July 1984 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1984 Baby closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 241 performances
• 02 Jul 1984 Standard Oil of California changes its company name to Chevron.
• 03 Jul 1984 Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island.
• 04 Jul 1984 Funeral for S Nakagawa and burial half his ashes next to N Senzaki
• 05 Jul 1984 Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old exclusionary rule-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials
• 06 Jul 1984 Warner Communications sells off the home video game and computer systems business of Atari to Jack Tramiel for US$240 million in long-term loans. Warner has the option to purchase up to 32 percent interest in the new company for US$2 per share.
• 07 Jul 1984 91st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert
• 08 Jul 1984 98th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats J Connors
• 09 Jul 1984 12th minster of York destroyed in lightening storm
• 11 Jul 1984 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
• 12 Jul 1984 Geraldine Ferraro, New York becomes 1st woman major-party VP candidate
• 13 Jul 1984 Eddie Van Halen joins in, in a Jacksons concert
• 14 Jul 1984 STS 41-D vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB for remanifest of payloads
• 17 Jul 1984 Pierre Mauroy resigns as Premier of France
• 18 Jul 1984 Walter F Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco
• 19 Jul 1984 1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic
• 20 Jul 1984 Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America
• 21 Jul 1984 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US
• 22 Jul 1984 113th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 276 at St. Andrews
• 23 Jul 1984 Kansas City Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save
• 25 Jul 1984 Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes 1st woman to walk in space
• 26 Jul 1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single
• 28 Jul 1984 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
• 29 Jul 1984 12th du Maurier Golf Classic: Juli Inkster
• 30 Jul 1984 Holly Roffey (11 days) gets heart transplant
• 31 Jul 1984 Venz commandos terminate hijacking of an aircraft, 2 killed

Famous Birthday

• Taylor Schilling

  American actress.

• Natalie Martinez

  American actress.

• Corey Sevier

  Canadian actor and producer.

• Marie-Mai

  Pop Singer.

• Rachael Taylor

  Movie Actress.

• Jin Akanishi

  Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KAT-TUN and Lands).

• Maria Julia Mantilla
• Pio Marmaï

  French actor of Italian descent.

• Christelle Dubuisson
• Daniella Sarahyba

  Brazilian model.

• Marina Pérez
• Lauriane Gilliéron

  Swiss model Miss Switzerland 2005.

• Johnny Weir

  American figure skater.

• Serinda Swan

  Actress.

• Gina Rodriguez (actress)
• Erica Blasberg

  American golfer (d. 2010).

• Meggan Anderson
• Trudy McIntosh
• Zach Parise

  American ice hockey player.

• Leigh Lezark

  Musician.

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Famous Deaths

• James Mason

  England, United Kingdom -- Actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil).

• Ed Gein

  American serial killer (Born 1906).

• James Oliver Huberty

  Shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds.

• Flora Robson

  South Shields, England -- Actress (Dominique is Dead).

• George Gallup

  American statistician and opinion pollster (born 1901).

• Christine McIntyre

  American actress of "Three Stooges" fame.

• Lloyd Gough

  Actor (Black Bart, Tolsa), dies of aortic aneurism at 77.

• Ed "Psycho" Gein

  Mass murderer (Psycho based on him), dies at 78.

• Michael Osborne

  Rock guitarist / vocalist (Axe), dies at 34.

• Oswald Jacoby

  US contract bridge champion, dies at 81.

• Woodrow Parfey

  Actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack.

• Bill Raisch

  One armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79.

• J Delos Jewkes

  Singer / actor (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 89.

• Kenny Delmar

  comedian (School House), dies at age 74.

• Alexander Fu Sheng

  Hong Kong actor (Born 1954).

• Big Mama Thornton

  American singer (Born 1926).

• Raoul Salan

  French terrorist, a General and chief of the Secret Army Organization, well known for political terrorist activities.

• Ernest Tidyman

  American author and screenwriter (d. 1984).

• Paul Le Flem

  French composer and critic (d. 1984).

• Carl Boenish

  American BASE jumper and cinematographer (d. 1984).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Duran Duran - The Reflex
2. Prince - When Doves Cry
3. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
4. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
5. Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
2. neil - Hole In My Shoe
3. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
4. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
5. Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me