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

Film and TV History in November 1984

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Nov 9 Wes Craven's horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" premieres in the US

  • Nov 10 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again
  • Nov 12 NBC premiere of "Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story", fact based telepic of actress Saldana's near fatal attack and its aftermath
  • Nov 18 NBC premiere of the first part of fact based crime mystery "Fatal Vision", based on Joe McGinnis' novel about Jefferey MacDonald and the 1970 murders of his then-pregnant wife and two children

Fred Roger's Sweater

Nov 22 Fred Rogers of PBS "Mr Rogers, Neighborhood" presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution

A Christmas Carol

Nov 23 "A Christmas Carol" directed by Clive Donner starring George C. Scott premieres in the UK