October 1984 calendar

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

Famous Birthday

• Katy Perry

  American singer, songwriter and actress.

• Ashlee Simpson

  American singer, songwriter, and actress.

• Kelly Osbourne

  British noted family, the middle daughter of the heavy-metal rock star Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon.

• Freida Pinto

  Indian actress and model.

• Lena Katina

  Russian singer (t.

• Eva Pigford
• Marion Bartoli

  French tennis player, she lost the 2007 Wimbledon final won by Venus Williams(after defeating Hénin in the semi-final).

• Chris Olivero
• Lindsey Vonn

  American alpine skier, one of the greatest in the history of this sport.

• Sasha Cohen

  American figure ice skater, an Olympic silver medallist in 2006 and national champion.

• Jérémy Chatelain
• Chiaki Kuriyama

  Japanese actress and singer.

• Lougee Basabas

  Filipino singer-songwriter (MOJOFLY).

• Izabel Goulart

  Brazilian-American model and actress.

• Mélissa Lauren
• Esperanza Spalding

  Jazz Singer.

• Vienna (Austria)
• Mónica Spear

  Venezuelan model and actress Miss Venezuela 2004 (d. 2014).

• Meghan McCain

  American author and daughter of John McCain.

• Milo Yiannopoulos

  Activist.

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Famous Deaths

• Indira Gandhi

  Indian politician: the P.M.

• Jon-Erik Hexum

  American actor, a handsome man and well-built, he fit the "beefcake" image well.

• Pascale Ogier

  Actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24.

• Oskar Werner

  Film actor / director (Shoes of the Fisherman, Das Ekel).

• Peggy Ann Garner

  Actress (Ford Theater), dies at 53 of cancer.

• Eduardo De Filippo

  Italian actor, a noted comedian and producer.

• Florence Rinard

  TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82.

• Jerzy Popie?uszko

  Polish priest, associated with the Solidarity union, murdered by the agents of internal intelligence agency (Born 1947).

• Dalibor Cyril Vackar

  Composer, dies at 78.

• Francois Truffaut

  Director (Fahrenheit 451), dies of brain cancer at 52.

• Harold Laurence Walters

  Composer, dies at 66.

• Napoleon Whiting

  Actor (Silas-Big Valley), dies at 75.

• Henri Michaux

  Belgian-born poet, writer, and painter who wrote in French.

• Henri Michaux

  Belgium Military man.

• James Petrillo

  leader of the U.S.

• Alberta Hunter

  American singer-songwriter and nurse (d. 1984).

• Ken Carpenter

  TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84.

• Walter Alston

  American baseball player and manager (Born 1911).

• Gus Mancuso

  American baseball player coach and sportscaster (d. 1984).

• Francois Truffaut

  Paris, France -- Director (Jules & Jim, Fahrenheit 451).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

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

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
2. Wham! - Freedom
3. Culture Club - The War Song
4. Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights (Ballad)
5. Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters