Nostalgia
1984

Oscar Winners
Best Picture
AMADEUS
Actor
F. Murray Abraham
AMADEUS
Actress
Sally Field
PLACES IN THE HEART

Top 25 Songs
1	WHEN DOVES CRY
		Prince  Warner Bros
2	WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
		Tina Turner  Capitol
3	JUMP
		Van Halen  Warner Bros
4	KARMA CHAMELEON
		Culture Club  Epic/Virgin
5	LIKE A VIRGIN
		Madonna  Sire
6	HELLO
		Lionel Richie  Motown
7	OWNER OF A LONELY HEART
		Yes  Atco
8	AGAINST ALL ODDS (TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW)
		Phil Collins  Atlantic
9	FOOTLOOSE
		Kenny Loggins  Columbia
10	GHOSTBUSTERS
		Ray Parker Jr.  Arista
11	I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU
		Stevie Wonder  Tamla
12	OUT OF TOUCH
		Daryl Hall & John Oates  RCA
13	WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO
		Wham!  Columbia
14	I FEEL FOR YOU
		Chaka Khan  Warner Bros
15	MISSING YOU
		John Waite  EMI America
16	LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS
		Deniece Williams  Columbia
17	TIME AFTER TIME
		Cyndi Lauper  Portrait
18	THE REFLEX
		Duran Duran  Capitol
19	DANCING IN THE DARK
		Bruce Springsteen  Columbia
20	CARIBBEAN QUEEN (No MORE LOVE ON THE RUN)
		Billy Ocean  Jive
21	TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP
		The Romantics  Nemperor
22	HARD HABIT TO BREAK
		Chicago  Full Moon
23	LET'S GO CRAZY
		Prince & the Revolution  Warner Bros
24	SELF CONTROL
		Laura Branigan  Atlantic
25 THE WILD BOYS
		Duran Duran  Capitol

World Series Champion
Detroit 4, San Diego 1

National Football League Champion
Los Angeles Raiders defeated Washington Redskins 38-9 in Super Bowl XVIII at Tampa Stadium, January 22.

National Basketball League Champion
1983-84    Boston Celtics over the Los Angeles Lakers    4-3

National Hockey League Champion
Edmonton Oilers

Heavyweight Champion
09 Mar 84   Tim Witherspoon w.pts. 12 Greg Page at Las Vegas (Vacant WBC title)
31 Aug 84   Pinklon Thomas w.pts. 12 Tim Witherspoon at Las Vegas
09 Nov 84   Larry Holmes w.rst. 12 James 'Bonecrusher' Smith at Las Vegas
01 Dec 84   Greg Page w.ko. 8 Gerrie Coatzee at Sun City

President/Vice President
Republican, 1981-1989, Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush

News Events
On a Challenger mission, Navy Capt. Bruce McCandless and Army Lt. Col. Robert Stewart become the first humans to fly free of a spacecraft. 
Union Carbide insecticide plant in Bhopal, India seeps toxic gas killing over 2,000  and injuring 150,000. 
Penthouse magazine publishes nude photographs of Miss America Vanessa Williams. 
The Soviet Union boycotts the Los Angeles Summer Olympics 
Bernie Goetz shoots four youths on the subway who he claims were trying to rob him.