thelma Lucas in Wisconsin |
All information gathered from "1984 Remember When...A Nostalgic Look Back In Time" SeekPublishing |