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Born :04/21/1984Ashley Peldon, Staten Is NY, actress (Marsha Lewis-Guilding Light)
Born :06/19/1984Emil Coleman, orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Party)
Born :09/15/1984Henry Charles Albert David, Prince of Wales, 3rd in British succession
Born :04/08/1984Taran Noah Smith, actor (Home Improvement)
Born :04/10/1984Zoe, Melbourne Australia, 1st frozen-embryo child




Died :06/06/1984A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72
Died :07/14/1984Al Shaft, [Clown prince of baseball], baseball player, dies at 91
Died :08/11/1984Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91
Died :05/21/1984Andrea Leeds, actress, dies of cancer at 70
Died :05/16/1984Andy Kaufman, comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies at 35 of cancer
Died :02/12/1984Anna Anderson Manahan [Grand Duchess Anastasia?], dies in Virginia
Died :02/03/1984Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies
Died :04/22/1984Ansel Adams, US photographer, dies at 82
Died :03/12/1984Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies
Died :09/03/1984Arthur Schwartz, actor, dies after a stroke at 83
Died :04/30/1984Arthur T "Bomber" Harris, bombed nazi-Germany, dies
Died :04/05/1984Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies
Died :12/15/1984Avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74
Died :02/15/1984Avon Long, dancer/actor, dies of cancer at 73
Died :11/15/1984Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at Calif medical center
Died :02/09/1984Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras
Died :04/09/1984Basil Henry Blackwell, British publisher, dies
Died :08/27/1984Bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street), dies
Died :07/28/1984Bess Flowers, actress, dies at 85
Died :07/31/1984Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79
Died :08/27/1984Billy Sands, actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73
Died :07/16/1984Billy Williams, singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73
Died :02/07/1984Brooks West, actor (Richard-My Friend Irma), dies at 67
Died :06/26/1984Carl Foreman, producer, dies of cancer at 69
Died :07/19/1984Carol Eberts Veazie, actor, dies at 89
Died :06/17/1984Chet Allen, actor (Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshooter), dies at 51
Died :04/13/1984Christopher Wilder, FBI's "most wanted man," accidentally kills self
Died :08/13/1984Clyde Cook, actor, dies in his sleep at 92
Died :10/23/1984David Gorcey, dead end kid actor, dies at 63 in a diabetic coma
Died :05/04/1984Diana Dors, actress, dies at 52 of cancer
Died :05/12/1984Doris May, actress, dies at 81 of heart failure
Died :11/13/1984Dorothy Arnold, actress, dies at 66
Died :09/03/1984Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid), dies at 80
Died :09/06/1984E J Andre, actor (Eugene Bullock-Dallas), dies at 74
Died :07/26/1984Ed "Psycho" Gein, dies
Died :10/24/1984Edith Massey, actress, dies at 66
Died :08/04/1984Edmon Ryan, actor, dies at 79 of a heart attack
Died :09/30/1984Ellsworth Bunker, US ambassador (South-Vietnam, dies at 90)
Died :06/11/1984Enrico Berlinguer, secr-general (CP) Italy, dies
Died :05/28/1984Eric Morecambe, comedian (Morecambe & Wise), dies at 58
Died :09/06/1984Ernest Tubb, singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 70
Died :06/20/1984Estelle Winwood, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 99
Died :02/15/1984Ethel Merman, [Zimmerman], singer/actress, dies in her sleep at 76
Died :07/07/1984Flora Robson, actress, dies in her sleep at 82
Died :10/18/1984Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82
Died :01/29/1984Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer
Died :10/21/1984Francois Truffaut, director, dies at 52 of brain cancer
Died :04/07/1984Frank Church, (Sen-D-Ohio, 1957-81), dies at 59
Died :07/29/1984Fred Waring, orch leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84
Died :10/08/1984Frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke
Died :11/19/1984George D Aiken, (Sen-R-Vt, 1941-75), dies at 92
Died :06/07/1984George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81
Died :06/26/1984George H Gallup, pollster (Gallup Poll), dies
Died :11/14/1984George Matthews, Bkln NY, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73
Died :11/07/1984George Matthews, actor, dies at 73 of heart disease
Died :10/06/1984George S Simpson, US paleontology, dies at 82
Died :12/11/1984George Waggner, director/writer dies at 90
Died :04/28/1984Glen H Taylor, US senator/VP candidate (1948), dies at 80
Died :05/01/1984Gordon Jenkins, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73
Died :03/05/1984Harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85
Died :04/26/1984Henry Rowland, actor, dies at 70
Died :03/06/1984Henry Wilcoxon, producer, dies of congessive heart failure at 78
Died :08/05/1984Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
Died :09/01/1984Howland Chamberlain, actor, dies at 73
Died :12/24/1984Ian Hendry, actor, dies at 53
Died :02/19/1984Ina Ray Hutton, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66
Died :10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, PM of India assassinated by 2 of her Sikh bodyguards
Died :05/16/1984Irwin Shaw, US writer (Rich man, poor man), dies at 71
Died :07/17/1984J Delos Jewkes, singer/actor, dies of a heart attack at 89
Died :05/02/1984Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66
