How many years ago was 1984?

How long ago was 1984?

To put into perspective how long ago 1984 was:

• The teenagers that existed in 1984 are now 53–59 years old.
• Four decades have passed since then.
• People were still listening to music on portable cassette players called Walkmans.
• The Nintendo Entertainment System still hadn't been released in the United States.
• Movies came on VHS tapes.
• Mullets were "everywhere".
• Most offices were still using typewriters. It wasn't until the nineties that PCs began to take over.
• Motorists had to rely on printed maps and directions to get to places. GPS systems didn't appear until more than a decade later.
• The Moon is moving away from Earth at roughly 1.49 inches per year. That means that it has moved away by about 60 inches since 1984.
• There have been roughly 2,080 weekends since then.
• Names such as Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston, Oprah Winfrey, Johnny Depp, Guns N' Roses, Mike Tyson, Nicolas Cage, and Hulk Hogan were not famous at the time.
• Popular songs that year included the likes of "Say Say Say" by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson, "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" by Yes, "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club, "Jump" by Van Halen, "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins, and "Against All Odds" by Phil Collins.
• Films such as "Terms of Endearment", "Silkwood", "Unfaithfully Yours (1984)", "Footloose", "Splash", and "Police Academy" were playing at movie theaters in 1984.
• Ronald Reagan was still the President of the United States.
• Margaret Thatcher was still the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• The Earth has travelled 180 billion miles through space since 1984.
• Most cars didn't have electric windows.
• Although TV remote controls existed, many homes did not have them.
• Microwave ovens were only starting to become a common fixture in kitchens.
• There was no such thing as "Gangsta rap".
• Video games such as "Tetris" and "Duck Hunt" were released that year.
• Due to the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean, the distance between the United States and Europe has grown 100 centimeters since 1984.
• A person who was born that year has had roughly 80–120 colds in their lifetime.
• The world has gone through 160 seasons of weather.
• "The Cosby Show", "Murder, She Wrote", "Miami Vice", "Who's the Boss?", "Sherlock Holmes", and "The Transformers" were among the TV shows that started airing that year.