Modern Era · North America · Culture

1984

Thriller dominates the world

1984

Michael Jackson's album Thriller, released the previous year, became the best-selling record of all time, eventually moving more than sixty million copies. Its title-track video, with zombies dancing under a full moon, made MTV essential. Jackson, twenty-five, was the most famous entertainer on the planet, and remarkably, still the most strange.

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Also in 1984 (3 other events on record)

Bhopal Gas Disaster · South Asia · Disaster
Apple Macintosh · North America · Technology
Indira Gandhi assassinated · South Asia · Politics

Before and after in North America

Before: October 25, 1983: US invades Grenada
After: September 19, 1985: Mexico City earthquake

Before and after in Culture

Before: July 29, 1981: Charles and Diana wed
After: July 13, 1985: Live Aid

Era

Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.