1984
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When Martin became a lobsterman in 1984, cruise ships hardly stopped in Maine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Decathlete Rafer Johnson lit the Olympic flame in 1984 at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
The Social Security Administration had an annual surplus — payroll-tax revenue exceeding the cost of benefits — every year from 1984 through 2020.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
In 1984, 20 people died in a fire on the Canary Island of La Gomera, while in 1979, 21 people, including nine children, died in a forest fire near Lloret de Mar in north-eastern Spain.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Setting his sights on the 1984 election, Jesse Jackson would become the second African American ever to run a serious national campaign for the presidency, after Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s unsuccessful run in 1972.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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