Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.

Film and TV History in June 1984

  • Jun 2 "Welcome To Fun Zone" hosted by Dr Demento airs on NBC-TV
  • Jun 2 Actress Jill Ireland has a radical mastectomy
  • Jun 6 Video game Tetris is first released in the Soviet Union by Alexey Pajitnov

Ghostbusters Premieres

Jun 8 "Ghostbusters", American supernatural comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson premieres

  • Jun 8 "Gremlins", American comedy horror film, is released
  • Jun 9 Donald Duck's 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland

Music History

Jun 9 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater

  • Jun 11 Michael Larson shown winning record $110,237 on American TV game show "Press Your Luck" by memorizing patterns
  • Jun 19 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline)
  • Jun 19 Weird Al Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair

Daytime Emmy Awards

Jun 27 Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time

  • Jun 28 17th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego