December 1984 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 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 December 1984: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1984?

Events

01 Dec 1984 Greg Page knocks out Gerrie Coetzee in 8 rounds for WBA heavyweight boxing title.
02 Dec 1984 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
03 Dec 1984 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
04 Dec 1984 Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
05 Dec 1984 French colonies kill ten Kanaken in New Caledonia.
06 Dec 1984 Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill second hostage.
08 Dec 1984 Ringo appears on Saturday Night Live
09 Dec 1984 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends
10 Dec 1984 WNSY-AM in Newport News VA returns from WGH
11 Dec 1984 Doug Henning & His World... opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 60 performances
12 Dec 1984 Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'etat against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter is attending a summit.
13 Dec 1984 Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers first stroke.
14 Dec 1984 Nigeria recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
18 Dec 1984 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1).
19 Dec 1984 China PR Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty
20 Dec 1984 33 unknown keyboard (piano) works of Johann Sebastion Bach are found in the Yale library.
22 Dec 1984 Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black muggers on NYC subway train
24 Dec 1984 Palace coup in Mauritania.
26 Dec 1984 Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este.
28 Dec 1984 TV soap Edge of Night ends 28 year run
29 Dec 1984 5th United Negro College Fund
30 Dec 1984 Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) and Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed.
31 Dec 1984 US leaves UNESCO.
01 Dec 1984 NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.