Page 11: Historical Events In 1984

Jul 28   23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles.   

Jul 28   Bess Flowers, actress (View from Pompey's Head), dies at 85.   

Jul 29   Fred Waring, orch leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84   

Jul 29   Summer Olympics opens in LA.   

Jul 30   Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil.   

Jul 30   inaugural flight of space shuttle 'Discovery'   

Jul 30   Maurice Tremlett, cricketer (England pace bowler 1948-49), dies   

Jul 30   Soap opera "Santa Barbara," premieres on NBC.   

Jul 31   Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79   

Jul 31   US men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics   

Aug 03   365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange.   

Aug 04   Edmon Ryan actor, dies at 79 of a heart attack   

Aug 04   Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack   

Aug 04   In this year, Carl Lewis claims gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics   

Aug 04   Mary Miles Minter silent screen star, dies at 82 of heart failure   

Aug 04   Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 24 weeks   

Aug 04   Republic of Upper Volta is recorded as becoming Bourkina Fasso (National Day)   

Aug 04   Walter Burke actor, dies at 75 of emphysema.   

Aug 05   Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66   

Aug 06   203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange   

Aug 07   Esther Phillips, US singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48.   

Aug 08   Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62   

Aug 11   Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91   

Aug 11   During a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"   

Aug 11   In this year, Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, claims 4 Olym track golds   

Aug 13   Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92   

Aug 14   In this year, IBM releases MS-DOS version 3.0.   

Aug 14   John Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89.   

Aug 16   Gyorgy Kosa, composer, dies at 87.   

Aug 16   LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges   

Aug 17   Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks   

Aug 18   Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire.   

Aug 19   In this year, Lee Trevino claims the PGA   

Aug 21   Australia's federal budget speech is televised live from Canberra for the inaugural time.   

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Feb 29   Cam ward: Canadian ice hockey player   

Feb 29   Darren ambrose: English footballer   

Feb 29   Cullen jones: American swimmer   

Feb 29   Adam sinclair: Indian field hockey player   

Apr 30   Shawn daivari: Persian-american professional wrestler and manager   

May 22   Joe lauzon: American martial artist   

Jun 14   Siobhán donaghy: British singer (ex-sugababes)   

Jun 14   Lorenzo booker: American football player   

Jan 01   Alexis korner: British blues musician (b. 1928)   

Jan 06   Ernest laszlo: Hungarian-u.s. cinematographer (b. 1898)   

Jan 07   Alfred kastler: French physicist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1902)   

Jan 09   Wolfgang staudte: German director (ciske de rat),   

Jan 10   Suvanna phuma: Premier of laos,   

Jan 11   Fritz geissler: Composer,    

Jan 14   Mary zeldenrust-noordanus: Dutch sexuologist (nvsh),   

Jan 18   Malcolm h kerr: 9th pres of american u of beirut, shot dead