JANUARY 21, 1984

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1984 Coca-Cola advertising artwork
$1,000 INVESTED IN COKE STOCK (KO) IN 1984
WOULD HAVE MADE YOU $120,227 IN THE 2025 DATASET
Min Wage Hourly$3.38
Median Home Price$59,960.00
Gas Price Avg$1.20
Bread Price Avg$0.58
Movie Ticket Avg$3.36
First Class Stamp$0.19
Milk Price Avg$2.40
Top Movies From 1984
Show screen release and event cards
1 Beverly Hills Cop
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Beverly Hills Cop
2 Ghostbusters
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Ghostbusters
3 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
4 Gremlins
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Gremlins
5 The Karate Kid
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The Karate Kid
6 Police Academy
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Police Academy
7 Footloose
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Footloose
8 Romancing the Stone
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Romancing the Stone
9 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
10 Splash
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Splash
Hot Dog... The Movie
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Hot Dog... The Movie
Never Say Never Again
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Never Say Never Again
A Christmas Story
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A Christmas Story
Terms of Endearment
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Terms of Endearment
Scarface
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Scarface
Christine
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Christine
Silkwood
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Silkwood
Sudden Impact
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Sudden Impact

January 21, 1984 Trivia

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Sesame Street
Jeopardy!
The A-Team
Saturday Night Live
Miami Vice
Knight Rider
Magnum P.I.
Cheers
Dallas

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January 21, 1984

On January 21, 1984, the conversation around public privacy in the United States gained significant traction, framed largely by concerns over increasing government surveillance and the protection of civil liberties. In this era, t...

Inventions & Breakthroughs of January 1984

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

1 Graphical User Interface Computer (Macintosh)
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Graphical User Interface Computer (Macintosh)
2 Inkjet Printer (Consumer)
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Inkjet Printer (Consumer)
3 Medical DNA Fingerprinting
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Medical DNA Fingerprinting
4 Compact Laptop Computer
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Compact Laptop Computer
5 Digital Music Synthesizer
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Digital Music Synthesizer
6 Video Cassette Rental System
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Video Cassette Rental System
7 Speech-to-Text Software
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Speech-to-Text Software
8 Advanced Prosthetic Limb Control
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Advanced Prosthetic Limb Control
9 Optical Fiber Network Expansion
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Optical Fiber Network Expansion
10 Personal Desktop Publishing
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Personal Desktop Publishing

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

Headlines From January 21, 1984

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  • Headline: DE GUSTIBUS; SAYING IT IN ENGLISH VS..... Impact: This moment marked the beginning of a long struggle between the culinary elite and the everyday diner, culminating in a series of culinary reality shows where chefs try to explain French cuisine to confused Americans. Bon appétit!. Fact: Fun fact: If menus were printed in English, half of the fun of pretending to know what 'coq au vin' means would be lost. What a tragedy!.
  • Headline: IN DEENSE OF PUBLIC PRIVACY IN U.S.. Impact: Robert Ellis Smith's efforts to protect privacy in the computer age foreshadowed the coming of social media, where public privacy became an oxymoron, and everyone willingly shared their lives online. Thanks for the irony, Robert!. Fact: Privacy advocates now have a new job title: 'Data Whisperer.' They spend their days trying to convince people that sharing their life story online might not be the best idea.

Wall Street Time Machine

The Right Call: A historical $1,000 investment comparison using the stored long-range dataset.
Rank #1
WMT
Walmart
Price in 1984
$0.23
Stored value
$490,961

Walmart - If you invested $1,000 in 1984, it would be worth $490,961 today (491.0x return)

Rank #2
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
Price in 1984
$0.94
Stored value
$222,603

Johnson & Johnson - If you invested $1,000 in 1984, it would be worth $222,603 today (222.6x return)

Rank #3
MCD
McDonald's
Price in 1984
$1.18
Stored value
$271,190

McDonald's - If you invested $1,000 in 1984, it would be worth $271,190 today (271.2x return)

🦸 Top 5 Comics
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1
$100,000
Secret Wars #8
Secret Wars #8
$150
The New Teen Titans #1
The New Teen Titans #1
$200
Saga of the Swamp Thing #25
Saga of the Swamp Thing #25
$60
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1
$300
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Transformers
Transformers
$1,200.00
Cabbage Patch Kids
Cabbage Patch Kids
$150.00
Voltron
Voltron
$200.00
Masters of the Universe: He-Man
Masters of the Universe: He-Man
$150.00
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
$143.75
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Tetris
Tetris
$1,000.00
Duck Hunt
Duck Hunt
$275.00
Marble Madness
Marble Madness
$100.00
Boulder Dash
Boulder Dash
$100.00
Kung-Fu Master
Kung-Fu Master
$200.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
Don Mattingly Rookie Card #8
Don Mattingly Rookie Card #8
$3,000
Dan Marino Rookie Card #123
Dan Marino Rookie Card #123
$30,000
John Elway Rookie Card #63
John Elway Rookie Card #63
$15,250
Darryl Strawberry Rookie Card #182
Darryl Strawberry Rookie Card #182
$200
Hulk Hogan Rookie Card #1
Hulk Hogan Rookie Card #1
$41,000