May 24, 1984

Gas cost $1.13 a gallon in the spring of 1984, and the Dow Jones stood at 1,212 — a tense period in U.S.-Soviet relations was playing out on the front pages, with Pentagon officials warning that the Soviet Union was pulling ahead in the missile race. On the cultural front, Phil Collins held the number one spot on the charts with "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)," while audiences were turning out for the Oscar-winning "Terms of Endearment" in theaters and tuning in to "Dallas" on Friday nights. The Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to claim the NBA championship that June, and just weeks earlier, the Soviet Union had announced it would boycott the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, a decision that would reshape the entire competition when the Games opened in July.