Thursday, October 25, 1984 · Santa Barbara, California
The world the day Katy Perry was born
Katy Perry, the singer, arrived on a Thursday in Santa Barbara, California. This is what was on the radio, in the sky and on the price tags that day.
#1 that week
“I Just Called To Say I Love You”
Stevie Wonder
The moon
waxing crescent
Star sign
♏ Scorpio
Year of the Rat
U.S. president
Ronald Reagan
On every radio
The song at #1 the week Katy was born
“I Just Called To Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Let's Go Crazy”.
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Cost of living
What things cost in 1984
U.S. averages for the year Katy Perry was born, next to the latest figures (Sep 2026).
- Gallon of gas$1.21 → $4.48 today (3.7×)
- Loaf of white bread54¢ → $1.83 today (3.4×)
- Dozen eggs$1.00 → $2.27 today (2.3×)
- Pound of coffee$2.58 → $9.33 today (3.6×)
- Postage stamp20¢ → 78¢ today (3.9×)
In the news
The year 1984
- Jan 1 · Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
- Jan 7 · Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
- Feb 13 · Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- Feb 29 · Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.
- Mar 22 · Teachers at a preschool in Manhattan Beach, California, were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren, leading to the longest and costliest criminal trial in United States history.
Born around the same time
Katy Perry shares a birth year with…
LeBron James
basketball player · born December 30, 1984
Scarlett Johansson
actress · born November 22, 1984
Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook founder · born May 14, 1984
JD Vance
50th U.S. vice president · born August 2, 1984
Prince Harry
Duke of Sussex · born September 15, 1984
Khloé Kardashian
media personality · born June 27, 1984
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Questions
When was Katy Perry born?
Katy Perry was born on Thursday, October 25, 1984, in Santa Barbara, California.
What day of the week was Katy Perry born?
A Thursday. October 25, 1984 fell on a Thursday.
What was the #1 song when Katy Perry was born?
“I Just Called To Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 the week Katy Perry was born. It spent 3 weeks at #1.
What is Katy Perry’s zodiac sign?
Katy Perry is a Scorpio (born Oct 25), and was born in the Chinese year of the Rat.
What was the moon like when Katy Perry was born?
A waxing crescent moon, about 3% lit, on the night of October 25, 1984.
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