Died :01/11/1984Jack La Rue, TV narrator (Lights Out), dies at 84
Died :03/01/1984Jackie Coogan, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family), dies at 69
Died :07/27/1984James Mason, British actor (Lolita), dies at 75 of a heart attack
Died :07/18/1984James Oliver Huberty, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds
Died :12/15/1984Jan Peerce, operatic tenor, dies at 80 following a stroke
Died :09/14/1984Janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident
Died :12/07/1984Jeanne Cagney, actress, dies at 65
Died :07/20/1984Jim [James] Fixx, jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running), dies at 52
Died :09/07/1984Joe Cronin, shortstop/American League Pres, dies at 77
Died :08/14/1984John Boynton Priestley, Romanian poet (Journeys), dies
Died :09/27/1984John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72
Died :04/18/1984John Lee Mahin, screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81
Died :01/28/1984John Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71
Died :05/22/1984John Marley, actor, dies at 77 following heart surgery
Died :12/04/1984John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94
Died :01/20/1984Johnny Weismuller, actor (Tarzan, Jungle Jim), dies in Acapulco at 79
Died :10/18/1984Jon-Erik Hexum, actor, dies at 26 by a gun loaded with blanks
Died :06/22/1984Joseph Losey, director, dies at 75
Died :08/26/1984Julie Stevens, actress (Lorelei-Big Town), dies at 67
Died :10/30/1984June Duprez, actress, dies at 66
Died :03/10/1984June Marlowe, actress, dies at 81
Died :09/19/1984June Preisser, dancer/actress, dies at 61 in an auto accident
Died :10/16/1984Ken Carpenter, TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84
Died :02/16/1984Ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69
Died :03/28/1984Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead
Died :07/14/1984Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74
Died :05/14/1984Larry Stock, songwriter (Blueberry Hill), dies
Died :02/15/1984Leamon Hunt, US director-General in Sinai, killed by communists
Died :06/19/1984Lee Krasner Pollock, US painter, dies at 75
Died :12/29/1984Leo Robin, lyricist dies of heart failure at 84
Died :10/05/1984Leonard Rossiter, actor, dies of a heart attack at 57
Died :06/30/1984Lillian Hellman, playwright, {Little Foxes) dies of cardiac arrest
Died :07/23/1984Lloyd Gouch, actor, dies of aortic aneurism at 77
Died :01/27/1984Lou Crosby, TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 72
Died :03/02/1984Louis Basile, actor (Louie-The Super), dies at 48
Died :02/17/1984Lucille Benson, actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies), dies at 69
Died :12/08/1984Luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81
Died :04/20/1984Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84
Died :01/18/1984Malcolm H Kerr, 9th pres of American U of Beirut, shot dead
Died :11/02/1984Margie V Barfield, US murderer, 1st woman electricuted in 22 years
Died :10/30/1984Mario Gallo, actor (Delvecchio), dies at 61
Died :09/29/1984Marnix G˜sen, [Jan-Al Goris], writer (Lament for Agnes), dies at 85
Died :11/11/1984Martin Luther King Sr, US vicar/father of MLK Jr, dies at 84
Died :04/01/1984Marvin Gaye, shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44
Died :08/04/1984Mary Miles Minter, silent screen star, dies at 82 of heart failure
Died :04/26/1984May McAvoy, actress, dies at 82 after a heart attack
Died :06/15/1984Meredith Willson, composer (Meredith Willson Show), dies at 82
Died :11/04/1984Merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95
Died :03/05/1984Michael Sklar, Calif, comedian (Laugh-in, Sha Na Na), dies at 39
Died :02/21/1984Michail A Sjolochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies
Died :04/30/1984Muddy Waters, blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68
Died :10/22/1984Napoleon Whiting, actor (Silas-Big Valley), dies at 75
Died :06/15/1984Ned Glass, actor, dies at 78 of heart failure
Died :09/24/1984Neil Hamilton, actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85
Died :11/01/1984Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74
Died :10/23/1984Oskar Werner, actor, dies of a heart attack at 61
Died :07/27/1984Oswald Jacoby, US contract bridge champion, dies at 81
Died :03/18/1984Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies at 76 of Parkinson's disease
Died :10/16/1984Peggy Ann Garner, actress, dies at 53 of cancer
Died :11/27/1984Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead
Died :05/20/1984Peter Bull, British actor, dies of a heart attack at 72
Died :12/24/1984Peter Lawford, actor (Thin Man), dies of cardiac arrest at 61
Died :02/03/1984Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, killed in England
Died :01/14/1984Ray Kroc, founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at 82
Died :09/17/1984Richard Basehart, actor (Rage), dies at 70 following several strokes
Died :04/25/1984Richard Benedict, actor, dies at 64 of a heart attack
Died :08/05/1984Richard Burton, actor (Cleopatra), dies at 58 of cerebral hemorrhage
Died :08/08/1984Richard Deacon, actor (Mel-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62
Died :05/10/1984Robert Moore, actor (Marshall-Diana), dies at 56
Died :02/29/1984Roland Culver, actor (Thunderball), dies of heart problems at 83
Died :12/06/1984Ruth Cummings, actress dies at 90
Died :04/12/1984Ruth Taylor, actress, dies at 76
Died :03/24/1984Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies at 93 of cancer
