AIX / 370 was IBM's third attempt to offer Unix-like functionality for their mainframe line, specifically the System / 370 ( the prior versions were a TSS / 370 based Unix system developed jointly with AT & T c. 1980, and VM / IX a VM / 370 based system developed jointly with Interactive Systems Corporation c. 1984 ).

* In episode 17, season 5 of " Family Guy ", entitled " It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One ", the Griffin family is wearing powdered wigs in their living room and Stewie Griffin begins playing several classical compositions, including those by Joseph Haydn and George Frideric Handel, when Peter Griffin, as Salieri, says " Play Peter Griffin ", alluding to the 1984 film Amadeus, when the disguised Salieri character requests that Mozart imitate his compositional style.

In 1984, Sony launched the Discman series which extended their Walkman brand to portable CD products.

His exploits had been gradually pushed backwards in time until already they extended into the fabulous world of the forties and the thirties, when the capitalists in their strange cylindrical hats still rode through the streets of London ..." In the year 1984 Big Brother appears on posters and the telescreen as a man of about 45.

However, no borough was actually created under law until 2005 – 2006, when Neve Monosson and Maccabim-Re ' ut, both communal settlements ( Heb: yishuv kehilati ) founded in 1953 and 1984, respectively, were declared to be autonomous municipal boroughs ( Heb: vaad rova ironi ), within their mergers with the towns of Yehud and Modi ' in.

The band played in this style on their first four albums: Bathory ( 1984 ), The Return of the Darkness and Evil ( 1985 ), Under the Sign of the Black Mark ( 1987 ) and Blood Fire Death ( 1988 ).

The game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals in particular was cited for putting Ryne Sandberg ( as well as the 1984 Cubs in general, who would go on to make their first postseason appearance since 1945 ) " on the map.

Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in joint BWCHs.

In September 1984, the French and the Libyan governments announced an agreement for the mutual withdrawal of their forces from Chad.

In an attempt to address this, the Government entered into the Narcotics Agreement of 1984 and the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty of 1986 with the United States, in order to reduce the use of their facilities associated with these activities.

Between 1980 and 1984, Fulham rugby league played their home games at the Cottage.

* Fulham Rugby League Club, now London Broncos, played at Craven Cottage between 1980 and 1984, hosting their largest attendance.

Guest married actress Jamie Lee Curtis in 1984 at the home of their mutual friend Rob Reiner.

* 1984 – Bhopal Disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3, 800 people outright and injures 150, 000 – 600, 000 others ( some 6, 000 of whom would later die from their injuries ) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.

The couple divorced in March 1990, and Lambert was awarded custody of their only child Tyler Edward ( July 2, 1984 – May 6, 2010 ), with Plato having visitation rights.

Devo released their sixth album, Shout, in 1984 to mixed reviews.

The club played, and beat, Hawthorn in the 1984 VFL Grand Final to win their 13th premiership — their first since 1965.

Originally, the event was for amateurs only, however, since the 1984 Summer Olympics professional players have been permitted, albeit with certain restrictions which prevent countries from fielding their strongest sides.

Some of their films faced legal challenges in the United Kingdom ; after the Video Recordings Act of 1984, it became a legal offense to sell a copy of such films as Cannibal Holocaust and SS Experiment Camp.

When pitcher Roger Clemens arrived in Boston for the first time in 1984, he took a taxi from Logan Airport and was sure the driver had misunderstood his directions when he announced their arrival at the park.

The first chassis from March, AGS and Ralt were developments of their existing 1984 Formula Two designs, although Lola's entry was based on and looked very much like an IndyCar.

In 1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 were honoured with the Prometheus Award for their contributions to dystopian literature.

*" Red Dawn ", a 1984 American war film about a group of high school students become engaged in guerrilla warfare after their country is invaded by Cubans and Russians.

While much of the attempt at gender equity in mainstream Christianity ( Judaism never recognized any gender for God ) is aimed at reinterpreting scripture and degenderizing language used to name and describe the divine ( Ruether, 1984 ; Plaskow, 1991 ), there are a growing number of people who identify as Christians or Jews who are trying to integrate goddess imagery into their religions ( Kien, 2000 ; Kidd 1996 ," Goddess Christians Yahoogroup ").

* " Atmosphere ", a song which became a hit for Russ Abbot in 1984

Created by the Scottish-born composer, Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed in 1878, but did not gain its status as the official anthem until 1984.

* Secret Places, 1984 ( title song lyricist )

In 1984, he directed the music video of Bruce Springsteen's song " Dancing In The Dark ".

The Southern Cross was written into the lyrics of " Advance Australia Fair " in 1901: " Beneath our radiant Southern Cross "; the song was adopted as the Australian National Anthem in 1984.

* Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., the 1984 debut album by Country singer Dwight Yoakam and its eponymous title song

Although not released until 1984, the filming sessions in January 1969 led to unexpected success when Bowie told the producers, " That film of yours — I've got a new song for it.

Although Johnson would attest in a 1984 radio interview that the " two tribes " of the song potentially represented any pair of warring adversaries ( giving the examples of " cowboys and Indians or Captain Kirk and Klingons "), the song does contain the line " On the air America / I modelled shirts by Van Heusen ", a clear reference to then US President Ronald Reagan, who had advertised for Phillips Van Heusen in 1953 ( briefly reviving the association in the early 1980s ), and whose first film had been titled Love Is On The Air.

*" The Power of Love " ( Frankie Goes to Hollywood song ) ( 1984 )

*" The Power of Love " ( Charley Pride song ) ( 1984 )

* Fugazi ( album ), a 1984 studio album by the British rock band Marillion, featuring a song also named " Fugazi "

This was mainly due to the song " I Am What I Am ", which became a hit at dance clubs, and then on the Club Play chart in late 1983 / early 1984.

In 1984, Brown teamed with rap musician Afrika Bambaattaa on the song, " Unity ".

*" MLK " ( song ), from the 1984 U2 album The Unforgettable Fire

In 1984, Kinnock appeared in the video for the Tracey Ullman song " My Guy " ( his daughter was a fan ) as a someone with a clipboard canvassing on a council estate.

* The band Marillion had a # 29 hit in the UK in 1984 with a song entitled " Punch and Judy ", satirising marital strife.

* The band The Stranglers included a song on their 1984 album Aural Sculpture called " Punch & Judy.

Semi-spoken music has long been especially popular in British entertainment, and such examples as David Croft's theme to the 1970s ' sitcom Are You Being Served ?, the 1979 song Mickey as performed by Toni Basil in 1982, and the 1984 title song, " One Night in Bangkok " for the musical Chess have elements indistinguishable from modern rap.

Jack Murphy Stadium played " Cub-Busters ", a parody of the theme song from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters.

Back in 1984, X had released a cover version of " Wild Thing " as a single ; in 1989, the song was re-released as the lead single from the soundtrack to the hit film Major League.

* May 5 – The Herreys win the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 for Sweden, with the song Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Ley.

* " Amelia ", a song by the Cocteau Twins on their 1984 album Treasure

The REM song ( Don't Go Back To ) Rockville released in 1984 was written by Mike Mills about not wanting his girlfriend to return to Rockville, Maryland.