1984 Snapshot
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The Vibe
Pop Culture
Ghostbusters
Slang
"Where's the beef?"
Price Check
Gas: $1.13
Notable Deaths
Marvin Gaye, Truman Capote, Richard Burton
Music & Style
Purple Rain
World Affairs
Reagan Landslide
Iran-Iraq War
Yearly Summary
- Global Events: The Summer Olympics are held in Los Angeles (boycotted by the USSR). The famine in Ethiopia triggers the first massive 'Band Aid' charity response. The Bhopal disaster occurs in India.
- Culture & Mood: George Orwell's '1984' year arrives with Apple's iconic Super Bowl ad. Ghostbusters and Beverly Hills Cop dominate the box office.
- Fashion & Slang: Neon colors and Ray-Ban Wayfarers. If you agree, you say 'Word.'
- Fun Fact: Tetris is invented by a Soviet programmer, and 1984 was the year the first Apple Macintosh went on sale!