Died :12/28/1984Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59
Died :04/07/1984Samuel C Engel, poet, dies of heart failure at 79
Died :11/10/1984Sudie Bond, actress, dies at 56 of a respiratory ailment
Died :10/26/1984Sue Randall, actress (Miss Landers-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 49
Died :06/20/1984Sunny Johnson, actress (Animal House), dies cerebral hemorrhage at 30
Died :06/17/1984Swale, Kentucky Derby winner, collapses & dies
Died :04/15/1984Tommy Cooper, comedian, dies
Died :08/25/1984Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies
Died :12/14/1984Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet (Historia del coraz¢n), dies at 86
Died :08/25/1984Waite Hoyte, knuckleball pitcher, dies at 84
Died :10/01/1984Walter Alston, Baseball manager (LA Dodgers), dies at 72
Died :08/04/1984Walter Burke, actor, dies at 75 of emphysema
Died :09/25/1984Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden Planet, Mrs Miniver), dies at 87
Died :09/26/1984Walter Pidgeon, actor, dies at 87 after a series of strokes
Died :10/24/1984Walter Woolf King, actor/TV host (Lights Cameras Action), dies at 85
Died :08/30/1984Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43
Died :04/26/1984William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday
Died :06/24/1984William Keighley, actor, dies of a stroke at 94
Died :03/05/1984William Powell, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 91
Died :01/09/1984Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies
Died :07/29/1984Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack
Died :02/09/1984Yuri Andropov, Soviet pres, in power only 15 months, dies at 69




Special :10/26/1984"Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days
Special :02/04/1984"Backstage Magic" opens at CommuniCore
Special :09/20/1984"Cosby Show" premiers on NBC-TV
Special :10/25/1984"Give My Regards to Broad Street" premiers (Gotham Theater-NYC)
Special :03/19/1984"Kate & Allie," premiers
Special :06/09/1984"Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres
Special :09/16/1984"Miami Vice" premiers
Special :01/04/1984"Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premiers on NBC TV
Special :04/21/1984"Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to « hour
Special :01/09/1984"TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" premiers on NBC TV (Whoops)
Special :05/07/1984$180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit
Special :06/06/19841,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India
Special :02/03/198410th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched
Special :02/11/198410th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth
Special :10/24/198411 members of Colombo crime family arrested
Special :04/06/198411th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched
Special :04/13/198411th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth
Special :09/05/198412th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB
Special :08/30/198412th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days)
Special :10/05/198413th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G)-Challenger 6-launched
Special :11/16/198414th Shuttle Mission (51A) -Discovery 2- lands at Kennedy Center
Special :04/30/19841700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are, Sweden
Special :09/25/19841st London performance of musical "Stepping Out" presented
Special :09/14/19841st MTV awards-Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd host
Special :02/03/19841st baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach, Calif
Special :07/21/19841st documented case of a robot killing a human in US
Special :07/19/19841st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer)
Special :06/26/19841st flight of Shuttle Discovery (41-D) scrubbed at T -4s
Special :06/19/19841st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline)
Special :10/11/19841st space walk by US woman (Dr Kathryn D Sullivan)
Special :12/03/19842,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
Special :08/06/1984203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Special :07/28/198423rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
Special :09/03/198428 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery
Special :10/02/19843 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit
Special :11/03/19843,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India
Special :12/20/198433 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library
Special :08/03/1984365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Special :12/02/19844th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
Special :07/07/19845 die in a train crash in Williston Vt
Special :09/26/19845,251 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
Special :12/09/19846 day h˜ack of Kuwaiti jet ends
Special :02/13/19846 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart & liver transplant
Special :04/01/19848 men record longest distance rowed in 24 hours at 13 miles
Special :01/18/198480th Islander & 3rd dual hat trick (Carroll & Bossy) 9-1 win
Special :09/27/1984A Grossman discovers asteroid #3694
Special :09/02/1984A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3141
Special :01/27/1984A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3278
Special :03/21/1984A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3357
Special :04/05/1984A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3364
Special :04/19/1984A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451
