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Monday, October 15, 1984
Top News Headlines This Week:
Oct 15 - Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes
Oct 15 - Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud
Oct 16 - Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Oct 16 - Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
Oct 17 - Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Bruce Merrifield
Oct 18 - Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51A mission
*Top Songs for 1984*
Against All Odds by Phil Collins
When Doves Cry by Prince
What's Love Got to Do with It by Tina Turner
Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.
Jump by Van Halen
Like a Virgin by Madonna
Karma Chameleon by Culture Club
Footloose by Kenny Loggins
I Just Called to Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham!
*US President Ronald Reagan*
*US Vice President George Bush*
*Academy Award Winners*:
Best Picture:Amadeus
Directed By Milos Forman
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham
in Amadeus
Best Actress: Sally Fields
in Places In The Heart
*1984 Prices*
Bread: $0.54/loaf
Milk: $1.94/gal
Eggs: $1.16/doz
Car: $11,450
Gas: $1.20/gal
House: $97,600
Stamp: $0.20/ea
Avg Income: $31,052/yr
Min Wage: $3.35/hr
DOW Avg: 1,212
*People born on October 15*
1917 - Arthur Schlesinger Jr historian/author (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson)
1921 - Mario Puzo author (Godfather)
1924 - Lee A Iacocca CEO (Chrysler Corp)
1942 - Penny Marshall Bronx NY, actress (Odd Couple, Laverne & Shirley)
*On TV in 1984*
Family Ties
Crazy Like a Fox
The Cosby Show
Night Court
Riptide
Remington Steele
Cheers
Murder She Wrote
Scarecrow & Mrs. King
Highway to Heaven
*Hot New Toys in 1984*
Body Boggle
Sweet Secrets Lockets
Axis & Allies
WWF Action Figures
Rollerblades
GoBots
Sweet Secrets Transformable Jewelry
*Top Books in 1984*
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Robin McKinley
Here you go....Click here...http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/step1.asp
Monday, October 15, 1984
Top News Headlines This Week:
Oct 15 - Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes
Oct 15 - Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud
Oct 16 - Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Oct 16 - Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
Oct 17 - Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Bruce Merrifield
Oct 18 - Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51A mission
*Top Songs for 1984*
Against All Odds by Phil Collins
When Doves Cry by Prince
What's Love Got to Do with It by Tina Turner
Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.
Jump by Van Halen
Like a Virgin by Madonna
Karma Chameleon by Culture Club
Footloose by Kenny Loggins
I Just Called to Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham!
*US President Ronald Reagan*
*US Vice President George Bush*
*Academy Award Winners*:
Best Picture:Amadeus
Directed By Milos Forman
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham
in Amadeus
Best Actress: Sally Fields
in Places In The Heart
*1984 Prices*
Bread: $0.54/loaf
Milk: $1.94/gal
Eggs: $1.16/doz
Car: $11,450
Gas: $1.20/gal
House: $97,600
Stamp: $0.20/ea
Avg Income: $31,052/yr
Min Wage: $3.35/hr
DOW Avg: 1,212
*People born on October 15*
1917 - Arthur Schlesinger Jr historian/author (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson)
1921 - Mario Puzo author (Godfather)
1924 - Lee A Iacocca CEO (Chrysler Corp)
1942 - Penny Marshall Bronx NY, actress (Odd Couple, Laverne & Shirley)
*On TV in 1984*
Family Ties
Crazy Like a Fox
The Cosby Show
Night Court
Riptide
Remington Steele
Cheers
Murder She Wrote
Scarecrow & Mrs. King
Highway to Heaven
*Hot New Toys in 1984*
Body Boggle
Sweet Secrets Lockets
Axis & Allies
WWF Action Figures
Rollerblades
GoBots
Sweet Secrets Transformable Jewelry
*Top Books in 1984*
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Robin McKinley
Here you go....Click here...http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/step1.asp