What Year Was It?
Lindsay JenkinsEDUS 515
5 October 2011
World NewsIndian Prime minister Indria Ghandi
assassinatedFamine in Ethiopia inspires “Do They
Know It’s Christmas”Giant gas works explosion in Mexico CityUS embassy destroyed in Beirut,
Lebanon“Milperra Massacre” in Sydney AustraliaEnglish pound notes are taken out of
circulation
Medical Advances
DNA profiling was developed and used by forensic scientists
AIDS Virus is identified
Tech Savvy
Apple Macintosh goes on sale
Sony makes 1° 3 ½” computer disk
Space Shuttle Discovery has its maiden voyage
1st commercial CD player introduced
Sports
The Olympic Games held in Los Angeles
Mary Lou Retton wins 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals
Superbowl Champs
Stanley Cup Champs
Pop Culture
Pop Charts #1: Time after Time, Cyndi Lauper
1st VMAs
Thriller sells 37 million copies
#1 M
ovie
Born This Year
Fashion
BIG in AmericaPresident Reagan re-elected
Beverly Lynn Burns becomes the first woman Boeing 747 captain in the world.
Vanessa Williams is crowned the 1st African American Miss America
1984