DECEMBER 1, 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 The Terminator
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The Terminator
2 Amadeus
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Amadeus
3 The Killing Fields
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The Killing Fields
4 Missing in Action
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Missing in Action
5 Teachers
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Teachers
6 Return of the Jedi
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Return of the Jedi
7 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
8 Ghostbusters
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Ghostbusters
9 Flashdance
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Flashdance
10 Tootsie
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Tootsie
Broadway Danny Rose
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Broadway Danny Rose
Hot Dog... The Movie
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Hot Dog... The Movie
The Lonely Guy
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The Lonely Guy
Unfaithfully Yours
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Unfaithfully Yours
Blame It on Rio
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Blame It on Rio
Footloose
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Footloose
Lassiter
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Lassiter
Against All Odds
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Against All Odds
Repo Man
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Repo Man
This Is Spinal Tap
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This Is Spinal Tap
Splash
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Splash
Police Academy
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Police Academy
Romancing the Stone
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Romancing the Stone
The Ice Pirates
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The Ice Pirates
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Swing Shift
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Swing Shift
Up the Creek
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Up the Creek
Hardbodies
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Hardbodies
Breakin'
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Breakin'
Sixteen Candles
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Sixteen Candles
Firestarter
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Firestarter
The Natural
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The Natural
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Gremlins
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Gremlins
Top Secret!
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Top Secret!
Bachelor Party
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Bachelor Party
The Karate Kid
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The Karate Kid
Purple Rain
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Purple Rain
Revenge of the Nerds
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Revenge of the Nerds
Red Dawn
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Red Dawn
Tightrope
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Tightrope
The Woman in Red
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The Woman in Red
Dreamscape
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Dreamscape
Bolero
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Bolero
All of Me
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All of Me
Places in the Heart
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Places in the Heart
Body Double
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Body Double
The Razor's Edge
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The Razor's Edge
Children of the Corn
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Children of the Corn
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Oh, God! You Devil
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Oh, God! You Devil
Supergirl
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Supergirl
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

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Television On December 1, 1984
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Murder, She Wrote poster
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Murder, She Wrote
Sesame Street poster
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Sesame Street
Jeopardy! poster
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Jeopardy!
The A-Team poster
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The A-Team
Saturday Night Live poster
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Saturday Night Live
Miami Vice poster
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Miami Vice
Knight Rider poster
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Knight Rider
Magnum P.I. poster
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Magnum P.I.
Cheers poster
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Cheers

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December 1, 1984

December 1 has witnessed significant historical events across various domains. In 1955, Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Civil Rights Movement. This act of de...

Inventions & Breakthroughs of December 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

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)

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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)

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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)

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🦸 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