Page 5: Historical Events In 1984

Mar 12   Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88.   

Mar 12   British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become inaugural skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships   

Mar 12   National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike.   

Mar 13   Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust and AIF bat), dies   

Mar 13   Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird.   

Mar 13   Western Australia beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield.   

Mar 14   Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75.   

Mar 14   Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission.   

Mar 15   10th People's Choice Awards Brooke Shields   

Mar 15   10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields.   

Mar 15   In this year, Tanzania formally adopts constitution   

Mar 15   John Lennon's single "I'm Stepping Out" is released (4 years after his death)   

Mar 15   Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses and dies on stage   

Mar 16   Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut   

Mar 16   South-Africa and Mozambique sign non attack treaty.   

Mar 18   Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50.   

Mar 19   "Kate and Allie", premieres.   

Mar 19   In Uzbek a 7.1 earthquake resulted in at least 100 people injured and extensive damage (IX) in the Gazli area   

Mar 19   John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York   

Mar 19   KSD-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA.   

Mar 19   Mobil oil tanker spills 200000 gallons into Columbia River.   

Mar 19   Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering.   

Mar 19   STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad.   

Mar 20   Andy Kaufman and Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres   

Mar 20   Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools   

Mar 21   Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon.   

Mar 21   Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan   

Mar 22   Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game   

Mar 23   World Ice Dance Championship in Ottawa won by J Torvill and Chris Dean (Great Britain)   

Mar 24   IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics   

Mar 24   Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93.   

Mar 27   Near North Coast of New Guinea, Papua a 6.8 quake injured 11 people and many buildings destroyed on Karkar. Minor.   

Mar 28   Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead.   

Mar 29   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

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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