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Hamato Yoshi 04-16-2004 06:45 AM

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 :)

Meira-Bates 04-16-2004 07:49 AM

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

raphael_is_cool 04-16-2004 10:28 AM

I'm an April '84 kid :D

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

XERO 04-16-2004 10:44 AM

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

Meira-Bates 04-16-2004 10:51 AM

Jan here

Dr. Doom 04-16-2004 10:59 AM

X-Mas Eve, 1984

Voltron 04-16-2004 11:03 AM

I was '84 as well.

Jester 04-16-2004 11:12 AM

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

MW8979 04-16-2004 02:00 PM

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

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

ThirdMarioBro 04-16-2004 02:49 PM

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.

Demonfox38 04-16-2004 03:31 PM

1984 = Gremlins

Cascadia 04-16-2004 05:18 PM

--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)

Jo Dawn 04-16-2004 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scientific freak
(I am a 1979 baby)

Me, too! :)

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

damnhooligan 04-16-2004 05:31 PM

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.

Cascadia 04-16-2004 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jo Dawn
Quote:

Originally Posted by Scientific freak
(I am a 1979 baby)

Me, too! :)

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

I am a capaiaquarius baby :)

That Matt Guy 04-16-2004 05:48 PM

I was one year old October 84'.

Relay 04-17-2004 12:38 PM

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

Fraggle 04-17-2004 01:48 PM

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.

MTN889 04-17-2004 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Doom
X-Mas Eve, 1984

man that sucks!

Dr. Doom 04-17-2004 05:06 PM

-=Nods=-


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