At A Glance
5 June 1984 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 5 June 1984 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Let's Hear It for the Boy” by Deniece Williams.
- Top Film of 1984
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1984 was Ghostbusters.
- Bestselling Novel of 1984
- “The Talisman” by Stephen King and Peter Straub was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1984.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Dynasty” (ABC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1984–85 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 5 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 5 June 1984 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 5 June 1984 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 5 June
- 1981 The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
- 1984 Operation Blue Star: Under orders from India's prime minister, Indira Gandhi, the Indian Army begins an invasion of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
- 1989 The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
- 1991 Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-40, the fifth spacelab mission.
- 1993 Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
Famous people born on June 5
- Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper (born 1971)
- Sam Darnold, American football player (born 1997)
- Troye Sivan, South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber (born 1995)
- Ron Livingston, American actor (born 1967)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1984 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1984 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- April 9 – The 56th Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with James L. Brooks' Terms of Endearment winning Best Picture and Best Director, as well as three other awards out of 11 nominations.
- June 8 – Ghostbusters and Gremlins are released.
- June 22 – The Karate Kid is released.
Life in the US in 1984
President
Ronald Reagan
Gas (per gallon)
$1.13
Loaf of Bread
$0.61
Average House
$79,900
Weekly Wage
$320
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