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 Apple introduces the first Macintosh computer.  Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, is assassinated.  Soviets boycott Los Angeles Olympics.  Vanessa Wiliams becomes the first Miss America to resign

 Tina Turner: Private Dancer “What’s Love Got to Do With It” “Private Dancer”  Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. “Born in the U.S.A.” “Dancing in the Dark” “Glory Days” “I’m On Fire”  Bon Jovi: Bon Jovi “Runaway”

 New Shows “Miami Vice”Miami Vice  Don Johnson “The Cosby Show”  Bill Cosby “Airwolf”Airwolf  Jan Michael Vincent “Night Court”Night Court  Harry Anderson “Who’s the Boss”  Tony Danza  Top Shows 1. Dynasty 2. Dallas 3. The Cosby Show Minutes 5. Family Ties

 “The Terminator”: A human-looking, apparently unstoppable cyborg is sent from the future to kill Sarah Connor; Kyle Reese is sent to stop it.The Terminator Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger  “Ghostbusters”: Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal serviceGhostbusters Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver  “The Karate Kid”: A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fightingThe Karate Kid Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita

 1984 Summer Olympics in L.A. Carl Lewis wins four gold medals

 1984 Winter Olympics: Sarajevo  Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's rushing record on October 7.

 The Titanic wreckage is found  Nintendo NES comes out  Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) Wanted warning labels on music Founded by senators wives

 USA for Africa: “We Are the World” USA for Africa Multiple stars lead by Quincy Jones & Bob Geldoff  Live Aid: concert to benefit the fight against famine in Africa Organized by Bob Geldoff  Farm Aid: concert to benefit struggling farmers in the Midwest Organized by Willie Nelson

 Whitney Houston: “Whitney Houston” “You Give Good Love” “Saving All My Love for You” “How Will I Know”  Tears for Fears: “Songs from the Big Chair” “Shout” “Head Over Heals” “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”  Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark “If You Leave” “So in Love”

 New Shows “ThunderCats”ThunderCats  Cartoon “Moonlighting”  Bruce Willis & Cybil Sheppard “MacGyver”MacGyver  Richard Dean Anderson “The Golden Girls”The Golden Girls  Betty White, & Bea Arthur  Top Shows 1. The Cosby Show 2. Family Ties 3. Murder, She Wrote Minutes 5. Cheers

 “The Breakfast Club”: Saturday school, with a mixed group of teensThe Breakfast Club Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, & Molly Ringwald  “Back to the Future”: A Delorean time machine, & a trip to 1955Back to the Future Michael J. Fox  “Rambo: First Blood Part II”: Rambo is sent back to Vietnam to find MIAsRambo: First Blood Part II Sylvester Stallone

 The 1 st Zelda game comes out  January 28,1986: The space shuttle Challenger, explodes 73 seconds after launch.  Pixar Animation Studio opens  The Iran-Contra Scandal becomes public

 Aerosmith & Run DMC collaborate on “Walk This Way” remake (5-4 & 13) 1 st rock-rap combination  The Beastie Boys: bring white kids to rap music: “License to Ill” 1 st rap album to hit #1 “Fight for Your Right to Party” (5-12 & 14)  Janet Jackson: Control Makes Janet a superstar “Nasty” “Control” “What Have You Done For Me Lately”

 Queen: A Kind Of Magic Last studio album & tour for the band Many tracks featured as the sound track for the Highlander “One Vision” “Who Wants to Live Forever” “A Kind of Magic”  The Outfield: Play Deep Triple Platinum debut album “Your Love” “Say It Isn’t So”

 New Shows The Oprah Winfrey Show:  Starts a 25 year domination of daytime TV Perfect Strangers A.L.F  Alien Life Form Matlock  Top 5 Shows 1. The Cosby Show 2. Family Ties 3. Cheers 4. Murder, She Wrote 5. The Golden Girls

 Top Gun: Navy pilots compete to be the best Top Gun Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis  Ferris Bueller's Day Off: a high school student plan the perfect day off Ferris Bueller's Day Off Matthew Broderick  Platoon: the horrors of Vietnam twist a new recruit Platoon Charlie Sheen, Wilem Dafoe  The Highlander: Immortals battle for the final prize The Highlander Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery