But there was way more going on in 1984. American researchers discover the AIDS virus, and that creates a real-world domino effect that ripples through the nation’s LGBTQ and low-income communities that we’re still struggling with today. Apple releases the first Macintosh personal computer and an iconic accompanying trailer , which brings us to thoughts of a tech-dominated landscape that only Diana could save us from. The 1984 Summer Olympics are held in Los Angeles, and could easily set the scene for the tense international relationship between America and the Soviets, who boycotted the games (and could you imagine the set pieces?). Ronald Reagan wins the 1984 presidential election, which, okay, throws a bit of a wrench into our own dreams of Diana 4 Prez , but could certainly introduce the conservative foreign policy that contextualises the era's nuclear arms race.