March 1984 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1984 Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit
• 02 Mar 1984 John Long (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
• 03 Mar 1984 Peter Ueberroth is elected baseball commissioner (Effective October 1).
• 04 Mar 1984 Nancy Lopez wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational.
• 05 Mar 1984 US accuse Iraq of using poison gas
• 06 Mar 1984 A year-long strike action begins in the British coal industry (see UK Miners' Strike (1984-1985)).
• 09 Mar 1984 John Lennon releases Borrowed Time
• 10 Mar 1984 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
• 11 Mar 1984 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic.
• 12 Mar 1984 National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike
• 14 Mar 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission
• 15 Mar 1984 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields wins.
• 16 Mar 1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut
• 18 Mar 1984 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open.
• 19 Mar 1984 Kate & Allie, premieres
• 20 Mar 1984 US Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools.
• 21 Mar 1984 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
• 22 Mar 1984 Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.
• 23 Mar 1984 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill and Chris Dean
• 24 Mar 1984 IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics
• 29 Mar 1984 NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis under cover of night.
• 30 Mar 1984 US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force.
• 31 Mar 1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

Famous Birthday

• Olivia Wilde

  American actress.

• Fernando Torres

  Spanish footballer who plays as a striker for Chelsea and the Spain national team.

• Katharine McPhee

  American reality show entrant in the fifth season of popular TV show "American Idol.

• Leïla Bekhti

  French film and television actress of Algerian descent.

• Naima Mora

  winner of America's Next Top Model cycle 4..

• Jaimie Alexander

  American actress.

• Elizabeth Jagger

  American noted family, the daughter of Mick Jagger and model Jerry Hall.

• Marc-André Grondin

  Canadian actor.

• Mario Ancic

  Croatian tennis player.

• Bianca Balti

  Model.

• Chris Bosh

  American basketball player.

• Christy Carlson Romano

  American actress and singer.

• Julia Mancuso

  American skier.

• Park Bom

  South Korean singer (2NE1).

• Samantha Stosur

  Australian tennis player.

• Kari Ann Peniche
• Blandine Bellavoir
• Zilin Zhang
• Sara Jean Underwood

  American model.

• iJustine

  American blogger and actress.

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Famous Deaths

• Jackie Coogan

  American actor, one of the most famous and appealing of the child stars.

• Tito Gobbi

  Italian singer, an operatic baritone who made his debut in 1938.

• Pierre Cochereau

  Composer, dies at 59.

• Charlie Lau

  American baseball player/coach (Chiacgo Cubs), at age 50 (born 1933).

• Nakagawa Soen

  Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at age 76.

• Aurelio Peccei

  Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at age 75.

• Kenneth Whitty

  first Secretary at British Embassy in Athens, is shot dead.

• Peter Yarrall

  strongest Englishman/weighed 826 pounds (374.

• Harry Salter

  orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at age 85.

• Ernest Buckler

  Canadian novelist (Born 1908).

• Martin Hurlimann

  Swiss photographer (Born 1897).

• Geoffrey Lumsden

  British actor (Born 1914).

• Kostas Roukounas

  Greek rembetiko singer and song writer (Born 1903).

• Hovhannes Shiraz

  Armenian poet (Born 1915).

• Ahmed Sekou Toure

  President of Guinea (Born 1922).

• Garry Winogrand

  American photographer and author (d. 1984).

• Shauna Grant

  American porn actress and model (d. 1984).

• Paul Rotha

  English director and producer (d. 1984).

• Carmen Dragon

  American conductor, composer and arranger (Born 1914).

• June Marlowe

  actress (Pardon US), dies at age 81.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Van Halen - Jump
2. Kenny Loggins - Footloose
3. Nena - 99 Luftballons
4. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
5. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Nena - 99 Red Balloons
2. Lionel Richie - Hello
3. Kool & The Gang - Joanna / Tonight
4. The Thompson Twins - You Take Me Up
5. Shakin' Stevens - A Love Worth Waiting For