Facts about 1984

1. 06

   Prince's album Purple Rain debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in July 1984 and remained on the charts for 163 weeks, becoming one of the best-selling albums of the decade.

   1984May 17sharemusicentertainmentcharthistory
2. 05

   George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in June 1949 and introduced terms like 'doublethink,' 'thoughtcrime,' and 'Big Brother' into the English language.

   1984May 17shareliteraturefictiondystopia
3. 04

   India's Bhopal disaster on December 3, 1984 killed approximately 3,800 people when a methyl isocyanate gas leak occurred at a Union Carbide pesticide plant.

   1984May 14sharedisasterindustrialindia
4. 03

   On June 6, 1984, Ronald Reagan visited Normandy to commemorate the 40th anniversary of D-Day, delivering a speech at Pointe du Hoc honoring the soldiers who fought there.

   1984May 14sharehistorypoliticsmilitary
5. 02

   Apple released the Macintosh on January 24, 1984, featuring a revolutionary graphical user interface and priced at $2,495.

   1984May 14sharetechnologycomputinginnovation
6. 01

   The Los Angeles Summer Olympics in 1984 generated a $223 million surplus, the first Games to achieve profitability since 1932.

   1984May 14sharesportseconomicshistory