1984
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Art and culture
- first hackers
- launch of the Apple Macintosh
- Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell
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Literature
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Fiction
- William Gibson publishes Neuromancer, which puts the term cyberspace on the map. Iain Banks debuts with The Wasp Factory.
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera published
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Non-fiction
- The Hot House by Andrea Branzi
- Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1984/1991) by Frederic Jameson
- Ninety-nine Novels
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Film
- Body Double by Brian de Palma
- The Funeral by Juzo Itami
- Suburbia by Spheeris
- Eureka by Nicolas Roeg
- Les Ripoux by Claude Zidi
- Tightrope by Richard Tuggle
- The Razor's Edge by John Byrum
- Blood Simple by Coen Brothers
- Repo Man by Alex Cox
- The Company of Wolves by Neil Jordan
- Choose Me by Alan Rudolph
- Crimes of Passion by Ken Russell
- Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense by Jonathan Demme
- Top Secret! by Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
- Beat Street by Stan Lathan
- The Brother From Another Planet by John Sayles
- The Terminator by James Cameron
- Special Effects by Larry Cohen
- Under the Volcano by John Huston
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Music
Manuel Gottsching releases the proto-techno masterpiece of ‘E2-E4’, another Paradise Garage classic. New York sees Walter Gibbons with a splendid mix of the ten minute "Set It Off". Jessie Saunders funks Chicago up and almost launches house music. while Juan Atkins releases Techno City with Cybotron in Detroit. Africa is never far away in the charts with both Hugh Masekela's "Don't Go Lose It Baby" and Tony Allen, Fela's drummer with the Road Close EP. 1985 brought house.
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Singles
- Like a Virgin by Madonna
- Ravi Shankar Pt.1 by the Dub Syndicate
- Set it Off by Strafe [Walter Gibbons mix]
- E2-E4 (1981-1984) - Manuel Göttsching
- Don't Go Lose It Baby by Hugh Masekela
- World Destruction by Time Zone
- Release Yourself Aleem feat. Leroy Burgess [1]
- Techno City by Cybotron
- Into the Groove by Madonna
- Land of Hunger by The Earons
- High Energy by Evelyn Thomas
- 5 Minutes by Bonzo Goes to Washington
- White Horse by Laid Back
- Cavern by Liquid Liquid
- Poo Poo La La by Roy Ayers
- Somebody Else's Guy by Jocelyn Brown
- Road Close by Tony Allen
- World Premiere - Share The Night
- Colonel Abrams - Music Is The Answer
- John Rocca - I Want It To Be Real
- Pushe - Don't Take Your Love Away
- Jesse Saunders - Funk You Up
- One Way - Mr. Groove
- Cameo - She's Strange
- Paris - I Choose You
- Yasuko Agawa - L.A. Night[2]
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Albums
- Hatful of Hollow (1984) - The Smiths
- Somebody Else's Guy (1984) - Jocelyn Brown
- (Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise! (1984) - Art of Noise
- The Cramps - Bad Music for Bad People (1984)
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Births
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Deaths
- Michel Foucault (1926 - 1984)
- Alexander Trocchi (1925 -1984)
- Andy Kaufman (1949 - 1984)
- Ada "Bricktop" Smith (1894 — 1984)
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