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:''For George Orwell's novel, see [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]. For other uses, see [[1984 (disambiguation)]].''
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[[File:1984 Events Collage.jpg|300x300px|thumb|Clockwise from top-left: [[Diretas Já|a civil unrest movement]] demands direct presidential elections in [[Brazil]]; Indian prime minister [[Indira Gandhi]] is [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassinated by two of her security guards]], heralding the beginning of the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots|anti-Sikh riots]] in [[India]]; [[NASA]] and the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] intentionally [[Controlled Impact Demonstration|crash]] a remotely controlled [[Boeing 720]] aircraft to acquire data and test new technologies to aid passenger and crew survival; the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Los Angeles]], California; [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] releases its revolutionary [[Macintosh 128K|personal computer]]; the [[Sino-British Joint Declaration]] treaty is signed; the [[National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)|National Union of Mineworkers]] in the [[United Kingdom]] [[UK miners' strike (1984–85)|strike against]] the [[National Coal Board]] in an attempt to prevent colliery closures; [[Bhopal disaster|a methyl isocyanate leak]] kills at least 3,787 people in [[Bhopal]], India.]]
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'''1984''' '''(MCMLXXXIV)''' is a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]].

==Events==
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===January===
===January===
* [[January 1]] – The Bornean Sultanate of [[Brunei]] gains full [[independence]] from the [[United Kingdom]], having become a British protectorate in [[1888]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Country Papers: Brunei Darussalam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SH5PAAAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Asian and Pacific Development Centre |page=37}}</ref>
* [[January 1]] - [[Brunei]] becomes a fully independent state.
* [[January 7]] – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN).<ref>{{cite book |title=Background notes, Brunei Darussalam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QVJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA6 |year=1985 |publisher=U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication, Editorial Division |pages=6}}</ref>
* [[January 1]] - [[AT&T]] is broken up into 24 independent units.
* [[January 9]] – [[Van Halen]] releases their sixth studio album ''[[1984 (Van Halen album)|1984]]'' (''MCMLXXXIV''), which debuts at number 2 on the [[Billboard 200]] albums chart, and will go to sell over 10 million copies in the [[United States]].
* [[January 5]] - [[Richard Stallman]] starts developing [[GNU]].
* [[January 10]]
* [[January 7]] - [[Brunei]] becomes the sixth member of the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN).
** The United States and the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] ([[Holy See]]) restore full diplomatic relations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanambassadors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Publications.article&articleid=44 |title=United States-Vatican Diplomatic Relations: The Past and The Future |work=The Ambassadors REVIEW |publisher=[[Council of American Ambassadors]] |date=Spring 2001 |quote=On January 10, 1984, when President Reagan announced the establishment of formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See, he appointed William A. Wilson, who had been serving as his personal representative to the Pope, as the first US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See. |access-date=November 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025151152/http://www.americanambassadors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Publications.article&articleid=44 |archive-date=October 25, 2012}}</ref>
* [[January 9]] - [[Clara Peller]] is featured in the "Where's the Beef?" [[television commercial|commercial]] campaign for [[Wendy's]] for the first time.
** The [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] Agreement is signed, institutionalising the [[Indian Ocean Commission]].
* [[January 10]] - The [[United States]] and the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] establish full diplomatic relations.
*[[January 24]] – [[Steve Jobs]] launches the [[Macintosh 128K|Macintosh]] personal computer in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=36 Years Ago Today, Steve Jobs Unveiled the First Macintosh |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2020/01/24/macintosh-36th-anniversary/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=MacRumors |date=January 24, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 23]] - [[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]] defeats [[Khosrow Vaziri|The Iron Sheik]] to win the [[WWF Championship]], thus beginning Hulkamania.
*[[January 27]] – American singer [[Michael Jackson]]'s hair caught on fire during the making of the [[Pepsi]] commercial.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Polk |first=Jeff Gottlieb |date=2013-05-09 |title=Pepsi fire left Michael Jackson with no hair, migraines: witness |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pepsi-fire--jackson-20130509-story.html |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[January 23]] - Pop star [[Michael Jackson]]'s scalp is seriously burned by [[pyrotechnics]] during filming of a [[Pepsi]] [[television commercial|commercial]].
* [[January 24]] - The first [[Apple Macintosh]] goes on sale.


===February===
===February===
* [[February 3]]
* [[February 1]] - [[Medicare (Australia)|Medicare]] comes into effect in [[Australia]].
** [[John Buster]] and the research team at [[Harbor–UCLA Medical Center]] announce history's first [[embryo transfer]] from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth.
* [[February 2]] - [[Melbourne]] newspaper ''[[The Age]]'' publishes phone taps incriminating an unknown judge.
* [[February 3]] - [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] is launched on the tenth [[space shuttle]] mission.
** [[STS-41-B]]: [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] is launched on the 10th [[Space Shuttle]] mission.
* [[February 7]] – [[Astronaut]]s [[Bruce McCandless II]] and [[Robert L. Stewart]] make the first untethered [[space walk]].
* [[February 6]] - A bomb blast wrecks the [[Belrose, New South Wales|Belrose]] [[Sydney]] home of high court judge [[Richard Gee]]. High Court Judge, Justice [[Lionel Murphy]] is named in [[Parliament]] as the judge referred to in the ''Age'' tapes as published on [[February 2]].
* [[February 7]] - [[Astronaut|Astronauts]] [[Bruce McCandless II]] and [[Robert L. Stewart]] make the first untethered [[space walk]].
* [[February 8]]–[[February 19|19]] – The [[1984 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Sarajevo]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]].
* [[February 9]] - Soviet leader [[Yuri Andropov]] dies.
* [[February 13]] – [[Konstantin Chernenko]] succeeds the late [[Yuri Andropov]] as [[General Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]].
* [[February 22]] – [[President of Bangladesh]], [[H M Ershad]] upgrades South Sylhet's sub-division status to a district and renames it back to [[Moulvibazar District|Moulvibazar]].<ref name="zila">{{cite news |url=http://www.moulvibazar.com/zila/z_moul_intro.html |title=Zila |website=Moulvibazar.com |date=January 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
* [[February 13]] - [[Konstantin Chernenko]] succeeds the late [[Yuri Andropov]] as general secretary of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]].
* [[February 23]] – [[TED (conference)]] is founded.
* [[February 18]] - Vatican and Italian government sign new concordant changing Roman Catholic as the official religion.
* [[February 26]] - [[United States]] [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] pull out of [[Beirut]],[[Lebanon]].
* [[February 29]] – Canadian prime minister [[Pierre Trudeau]] announces his retirement.
* [[February 29]] - Canadian Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]] announces his retirement.


===March===
===March===
* [[March 5]] - [[Iran]] accuses [[Iraq]] of the use of [[chemical weapon]]s - UN condemns the use on [[March 30]].
* [[March 5]] – [[Iran]] accuses [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] of using [[chemical weapon]]s; the [[United Nations]] condemns their use on [[March 30]].
* [[March 12]] – The [[National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)|National Union of Mineworkers]] [[1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike|strikes]] as tens of thousands of miners in the [[United Kingdom]] stop working in protest over colliery closures, starting the [[1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike|United Kingdom miners' strike]] that lasts a year.<ref>{{Cite news |title=1984: Miners strike over threatened pit closures |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/12/newsid_2540000/2540175.stm |website=BBC News|date=March 12, 1984 }}</ref>
* [[March 5]] - [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Indira Gandhi]] orders an attack on the [[Golden Temple]], the [[Sikh]] holy spot.
* [[March 16]] – The United States [[Central Intelligence Agency]] station chief in [[Beirut]], [[William Francis Buckley]], is kidnapped by the [[Islamic Jihad Organization]] and later dies in captivity.
* [[March 6]] - Twelve month long [[strike action|strike]] in British coal industry begins ''See'' [[UK Miners' Strike (1984-1985)]].
* [[March 14]] - [[Sinn Fein]]'s [[Gerry Adams]] and three others are seriously injured in a gun attack by the [[UVF]].
* [[March 23]] – General [[Rahimuddin Khan]] becomes the first man in [[Pakistan]]'s history to rule over two of its provinces, after becoming interim Governor of [[Sindh]].
* [[March 16]] - The [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] station chief in [[Beirut]], [[William Francis Buckley|William Buckley]], is kidnapped by [[Islam]]ic fundamentalists [[Islamic Jihad]] and later dies in captivity.
* [[March 22]] - Teachers at the [[McMartin preschool]] in [[Manhattan Beach, California]] are charged with [[Satanic ritual abuse]] of the children in the school. The charges were later dropped as completely unfounded.
* [[March 23]] - [[Sarah Tisdall]], the young [[United Kingdom|British]] civil servant who told ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper that [[cruise missile]]s were coming to Britain, is sentenced to six months imprisonment.
* [[March 24]] - Wran Government re-elected in NSW for a 4th term.


===April===
===April===
* [[April 4]] - [[Ronald Reagan|President Ronald Reagan]] calls for an international ban on [[chemical weapon|chemical weapons]].
* [[April 2]] – Indian Squadron Leader [[Rakesh Sharma]] is launched into space, aboard the ''[[Soyuz T-11]]''.
* [[April 12]] - [[Palestinian]] gunmen take [[Israeli]] bus number 300 hostage. Israeli special forces storm the bus freeing the hostages (1 hostage, 2 hijackers killed). 2 other hijackers were captured and then killed in secret service interrogations, causing a major scandal and secret service upheaval ([[Kav 300 affair]]).
* [[April 12]] – [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] gunmen take Israeli bus number 300 hostage. Israeli special forces storm the bus, freeing the hostages (one hostage, two hijackers killed).
* [[April 13]] - India launches [[Operation Meghdoot]], as most of the [[Siachen Glacier]] in [[Kashmir]] comes under Indian control.
* [[April 13]] – India launches [[Operation Meghdoot]], bringing most of the disputed [[Siachen Glacier]] region of [[Kashmir]] under Indian control and triggering the [[Siachen conflict]] with [[Pakistan]].
* [[April 15]] – The first [[World Youth Day]] gathering is held in Rome, Italy.
* [[April 17]] - [[WPC]] [[Yvonne Fletcher]] is shot dead by a secluded gunman during a [[siege]] outside the [[Libya]]n [[Embassy]] in [[London]] in the event known as the [[1984 Libyan Embassy Siege]].
[[File:Diretas ja 2.JPG|thumb|200px|{{lang|pt|[[Diretas Já]]|italic=no}} demonstration held in [[São Paulo]]]]
*[[April 19]] - ''[[Advance Australia Fair]]'' is proclaimed as [[Australia]]'s [[national anthem]], and green and gold as the national colours.
* [[April 16]] – More than one million people, led by [[Tancredo Neves]], occupy the streets of [[São Paulo]] to demand direct [[1989 Brazilian presidential election|presidential elections]] during the [[Brazilian military government]] of [[João Figueiredo]]. It is the largest protest during the {{lang|pt|[[Diretas Já]]|italic=no}} civil unrest, as well as the largest public demonstration in the history of Brazil. The elections are granted in [[1989]].
*[[April 25]] - End of term for [[Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Mustain Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah]] as the 7th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]].
* [[April 17]] – [[Metropolitan Police]] officer [[Murder of Yvonne Fletcher|Yvonne Fletcher]] was fatally shot, during a demonstration outside the [[Embassy of Libya, London|Libyan embassy in London]], leading to an eleven-day siege of the embassy, and the severing of [[Libya–United Kingdom relations|diplomatic relations]] between the [[United Kingdom]] and [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi|Libya]].
*[[April 26]] - [[Baginda Almutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail]], [[Sultan]] of [[Johor]] becomes the 8th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]].
* [[April 19]] – ''[[Advance Australia Fair]]'' is proclaimed as Australia's [[national anthem]], and green and gold as the [[National colours of Australia|national colours]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/symbols/anthem.cfm#history|title=Australian National Anthem – History|publisher=Australian Government|date=10 July 2007|access-date=1 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906030849/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/symbols/anthem.cfm|archive-date=6 September 2015}}</ref>
* [[April 24]] – An X-class [[solar flare]] erupts on the Sun.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://astro.hopkinsschools.org/course_documents/the_sun/features_and_events/features_and_events.htm |title=Features and Events |website=astro.hopkinsschools.org |access-date=April 20, 2016 |archive-date=May 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509024827/http://astro.hopkinsschools.org/course_documents/the_sun/features_and_events/features_and_events.htm }}</ref>
* [[April 26]] – Sultan [[Iskandar of Johor]] becomes [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]], in succession to Sultan [[Ahmad Shah of Pahang|Ahmad Shah]], whose term ended the previous day.<ref>''The Europa Year Book: A World Survey'' (1984), page xiv</ref>


===May===
===May===
* [[May 2]] – South Africa, [[People's Republic of Mozambique|Mozambique]] and Portugal sign an agreement on electricity supply from the [[Cahora Bassa]] dam.
* [[May 2]] - The [[Liverpool Garden Festival|Liverpool International Garden Festival]] opens in [[Liverpool]].
* [[May 5]]
* [[May 8]] - The [[Soviet Union]] announces that it will boycott the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles, California]].
** The Herreys' song "[[Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley]]" wins the [[1984 Eurovision Song Contest|Eurovision Song Contest]] for [[Sweden]] in [[Luxembourg]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Economist |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZvqAAAAMAAJ |year=2005 |publisher=Economist Newspaper Limited |page=57}}</ref> It subsequently becomes a top-ten hit in five European countries.
* [[May 8]] - [[Denis Lortie]] kills three government employees in the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] building.
** The [[Itaipu Dam]], on the border of Brazil and Paraguay after nine years of construction, begins generating power; it is the [[List of largest hydroelectric power stations|largest hydroelectric dam in the world]] at the time.<ref>{{cite book |title=Energy Economist |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCK0AAAAIAAJ |year=1999 |publisher=Financial Times Business Information Limited |page=12}}</ref>
* [[May 11]] - A [[transit of Earth from Mars]] takes place.
* [[May 14]] - The one dollar coin is introduced in [[Australia]].
* [[May 8]] – The [[Soviet Union]] announces that it will boycott the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]].
* [[May 11]] – A [[transit of Earth from Mars]] takes place.
* [[May 19]] - Game show contestant [[Michael Larson]] takes $100,000 in winnings from the game show [[Press Your Luck]]. It is later revealed he won the money by focusing exclusively on two squares of the Press Your Luck "Big Board."
* [[May 12]] – The [[1984 Louisiana World Exposition|Louisiana World Exposition]], also known as the 1984 World's Fair, opens.
* [[May 22]] - Canadian heiress [[Helen Branch]] declared legally dead (she disappeared [[1977]])
* [[May 13]] – [[Severomorsk Disaster]]: an explosion at the Soviets' Severomorsk Naval Base destroys two-thirds of all the missiles stockpiled for the Soviets' Northern Fleet. The blast also destroys workshops needed to maintain the missiles as well as hundreds of technicians. Western military experts called it the worst naval disaster the Soviet Navy has suffered since WWII.
* [[May 27]] - [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]] wins the [[Brazil]]ian [[soccer]] [[Campeonato Brasileiro|league]], against the [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama]].
* [[May 14]] – The one-dollar coin is introduced in Australia.
* [[May 23]] – A methane gas explosion at [[Abbeystead]] water treatment works in [[Lancashire]], UK, kills 16 people.
* [[May 30]] – [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] beat [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] 5–2 after penalties in the final of the [[1984 European Cup Final|1984 European Cup]] football tournament.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Liversedge |first1=Stan |title=Liverpool: The Official Centenary History |publisher=Hamlyn Publishing Group |location=London |year=1991 |isbn=0-600-57308-7 |page=195}}</ref>


===June===
===June===
* [[June 5]] - The Indian government begins [[Operation Blue Star]], the planned attack on the [[Golden Temple]] in [[Amritsar]].
* [[June 5]] – The Indian government begins [[Operation Blue Star]], the planned attack on the [[Golden Temple]] in [[Amritsar]].
* [[June 6]] - [[India]]n troops storm the Golden Temple at [[Amritsar]], the Sikh's holiest shrine, killing an estimated 1000 people.
* [[June 8]] – A F5 [[tornado]] nearly destroys the town of [[Barneveld, Wisconsin]], killing nine people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over $25,000,000 in damage.
* [[June 16]] – The Canadian entertainment company [[Cirque du Soleil]] is founded.
* [[June 8]] - A deadly F5 [[tornado]] nearly destroys the town of [[Barneveld, Wisconsin]], killing nine people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over $25,000,000 in damage.
* [[June 19]] – 17-year-old [[Ricky Kasso]] murders Gary Lauwers in [[Northport, New York]], contributing to the [[Satanic panic]] association of [[heavy metal music]] and [[satanism]].
* [[June 8]] - The film [[Ghostbusters]] is released into theaters -- becoming a summer [[blockbuster]] hit with the song "Ghostbusters" by [[Ray Parker Jr.]] becoming a Top 40 hit.
* [[June 22]] – [[Virgin Atlantic]] makes its inaugural flight.
* [[June 20]] - The biggest exam shake-up in the [[United Kingdom|British]] education system in over 10 years is announced with [[O-level]] and [[CSE]] exams to be replaced by a new exam, the [[GCSE]].
* [[June 25]] – [[Hayim Association]] is founded by Prof. [[Rina Zaizov Marx]] and [[parents]] of [[children]] with [[cancer]] as [[paediatric]] [[oncology]] department in [[Israel]].
*[[June 22]] - The official name of the [[Turkey|Turkish]] city Urfa is changed into [[Sanliurfa]].
* [[June 27]] – [[France national football team|France]] beats [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] 2–0 to win [[UEFA Euro 1984|Euro 84]].
* [[June 22]] - Inaugural flight of [[Virgin Atlantic Airways|Virgin Atlantic]].
* [[June 30]] – [[John Turner]] becomes the 17th [[Prime Minister of Canada]].
* [[June 27]] - [[France national football team|France]] beat [[Spain national football team|Spain]] 2-0 to win [[1984 European Football Championship|Euro 84]].
* [[June 30]] - [[John Napier Turner|John Turner]] becomes [[Canada]]'s seventeenth [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]].


===July-August===
===July===
* [[July 1]]
* [[July 6]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] A former Nigerian Cabinet minister, [[Alhaji Umaru Dikko]], is kidnapped in London and later found drugged but alive in a crate labeled [[Diplomatic bag]] in an airport terminal. Two other men, one of them dead, were discovered in similar crates at [[London Stansted Airport]].
** [[Liechtenstein]] becomes the last country in Europe to grant women the [[suffrage|right to vote]].
* [[July 9]] - [[Lightning]] sets fire to [[York Minster]].
** Argentinian footballer [[Diego Maradona]] is sold by [[FC Barcelona]] (Spain) to [[S.S.C. Napoli]] (Italy) for a world record fee at this date of $10.48M (£6.9M).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/europe/article3325254.ece |title=Snapshot: Maradona is toast of the town after signing for Napoli |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=2012-02-20 |access-date=2013-03-30}}</ref>
* [[July 14]] - [[New Zealand]] Prime Minister [[Robert Muldoon]] calls a snap election and is heavily defeated by opposition Labour leader [[David Lange]].
* [[July 14]] – New Zealand Prime Minister [[Rob Muldoon]] calls a snap election and is defeated by opposition Labour leader [[David Lange]].
* [[July 18]] - In [[San Ysidro, California]], 41-year-old [[James Oliver Huberty]] sprays a [[McDonald's]] restaurant with [[gun]]fire, killing 21 people before being shot dead.
[[File:1984-Newspaper-Vending-Machine.jpg|right|thumb|Newspaper vending machine featuring news of the [[1984 Summer Olympics]], which opened on July 28]]
* [[July 18]] - The [[National Crime Authority]] is estabished in [[Australia]].
* [[July 21]] - In [[Jackson, Michigan]], a factory [[robot]] crushes a worker against a safety bar in what is apparently the first robot-related death in the [[United States]].
* [[July 23]] - [[Vanessa Lynn Williams |Vanessa Williams]] becomes the first [[Miss America]] to resign when she surrenders her crown, after [[nudity|nude]] photos of her appeared in "[[Penthouse magazine|Penthouse]]" magazine.
* [[July 25]] - [[Salyut 7]] Cosmonaut [[Svetlana Savitskaya]] becomes the first woman to perform a [[space walk]].
* [[July 28]] - Opening day of the [[1984 Olympics]]
* [[August 1]] - [[Australia|Australian]] [[bank]]s are deregulated.
* [[August 4]] - The [[Africa|African]] republic [[Upper Volta]] changes its name to [[Burkina Faso]].
* [[August 16]] - [[John De Lorean]] is acquitted of all eight charges of possessing and distributing [[cocaine]].
* [[August 21]] - Half a million people in [[Manila]] demonstrate against the regime of [[Ferdinand Marcos]].
* [[August 21]] - The [[Australian Federal Budget|federal budget]] is first [[television|televised]] in [[Australia]].
* [[August 30]] - [[STS-41-D]]: The [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] [[take off|takes off]] on its maiden voyage.


* [[July 18]] - [[San Ysidro McDonald's massacre]]: 41-year-old James Huberty walks into a McDonald's in the [[San Ysidro, San Diego|San Ysidro]] district of [[San Diego]], resulting in 21 deaths, with Huberty being killed by a sniper 70 minutes after the ordeal begins.
===September-October===
* [[September 2]] - 7 people are shot dead and 12 are wounded in a [[bikie]] [[shootout]] between rival [[gang|gangs]] [[Bandidos]] and [[Comancheros]] in the [[Sydney]] [[suburb]] of [[Milperra]].
* [[September 4]] - The [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]], led by [[Brian Mulroney]] wins 211 seats in the [[House of Commons]], forming the largest [[majority government]] in Canadian history
* [[September 5]] - [[STS-41-D]]: The [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] lands after its maiden voyage.
* [[September 5]] - [[Western Australia]] becomes the last [[Australia|Australian]] state to abolish [[capital punishment]].
* [[September 17]] - [[Brian Mulroney]] becomes [[Canada|Canada's]] eighteenth [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]].
* [[September 26]] - [[United Kingdom]] and [[People's Republic of China]] sign the initial agreement to return [[Hong Kong]] to China in [[1997]].
*[[September 4]] - The [[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends]] [[television series]] was first [[Broadcasting|broadcasted]] on [[ITV]].
* [[October 5]] - [[Marc Garneau]] becomes the first [[Canadian space program|Canadian in space]], aboard the [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] (41-6).
* [[October 11]] - Aboard the [[Space Shuttle Challenger]], astronaut [[Kathryn D. Sullivan]] becomes the first [[United States|American]] woman to perform a [[space walk]].
* [[October 12]] - The [[PIRA]] attempts to assassinate the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] in the [[Brighton hotel bombing]].
* [[October 19]] - [[Poland|Polish]] [[secret police]] arrests [[Jerzy Popiełuszko]], a [[Catholic]] [[priest]], because of his support of the [[Solidarity]] movement. His dead body is found in a [[lake|reservoir]] 11 days later on [[October 30]].
* [[October 31]] - [[India|Indian]] [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]] is assassinated by two [[Sikh]] security guards. [[riot|Riots]] soon broke out in [[New Delhi]], and some 2,700 innocent Sikhs were killed.


* [[July 25]] – ''[[Salyut 7]]'': cosmonaut [[Svetlana Savitskaya]] becomes the first woman to perform a [[space walk]].
===November===
* [[November 2]] - [[Capital punishment]]: [[Velma Barfield]] becomes the first woman executed in the [[United States]] since [[1962]].
* [[July 28]]–[[August 12]] – The [[1984 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Los Angeles, California]].
* [[November 6]] - [[Ronald Reagan]] defeats [[Walter F. Mondale]] in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1984|U.S. presidential election]] with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since [[Richard Nixon]]'s 61% victory in 1972. Reagan carries 49 states and Mondale manages to win only his home state of [[Minnesota]] by a mere 3,761 vote margin and the [[District of Columbia]].
* [[November 19]] - A series of explosions at the [[PEMEX]] petroleum storage facility at [[San Juan Ixhuatepec]] in [[Mexico City]] ignites a major fire and kills about 500 people.
* [[November 25]] - 36 of [[Britain]] and [[Ireland]]'s top [[pop music]]ians gathered in a [[Notting Hill]] [[studio]] to form ''[[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]]'' and [[Sound recording|recorded]] the song "''[[Do They Know It's Christmas]]''" in order to raise money for [[famine relief]] in [[Ethiopia]].
* [[November 26]] - [[Fmr NSW Corrective Services]] [[political minister|Minister]] [[Rex Jackson]] appears in court on conspiracy charges for the early release of [[prisoner|prisoners]].
* [[November 28]] - Over 250 years after their deaths, [[William Penn]] and his wife [[Hannah Callowhill Penn]] are made [[Honorary Citizens of the United States]].
* [[November 30]] - The [[Tamil Tigers]] begin the purge of the [[Sinhalese]] from North and East [[Sri Lanka]], and 127 are killed.


===December===
===August===
* [[August 1]] – Australian banks are [[deregulated]].
* [[December 1]] - The first half of the [[Manila Light Rail Transit System|Manila LRT]] opens from [[Baclaran station|Baclaran]] to [[Central Terminal station|Central Terminal]].
* [[August 4]]
* [[December 2]] - [[Bob Hawke]]'s government is re-elected in [[Australia]] with a reduced majority.
** The African republic [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]] changes its name to [[Burkina Faso]].
* [[December 3]] - [[Bhopal Disaster]]: A [[methyl isocyanate]] leak from a [[Union Carbide]] pesticide plant in [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]], kills more than 2,000 people outright and injures anywhere from 150,000 to 600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
** {{ship|Soviet submarine|K-278 Komsomolets}} reaches a record submergence depth of 1,020 meters.
* [[December 3]] - [[British Telecom]] privatised.
* [[August 11]] – Barefoot South African runner [[Zola Budd]] and [[Mary Decker]] of the U.S. collide in the Olympic 3,000 meters final, neither finishing as medallists.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/11/newsid_3561000/3561846.stm |title=1984: Zola Budd in race trip controversy |publisher=[[BBC]] |work=On This Day |access-date=2013-03-03 |date=1984-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123213239/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/11/newsid_3561000/3561846.stm |archive-date=January 23, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 19]] - The [[People's Republic of China]] and [[United Kingdom]] signs the [[Sino-British Joint Declaration]] which concerns the future of [[Hong Kong]].
* [[August 16]] – [[John DeLorean]] is acquitted of all eight charges of possessing and distributing [[cocaine]].
* [[December 22]] - Four [[African-American]] youths, Barry Allen, Troy Canty, James Ramseur, and Darrell Cabey, board an express train in [[The Bronx]] [[borough]] of [[New York City]]. They attempt to rob [[Bernhard Goetz|Bernhard Hugo Goetz]], who shoots them. The event starts a national debate about urban crime, which was a plague in [[1980s]] [[United States|America]].
* [[August 21]] – Half a million people in [[Manila]] demonstrate against the regime of [[Ferdinand Marcos]].
* [[December 22]] - In [[Malta]], prime minister [[Dom Mintoff]] resigns. [[Karmenu Mifsud-Bonnici]] succeeds him.
[[File:STS-41-D launch August 30, 1984.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The launch of shuttle ''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]'' on [[STS-41-D]], its first mission]]
* [[December 28]] - A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[cruise missile]] plunges into [[Inarinjärvi]] lake in [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Lapland]]. Finnish authorities announce the fact in public on [[January 3]], [[1985]]
* [[August 30]] – [[STS-41-D]]: the [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] takes off on its maiden voyage.
* [[December 31]] - [[Rajiv Gandhi]] becomes prime minister of [[India]].


===Unknown dates===
===September===
* [[September 2]] – Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the [[Milperra massacre]], a shootout between the rival motorcycle [[gang]]s [[Bandidos Motorcycle Club|Bandidos]] and [[Comanchero Motorcycle Club|Comanchero]]s in Sydney, Australia.<ref>{{cite book |author=David Dale |title=The 100 Things Everyone Needs to Know about Australia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UMbiAAAAMAAJ |year=1997 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |isbn=978-0-330-36054-8 |page=169}}</ref>
*[[Ethiopian famine]] begins.
* [[September 4]] – The [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]], led by [[Brian Mulroney]], wins 211 seats in the [[House of Commons of Canada]], forming the largest [[majority government]] in Canadian history.
* A peace agreement between [[Kenya]] and [[Somalia]] was signed in the [[Egypt]]ian capital [[Cairo]] in December 1984. With this agreement, in which Somalia officially renounced its historical territorial claims, relations between the two countries began to improve.
* [[September 5]]
** ''[[STS-41-D]]'': the [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] lands after its maiden voyage at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] in [[California]].
** Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish [[capital punishment]].
* [[September 7]] – An [[C23 tragedy|explosion]] on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing illegal fireworks at sea off [[Gozo]] kills seven soldiers and policemen.
* [[September 14]]
** [[P. W. Botha]] is inaugurated as the first executive [[State President of South Africa]].
** [[Joe Kittinger]] begins his attempt to become the first person to fly a gas balloon solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
* [[September 16]] – [[Edgar Reitz]]'s film series ''[[Heimat (film series)|Heimat]]'' begins release in Germany.
* [[September 17]] – [[Brian Mulroney]] is sworn in as [[Prime Minister of Canada]].
* [[September 18]] – [[Joe Kittinger]] becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic, solo, in a [[hot air balloon]].
* [[September 20]] – [[Hezbollah]] [[1984 United States embassy annex bombing|car-bombs the U.S. Embassy annex]] in Beirut, killing 24 people.
* [[September 26]] – The United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China sign the initial agreement to return [[Hong Kong]] to China in [[1997]].


==Births==
===October===
* [[October 4]] – [[Tim Macartney-Snape]] and [[Greg Mortimer]] become the first Australians to reach the summit of [[Mount Everest]].
===January-April===
* [[October 5]] – ''[[STS-41-G]]'': [[Marc Garneau]] becomes the first [[Canadian space program|Canadian in space]], aboard the [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']].
* [[January 1]] - [[Keyra Augustina]], model
* [[October 9]] – ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends]]'' by [[Britt Allcroft]] broadcasts its first two episodes in the United Kingdom.
* [[January 2]] - [[Lauren Bush]], model
* [[October 11]]
* [[January 3]] - [[Maya Ababadjani]], actress
** Aboard the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'', astronaut [[Kathryn D. Sullivan]] becomes the first American woman to perform a [[space walk]].
* [[January 3]] - [[Charlotte Marshall]], model
** [[Aeroflot Flight 3352]] crashed at [[Omsk Airport]] into maintenance vehicles on the runway, killing 174 people on board and 4 on the ground.
* [[January 4]] - [[Mey Vidal]]
* [[October 12]] – The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (PIRA) attempts to assassinate [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] and the British [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] in the [[Brighton hotel bombing]]. The terror attack kills five people and injures 31.
* [[January 5]] - [[Tiffany Teen]]
* [[October 14]] – The [[Detroit Tigers]] defeat the [[San Diego Padres]] in game five of the [[1984 World Series]] to win the franchise's 4th championship.
* [[January 12]] - [[Chaunte Howard]]
* [[October 19]] – Polish [[secret police]] kidnap [[Jerzy Popiełuszko]], a Catholic priest who supports the [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]] movement. His body is found in a [[reservoir]] 11 days later on [[October 30]].
* [[January 13]] - [[Eleni Ioannou]], Greek martial artist (d. [[2004]])
* [[October 20]] – [[Monterey Bay Aquarium]] is opened to the public after seven years of development and construction.
* [[January 15]] - [[Reena Kumari]]
* [[October 23]] – The world learns from moving [[BBC News]] television reports presented by [[Michael Buerk]] of the [[1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia|famine in Ethiopia]], where thousands of people have already died of [[starvation]] due to a [[famine]], and as many as 10,000,000 more lives are at risk.<ref>{{cite news |title=1984: Extent of Ethiopia famine revealed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/8315248.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |date=1984-10-23 |access-date=2013-01-22}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] - [[Megan Quann]], swimmer
* [[October 25]] – The [[European Economic Community]] makes £1.8&nbsp;million available to help combat the famine in Ethiopia.<ref>{{cite news |title=1984: Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/25/newsid_2478000/2478431.stm |work=On This Day |date=October 25, 1984 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2013-01-22}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] - [[Zakia Mrisho Mohamed]]
* [[October 26]] – The [[science fiction film|science fiction]] [[action film]] [[The Terminator]] premieres. It is the third film directed by [[James Cameron]], and stars [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], [[Linda Hamilton]], and [[Michael Biehn]].
* [[January 25]] - [[Ines Cudna]], model
* [[October 31]] – [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi]]: [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Indira Gandhi]] is assassinated by her two Sikh security guards in New Delhi. [[1984 anti-Sikh riots|Anti-Sikh riots]] break out, leaving 10,000 to 20,000 Sikhs dead in Delhi and surrounding areas with the majority populations of Hindus. [[Rajiv Gandhi]] becomes Prime Minister of India.
* [[January 26]] - [[Rebecca Ritters]], actress
* [[January 26]] - [[Kelly Stables]], actress
* [[January 26]] - [[Luo Xuejuan]], swimmer
* [[January 29]] - [[Natalie du Toit]], South African swimmer
* [[January 30]] - [[Tan Xue]]
* [[January 31]] - [[Ashley Blue]]
* [[February 10]] - [[Kim Hyo Jin]], Korean actress
* [[February 12]] - [[Alexandra Dahlström]], actress
* [[February 25]] - [[Xing Huina]], Chinese athlete
* [[February 28]] - [[Karolina Kurkova]], model
* [[March 20]] - [[Christy Carlson Romano]], actress
* [[March 20]] - [[Marcus Vick]], American football player
* [[March 20]] - [[Nomura Yuka]], Japanese actress
* [[March 28]] - [[Nikki Sanderson]], British actress
* [[April 3]] - [[Allana Slater]], Australian gymnast
* [[April 8]] - [[Kirsten Storms]], American actress
* [[April 10]] - [[Mandy Moore]], American singer and actress
* [[April 11]] - [[Kelli Garner]], American actress
* [[April 13]] - [[Kris Britt]], Australian cricketer
* [[April 17]] - [[Rosanna Davison]], Irish model
* [[April 18]] - [[America Ferrera]], American actress
* [[April 22]] - [[Michelle Ryan]], British actress
* [[April 23]] - [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]], Russian chess player
* [[April 29]] - [[Taylor Cole]], American actress and model
* [[April 29]] - [[Lina Krasnoroutskaya]], Russian tennis player and commentator


===May-August===
===November===
* [[November 1]]–[[November 4|4]] – [[1984 anti-Sikh riots|Anti-Sikh mass murder]] takes place in [[Delhi]] and various parts of India following the [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi]].
* [[May 1]] - [[Farah Fath]], American actress
* [[November 4]] – The [[Sandinista Front]] wins the [[Nicaragua]]n [[1984 Nicaraguan general election|general elections]].
* [[May 4]] - [[Markus Rogan]], Austrian swimmer
* [[November 6]] – [[1984 United States presidential election]]: Republican President [[Ronald Reagan]] defeats Democratic former Vice President [[Walter F. Mondale]] with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since [[Richard Nixon]]'s 61% [[1972 United States presidential election|popular vote victory]] in [[1972]]. Reagan carries 49 states in the [[United States electoral college|electoral College]]; Mondale wins only his home state of [[Minnesota]] (by a mere 3,761 vote margin) and the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]].
* [[May 17]] - [[Christine Robinson]], Canadian water polo player
[[File:ElectoralCollege1984.svg|thumbnail|Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Reagan/Bush (49), and Blue denotes those won by Mondale/Ferraro (1+D.C.).]]
* [[May 25]] - [[Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir]], [[Miss Iceland]], crowned [[Miss World]] in [[2005]]
* [[November 9]]–[[November 11|11]] – The first [[The Hackers Conference|Hackers Conference]] is held.
* [[May 29]] - [[Carmelo Anthony]], American basketball player
* [[November 11]] – The [[1984 Louisiana World Exposition|Louisiana World Exposition]], also known as The 1984 World's Fair, and also the New Orleans World's Fair, and, to the locals, simply as "The Fair" or "Expo 84", closes.
* [[May 31]] - [[Jason Smith (actor)|Jason Smith]], Australian actor
* [[November 12]] – [[Western Sahara conflict]]: [[Morocco]] leaves the [[Organization of African Unity]] in protest at the admission of [[Western Sahara]] as a member.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sahara-question.com/en/opinions/12-november-1984-when-morocco-withdrew-organization-african-unity |title=12 November 1984: When Morocco withdrew from the Organization of African Unity |website=Sahara Question |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>
* [[June 11]] - [[Vagner Love]], Brazilian footballer
* [[November 14]] – [[Zamboanga City]] mayor [[Cesar Climaco]], a prominent critic of the government of [[President of the Philippines|Philippine President]] [[Ferdinand Marcos]], is assassinated in his home city.
* [[June 13]] - [[Berangere Schuh]], French archer
* [[November 19]] – A [[San Juanico disaster|series of explosions]] at the [[Pemex]] Petroleum Storage Facility at [[San Juan Ixhuatepec]], in Mexico City, ignites a major fire and kills about 500 people.
* [[July 11]] - [[Tanith Belbin]], Canadian figure skater
* [[November 21]] – Start of [[Operation Moses]], the evacuation of refugee [[Beta Israel]] Ethiopian Jews from [[Sudan]] to [[Israel]] via Brussels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_moses.html|title=Operation Moses|work=History of War|access-date=2013-08-31}}</ref>
* [[August 12]] - [[Sherone Simpson]], Jamaican athlete
* [[November 25]]
* [[August 13]] - [[Luke Thompson]], American entrepreneurial failure
** [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]] (assembled by [[Bob Geldof]]) records the charity single ''[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]'' in London to raise money to combat the [[1983–85 famine in Ethiopia|famine in Ethiopia]]. It is released on [[December 3]].<ref>[http://liveaid.free.fr/pages/bandaid.html#uk Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas?] Retrieved November 17, 2011.</ref>
* [[August 20]] - [[Mirai Moriyama]], Japanese actor
** 1984 Uruguayan presidential election: [[Julio María Sanguinetti]] is democratically elected President of Uruguay after 12 years of [[Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay|military dictatorship]].
* [[August 21]] - [[Alizée Jacotey]], French singer
* [[November 28]] – Over 250 years after their deaths, [[William Penn]] and his wife [[Hannah Callowhill Penn]] are made [[Honorary Citizens of the United States]].
* [[November 30]] – [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]], [[Kent and Dollar Farm massacres]]: the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] begin their first massacres of the [[Sinhalese people]], in North and East [[Sri Lanka]]. 127 are killed.


===September-December===
===December ===
[[File:Boeing 720 Controlled Impact Demonstration.jpg|thumb|[[Controlled Impact Demonstration]]]]
* [[September 7]] - [[Vera Zvonareva]], Russian tennis player
* [[December 1]]
* [[September 14]] - [[Adam Lamberg]], American actor
** A peace agreement between [[Kenya]] and [[Somalia]] is signed in the [[Egypt]]ian capital [[Cairo]]. With this agreement, in which Somalia officially renounces its historical territorial claims, relations between the two countries begin to improve.
* [[September 15]] - [[Prince Harry of Wales]]
** The [[LRT Line 1 (Metro Manila)|Light Rail Transit]] in [[Manila]] begins service with the opening of its southern segment, as the first rapid transit service in Southeast Asia.
* [[September 16]] - [[Katie Melua]], Georgian singer
* [[December 2]] – [[1984 Australian federal election]]: [[Bob Hawke]]'s [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Hawke government|government]] is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by [[Andrew Peacock]].
* [[September 19]] - [[Kevin Zegers]] actor
* [[December 3]] – [[Bhopal disaster]]: A [[methyl isocyanate]] leak from a [[Union Carbide]] pesticide plant in [[Bhopal]], Madhya Pradesh, India, kills more than 8,000 people outright and injures over half a million (with more later dying from their injuries the death toll reaches 23,000+) in the worst industrial disaster in history.
* [[September 23]] - [[Anneliese van der Pol]], Dutch actress
* [[December 4]]
* [[September 27]] - [[Avril Lavigne]], Canadian singer and songwriter
** [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]], [[1984 Mannar massacre]]: [[Sri Lankan Army]] soldiers kill over 200 civilians in the town of [[Mannar, Sri Lanka|Mannar]].
* [[September 28]] - [[Helen Oyeyemi]], British novelist
** [[Hezbollah]] militants [[Aircraft hijacking|hijack]] a [[Kuwait Airlines]] plane and kill 4 passengers.
* [[September 30]] - [[Megan Ewing]], American model
* [[December 19]] – The People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom sign the [[Sino-British Joint Declaration]] on the future of Hong Kong.
* [[October 3]] - [[Ashlee Simpson]], American singer and actress
* [[December 20]] – [[Disappearance and death of Jonelle Matthews|Disappearance of Jonelle Matthews]] from [[Greeley, Colorado]]. Her remains were discovered on 23 July 2019, located about {{convert|15|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Jonelle's home.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remains Found in Weld County Identified |publisher=Greeley Police Department |author=Detective Robert Cash |date=July 25, 2019 |url=https://greeleypd.com/recovery-of-jonelle-matthews/ |access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Remains of Jonelle Matthews dug up by work crew 34 years after she vanished, Greeley police say—Then 12-year-old disappeared after middle school Christmas concert |author=Kieran Nicholson |publisher=The Denver Post |date=July 25, 2019 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/07/25/jonelle-matthews-remains-found-greeley-police/ |access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref> The cause of death "was a gunshot wound to the head".<ref name="Pietsch">{{cite news |title=Man Charged With Murder in 1984 Killing of Colorado Girl Taken From Home |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Bryan Pietsch |date=October 13, 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/us/steven-pankey-murder-kidnapping.html |access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref>
* [[October 10]] - [[Chiaki Kuriyama]], Japanese actress
* [[December 22]]
* [[October 14]] - [[Santino Quaranta]], American soccer player
** Four [[African-American]] youths ([[Barry Allen (shooting victim)|Barry Allen]], [[Troy Canty]], [[James Ramseur]], and [[Darrell Cabey]]) board an express train in the [[The Bronx|Bronx]] borough of New York City. They demand five dollars from [[Bernhard Goetz]], who shoots them. The event starts a national debate about urban crime in the United States.
* [[October 17]] - [[Michelle Ang]], Australian actress
* [[October 18]] - [[Holly Dunaway]], boxer
** In [[Malta]], Prime Minister [[Dom Mintoff]] resigns.
* [[December 28]] – A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[cruise missile]] plunges into [[Lake Inari]] in Finnish [[Lapland (Finland)|Lapland]], known as the [[Lake Inari missile incident]]. Finnish authorities announce the fact in public on January 3, 1985.
* [[October 26]] - [[Sasha Cohen]], American figure skater
* [[October 27]] - [[Kelly Osbourne]], English singer
* [[November 7]] - [[Amelia Vega]], Dominican beauty queen
* [[November 9]] - [[Delta Goodrem]], Australian actress and singer
* [[November 21]] - [[Jena Malone]], American actress
* [[November 22]] - [[Scarlett Johansson]], American actress
* [[November 28]] - [[Andrew Bogut]], Australian basketball player
* [[December 30]] - [[LeBron James]], American basketball player


==Deaths==
===Date unknown===
* [[1983–85 famine in Ethiopia]] intensifies with renewed drought by mid-year, killing a million people by the end of this year.
===January-April===
* [[Crack cocaine]], a smokeable form of the drug, is first introduced into Los Angeles and soon spreads across the United States in what becomes known as the [[crack epidemic (United States)|crack epidemic]].
* [[January 7]] - [[Alfred Kastler]], French physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1902]])
* The [[Chrysler Corporation]] introduces the first vehicles to be officially labeled as "[[minivan]]s". They are branded as the [[Chrysler Town & Country]], [[Dodge Caravan]], and [[Plymouth Voyager]].
* [[January 20]] - [[Johnny Weissmuller]], Austrian-born swimmer and actor (b. [[1904]])
* [[January 21]] - [[Jackie Wilson]], American singer (b. [[1934]])
* [[January 30]] - [[Luke Kelly]], Irish folk singer (b. [[1940]])
* [[February 8]] - [[Karel Miljon]], Dutch boxer (b. [[1903]])
* [[February 9]] - [[Yuri Andropov]], General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. [[1914]])
* [[February 12]] - [[Julio Cortázar]], Argentine writer (b. [[1914]])
* [[February 15]] - [[Ethel Merman]], American singer and actress (b. [[1908]])
*[[February 21]] - [[Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov]], Russian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1905]])
* [[February 22]] - [[Jessamyn West (writer)|Jessamyn West]], American writer (b. [[1902]])
* [[March 1]] - [[Jackie Coogan]], American actor (b. [[1914]])
* [[March 5]] - [[Tito Gobbi]], Italian baritone (b. [[1915]])
*[[March 5]] - [[William Powell]], American actor (b. [[1892]])
* [[March 12]] - [[Arnold Ridley]], English playright and actor (b. [[1896]])
* [[March 16]] - [[John Hoagland]], American photographer (b. [[1947]])
* [[March 21]] - Sir [[Michael Redgrave]], English actor (b. [[1908]])
* [[March 24]] - [[Sam Jaffe (actor)|Sam Jaffe]], American actor (b. [[1891]])
* [[April 1]] - [[Marvin Gaye]], American singer (b. [[1939]])
* [[April 8]] - [[Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa]], Russian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1894]])
* [[April 15]] - [[Tommy Cooper]], Welsh comedian and magician (b. [[1921]])
* [[April 20]] - [[Hristo Prodanov]], Bulgarian mountaineer (b. [[1943]])
* [[April 22]] - [[Ansel Adams]], American photographer (b. [[1902]])
* [[April 26]] - [[Count Basie]], American musician and composer (b. [[1904]])


== Births and deaths ==
===May-August===
{{Main|Category:1984 births|Deaths in 1984}}
* [[May 2]] - [[Jack Barry (television)|Jack Barry]], American television host and producer (b. [[1918]])
* [[May 16]] - [[Andy Kaufman]], American comedian (b. [[1949]])
*[[May 16]] - [[Irwin Shaw]], American author (b. [[1913]])
* [[May 19]] - [[John Betjeman]], English poet (b. [[1906]])
* [[May 28]] - [[Eric Morecambe]], British comedian (d. [[1926]])
* [[June 26]] - [[Michel Foucault]], French philosopher (d. [[1926]])
* [[July 1]] - [[Moshé Feldenkrais]], Ukrainain founder of the Feldenkrais Method (b. [[1904]])
* [[July 8]] - [[Brassaï]], Hungarian-born photographer (b. [[1899]])
* [[July 14]] - [[Philippe Wynne]], American musician (b. [[1941]])
* [[July 26]] - [[Ed Gein]], American serial killer (b. [[1906]])
* [[August 2]] - [[Quirino Cristiani]], Argentine animated film director (b. [[1896]])
* [[August 5]] - [[Richard Burton]], Welsh actor (b. [[1925]])
* [[August 11]] - [[Alfred A. Knopf (person)|Alfred A. Knopf]], American publisher (b. [[1892]])
* [[August 13]] - [[Tigran Petrosian]], Georgian chess player (b. [[1929]])
* [[August 14]] - [[J. B. Priestley]], English novelist and playwright (b. [[1894]])
* [[August 25]] - [[Waite Hoyt]], baseball player (b. [[1899]])

===September-December===
* [[September 25]] - [[Walter Pidgeon]], Canadian actor (b. [[1897]])
* [[October 5]] - [[Leonard Rossiter]], British actor (b. [[1926]])
* [[October 12]] - [[Anthony Berry|Sir Anthony Berry]], British politician (bombing) (b. [[1925]])
* [[October 14]] - [[Martin Ryle]], English radio astronomer, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] (b. [[1918]])
*[[October 20]] - [[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1896]])
* [[October 20]] - [[Paul Dirac]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1902]])
* [[October 21]] - [[François Truffaut]], French film director (b. [[1932]])
* [[October 31]] - [[Indira Gandhi]], [[Prime Minister of India]] (assassinated) (b. [[1917]])
* [[November 6]] - [[Gastón Suárez]], Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b. [[1929]])
* [[November 16]] - [[Leonard Rose]], American cellist (leukemia) (b. [[1918]])
* [[December 8]] - [[Luther Adler]], American actor (b. [[1903]])
* [[December 14]] - [[Vicente Aleixandre]], Spanish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1898]])
* [[December 15]] - [[Jan Peerce]], American tenor (b. [[1904]])
* [[December 20]] - [[Gonzalo Márquez]], Venezuelan [[Major League Baseball]] player (b. [[1946]])
* [[December 28]] - [[Sam Peckinpah]], American film director (b. [[1926]])


==Nobel Prizes==
==Nobel Prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Carlo Rubbia]], [[Simon van der Meer]]
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|100px]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Carlo Rubbia]], [[Simon van der Meer]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Robert Bruce Merrifield]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Robert Bruce Merrifield]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Niels Kaj Jerne]], [[Georges J.F. Köhler]], [[César Milstein]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] – [[Niels Kaj Jerne]], [[Georges J. F. Köhler]], [[César Milstein]]
* [[Nobel Prize in literature|Literature]] - [[Jaroslav Seifert]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Jaroslav Seifert]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - Bishop [[Desmond Tutu|Desmond Mpilo Tutu]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – Bishop [[Desmond Tutu|Desmond Mpilo Tutu]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] – [[Richard Stone]]

== [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] ==
* [[Richard Stone]]

==[[Templeton Prize]]==
* [[ Michael Bourdeaux]]

== [[Right Livelihood Award]] ==
* [[Imane Khalifeh]], [[SEWA]] (Self-Employed Women's Association) / [[Ela Bhatt]], [[Winefreda Geonzon]] / [[FREE LAVA]] (Free Legal Assistance Volunteers' Association) and [[Wangari Maathai]] / [[Green Belt Movement]]

== Fictional references ==
* The novel, [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]], written by [[George Orwell]] in the 1940's, presents a dystopian view of how life might be in the year the protagonist believes to be 1984.

* In the movie ''[[The Terminator]]'' both the [[T-800|title character]] and [[Kyle Reese]] are sent back through time from 2029 to [[May 12]], 1984.


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This article is about the year 1984. For the novel, see Nineteen Eighty-Four. For other uses, see 1984 (disambiguation).
"MCMLXXXIV" redirects here. For the album, see MCMLXXXIV (album).

Clockwise from top-left: a civil unrest movement demands direct presidential elections in Brazil; Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two of her security guards, heralding the beginning of the anti-Sikh riots in India; NASA and the FAA intentionally crash a remotely controlled Boeing 720 aircraft to acquire data and test new technologies to aid passenger and crew survival; the 1984 Summer Olympics are held in Los Angeles, California; Apple releases its revolutionary personal computer; the Sino-British Joint Declaration treaty is signed; the National Union of Mineworkers in the United Kingdom strike against the National Coal Board in an attempt to prevent colliery closures; a methyl isocyanate leak kills at least 3,787 people in Bhopal, India.
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
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1984 by topic
Subject
By country
Lists of leaders
Birth and death categories
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Works category
1984 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1984
MCMLXXXIV
Ab urbe condita2737
Armenian calendar1433
ԹՎ ՌՆԼԳ
Assyrian calendar6734
Baháʼí calendar140–141
Balinese saka calendar1905–1906
Bengali calendar1390–1391
Berber calendar2934
British Regnal year32 Eliz. 2 – 33 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2528
Burmese calendar1346
Byzantine calendar7492–7493
Chinese calendar癸亥年 (Water Pig)
4681 or 4474
    — to —
甲子年 (Wood Rat)
4682 or 4475
Coptic calendar1700–1701
Discordian calendar3150
Ethiopian calendar1976–1977
Hebrew calendar5744–5745
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2040–2041
 - Shaka Samvat1905–1906
 - Kali Yuga5084–5085
Holocene calendar11984
Igbo calendar984–985
Iranian calendar1362–1363
Islamic calendar1404–1405
Japanese calendarShōwa 59
(昭和５９年)
Javanese calendar1916–1917
Juche calendar73
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4317
Minguo calendarROC 73
民國73年
Nanakshahi calendar516
Thai solar calendar2527
Tibetan calendar阴水猪年
(female Water-Pig)
2110 or 1729 or 957
    — to —
阳木鼠年
(male Wood-Rat)
2111 or 1730 or 958
Unix time441763200 – 473385599
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1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 984th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1980s decade.

Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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Diretas Já demonstration held in São Paulo

May

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June

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July

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Newspaper vending machine featuring news of the 1984 Summer Olympics, which opened on July 28

August

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The launch of shuttle Discovery on STS-41-D, its first mission

September

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October

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November

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Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Reagan/Bush (49), and Blue denotes those won by Mondale/Ferraro (1+D.C.).

December

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Controlled Impact Demonstration

Date unknown

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Births and deaths

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Main pages: Category:1984 births and Deaths in 1984

Nobel Prizes

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References

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  2. ^ Background notes, Brunei Darussalam. U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication, Editorial Division. 1985. p. 6.
  3. ^ "United States-Vatican Diplomatic Relations: The Past and The Future". The Ambassadors REVIEW. Council of American Ambassadors. Spring 2001. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2011. On January 10, 1984, when President Reagan announced the establishment of formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See, he appointed William A. Wilson, who had been serving as his personal representative to the Pope, as the first US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See.
  4. ^ "36 Years Ago Today, Steve Jobs Unveiled the First Macintosh". MacRumors. January 24, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
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  6. ^ "Zila". Moulvibazar.com. January 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  7. ^ "1984: Miners strike over threatened pit closures". BBC News. March 12, 1984.
  8. ^ "Australian National Anthem – History". Australian Government. July 10, 2007. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2007.
  9. ^ "Features and Events". astro.hopkinsschools.org. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  10. ^ The Europa Year Book: A World Survey (1984), page xiv
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  12. ^ Energy Economist. Financial Times Business Information Limited. 1999. p. 12.
  13. ^ Liversedge, Stan (1991). Liverpool: The Official Centenary History. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 195. ISBN 0-600-57308-7.
  14. ^ "Snapshot: Maradona is toast of the town after signing for Napoli". The Times. London. February 20, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  15. ^ "1984: Zola Budd in race trip controversy". On This Day. BBC. August 11, 1984. Archived from the original on January 23, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  16. ^ David Dale (1997). The 100 Things Everyone Needs to Know about Australia. Pan Macmillan. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-330-36054-8.
  17. ^ "1984: Extent of Ethiopia famine revealed". BBC News. October 23, 1984. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  18. ^ "1984: Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia". On This Day. BBC. October 25, 1984. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  19. ^ "12 November 1984: When Morocco withdrew from the Organization of African Unity". Sahara Question. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  20. ^ "Operation Moses". History of War. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  21. ^ Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas? Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  22. ^ Detective Robert Cash (July 25, 2019). "Remains Found in Weld County Identified". Greeley Police Department. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  23. ^ Kieran Nicholson (July 25, 2019). "Remains of Jonelle Matthews dug up by work crew 34 years after she vanished, Greeley police say—Then 12-year-old disappeared after middle school Christmas concert". The Denver Post. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  24. ^ Bryan Pietsch (October 13, 2020). "Man Charged With Murder in 1984 Killing of Colorado Girl Taken From Home". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
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