Historical Events In 1984

Oct 23   NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine on this day in history.  

Oct 24   On this day in history 11 members of the Colombo crime family arrested  

Oct 24   Edith Massey, actress (Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies at 66 in the year 1984.  

Oct 24   Intelsat 5 re-enters Earth's atmosphere 5 months after it failed on this day in history.  

Oct 24   In the year 1984 steffi Graf plays her first pro tennis match  

Oct 25   On this day in history "Give My Regards to Broad Street" premiers (Gotham Theater-NYC)  

Oct 25   Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24 in the year 1984.  

Oct 26   "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days in the year 1984.  

Oct 26   On this day in history john Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85  

Oct 30   June Duprez, actress (Calcutta, Tiger Fang), dies at 66 in the year 1984.  

Oct 31   Eduardo De Filippo, director (7 Deadly Sins, Shoot Loud), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Oct 31   In the year 1984 puerto Rican tanker, San Francisco explodes spilling 2 million gallons of oil as the ship caught fire  

Nov 01   On this day in history norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74  

Nov 02   Margie V Barfield, US murderer, 1st woman electricuted in 22 years in the year 1984.  

Nov 03   3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India on this day in history.  

Nov 03   Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated in the year 1984.  

Nov 04   Merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95 on this day in history.  

Nov 04   Nicaragua holds first free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63% in the year 1984.  

Nov 06   On this day in history president Reagan (R) landslide (won 49 states) re-election over Mondale (D)  

Nov 07   On this day in history george Matthews, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73 of heart disease  

Nov 08   On this day in history anna Fisher becomes the first "mom" to go into orbit  

Nov 08   Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1984.  

Nov 08   In the year 1984 sTS 51-A mission; launch  

Nov 09   In the year 1984 sara Rodrigues, famous singer/songwriter was born! November 09 1984  

Nov 10   Sudie Bond actress, dies at 56 of a respiratory ailment on this day in history.  

Nov 10   Sudie Bond, actress (Tomorrow), dies at 56 of a respiratory ailment on this day in history.  

Nov 11   On this day in history martin Luther King Sr, US vicar/father of MLK Jr, dies at 84  

Nov 12   On this day in history paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together"  

Nov 12   Space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite first space salvage in the year 1984.  

Nov 13   Dorothy Arnold, actress (House of Fear, Phantom Creeps), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Nov 14   On this day in history astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit  

Nov 14   In the year 1984 george Matthews, Bkln NY, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73  

Nov 14   On this day in history nASA launches NATO-3D  

Nov 15   On this day in history baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at 3 weeks  

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Feb 29   Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player was born in the year 1984.  

Feb 29   Darren Ambrose, English footballer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 29   On this day in history birth of cullen Jones, American swimmer  

Feb 29   Adam Sinclair, Indian field hockey player was born on this day in history.  

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of shawn Daivari, Persian-American professional wrestler and manager  

May 22   In the year 1984 birth of joe Lauzon, American martial artist  

Jun 14   In the year 1984 birth of siobhán Donaghy, British singer (ex-Sugababes)  

Jun 14   On this day in history birth of lorenzo Booker, American football player  

Jan 01   Alexis Korner, British blues musician (b. 1928) died on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (b. 1898) died in the year 1984.  

Jan 07   On this day in history death of alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)  

Jan 09   In the year 1984 wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies at 77  

Jan 10   Suvanna Phuma, premier of Laos, dies at 82 in the year 1984.  

Jan 11   In the year 1984 fritz Geissler, composer, dies at 62  

Jan 14   Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, Dutch sexuologist (NVSH), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Jan 18   In the year 1984 death of malcolm H Kerr, 9th pres of American U of Beirut, shot dead