Sunday 14 October 1984
It was Sunday, under the sign of Libra. The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Baby Fae and Santino Quaranta.
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.
Blood Simple., directed by Joel Coen, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1984
while The Fire From Within by Carlos Castaneda was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Big Deal.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Beyond Castle Wolfenstein or Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Holidays:
- Also see October 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- French Republican Calendar - Navet (Turnip) Day, twenty-third day in the Month of VendTmiaire
- Teachers' Day, or National Education Day in Poland
- World Standards Day (from ISO, IEC, ITU)
- RC Saints - Pope Callistus I
- World Organ Donation Day
Famous Birthdays:
- Santino Quaranta: American soccer player.
- Baby Fae: American baby born three weeks premature with a malformed heart.
- Jason Davis: TV Actor.
- Brielle Lacosta: Model.
- LaRon Landry: American football player.
- Alex Scott: Trainer, Horses, dies at 34.
Facts:
- Quilters closes at Jack Lawrence Theater NYC after 24 performances
- Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Smirnoff Ladies Irish Golf Open
- Detroit Tigers beat San Diego Padres, four games to one in 81st World Series.
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in October 1984?
- Time: U.S. Supreme Court (clockwise fr. top L): Justices John P. Stevens, Lewis Powell, William H. Rehnqui
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.8926
- LIFE: Doonesbury
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Sport Games on 14 October 1984
NFL
American Football- Buffalo Bills - Seattle Seahawks : 28 - 31
- Chicago Bears - St. Louis Cardinals : 21 - 38
- Cincinnati Bengals - New England Patriots : 14 - 20
- Dallas Cowboys - Washington Redskins : 14 - 34
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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 Fire From Within
Fire from Within is the author's most brilliant thought-provoking and unusual book, one in which Castaneda, under the tutelage of don Juan and his "disciples," at last constructs, from the teachings
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Tough Guys Don'T Dance
Norman Mailer peers into the recesses and buried virtues of the modern American male in a brilliant crime novel that transcends genre. When Tim Madden, an unsuccessful writer living on Cape Cod, awakes with a gruesome hangover, a painful tattoo ...
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A Light In The Attic
Last night, while I lay thinking here,Some Whatifs crawled inside my earAnd pranced and partied all night longAnd sang their same old Whatif song:Whatif I flunk that test?Whatif
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First Among Equals
Charles Seymour, second-born son, will never be the earl like his father, but he did inherit his mother's strength-and the will to realize his destiny...Simon
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