Special :09/20/1984A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3490
Special :08/28/1984A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3630
Special :12/22/1984A R Klemola discovers asteroid #3712
Special :04/23/1984AIDS-virus identified (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
Special :01/01/1984AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies
Special :06/02/1984Actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy
Special :01/29/1984Actresss Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman
Special :01/05/1984Adrian Dantly, Utah, ties NBA record, making 28 free throws
Special :04/21/1984After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
Special :07/30/1984Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil
Special :03/20/1984Andy Kaufman & Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premiers
Special :11/08/1984Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit
Special :01/22/1984Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts
Special :12/13/1984Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke
Special :04/27/1984Asteroid #3625 discovered
Special :11/14/1984Astronauts aboard "Discovery" plucks a 2nd satellite from orbit
Special :09/28/1984B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3153, #3154, #3155 & #3706
Special :05/03/1984B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3325
Special :06/02/1984B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617
Special :10/23/1984B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3637
Special :05/06/1984Balt Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle
Special :06/26/1984Barbra Striesand records "Here We Are at Last"
Special :12/22/1984Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black youths on a NYC subway train
Special :02/16/1984Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold
Special :10/13/1984Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders
Special :12/29/1984Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period
Special :11/03/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated
Special :05/29/1984Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) & #4 (Joe Cronin)
Special :06/10/1984Boston beats Los Angeles, for NBA championship
Special :09/30/1984Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner
Special :09/17/1984Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th PM succeeding John Turner
Special :09/26/1984Britain & China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997
Special :02/22/1984Brothers Anton & Peter Stastny score 8 pts each for NHL Qu‚bec
Special :02/07/1984Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk (US)
Special :06/04/1984Bruce Springsteen releases "Born in the USA"
Special :01/01/1984Brunei becomes independent of UK
Special :01/23/1984Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game
Special :05/27/1984C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3671 Dionysius
Special :05/26/1984C Shoemaker & E Shoemake discovers asteroid #3317 Paris
Special :10/23/1984C Shoemaker & E Shoemake discovers asteroid #3700 Geowilliams
Special :02/12/1984Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH
Special :09/09/1984Calif Angel Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game
Special :09/30/1984Calif Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0
Special :02/29/1984Canadian PM Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he is stepping down
Special :08/11/1984Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds
Special :02/27/1984Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 m)
Special :08/06/1984Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics
Special :08/08/1984Carl Lewis wins 3rd (200m) of 4 gold medals in Summer
Special :08/04/1984Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics
Special :06/22/1984Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minn Twins
Special :04/11/1984Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
Special :01/06/1984Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission
Special :03/14/1984Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission
Special :09/08/1984Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41G mission
Special :05/08/1984Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9)
Special :08/11/1984Cincinatti Reds retire Johnny Bench's #5 uniform
Special :04/27/1984Cleve Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings
Special :08/04/1984Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit HR
Special :07/25/1984Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became 1st woman to walk in space
Special :09/12/1984Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident
Special :06/09/1984Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times"
Special :08/09/1984Daley Thomas of Britain sets decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal
Special :04/10/1984Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
Special :02/01/1984Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner
Special :05/04/1984Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)
Special :02/07/1984David (born without immunity system) at 12, touches mom for 1st time
Special :01/11/1984Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game
Special :10/16/1984Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize
Special :05/24/1984Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
Special :04/07/1984Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
