August 1984 calendar

August 1984
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1984.
The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1984: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1984?

Events

01 Aug 1984 Commercial peat-cutters discovers a the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, North West England.
03 Aug 1984 365.7 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
04 Aug 1984 Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso
05 Aug 1984 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
06 Aug 1984 203.05 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
07 Aug 1984 Jim Deshales becomes 1,000th playing New York Yankees.
08 Aug 1984 Rink closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 204 performances
09 Aug 1984 STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad
10 Aug 1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run.
11 Aug 1984 During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes
12 Aug 1984 23rd Olympic games close at Los Angeles, California
13 Aug 1984 Morocco and Libya sign Arabic-African Union treaty
14 Aug 1984 West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England
15 Aug 1984 The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
16 Aug 1984 LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges
17 Aug 1984 Pete Rose returns to Cincinnati Reds as player-manager (gets two hits).
18 Aug 1984 Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Florida, spills 2.5 million gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire.
19 Aug 1984 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala
22 Aug 1984 Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced
24 Aug 1984 Pat Bradley set the LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver, Colorado.
25 Aug 1984 French airship capsizes
26 Aug 1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic
27 Aug 1984 US President Ronald Reagan announces the Teacher in Space project.
28 Aug 1984 Josef Fritzl drugs and incarcerates his daughter Elisabeth in a secret cellar, in Amstetten, Austria she was released only after 24 years of sexual abuse and mental ordeal.
30 Aug 1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) - Discovery 1 - launched (6 days).
31 Aug 1984 Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
05 Aug 1984 A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes on approach to Zia International Airport, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing all 49 people on board.