Heres what happened on that day.
Brussels princess Astrid marries arch duke Lorenz of Austrian-Este
The Cosby show premieres
Apples Mac 512 Introduced
Top ten songs
- What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner
- I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
- Cruel Summer Bananarama
- The Glamorous Life Sheila E.
- The Warrior Scandal
- Drive The Cars
- If This Is It Huey Lewis & The News
- Missing You John Waite
- Let's Go Crazy Prince & The Revolution
- She Bop Cyndi Lauper
1984 Economy / Prices
Economy
President: Ronald W. Reagan
Vice President: George Bush
Population: 235,824,902
Life expectancy: 74.7 years
Dow-Jones
High: 1,287
Low: 1,086
Federal spending: $851.85 billion
Federal debt: $1564.7 billion
Inflation:
Consumer Price Index: 103.9
Unemployment: 9.6%
Prices
Cost of a new home: $97,600.00
Median Household Income: $22,415.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.20
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $1.21
Cost of a dozen eggs: $1.01
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $2.26
adjusted for inflation a gallon of gas $2.12
$$$ -Top Movie Money Makers
Beverly Hills Cop $234,760,478
Ghostbusters $220,855,490
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom $179,870,271
Gremlins $148,168,459
The Karate Kid $90,800,000
