Things that happened in 1984
 

March 1984 : Shooting started on T1 , prob one of Arnolds best movies , imo.

Classic 1984 movies :

Ghostbusters
Nightmare on Elm St
BH Cop
Indiana J 2

1984 was also the birth of Hulkamania & the TMNT :)

it was also the coming of ME... @.@ I'm a 1984 baby

I'm an April '84 kid :D

I'm glad I wasn't born into an Orwellian 1984

March '84. The Birth of the Undisputed... 8)

Jan here

X-Mas Eve, 1984

I was '84 as well.

Me too...7/27/84 and voltron any reason ur avitar is judas from Jesus christ: superstar??

One of the best metal albums ever, Iron Maiden's "Powerslave", was released.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~asp/powerslave.jpg

I'm a November 84 kid.

Also the year Super Mario Bros was released in Arcades.

84..ahhhh so much good music came from then.

--my dad starts his own gephysical business which is still operating today.
--I am 6 years old (I am a 1979 baby)
--TMNT (i think)

Me, too! :)

In 1984 I was... already learning that I wasn't fond of my classmates in school... Hehe :wink: :P

First female elected to lead a democracy, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards in Oct 1984, which triggered the nationwide killings of thousands of Sikhs.

D'oh.

I am a capaiaquarius baby :)

I was one year old October 84'.

My brother was born in March '84 and I turned the big 1 year old in January '84.

ere u go this wat i found on the web: :D

The Cosby show premiers.


Sikhs occupy Golden Temple in Amritsar, India


Indira Gandhi is assassinated.


Chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, December 3rd.


Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first woman Vice President running mate.


Reagan re-elected in landslide election, Walter Mondale is never heard from again.


Congress cuts off aid to Nicaragua, illegal guns sales start to fund the contras.


Stonewashed jeans are introduced.


The first megabit chip is made at Bell Labs


Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, US. The Soviets boycott.


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


Old nude photos of Vanessa Williams, the current Miss America. She is forced from her throne.


The AIDS virus is discovered


On January 28, Michael Jackson's hair caught fire during the shooting of Pepsi commercial, many children's rhymes ensued.


The first infomercials appear on TV due to de-regulation by the FCC.


The first all rap radio format is introduced at LA's KDAY


Run-D.M.C. are the first ever rap group to have an album certified gold.


The term cyberspace is coined by William Gibson in his novel "Neuromancer"


Bob Geldof and Band Aid release "Do They Know It's Christmas"


Vanessa Williams becomes first African American Miss America


In 1984 Reagan makes famous joke: "My fellow Americans, I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." He supposedly didn't know the mic was on.


Apple Computer releases the Macintosh personal computer.


Calling themselves the PMRC (Parents' Music Resource Coalition), concerned parents, including Tipper Gore, wife of then-Tennessee Senator Albert Gore, Susan Baker, wife of Treasury Secretary James Baker, Georgie Packwood, wife of Oregon Senator Robert Packwood, and Nancy Thurmond, wife of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, construct a campaign designed to 'educate' parents about certain alarming new trends in rock music.

man that sucks!

-=Nods=-

I came into the world in Jan 84, also The Transformers first appeared on TV :D

Wow 1984 was a real turning point in my life.

I turned 13 years old and was going 80 mph down a dead-end street until my mom took action and sent me to a treatment program for troubled teens. Turned out to be the best and worst 45 days of my life, but I finally saw the light and starting to change for the better.

It took a long time but I finally got my life back together again. So for me 1984 holds a special place in my heart.

* Also got my first real KISS in 1984 - from a girl with me in the treatment program. (So it wasn't all bad)!!! :D

Music was pretty sweet around that time, and I wasn't even born yet.

A lot of people who like 80's metal (trash, speed, not that glam crap) don't seem to realize that if you look hard enough -=Points to Europe=- You can find some really grade A quality music. While the US's "metal" scene is dominated by Nu Metal and Hardcore, Europe is all Death and Power Metal. And for people who miss the good stuff from the 80's, I suggest checking out some good Power Metal (Sonata Arctica, Blind Guardian, Falconer, Stratovarius, Iced Earth....the list goes on)

This is a TMNT forum, after all. It be a shame to not mention that Eastman & Laird kicked off their first Mirage comic in 1984 too! :twink:

I was also 9 years old then.... but too distracted by the cartoons on TV to care.

You listen to Stratovarius? That's cool. I bet most people here don't even know what a stratovarius is, never mind what Stratovarius is. I like mostly classic metal from the 80's, but modern Euro-metal is definately the next best thing. Much better then all the Nu-Metal crap in North America. Do you listen to Hammerfall at all? They're probably my favourte new generation metal band - bought their new double live CD a few months ago.

I'll hafta check 'em out.

I believe Dragonball Z premeired at that time too.

Boy, all our pop culture originates from '84. Orwell must be rolling in his grave!

Darn I just missed it by 3 years! I was born on 2/24/87

i am a 85 baby... the year (i think) of Nintendo coming into our living rooms...

June 6, 1984 was the 40th anniversary of D-Day.

I think I got my 1st He-Man figure in 1984 , the main man himself , though I only remember the day I got Skeletor , man his armor/havoc staff were so cool :D