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December 22 – Four African-American youths (Barry Allen, Troy Canty, James Ramseur, and Darrell Cabey) board an express train in The Bronx borough of New York City. They attempt to rob Bernhard Goetz, who shoots them. The event starts a national debate about urban crime, which is a plague in 1980s America.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. This article is about the year 1984. For the novel, see Nineteen Eighty-Four. For other uses, see 1984 (disambiguation). "MCMLXXXIV" redirects here. For the album, see MCMLXXXIV (album). 1984 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise ...
For the only time in American history, the vice presidential roll call was taken concurrently with the presidential roll call. Vice President George H. W. Bush was overwhelmingly renominated. This was the last time in the 20th century that the vice-presidential candidate of either major party was nominated by roll call vote.
In portraying the U.S. as an innocent victim of an unprovoked communist invasion and occupation of North America, Red Dawn fundamentally inverted the historical reality of U.S. Cold War foreign ...
A long time has passed and so much has changed, all with roots 38 years deep. A monster was set loose and “it changed the world,” Coats said. “I’m not sure it changed it for the better.”
In Orwell's novel "1984" — which was published in 1949 — the English author outlines. There may be no one who can say "I told you so" better than George Orwell, who was born today, June 25th ...
Clearly America must continue to lead the world we did so much to make." Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. has sought to revitalize Cold War institutional structures, especially NATO, as well as multilateral institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank through which it promotes economic reforms around the globe.
In early 1982, bids to host the convention were received from Dallas and several other cities, including Houston, Kansas City, and San Francisco. [3] President Reagan had made it known that he preferred the party meet in Dallas, and the party selected accordingly. [4]