What Happened in November 1984

Historical Events

Assassination

Nov 3 Body of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi cremated

4th Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi

Music History

Nov 4 Funk-rocker Prince opens his "Purple Rain" tour featuring his new band 'The Revolution' with the 1st of seven shows at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan

Nov 4 Nicaragua holds first free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%

Reagan Defeats Mondale

Nov 6 Incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan re-elected President of the United States in a landslide; wins 49 states, and defeats Democrat Walter Mondale

42nd Vice President of the United States Walter Mondale

Nov 6 Willie Hernandez wins AL MVP Award
Nov 7 STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds
Nov 8 14th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Discovery (STS 51-A) launches

Wasim Akram

Nov 8 1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test for Pakistan

Nov 8 NASA astronaut Anna Lee Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit aboard STS 51-A
Nov 9 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B v N Tvl B

Holmes vs. Smith

Nov 9 Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

Nov 9 Most shots in a NY Islander game (88 - Isles 45, NY Rangers 43)
Nov 9 Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Nov 9 Wes Craven's horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" premieres in the US

Nov 10 Australia all out for 76 v West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
Nov 10 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again
Nov 10 Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to Md 42-40
Nov 11 "Three Musketeers" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 9 performances
Nov 12 NBC premiere of "Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story", fact based telepic of actress Saldana's near fatal attack and its aftermath

We All Stand Together

Nov 12 Paul McCartney releases single "We All Stand Together"

Nov 12 Space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite 1st space salvage
Nov 13 David Levy finds his first comet

Sandberg NL MVP

Nov 13 Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award

Nov 14 Astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit
Nov 14 NASA launches NATO-3D
Nov 14 Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
Nov 15 "Emergency" 16th studio album by American band Kool & the Gang is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1985)
Nov 16 14th Shuttle Mission (51A) -Discovery 2- lands at Kennedy Space Center (Florida)
Nov 16 Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record

Imran Khan Debut

Nov 16 Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket

Cricketer and Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan

Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him

Nov 16 John Lennon's 'Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him' released posthumously

Nov 17 Golden State Warrior Purvis Short scores career high 59 points though team loses to NJ Nets 124-110
Nov 17 Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers
Nov 18 "3 Musketeers" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 9 performances
Nov 18 34th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
Nov 18 Browns set team records for most sacks (11)
Nov 18 CFL Grey Cup, Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17; Winnipeg scores final 44 points of the game
Nov 18 Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
Nov 18 NBC premiere of the first part of fact based crime mystery "Fatal Vision", based on Joe McGinnis' novel about Jefferey MacDonald and the 1970 murders of his then-pregnant wife and two children
Nov 18 NJ Devils shutout NY Rangers 6-0
Nov 18 The Soviet Union helps deliver American wheat during the Ethiopian famine
Nov 19 Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die

Gooden Youngest Rookie

Nov 19 NY Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year

Nov 20 McDonald's makes its 50 billionth hamburger
Nov 20 Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year
Nov 20 SETI Institute (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) is founded.

Fred Roger's Sweater

Nov 22 Fred Rogers of PBS "Mr Rogers, Neighborhood" presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution

A Christmas Carol

Nov 23 "A Christmas Carol" directed by Clive Donner starring George C. Scott premieres in the UK

The Hail Mary Pass

Nov 23 Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game & beat Miami 47-45

Nov 23 Limited-over international cricket debut for Wasim Akram for Pakistan, v New Zealand

Boon and Holland Debut

Nov 23 Test Cricket debuts of Australians David Boon aged 23 & Bob Holland aged 38 (v WI)

Nov 23 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Nov 25 Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election
Nov 25 William Schroeder is second person to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart

Guy LaFleur

Nov 26 After 518 goals & 14 years with Montreal Canadiens, Guy LaFleur retires abruptly

Nov 26 John W Mercom Jr announces New Orleans Saints are up for sale for $75 million

Kim Hughes

Nov 26 Kim Hughes tearfully resigns as Australian cricket captain

Nov 26 US & Iraq re-establish diplomatic relations

William and Hannah Penn

Nov 28 Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States

English Philosopher and Founder of Pennsylvania William Penn

Nov 29 Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, v NZ, Hyderabad

Events in 1984

Famous Birthdays

Nov 1 Miloš Krasić, Serbian soccer winger (46 caps; CSKA Moscow, Juventus), born in Mitrovica, Kosovo
Nov 1 Natalia Tena, English actress (Nymphadora Tonks in Harry Potter franchise), born in London
Nov 2 Julia Stegner, German supermodel, born in Munich, Germany
Nov 2 Tamara Hope [Lindeman], Canadian actress (The Sandy Bottom Orchestra; Guinevere Jones), and singer-songwriter (The Weather Station), born in Toronto, Ontario
Nov 3 LaMarr Woodley, American NFL outside linebacker (Super Bowl 2008; Pro Bowl 2009; Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Saginaw, Michigan
Nov 3 Ryo Nishikido, Japanese Idol (member of NEWS (band) and Kanjani8)

Eliud Kipchoge (39 years old)

Nov 5 Kenyan distance runner (Olympic gold marathon 2016; first under 2:00), born in Kapsisiywa, Kenya

