Coca-Cola introduces "New Coke"... sales immediately fall flat.
Cincinnati's Pete Rose scores career hit 4,192, beating Ty Cobb's 57-year old record.
73 years after it sank, The Titanic is located off the coast of Newfoundland.
Billy Joel marries Christie Brinkley; Madonna marries Sean Penn; Bruce Springsteen marries Julianne Phillips.
In July, the "Live Aid" concert for African famine relief airs in Philadelphia and London; in September, "Farm Aid" raises money for American farms.
Rock Hudson dies of AIDS.
VH-1 makes its debut.
Belinda Carlisle leaves The Go Gos.
