1984

1984 marks the year the world became aware of the famine in Ethiopia, prompting the European Economic Community to make £1.8 million available for humanitarian aid, and leading Irish musician Bob Geldof to form the Band Aid group, which would donate its profits to help fight the famine.

On October 31st, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards, sparking murderous Anti-Sikh riots throughout the country. That same year, the Bhopal disaster occurs in the Madhya Pradesh region of India when a gas leak causes the death of over 8000 people in history’s worst industrial accident.

In Latin America, over a million people, led by politician Tancredo Neves, march in the streets of Sao Paulo to demand democratic elections in the largest demonstration in Brazilian history.

On November 6th, Ronal Reagan re-elected, a few months after calling for a ban on chemical weapons following Iran’s denunciation of Iraq’s use of such weapons.

In sports, the 1984 Summer Olympics are held in Los Angeles with the notable absence of the Soviet Union, who had announced their boycott of the event a few months before. On May 8th, the Chicago White Sox defeat the Milwaukee Brewers in the longest game in the history of Major League baseball, clocking in at eight hours.

In the arts, Bruce Springsteen released Born in the USA on June 4th and Terms of Endearment won five Oscars, including Best Picture.

In science and technology, Apple Computers released the Macintosh Personal Computer on January 4th, a day after airing the famous advertisement inspired by George Orwell’s 1984 and, later that year, U.S. scientists announce the discovery of the AIDS virus. Notable births in 1984 include American actress and comedian Kate McKinnon, American entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg and South African comedian and television host Trevor Noah.

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Oscar Winners

All Academy Awards Prize winners of the 57th edition of the Oscar ceremony

Best picture

Amadeus

Best director

Milos Forman

Best actor

F. Murray Abraham

Best actress

Sally Field

Best supporting actor

Haing S. Ngor

Best supporting actress

Peggy Ashcroft

Time Person of the Year

Who was the person of the year of 1984?

Peter Ueberroth

Ueberroth orchestrated the organization of the 1984 Summer Olympics, which involved a Soviet-led boycott.

Books

Which were the most popular books released in 1984 ?
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Nobel Prizes

All Nobel Prize winners of 1984

Peace Prize

Desmond Tutu

Literature

Jaroslav Seifert

Physics

Carlo Rubbia
Simon van der Meer

Economic Sciences

Richard Stone

Chemistry

Robert Bruce Merrifield

Physiology or Medicine

Niels Kaj Jerne
Georges J. F. Köhler
César Milstein

Music charts

Which were the top hits of 1984?

Top #1 songs in the USA

Prince - When Doves Cry
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
Lionel Richie - Hello
Van Halen - Jump
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

Top #1 songs in the UK

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
Wham! - Freedom
Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
Lionel Richie - Hello
Nena - 99 Red Balloons
Black Lace - Agadoo
George Michael - Careless Whisper

Movies

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Popular names

Which were the top popular names given to babies born in 1984 in the USA ?

Top #10 male names

Top #10 female names

World Population

Demographic statistics of the year 1984

Population statistics

Total population: 4.8 billion (4,784,011,621 to be precise!)
Urban population: 2.0 billion, that is 41.0% of the total population of 1984 lives in cities
Yearly change: +84.6 million, corresponding to a percentage increase of +1.8%
Average density: 32.0 persons per km²

Historical Events

Which were the important events of 1984?

Events

01 Jan 1984 New York City transit fare rises from 75 cents to 90 cents
02 Jan 1984 Riot in Tunis kills over 100.
03 Jan 1984 Syria frees captured US pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson.
04 Jan 1984 Night Court starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV
05 Jan 1984 Adrian Dantly (Utah Jazz), ties NBA record of 28 free throws.
06 Jan 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission
07 Jan 1984 Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
08 Jan 1984 Washington Capitals Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals to beat Philadelphia 7-1
09 Jan 1984 EAA moves operations to Oshkosh
10 Jan 1984 Argentine ex-President / general Bignone arrested
11 Jan 1984 STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
13 Jan 1984 TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV
14 Jan 1984 Madonna 1st sings Holiday on American Bandstand
16 Jan 1984 Paul and Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis
17 Jan 1984 US Supreme Court rules (5-4) private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws.
18 Jan 1984 The Mitsui Miike coal mine explosion at Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan kills 83.
19 Jan 1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time 50,808 km (he is the first man to break the 50 km/h barrier).
20 Jan 1984 US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners.
21 Jan 1984 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton.
22 Jan 1984 Super Bowl XVIII: LA Raiders beat Washington Redskins, 38-9 in Tampa Super Bowl MVP: Marcus Allen, LA Raiders, RB
23 Jan 1984 Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become World Wrestling Federation champ.
24 Jan 1984 Apple Computer introduces the Apple Macintosh computer. It features 7.83 MHz 32-bit Motorola 68000 processor, built-in 9-inch 512x342 graphics monochrome monitor, 3.5-inch diskette drive, and 128 kB RAM. Price is $2500, well above the original $1000 target.
26 Jan 1984 US navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
27 Jan 1984 John andYoko release Milk andHoney album
28 Jan 1984 Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany.
29 Jan 1984 Actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman
31 Jan 1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
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.
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.
01 Apr 1984 American singer Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in Los Angeles, California at age 44 (born 1939).
02 Apr 1984 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75.
03 Apr 1984 Soyuz T-11 carries 3 Cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7
04 Apr 1984 U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
05 Apr 1984 Human Comedy opens at Royale Theater NYC for 13 performances
06 Apr 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)- Challenger 5 is launched; first time 11 people in space.
07 Apr 1984 Frank Church, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Ohio, 1957-81), dies at age 59.
08 Apr 1984 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins.
09 Apr 1984 56th Academy Awards - Terms of Endearment, R Duvall and S Maclaine win
10 Apr 1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
11 Apr 1984 Challenger Astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
13 Apr 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C) - Challenger 5-returns to Earth
14 Apr 1984 Farewell concert of Doe Maar in Den Bosch Neth
15 Apr 1984 Human Comedy closes at Royale Theater NYC after 13 performances
16 Apr 1984 Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for American Primitive
17 Apr 1984 Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
18 Apr 1984 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
19 Apr 1984 Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print
20 Apr 1984 Russian offensive in Panshirvallei, Afghanistan.
21 Apr 1984 After 37 weeks, Thriller is knocked off as top album by Footloose
22 Apr 1984 Ansel Adams, American photographer, dies at age 82 (born 1902).
23 Apr 1984 AIDS-virus identified
24 Apr 1984 In Morgan Hill, California, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs.
25 Apr 1984 Rock group Wings disbands.
26 Apr 1984 US President Ronald Reagan visits China.
27 Apr 1984 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings.
28 Apr 1984 La Tragedie de Carmen closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 performances
29 Apr 1984 Oliver! opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances
30 Apr 1984 Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
01 May 1984 Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
02 May 1984 Sunday in the Park with George opens at Booth NYC for 604 performances
05 May 1984 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4.
06 May 1984 Baltimore Orioles' player Cal Ripken Jr hits for the cycle.
07 May 1984 Sharon Barrett wins LPGA Potamkin Cadillac Golf Classic.
08 May 1984 USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
09 May 1984 White Sox and Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game
10 May 1984 International Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua.
11 May 1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
12 May 1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
13 May 1984 Oliver! closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 17 performances
14 May 1984 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama wins.
16 May 1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
17 May 1984 Cincinnati Reds' Mario Soto throws four strikeouts in one inning.
19 May 1984 King Of Suede by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
20 May 1984 On Your Toes closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 505 performances
21 May 1984 Atari introduces the Atari 7800 ProSystem video game system. It features higher resolution graphics than the Atari 5200, optional keyboard to make it a home computer, and compatibility with Atari 2600 cartridges. Price is US$149.
23 May 1984 Detroit Tigers win 16th straight road game, tying American League record.
24 May 1984 Wiz opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 13 performances
25 May 1984 Detroit Tigers loss to Seattle Mariners 7-3 ends record-tying 17 consecutive wins.
26 May 1984 Floods kill 14 in Tulsa Okla
27 May 1984 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
29 May 1984 Boston Red Sox retires number 9 (Ted Williams) and number 4 (Joe Cronin).
30 May 1984 NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th
31 May 1984 57th US National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling "luge".
01 Jun 1984 Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
02 Jun 1984 Welcome To Fun Zone hosted by Dr Demento airs on NBC-TV
03 Jun 1984 Wiz closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 13 performances
04 Jun 1984 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers
05 Jun 1984 Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
06 Jun 1984 1,200 die in Sikh Golden Temple uprising India
08 Jun 1984 A deadly F5 tornado nearly destroys the town of Barneveld, Wisconsin, killing 9 people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over US$25 million in damage.
09 Jun 1984 Laserphonic Fantasy premieres
10 Jun 1984 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
11 Jun 1984 Funeral for S Nakagawa and burial of half of his ashes
14 Jun 1984 Southern Baptist convention decide on no women clergy members
15 Jun 1984 Thicke Of The Night, TV Talk Show last airs in syndication
16 Jun 1984 Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City
17 Jun 1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
18 Jun 1984 84th US Golf Open: Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 276 at Winged Foot Golf Club - New York
19 Jun 1984 Weird Al Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair
20 Jun 1984 The official name of the Turkish city Urfa is changed into Şanlıurfa.
22 Jun 1984 Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins
24 Jun 1984 Laurie Rinker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
25 Jun 1984 Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America
26 Jun 1984 1st flight of Shuttle Discovery (41-D) scrubbed at T -4
27 Jun 1984 Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time
28 Jun 1984 Richard Ram?rez, aka the "Night Stalker," performs his first recorded murder.
29 Jun 1984 Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990
30 Jun 1984 Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia
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
01 Aug 1984 Commercial peat-cutters discovers a the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, North West England.
03 Aug 1984 365.7 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
04 Aug 1984 Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso
05 Aug 1984 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
06 Aug 1984 203.05 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
07 Aug 1984 Jim Deshales becomes 1,000th playing New York Yankees.
08 Aug 1984 Rink closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 204 performances
09 Aug 1984 STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad
10 Aug 1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run.
11 Aug 1984 During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes
12 Aug 1984 23rd Olympic games close at Los Angeles, California
13 Aug 1984 Morocco and Libya sign Arabic-African Union treaty
14 Aug 1984 West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England
15 Aug 1984 The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
16 Aug 1984 LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges
17 Aug 1984 Pete Rose returns to Cincinnati Reds as player-manager (gets two hits).
18 Aug 1984 Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Florida, spills 2.5 million gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire.
19 Aug 1984 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala
22 Aug 1984 Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced
24 Aug 1984 Pat Bradley set the LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver, Colorado.
25 Aug 1984 French airship capsizes
26 Aug 1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic
27 Aug 1984 US President Ronald Reagan announces the Teacher in Space project.
28 Aug 1984 Josef Fritzl drugs and incarcerates his daughter Elisabeth in a secret cellar, in Amstetten, Austria she was released only after 24 years of sexual abuse and mental ordeal.
30 Aug 1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) - Discovery 1 - launched (6 days).
31 Aug 1984 Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
02 Sep 1984 Zorba closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 362 performances
03 Sep 1984 Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th
04 Sep 1984 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years
05 Sep 1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) - Discovery 1 - lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
06 Sep 1984 Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow
08 Sep 1984 98th US Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris E L Mills
09 Sep 1984 104th US Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl
10 Sep 1984 Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla
12 Sep 1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident
13 Sep 1984 Simon Peres forms Israeli government with Likoed
14 Sep 1984 1st MTV awards-Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd host
15 Sep 1984 Morocco Showcase opens
16 Sep 1984 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
17 Sep 1984 Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games
18 Sep 1984 Tigers clinch AL East championship
19 Sep 1984 Britain and China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997
20 Sep 1984 Cosby Show premieres on NBC-TV
21 Sep 1984 NASA launches Galaxy-C.
22 Sep 1984 Brussels Princess Astrid marries Archduke Lorenz of Austrian-Este
23 Sep 1984 36th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, John Ritter and Tyne Daly
24 Sep 1984 Cubs clinch NL East title
25 Sep 1984 Quilters opens at Jack Lawrence Theater NYC for 24 performances
26 Sep 1984 Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit
28 Sep 1984 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia
29 Sep 1984 (What) In Name Of Love by Naked Eyes peaks at #39
30 Sep 1984 Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), Kansas City wins 10-6
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
01 Nov 1984 1st NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - Clipper beat Knick, 107-105
02 Nov 1984 Velma Barfield, American convicted murderer (Born 1932)
03 Nov 1984 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India
04 Nov 1984 Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
06 Nov 1984 President Reagan (R) landslide (won 49 states) re-election over Mondale
07 Nov 1984 STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds
08 Nov 1984 Anna Fisher becomes 1st mom to go into orbit
09 Nov 1984 Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
10 Nov 1984 Miami Hurricanes blow 31-0 lead in third quarter, lose to Maryland Terrapins 42-40.
11 Nov 1984 3 Musketeers opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 9 performances
12 Nov 1984 Paul McCartney releases We All Stand Together
13 Nov 1984 David Levy finds his 1st comet
14 Nov 1984 Astronauts aboard Discovery pluck a second satellite from orbit.
15 Nov 1984 Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at California medical center.
16 Nov 1984 14th Shuttle Mission (51A) - Discovery 2 - lands at Kennedy Center.
17 Nov 1984 Golden State Warriors' player scores 59 points losing to New Jersey Nets 124-110.
18 Nov 1984 3 Musketeers closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 9 performances
19 Nov 1984 Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die
20 Nov 1984 Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year
23 Nov 1984 Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie throws a game-winning 48-yard Hail Mary pass to Gerard Phelan to defeat the University of Miami Hurricanes 45-41. It is one of the most famous plays in American college football history.
25 Nov 1984 Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election
26 Nov 1984 After 518 goals and 14 years with Montreal Canadiens, Guy LaFleur retires
27 Nov 1984 Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
28 Nov 1984 Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States.
30 Nov 1984 December – A peace agreement between Kenya and Somalia is signed in the Egyptian capital Cairo. With this agreement, in which Somalia officially renounces its historical territorial claims, relations between the two countries began to improve.
01 Dec 1984 Greg Page knocks out Gerrie Coetzee in 8 rounds for WBA heavyweight boxing title.
02 Dec 1984 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
03 Dec 1984 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
04 Dec 1984 Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
05 Dec 1984 French colonies kill ten Kanaken in New Caledonia.
06 Dec 1984 Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill second hostage.
08 Dec 1984 Ringo appears on Saturday Night Live
09 Dec 1984 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends
10 Dec 1984 WNSY-AM in Newport News VA returns from WGH
11 Dec 1984 Doug Henning & His World... opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 60 performances
12 Dec 1984 Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'etat against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter is attending a summit.
13 Dec 1984 Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers first stroke.
14 Dec 1984 Nigeria recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
18 Dec 1984 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1).
19 Dec 1984 China PR Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty
20 Dec 1984 33 unknown keyboard (piano) works of Johann Sebastion Bach are found in the Yale library.
22 Dec 1984 Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black muggers on NYC subway train
24 Dec 1984 Palace coup in Mauritania.
26 Dec 1984 Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este.
28 Dec 1984 TV soap Edge of Night ends 28 year run
29 Dec 1984 5th United Negro College Fund
30 Dec 1984 Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) and Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed.
31 Dec 1984 US leaves UNESCO.

1984

Your place in the Universe on 1984

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Oscar Winners

Best picture

Amadeus

Amadeus

Best director

Milos Forman

Amadeus

Best actor

F. Murray Abraham

Amadeus

Best actress

Sally Field

Places in the Heart

Best supporting actor

Haing S. Ngor

The Killing Fields

Best supporting actress

Peggy Ashcroft

A Passage to India

Time Person of the Year

Books

The Discoverers

The March Of Folly

The Butter Battle Book

The Haj

Lincoln

1984 Chinese Zodiac and Horoscope

Nobel Prizes

Peace Prize

Literature

Physics

Economic Sciences

Chemistry

Physiology or Medicine

Music charts

Top #1 songs in the USA

Top #1 songs in the UK

Movies

Robin Hood

Once Upon a Time in America

Amadeus

Saaransh

Paris, Texas

Popular names

Top #10 male names

Top #10 female names

World Population

Population statistics

Historical Events

Events