1984

Despite what those 1985er's think, 1984 IS THE YEAR, there is no other year, I mean come on, The Drunk was born that year. Just look at it, 1984 even just looks better than 1985.

FUN FACTS

• Did you know that this was the year that John Lennon was Assasinated in front of an unexpected crowd of 35 hippies
• 1984 was not only the name of that year, but also the name of a very famous Van Halen album
• The first Wrestlemania was this year and it was awesome. I mean it had Hulk Hogan and Mr. T
• Chris Meyers was supposedly born in this year (December 7, 1984) about 40 years after the U.S. entered into WW2 (December 7, 1941)
• AT&T break into 24 different independent units
• The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
• Pop star Michael Jackson's scalp is seriously burned by pyrotechnics during filming of a Pepsi television commercial.
• The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
• Mick Jagger declares that he has always hated Jews
• The longest game in Major League Baseball history begins at 7:30 PM between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago White Sox. The game will be played over the course of 2 days, lasting 25 innings, with a total time of 8 hours and 6 minutes.
• Haunted Castle at Six Flags Great Adventure burns down, killing 8.
• Richard Petty wins his 200th career NASCAR victory at the Firecracker 400 in Daytona, Florida.
• The first MTV Video Music Awards are held in Radio City Music Hall, New York City.
• The United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China sign the initial agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.
• Thirty-six of Britain and Ireland's top pop musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio to form Band Aid, and record the song "Do They Know It's Christmas", in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
• In 1984 Ronnie James Dio was hit by a non-moving bus. He suffered minor injuries, and lapsed into a 4 week coma. He was never the same again.
• Matt Groening runs the first episodes of The Simpsons past ABC who rejects the show. Later to be put on FOX.
• Jack Nicholson is found in his hotel room murdered!