Nov 5 Nick Folk, American football player, born in Los Angeles, California
Nov 5 Tobias Enstrom, Swedish hockey player, born in Nordingrå, Sweden
Nov 9 Delta Goodrem, Australian singer, born in Sydney, Australia
Nov 9 French Montana [Karim Kharbouch], American rapper, born in Casablanca, Morocco
Nov 9 Joel Zumaya, American baseball player, born in Chula Vista, California
Nov 10 Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), born in Nederland, Texas
Nov 12 Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean rally driver, born in Harare, Zimbabwe
Nov 12 Jorge Masvidal, American mixed martial artist (UFC), born in Miami, Florida
Nov 12 Omarion [Omari Grandberry], American R&B musician, born in Inglewood, California
Nov 12 Sandara Park, South Korean actor, born in Busan, South Korea
Nov 12 Sepp De Roover, Belgian soccer right back (2 caps; FC Eindhoven, Sparta Rotterdam, FC Groningen, SC Lokeren, NAC Breda), born in Geel, Belgium
Nov 14 Lisa De Vanna, Australian female footballer
Nov 14 Marija Šerifović, Serbian pop singer ("Molitxa"), born in Kragujevac, Serbia
Nov 16 Gemma Atkinson, British actress and model, born in Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Nov 16 Kimberly J. Brown, American actress, born in Gaithersburg, Maryland
Nov 17 Park Han-byul, South Korean actress
Nov 18 Johnny Christ [Seward], American heavy metal bassist (Avenged Sevenfold), born in Huntington Beach, California
Nov 18 Ryohei Chiba, Japanese pop singer, rapper and dancer (W-inds), born in Sapporo, Japan
Nov 20 Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian racing driver, born in Isola della Scala, Italy
Nov 21 Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer (125cc World Champion 2006), born in Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Nov 21 Jena Malone, American Actress

Scarlett Johansson (39 years old)

Nov 22 American actress (Lost in Translation, Avengers), born in New York City

Nov 23 Justin Turner, American baseball 3rd baseman (MLB All-Star 2017, 21; World Series 2020; NLCS MVP 2017; Los Angeles Dodgers), born in Long Beach, California
Nov 23 Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer, born in Springfield, Missouri
Nov 25 Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (Hannibal Rising; Saint Laurent), born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France (d. 2022)
Nov 27 Domata Peko, American football player
Nov 28 Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
Nov 28 Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
Nov 28 Marc-Andre Fleury, Canadian NHL ice hockey goaltender, 3X Stanley Cup, 5X All-Star (Pittsburgh Penguins, and 2 other teams), born in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
Nov 28 Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
Nov 28 Trey Songz [Tremaine Neverson], American singer, rapper and songwriter (Passion, Pain & Pleasure), born in Petersburg, Virginia
Nov 29 Sitti [Navarro], Philippine bossa nova and pop singer, born in Manila, Philippines
Nov 30 Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer
Nov 30 Francisco Sandaza, Spanish Footballer
Nov 30 Nigel de Jong, Dutch soccer midfielder (81 caps; Manchester City, AC Milan), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov 30 Omahyra Mota, Dominican model/actress

Born in 1984

Famous Weddings

Diego Maradona

Nov 7 FIFA soccer player Diego Maradona (24) weds long-time fiancée Claudia Villafañe in Buenos Aires

Roger Clemens

Nov 24 MLB pitcher Roger Clemens (22) weds Debra Lynn Godfrey

Famous Deaths

Nov 1 Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74
Nov 2 Margie V Barfield, US murderer, 1st woman electrocuted in 22 years
Nov 4 Merie Earle [Ireland], American film and television character actress (The Waltons - "Maude Gormley"), dies of uremic poisoning at 95
Nov 6 Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b. 1929)
Nov 7 George Mathews, American stage and screen character actor (The Eve of St. Mark; Glynis - "Chick"), dies of heart disease at 73
Nov 8 Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian composer, dies at 81
Nov 10 Sudie Bond, American stage and screen actress (Love Story; Johnny Dangerously), dies of a respiratory ailment at 61
Nov 10 Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
Nov 11 Jan Novák, Czech classical composer and contemporary Latin poet, dies at 63
Nov 11 Martin Luther King Sr, US vicar and father of MLK Jr., dies at 84
Nov 12 Chester Himes, American author (b. 1909)
Nov 13 (Mauritus) "Mauk" de Braauw, Dutch politician (Chairman of DS'70, 1973-75; Minister of Higher Education and Science Policy, 1971-72), dies at 59
Nov 13 Dorothy Arnold, actress (House of Fear, Phantom Creeps), dies at 66
Nov 14 Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (b. 1916)
Nov 15 Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at 3 weeks
Nov 16 Leonard Rose, American concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51), dies at 66

Nov 16 Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
Nov 18 Mary Hamman, American writer and editor (Pictorial Review, Good Housekeeping), dies at 77
Nov 19 George D. Aiken, American politician (Senator-R-Vermont, 1941-75), dies at 92
Nov 20 Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer, dies at 78
Nov 20 Trygve Bratteli, Norwegian Prime Minister (Labour: 1971-72, 1973-76), dies at 74
Nov 24 Godfrey Ridout, Canadian composer, dies at 66
Nov 27 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead
Nov 28 Hans Speidel, German army officer (WWI, WWII), involved in the 20 July Plot to kill Adolf Hitler (19440, and NATO-supreme commander (1957-64), dies at 87
Nov 28 Ricky Bell, American College Football HOF running back (USC; #1 Overall Selection 1977 NFL Draft TB Buccaneers; San Diego Chargers), dies of heart failure caused by dermatomyositis at 29
Nov 29 Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (b. 1900)

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