February 1984 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1984 China and Netherlands regain diplomatic relations.
• 02 Feb 1984 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards
• 03 Feb 1984 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B) - Challenger 4 launched
• 04 Feb 1984 9 closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 739 performances
• 05 Feb 1984 Patty Sheehan win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
• 07 Feb 1984 Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk
• 08 Feb 1984 14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
• 09 Feb 1984 Rink opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 204 performances
• 11 Feb 1984 10th space shuttle mission (41-B) - Challenger 4-returns to Earth
• 12 Feb 1984 Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate Bolero at Olympics
• 13 Feb 1984 Six-year-old Texan Stormie Jones gets first heart and liver transplant.
• 14 Feb 1984 Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney Australia
• 15 Feb 1984 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq.
• 16 Feb 1984 New Jersey Devils' first overtime goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5.
• 18 Feb 1984 Revised concordat between Italy and the Vatican signed.
• 19 Feb 1984 Doonesbury closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 104 performances
• 21 Feb 1984 Timex withdraws from the home computer business. Timex introduced the British Sinclair Research ZX81 computer to North America as the Timex/Sinclair 1000 in 1982. Priced at $100, then dropped to $50, a lack of software and physical size and memory size limitations dampened initial public enthusiasm.
• 24 Feb 1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran.
• 25 Feb 1984 Oil fire in Cubatao, Brazil kills 500.
• 26 Feb 1984 Reverend Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called New York City "Hymietown".
• 27 Feb 1984 WRC-AM in Washington DC changes call letters to WWRC
• 28 Feb 1984 26th Grammy Awards: "Beat It", Michael Jackson wins eight.
• 29 Feb 1984 Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announces he will retire as soon as the Liberals can elect another leader.

Famous Birthday

• Karolina Kurkova

  Czech supermodel.

• Sara Carbonero

  Spanish TV presenter and journalist.

• Meera Jasmine
• Trevor Noah

  Comedian.

• Aubrey O'Day

  American singer.

• Poznan (Poland)
• Dorota Rabczewska
• Julie Taton

  Belgian model and TV presenter, crowned as Miss Belgium in 2003.

• Beren Saat

  TV Actress.

• Carlos Tevez

  Argentinine footballer.

• Naomi Aborn
• Manon Flier
• Mister You
• Lee Thompson Young

  American actor.

• Jessica Miller (fashion model)
• Noureen Dewulf
• Abbi Jacobson

  American comedian writer actress and illustrator.

• Wilson Bethel

  TV Actor.

• Andreas Seppi
• Sherlyn Chopra
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Famous Deaths

• Ethel Merman

  American singer and actress known as the First Lady of Musical Comedy.

• Julio Cort zar

  Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69.

• Ken Williams

  TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69.

• Fikret Dzhamil Amirov

  Composer, dies at 61.

• Michail A Sholochov

  Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965).

• Roland Culver

  Actor (Thunderball), dies of heart problems at 83.

• David

  Spent most of his life in a plastic bubble, dies at 12.

• Lucille Benson

  Actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies), dies at 69.

• Helmut Schelsky

  German sociologist (Born 1912).

• Ravindara Mhatrem

  Indian diplomat, killed in England.

• Brooks West

  Actor (Richard-My Friend Irma), dies at 67.

• Balasaraswathi

  Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras.

• Leamon Hunt

  US director-General in Sinai, killed by communists.

• Ina Ray Hutton

  orchestra leader ( Show), dies at age 66.

• Rodolfo Guzman Huerta

  Mexican wrestler and film actor (Born 1917).

• Andre Stander

  South African police captain and bank robber (Born 1946).

• MAG Osmani

  Supreme Commander of Bangladesh Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War (Born 1918).

• Avon Long

  Dancer / actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies of cancer at 73.

• Uwe Johnson

  German author and scholar (d. 1984).

• Anne Townsend

  lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
2. Van Halen - Jump
3. Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
4. Kool & The Gang - Joanna
5. Nena - 99 Luftballons

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
2. Nena - 99 Red Balloons
3. Queen - Radio Ga Ga
4. Kool & The Gang - Joanna / Tonight
5. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun