Major Events
- Feb 29 Pierre Trudeau announces he is stepping down after 15 years as Canadian Prime Minister
- Apr 23 AIDS-virus identified as HTLV-III (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- Jun 5 Indira Gandhi orders an attack on Sikh's holiest site, the Golden Temple in Amritsar
- Dec 3 Bhopal disaster: A Union Carbide pesticide plant leaks 45 tons of methyl isocyanate and other toxic compounds in Bhopal, India, officially killing 2,259 - other estimates are as high as 16,000 (including later deaths) and over half a million injured
- Dec 19 Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sign the Sino-British Joint Declaration to transfer Hong Kong back to China in 1997
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1984 in Film & TV
- Jan 4 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson, created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, premieres on NBC TV; runs for 9 seasons
- Jan 17 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws
- Jan 24 Apple Computer Inc unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer in a Super Bowl TV ad directed by Ridley Scott
- Mar 19 American sitcom "Kate & Allie" premieres on CBS TV starring Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin
- Sep 20 "The Cosby Show" premieres on NBC-TV starring Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad
- Oct 26 "The Terminator" directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn is released in the US
- Nov 9 Wes Craven's horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" premieres in the US
1984 in Music
- Feb 14 Britain's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean famously dominate the ice dancing at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; perform to Maurice Ravel's "Bolero" in free dance routine; record 9-of-9 perfect scores for artistic impression [1]
- Feb 28 26th Grammy Awards: Michael Jackson wins 8 Grammys
- Jun 4 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's 7th studio album "Born in the USA", his biggest commercial success topped the charts in 11 countries and sold over 30 million copies, worldwide
- Jun 25 Prince releases his "Purple Rain" album
- Sep 29 "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince Rogers Nelson and Revolution peaks at #1
1984 in Sport
- Jan 24 Apple Computer Inc unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer in a Super Bowl TV ad directed by Ridley Scott
- Feb 14 Britain's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean famously dominate the ice dancing at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; perform to Maurice Ravel's "Bolero" in free dance routine; record 9-of-9 perfect scores for artistic impression [1]
- Mar 21 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
- Apr 5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)
- May 8 The Soviet Union announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics in retaliation for the American boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics
- Jul 26 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,502nd single
- Aug 10 Famous Mary Decker-Zola Budd collision during 3,000m at the LA Olympics; Decker falls, Budd finishes 7th; Maricica Puică of Romania wins
Elizabeth Holmes
Mark Zuckerberg
Prince Harry
Jaimie Alexander
Mandy Moore
Katy Perry
Scarlett Johansson
Theo James
Bob Morley
Calvin Harris
Patrick Stump
Duffy
Avril Lavigne
Ryan Lochte
Lindsey Vonn
Eliud Kipchoge
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Fun Fact About 1984
World's most valuable tip - New York police detective Robert Cunningham offers waitress Phyllis Penzo half of $1 lottery ticket, next day they win $6 million
Yuri Andropov
Stanislaw Ulam
George Gallup
Truman Capote
Paul Dirac
Indira Gandhi
Johnny Weissmuller
Ethel Merman
Jackie Coogan
Ed Gein
Richard Burton
Janet Gaynor
Jackie Wilson
Marvin Gaye
Count Basie
Ray Kroc
Clarence Campbell
Joe Cronin
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Famous Weddings in 1984
- Jan 28 Mr Glynn Wolfe marries for non-bigamous record 26th time, Las Vegas
- Jan 29 Actress Wonder Woman Lynda Carter (33) marries Robert Altman (58)
- Feb 14 British singer Elton John (36) marries Renate Blauel at Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia; divorce in 1988
Famous Divorces in 1984
- Apr 2 Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (64) divorces Margaret Sinclair (35) due to irreconcilable differences, after 13 years of marriage
- Sep 14 Film director John Carpenter (36) and actress Adrienne Barbeau (39) divorce after 5 years of marriage
- Oct 16 Joyce King divorces NBA guard George Gervin (32) after nearly 8 years of marriage
More 1984 Weddings
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Michael Jackson
Peter Ueberroth
Sally Field
Deng Xiaoping
François Mitterrand
Helmut Kohl
Konstantin Chernenko
Margaret Thatcher
Ronald Reagan