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