25 Years ago in 1984

United States Presidential Election Ronald Reagan defeats Walter Mondale

• The Olympic Games are held in Los Angeles
  Following the boycott by the US of the Moscow Olympics the soviet block boycotts the Los Angeles Olympic games
• AT&T was broken up
• 1 Gallon of Gas was $1.10
• Bill Gates announced Windows 1.0
  
• The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale
  
• Sony and Philips introduce the first commercial CD Players
  
• Sony makes the first 3 1/2" computer disk
  
• The Space Shuttle Discovery has its maiden voyage
• The UK and China agree Hong Kong will revert to China in 1997
• Genetic fingerprinting or DNA profiling was developed and is now in wide by Forensic scientists when obtaining evidence in a crime
• By the year end more than 70 US Banks fail

Popular Films

• Ghostbusters
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• Gremlins
• Beverly Hills Cop
• Terms of Endearment
• The Karate Kid
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• Police Academy
• Romancing the Stone
• Splash
• The Terminator
• Amadeus
• The Killing Fields
• A Passage To India

Popular Musicians

• Phil Collins
• Alison Moyet
• Billy Joel
• Tina Turner with " What's Love got to do with it "
• David Bowie
• Wham! with " Wake Me up Before You Go "
• Billy Ocean
• UB40
• Stevie Wonder with " I Just Called to say I love You "
• Bruce Springsteen
• Kenny Rogers
• Bananarama
• Duran Duran with " The Reflex "
• Ultravox
• Cars

Popular TV Programmes

• Magnum, P.I.
• Dynasty
• Entertainment Tonight
• Falcon Crest
• Hill Street Blues
• Cagney and Lacey
• Cheers
• Fame
• Knight Rider
• The A-Team
• Jeopardy!

However the most important event that happened 25 years ago in 1984 was our wedding.

August 18, 1984

Mr. & Mrs. Suleski

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