What Happened on January 2, 1984

• 13th Fiesta Bowl: #14 Ohio State beats #15 Pittsburgh, 28-23
• 16-year-old future South African Test cricket batsman Darryl Cullinan scores his 1st first-class century (106 no) for Border against Natal B in East London
• 50th Orange Bowl: #5 Miami (FL) beats #1 Nebraska, 31-30

• 50th Sugar Bowl: #3 Auburn beats #8 Michigan, 9-7
• 70th Rose Bowl: UCLA beats #4 Illinois, 45-9

• Riot in Tunis kills over 100
• Wilson Goode, sworn-in as Philadelphia's 1st black mayor

• Colleen Taylor, American journalist

Holidays: Day after New Year's Day (New Zealand), New Year Holiday, New Year's Day (United Kingdom), New Year's Day (Australia, Canada, Ireland, United States)

• #1 Song: Say Say Say - Paul McCartney And Michael Jackson
• #1 Song: Only You - Flying Pickets