Special :10/14/1984Detroit Tigers beat SD Padres, 4 games to 1 in 81st World Series
Special :05/23/1984Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game
Special :11/18/1984Devils shutout Rangers 6-0
Special :05/12/1984Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
Special :10/18/1984Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51A mission
Special :09/10/1984Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla
Special :07/03/1984Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island
Special :06/09/1984Donald Ducks 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
Special :12/01/1984Doug Flutie (Boston College quarterback) wins 50th Heisman trophy
Special :02/05/1984E Bowell disc asteroid #3486 Fulchignoni, #3526 Jeffbell & #3590 Holst
Special :01/28/1984E Bowell discovers asteroid #3064 Zimmer
Special :03/31/1984E Bowell discovers asteroid #3078 Horrocks
Special :10/26/1984E Bowell discovers asteroid #3174 Alcock
Special :11/20/1984E Bowell discovers asteroid #3638 Davis
Special :04/03/1984E Bowell discovers asteroid #3676
Special :08/31/1984E Bowell discovers asteroid #3677
Special :10/29/1984E Bowell discovers asteroid #3698 Manning & #3699 Milbourn
Special :03/01/1984E Bowell discovers asteroids #3066 McFadden & #3420 Standish
Special :01/08/1984E Bowell discovers asteroids #3277 Aaronson, #3759 & #3760
Special :02/06/1984E Bowell discovers asteroids #3316 Herzberg & #3506 French
Special :03/06/1984E Bowell discovers asteroids #3356 Resnik & #3697 Guyhurst
Special :01/09/1984EAA moves operations to Oshkosh
Special :05/19/1984Edmonton Oilers beat NY Islanders 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
Special :01/04/1984Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8-highest-scoring modern NHL game
Special :06/16/1984Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race
Special :07/11/1984England's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe
Special :08/22/1984Evelyn Ashford of US ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec
Special :12/19/1984Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people
Special :06/27/1984Fire destroys a set in "A View to the Kill"
Special :06/02/1984Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines
Special :05/26/1984Floods kill 14 in Tulsa Okla
Special :11/18/1984Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
Special :02/04/1984Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas
Special :04/21/1984Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
Special :05/26/1984Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia
Special :06/18/1984Fuzzy Zoeller wins US Open golf tournament
Special :10/01/1984Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus
Special :11/19/1984Gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die
Special :12/01/1984George Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee to win WBA Boxing title
Special :04/02/1984Georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title
Special :07/19/1984Geraldine A Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY), won Democratic VP nomination
Special :07/12/1984Geraldine Ferraro, NY becomes 1st woman major-party VP candidate
Special :11/17/1984Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to NJ Nets 124-110
Special :01/23/1984Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km
Special :04/03/1984Guinea suspends constitution after coup
Special :05/16/1984Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution
Special :02/25/1984H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3389
Special :03/02/1984H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3390
Special :09/20/1984H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3465
Special :02/23/1984H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3519
Special :02/24/1984H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3679
Special :01/15/1984Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak
Special :03/10/1984Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
Special :07/15/1984Hollis Stacy wins her 3rd US women's open golf title
Special :11/16/1984Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record
Special :12/06/1984H˜ackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage
Special :12/04/1984H˜ackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
Special :08/14/1984IBM releases MS-DOS version 3.0
Special :11/--/1984IBM releases PC-DOS 3.1
Special :10/12/1984IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying
Special :12/29/1984Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections
Special :06/05/1984Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site (Golden Temple)
Special :10/24/1984Intelsat 5 re-enters Earth's atmosphere 5 months after it failed
Special :05/10/1984Intl Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
Special :03/22/1984Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game
Special :12/21/1984Islander Kelly Hrudy's 1st shut-out win-Whalers 1-0
Special :10/20/1984Islander's Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick-4 goals
Special :11/17/1984Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers
Special :06/10/1984Ivan Lendl wins French Open, his 1st grand slam title
Special :09/25/1984J Platt discovers asteroids #3237 Victorplatt & #3259
Special :01/08/1984J Wagner discovers asteroids #3045 Alois, #3512, #3562 & #3589
Special :07/18/1984James Huberty kills 21 McDonalds patrons in San Ysidro Calif
Special :08/07/1984Japan beats US for olympic gold medal in baseball
