Page 16: Historical Events In 1984

Dec 22   Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks.   

Dec 24   Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53.   

Dec 28   Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59.   

Dec 28   TV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run.   

Dec 29   In this year, Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parliamentary elections.   

Dec 29   Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84   

Dec 30   Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) and Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed.   

Dec 31   NYC subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in NH.   

Dec 31   Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th PM succeeds his mom, Indira   

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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