News
Union mine workers strike in attempt to prevent the closure of UK coal mines. The year long, sometimes violent strike, ended with the closure of most of the mines and a victory for Britain's Conservative government.
1984 Context: News, Entertainment, Lifestyle
News
India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated at home by two of her bodyguards. The day before Gandhi had said in a speech "Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it".
News
A mass shooting by a lone gunman at a San Diego, California McDonald's restaurant kills 21 and injures 19. It was the deadliest mass shooting ever in the US at the time.
Television
The crime drama TV show Miami Vice debuts, starring Ricardo Tubbs, Don Johnson and Phillip Michael Thomas, the show airs until 1990. The series breaks new ground for American television, integrating contemporary rock and pop songs with stylized visuals. In 2006 a movie version of the show is released.
News
The 1984 Summer Olympics are held in Los Angeles, California. The Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries boycott the games in retaliation for the US boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
News
Baseball fans shown outside Detroit's Tigers Stadium during the 1984 World Series. The Tigers defeat the San Diego Padres 4 games to 1 to win the series.
News
Television actor Mr. T (The A-Team) is shown sharing his "Don't be a fool...stay in school" message at an elementary school.
Advertising
The cover of the 1984 Ikea catalog.
Advertising
Detail from an advertisement for the 1984 Dodge Caravan.
Fashion
Detail from a Hang Ten apparel advertisement.
Fashion
Detail from a 1984 advertisement for Ocean Pacific apparel.
Fashion
Detail from the Penney's 1984 Spring/Summer Catalog.
Fashion:
Models for Valentino.
Fashion
Detail from 1984 Laura Ashley catalog.
Fashion
Jordache Jeans advertisement in the May 1984 issue of Seventeen magazine.
Fashion
Advertisement for Candies apparel in Seventeen magazine.
Movies
The supernatural comedy film Ghostbusters is the second highest grossing picture of 1984. The film launches a huge multimedia franchise business (games, comics, video games, etc.) and produces a sequel in 1989.
Movies
The top box office hit of 1984 is the action comedy Beverly Hills Cop starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street smart Detroit cop visiting Beverly Hills to solve a murder.
Television
The television sitcom The Cosby Show debuts on NBC where it would run for eight seasons. The show spends five years as the #1 rated show on US television.
Television
The ABC sitcom Who's The Boss debuts in 1984 and runs for eight seasons. The show stars Tony Danza as a retired pro baseball player who moves to Connecticut to work as a live-in housekeeper for a divorced business executive played by Judith Light.
Lifestyle:
Teenagers gather outside the high school in Saugus, California.
Lifestyle
High school group having fun at Disneyland 1984.
Lifestyle
Junior high school girls enjoy a moment in the hallway.
Lifestyle
Group at Prom in Edmond, Oklahoma.