Page 14: Historical Events In 1984

Sep 26   UK agrees to hand over the soverignty of Hong Kong to China in 1999.   

Sep 26   Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden Planet), dies of strokes at 87.   

Sep 27   John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72   

Sep 29   Marnix Gijsen, [Jan-Al Goris], writer (Lament for Agnes), dies at 85   

Sep 30   Ellsworth Bunker, US ambassador (South-Vietnam, dies at 90)   

Oct 01   Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus   

Oct 01   Walter Alston, Baseball manager (LA Dodgers), dies at 72   

Oct 02   3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit   

Oct 02   Richard Miller, is recorded as becoming inaugural (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage.   

Oct 04   There it goes! It could be, it might be, it’ s..." A sad day for long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans. Chicago lost to the Padres 7-1 in the National League Championship Series. 1986 Oct 04, Dan Rather, of The CBS Evening News, was mugged by two men in New York City   

Oct 04   US govt closes down due to budget problems.   

Oct 05   13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G)-Challenger 6-launched   

Oct 05   Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57.   

Oct 06   George S Simpson, US paleontologist, dies at 82   

Oct 08   Frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke   

Oct 09   Kathy Sullivan is recorded as becoming 1st US woman to walk in space.   

Oct 11   Kathryn D. Sullivan of the US is the inaugural female astronaut to walk in spaceoct12.   

Oct 11   Khanderao M Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5 50 for India), dies.   

Oct 11   NASA launches space vehicle S-208.   

Oct 11   VP candidate debate-Geraldine Ferraro (D) and George Bush (R).   

Oct 12   IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying   

Oct 16   Bishop Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel peace prize.   

Oct 16   In this year, Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, claims the Nobel Peace Prize.   

Oct 16   Ken Carpenter, TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84   

Oct 17   Alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89   

Oct 18   Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82.   

Oct 19   Henri Michaux, writer, dies.   

Oct 21   Dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer, dies at 78.   

Oct 22   Harold Laurence Walters, composer, dies at 66.   

Oct 23   David Gorcey, actor (Angel's Alley), dies at 63 in a diabetic coma.   

Oct 23   NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine.   

Oct 24   11 members of the Colombo crime family arrested   

Oct 24   Edith Massey, actress (Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies at 66   

Oct 24   Intelsat 5 re-enters Earth's atmosphere 5 months after it failed   

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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