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

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1984?


Events

  • 01 Oct 1984 Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball.
  • 02 Oct 1984 In 1st LCS game played with replacement umps, Cubs cbeat Padres 13-0
  • 04 Oct 1984 Yanks clinch AL East
  • 05 Oct 1984 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G) - Challenger 6 - launched. Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
  • 06 Oct 1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Hitachi Ladies British Golf Open
  • 07 Oct 1984 Striking umps return for Game 5 of NLCS, SD Padres win pennant
  • 08 Oct 1984 18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
  • 09 Oct 1984 Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st US woman to walk in space
  • 11 Oct 1984 1st space walk by US woman (Dr Kathryn D Sullivan)
  • 12 Oct 1984 IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die
  • 13 Oct 1984 John Henry becomes first thoroughbred to win US$6 million.
  • 14 Oct 1984 Quilters closes at Jack Lawrence Theater NYC after 24 performances
  • 15 Oct 1984 Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud
  • 16 Oct 1984 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
  • 17 Oct 1984 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Bruce Merrifield
  • 18 Oct 1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51A mission
  • 21 Oct 1984 Niki Lauda becomes 3rd time motor racing world champ
  • 22 Oct 1984 Paul McCartney releases Give My Regards to Broad Street soundtrack
  • 23 Oct 1984 Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
  • 24 Oct 1984 Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match
  • 25 Oct 1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street premieres
  • 26 Oct 1984 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days.
  • 28 Oct 1984 15th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53
  • 29 Oct 1984 Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win New York Marathon.
  • 30 Oct 1984 Tigers reliever Willie Hernandez wins AL Cy Young Award
  • 31 Oct 1984 Puerto Rican tanker, San Francisco explodes spilling 2 million gallons of oil as ship caught fire

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in October 1984?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Let's Go Crazy
  2. - I Just Called To Say I Love You
  3. - Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
  4. - Drive
  5. - Hard Habit To Break

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - I Just Called To Say I Love You
  2. - Freedom
  3. - The War Song
  4. - No More Lonely Nights (Ballad)
  5. - Ghostbusters

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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The Terminator

The Terminator

Release year: 1984

Directed by: James Cameron

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield

Country: United States of America

The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

Release year: 1984

Directed by: Roland Joffé

Starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands

Country: United States of America

A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Release year: 1984

Directed by: Wes Craven

Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon

Country: United States of America

Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

Release year: 1984

Directed by: Terence Hill

1984

1984

Release year: 1984

Directed by: Michael Radford

Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in October 1984?
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The Weaker Vessel by Antonia Fraser

The Weaker Vessel

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"An almost encyclopedic record of women in 17th-century England...wives and warriors, heiresses or preachers... alive with Anecdote After Anecdote." New York Times Book Review

The Fire From Within by Carlos Castaneda

The Fire From Within

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Fire from Within is Castaneda's most original and thought-provoking book. It's a book that Castaneda, with the guidance of don Juan and his "disciples," finally constructs from the teachings.

Role Of Honor by John Gardner

Role Of Honor

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Role of Honor

The Outsider by Howard Fast

The Outsider

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Houghton Mifflin 1984, Very Good. Text Clean. Excellent condition in original dust jacket. Flyleaf with name of former owner. First printing. [Fiction] Booksellers who sell out-of-print or antiquarian literature since 1933.

Tough Guys Don'T Dance by Norman Mailer

Tough Guys Don'T Dance

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Norman Mailer looks into the hidden virtues and recesses of modern American males in this brilliant crime novel that transcends genre. Tim Madden, a failed writer who lives on Cape Cod, wakes up with a horrible hangover, a painful tattoo …