April 1984 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1984 American singer Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in Los Angeles, California at age 44 (born 1939).
• 02 Apr 1984 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75.
• 03 Apr 1984 Soyuz T-11 carries 3 Cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7
• 04 Apr 1984 U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
• 05 Apr 1984 Human Comedy opens at Royale Theater NYC for 13 performances
• 06 Apr 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)- Challenger 5 is launched; first time 11 people in space.
• 07 Apr 1984 Frank Church, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Ohio, 1957-81), dies at age 59.
• 08 Apr 1984 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins.
• 09 Apr 1984 56th Academy Awards - Terms of Endearment, R Duvall and S Maclaine win
• 10 Apr 1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
• 11 Apr 1984 Challenger Astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
• 13 Apr 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C) - Challenger 5-returns to Earth
• 14 Apr 1984 Farewell concert of Doe Maar in Den Bosch Neth
• 15 Apr 1984 Human Comedy closes at Royale Theater NYC after 13 performances
• 16 Apr 1984 Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for American Primitive
• 17 Apr 1984 Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
• 18 Apr 1984 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
• 19 Apr 1984 Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print
• 20 Apr 1984 Russian offensive in Panshirvallei, Afghanistan.
• 21 Apr 1984 After 37 weeks, Thriller is knocked off as top album by Footloose
• 22 Apr 1984 Ansel Adams, American photographer, dies at age 82 (born 1902).
• 23 Apr 1984 AIDS-virus identified
• 24 Apr 1984 In Morgan Hill, California, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs.
• 25 Apr 1984 Rock group Wings disbands.
• 26 Apr 1984 US President Ronald Reagan visits China.
• 27 Apr 1984 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings.
• 28 Apr 1984 La Tragedie de Carmen closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 performances
• 29 Apr 1984 Oliver! opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances
• 30 Apr 1984 Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game

Famous Birthday

• Mandy Moore

  American pop singer and actor who released her first single recording at age 15, toured as a teen with the Backstreet Boys.

• America Ferrera

  American actress whose portrayal of the title character in the American TV series "Ugly Betty" put her firmly in the public eye.

• Nikola Karabatic
• Patrick Stump

  American musician (Fall Out Boy).

• Kirsten Storms

  Soap Opera Actress.

• Taylor Cole

  American actress and model.

• Charlee Lynn
• Tyson Ritter

  Rock Singer.

• Michaël Sapience (Star Academy)
• Marshall Allman

  American actor producer and screenwriter.

• Sophie Turner

  Australian model and lawyer.

• Ezra Koenig

  American singer (Vampire Weekend).

• Michelle Ryan

  English actress.

• Annie Costner
• Fabien Gilot

  French champion swimmer.

• Alexandra Kosteniuk

  Russian chess player.

• Rosanna Davison

  Irish model and actress Miss World 2003.

• Kelli Garner

  American actress.

• Claire Foy

  English actress.

• David Marsais
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Famous Deaths

• Marvin Gaye

  American singer, songwriter, keyboard player and drummer, one of the lead stars of the Motown group during the '60's and '70s and an...

• Count Basie

  American pianist composer and bandleader (Count Basie Orchestra) (d. 1984).

• Theo Koomen

  Dutch sportscaster, dies in auto-accident at age 54.

• Richard Benedict

  Actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack.

• Arthur Travors "Bomber" Harris

  marshal of British Royal Air Force, dies (born 1892).

• Ral Donner

  singer/narrator, dies at age 41.

• Jimmy Kenndy

  British songwriter ("South of the Border"), dies.

• Basil Henry Blackwell

  British publisher, dies.

• John Lee Mahin

  screenwriter, dies of emphysema at age 81.

• Mabel Mercer

  English/US singer ("Fly Me to the Moon"), dies at age 84.

• William "Count" Basie

  American jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday (born 1904).

• Piet Kraak

  Dutch soccer player, dies at age 63.

• Glen H Taylor

  US Senator/vice presidential candidate (1948), dies at age 80.

• Edwin T Layton

  American naval officer (Born 1903).

• Dionyssis Papayannopoulos

  Greek actor (Born 1912).

• Dionisis Papagiannopoulos

  Greek actor (Born 1912).

• Hristo Prodanov

  Bulgarian mountaineer (Born 1943).

• Pyotr Kapitsa

  Soviet physicist who invented new machines for liquefaction of gases and in 1937 discovered the superfluidity of liquid helium.

• Tommy Cooper

  Welsh comedy magician (Born 1921).

• Oleg Antonov

  Russian aircraft designer and engineer founded the Antonov Aircraft Company (d. 1984).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Kenny Loggins - Footloose
2. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
3. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
4. Lionel Richie - Hello
5. Van Halen - Jump

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Lionel Richie - Hello
2. The Thompson Twins - You Take Me Up
3. Shakin' Stevens - A Love Worth Waiting For
4. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
5. Queen - I Want To Break Free