Thursday 11 October 1984
It was Thursday, under the sign of Libra (see planets position on October 11, 1984). The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Jane Zhang and Martha MacIsaac.
In that special week of October people in US were listening to I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder.
In UK I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder was in the top 5 hits.
Body Double, directed by Brian De Palma, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1984
while The Outsider by Howard Fast was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Lucky Luke.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Kaiser or Colossus Chess.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Famous Birthdays:
- Jane Zhang
- Martha MacIsaac: Canadian-American actress producer and screenwriter.
- Nivin Pauly: Movie Actor.
- Sergio Hellings: Dutch footballer.
Facts:
- 1st space walk by US woman (Dr Kathryn D Sullivan)
- NASA launches space vehicle S-208
- VP candidate debate-Graldine Ferraro (D) and George Bush (R)
- US Vice Presidential candidate debate: Geraldine Ferraro (Democrat) and George Bush (Republican).
- Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
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Planetary positions on this day
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in October 1984?
- LIFE: Doonesbury
- Time: U.S. Supreme Court (clockwise fr. top L): Justices John P. Stevens, Lewis Powell, William H. Rehnqui
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.8926
- Beano: Your personalised Beano Book from 1984
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of October 1984 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
- Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
- Prince - Let's Go Crazy
- The Cars - Drive
- Chicago - Hard Habit To Break
- Madonna - Lucky Star
- Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
- John Waite - Missing You
- Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me
- Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life
- Cyndi Lauper - She Bop
Top #10 R&B songs
- Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
- Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
- Prince And The Revolution - Let's Go Crazy
- Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
- Alicia Myers - You Get The Best From Me
- Diana Ross - Swept Away
- Joyce Kennedy & Jeffrey Osborne - The Last Time I Made Love
- New Edition - Cool It Now
- Stephanie Mills - The Medicine Song
- Janet Jackson - Don't Stand Another Chance
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
The Outsider
Houghton-Mifflin, 1984, Very good., Text clean. Very good in mended dust jacket. Former owner's name on flyleaf. First printing. [Fiction] Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933.
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Superior Women
Eager to escape her carhop mother and the rank and file of her California town, Megan Greene heads for Radcliffe -- in part to pursue an older man (twenty-one, Harvard medical
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The Fourth Protocol
It is a time of political unrest in Great Britain. And behind the Iron Curtain an insidious plot is being hatched, a plan so incendiary that even the KGB is ignorant of its existence--Aurora, the
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Loving Each Other
In this exploration of loving and living, bestselling author Leo Buscaglia addresses the intricacies and challenges of love relationships. He asks such important questions, as: How do we best interweave our
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Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days ?
