Top Songs
- Billy Ocean – “Caribbean Queen”
- Culture Club – “Karma Chameleon”
- Cyndi Lauper – “Time after Time”
- David Bowie – “Blue Jean”
- Deniece Williams – “Let’s Hear it for the Boy”
- Duran Duran – “The Reflex”
- Hall & Oates – “Out of Touch”
- John Waite – “Missing You”
- Kenny Loggins – “Footloose”
- Kool and the Gang – “Joanna”
- Lionel Richie – “Hello”
- Matthew Wilder – “Break My Stride”
- Michael Jackson – “Thriller”
- Phil Collins – “Against All Odds”
- Prince – “When Doves Cry”
- Queen – “Radio Ga Ga”
- Ray Parker Jr – “Ghostbusters”
- Stevie Wonder – “Just Called to Say I Love You”
- Thompson Twins – “Hold Me Now”
- Tina Turner – “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
- Van Halen – “Jump”
- Wham! – “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
- Yes – “Owner of a Lonely Heart”
#7: Births
- Avril Lavigne – Canadian pop singer, “Complicated”
- Sam Hunt – country singer, “Body like a Back Road”
- Scarlett Johansson – actress, plays Black Widow
- Theo James – movie actor, in “Divergent” movies
- Katy Perry – pop singer, “Roar”, “Firework”
- Mark Zuckerberg – founder of Facebook
- Prince Harry – heir to the British throne
- Bob Morley – TV actor, in “The 100”
- LeBron James – basketball player
- Khloe Kardashian – reality TV star
#8: Firsts
- Sony and Philips introduce first commercial CD players
- First MTV Video Music Awards aired live in September
- First untethered space walk
#9: New Words
- moonwalk
- FedEx
- caps lock
#10: Top Movies
- Beverly Hills Cop
- The Terminator
- The Karate Kid
- Ghostbusters
- Footloose
- Gremlins
#11: Top TV Shows
- Family Ties
- Knight Rider
- Murder, She Wrote
- The A-Team
- The Cosby Show
- The Facts of Life
- The Love Boat