Special :08/07/1984Jim Deshales becomes 1,000th playing Yankee
Special :08/05/1984Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2h24m52s)
Special :09/18/1984Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic
Special :05/12/1984Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on same hole
Special :06/24/1984Joe Morgan sets career HR mark for 2nd basemen with #265
Special :05/13/1984Johan Cruyffs last competitive match
Special :01/27/1984John & Yoko release "Milk & Honey" album
Special :10/13/1984John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million
Special :03/19/1984John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of NY
Special :03/09/1984John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"
Special :11/16/1984John Lennon releases "Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him"
Special :07/15/1984John Lennon releases "I'm Stepping Out"
Special :01/09/1984John Lennon releases "Nobody Told Me"
Special :03/02/1984John Long (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
Special :04/10/1984John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games
Special :09/09/1984John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl, for US Open Tennis title
Special :07/08/1984John McEnroe beats Jimmy Connors for Wimbledon singles
Special :11/26/1984John W Mercom Jr announces NO Saints are up for sale for $75 million
Special :06/09/1984Jrgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
Special :03/05/1984K Augustesen discovers asteroid #3033 Holbaek
Special :09/24/1984K Augustesen discovers asteroid #3312 Pedersen
Special :08/31/1984K Suzuki & T Urata discovers asteroid #3165 Mikawa
Special :11/21/1984K Suzuki & T Urata discovers asteroid #3178
Special :03/19/1984KSD-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA
Special :06/01/1984KWK-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD
Special :10/09/1984Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st US woman to walk in space
Special :07/22/1984Kathy Whitworth wins a record 85th pro golf tournament
Special :02/13/1984Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as USSR leader
Special :05/03/1984L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #3616
Special :01/27/1984LA Kings end Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record 51-game scoring streak
Special :01/28/1984LA Kings stop Wayne Gretsky 51 game scoring streak
Special :08/16/1984LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges
Special :03/01/1984Landsat 5 & ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit
Special :08/16/1984Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)
Special :08/19/1984Lee Trevino wins PGA
Special :07/31/1984Leeza Gibbon's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
Special :04/26/1984Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens
Special :08/05/1984Lou Pinella day at Yankee Stadium
Special :11/28/1984M Antal discovers asteroid #3393
Special :12/22/1984Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks
Special :05/27/1984Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day
Special :07/21/1984Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s
Special :07/07/1984Martina Navratilova wins Wimbledon
Special :08/10/1984Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run
Special :06/16/1984Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d)
Special :05/02/1984Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid
Special :08/22/1984Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200
Special :09/17/1984Met's Dwight Goodin becomes 2nd to strikeout 32 over 2 cons games
Special :11/10/1984Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to Md 42-40
Special :01/02/1984Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship
Special :02/07/1984Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS
Special :05/01/1984Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
Special :12/30/1984Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) & Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed
Special :03/19/1984Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River
Special :09/15/1984Morocco Showcase opens
Special :02/06/1984Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army
Special :11/09/1984Most shots in an Islander game-88-Isles 45, Rangers 43
Special :01/28/1984Mr Glynn Wolfe marries for non-bigamous record 26th time, Las Vegas
Special :02/26/1984N Chernykh discovers asteroids #3575 & #3576
Special :08/16/1984NASA launches Ampte
Special :09/21/1984NASA launches Galaxy-C
Special :06/09/1984NASA launches Intelsat V, it failed
Special :03/01/1984NASA launches Landsat-D Prime (Landsat 5) to thematic map the Earth
Special :11/14/1984NASA launches NATO-3D
Special :10/11/1984NASA launches space vehicle S-208
Special :12/25/1984NBA's Bernard King scores 60 points
Special :10/23/1984NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine
Special :03/29/1984NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
Special :03/21/1984NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
Special :10/22/1984NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires
Special :02/16/1984NJ Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5
Special :12/17/1984NJ Devils 1st penalty shot-Rocky Trottier scores against Edmonton
Special :07/11/1984NL beats AL 3-1 in 55th All Star Game (Candlestick Park SF)
Special :03/03/1984NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6)
