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.

Famous Birthday

LeBron James
American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
LeBron James
American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Theo James
TV Actor.
Candice Pascal
French professional dancer.
Robert Kubica
Polish Formula One car driver.
Bob Morley
Actor.
Gilles Simon
French professional tennis player (and excellent amateur pianist), Gilles grew up in the suburbs of Paris.
Lauren London
TV Actress.
Alina Vacariu
Lauren London
TV Actress.
Jackson Rathbone
Movie Actor.
Jackson Rathbone
Movie Actor.
Black M
French-Guinean rapper, his stage name was originally "Black Mesrine", inspired by the famous gangster Jacques Mesrines.
Burak Özcivit
Sandra Echeverria
Movie Actress.
Shannon Marie Woodward
Véronique Mang
French sprinter.
Jessica Origliasso
TV Actress.
Lisa Origliasso
Pop Singer.
Martin Kaymer
German golfer.
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Famous Deaths

Sam Peckinpah
American film director and screenwriter who was noted for his creative slow-motion vision of violence and killing the old fashioned Western.
Peter Lawford
British-American star of some 57 movies and several television series, also prominent for being brother-in-law to the late U.S.
Michel Magne
French musician, composer for films, Oscar nomination for "Gigot" 1962.
George Waggner
American actor director and producer (d. 1984).
Robert Jay Mathews
White Nationalist (Born 1953).
Razzle
English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (Born 1960).
Gonzalo Marquez
Venezuelan baseball player (Born 1946).
Massa
oldest gorilla on record (Born 1930).
Lennard Pearce
English actor (Born 1915).
Joy Ridderhof
American missionary (Born 1903).
Leo Robin
American composer and songwriter (d. 1984).
Vladimir Rokhlin
Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (d. 1984).
Joan Lindsay
Australian author and critic (d. 1984).
Roelof Frankot
Dutch painter and photographer (d. 1984).
Razzle
English musician and drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (Born 1960).
Luther Adler
American actor (Dr Bernard Altman - The Psychiatrist), dies at age 81 (born 1903).
Jeanne Cagney
Actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65.
John Rock
US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94.
Ian Hendry
Actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53.
Ruth Cummings
Actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90.
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