Special :09/12/1984NY Met Dwight Goodin sets rookie strike out record at 251
Special :09/25/1984NY Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit HRs as a teen & in 40s
Special :09/30/1984NY Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg
Special :12/31/1984NYC subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in NH
Special :01/01/1984NYC transit fare rises from 75› to 90›
Special :04/19/1984Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature mag)
Special :11/04/1984Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%
Special :10/17/1984Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Bruce Merrifield
Special :12/23/1984Oak Ridge Observatory discovers asteroid #3773
Special :04/16/1984Oakland A Dave Kingman hits 3 HRs including a grand slam
Special :02/25/1984Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500
Special :04/24/1984Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
Special :12/03/1984Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc
Special :10/29/1984Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) & Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win NY Marathon
Special :04/27/1984Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana
Special :09/30/1984P Wild discovers asteroid #3491
Special :12/24/1984Palace coup in Mauritania
Special :03/21/1984Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
Special :08/24/1984Pat Bradley set LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver
Special :05/19/1984Pat LaFontaine scores 2 goals within 22 sec in an NHL playoff game
Special :06/03/1984Patty Shoehan wins LPGA by a record 10 strokes
Special :01/16/1984Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis
Special :09/24/1984Paul McCartney release "No More Lonely Nights"
Special :10/22/1984Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack
Special :11/12/1984Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together"
Special :06/18/1984Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541
Special :04/13/1984Pete Rose becomees 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career
Special :08/17/1984Pete Rose returns to Cin Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits)
Special :03/03/1984Peter Ueberroth is elected baseball's commissioner
Special :10/01/1984Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball
Special :03/09/1984Phila 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record
Special :05/16/1984Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer
Special :08/31/1984Pinklin Thomas defeats Tim Witherspoon for WBC heavyweight title
Special :06/09/1984Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD
Special :11/06/1984Pres Reagan (R) landslide (won 49 states) re-election over Mondale (D)
Special :01/29/1984Pres Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term
Special :09/26/1984Pres Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa
Special :04/26/1984Pres Reagan visits China
Special :08/27/1984President Reagan announces Teacher in Space project
Special :08/04/1984Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks
Special :04/16/1984Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American primitive"
Special :08/30/1984R S Dunbar & M Barucci discovers asteroid #3362 Khufu
Special :01/22/1984Raiders crush Redskins, 38-9, in Super Bowl XVIII
Special :12/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th PM succeeds his mom, Indira
Special :10/25/1984Rangers beat Devils 11-2
Special :02/01/1984Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203)
Special :01/28/1984Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, W Germany
Special :09/17/1984Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs
Special :08/22/1984Rep convention in Dallas renominates Pres Reagan & VP Bush
Special :08/04/1984Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day)
Special :02/26/1984Rev Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called NYC, "Hymietown"
Special :02/18/1984Revised concordat between Italy & Vatican signed
Special :10/02/1984Richard Miller, becomes 1st (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage
Special :12/08/1984Ringo appears on Saturday Night Live
Special :02/26/1984Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named 1st US poet laureate
Special :04/25/1984Rock group Wings disbands
Special :05/12/1984S Afr prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
Special :09/23/1984SF 49er Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games
Special :01/11/1984STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
Special :03/19/1984STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad
Special :06/25/1984STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem
Special :08/09/1984STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad
Special :07/14/1984STS 41-D vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB for remanifest of payloads
Special :05/19/1984STS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad
Special :09/13/1984STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad
Special :10/13/1984STS 41-G mission; lands at Kennedy Space Center
Special :11/07/1984STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds
Special :10/23/1984STS 51-A launch vehicle moves to launch pad
Special :11/08/1984STS 51-A mission; launch
Special :12/19/1984Scotty Bowman becomes NHL's all time winningest coach
Special :09/10/1984Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days)
Special :07/13/1984Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m
Special :07/24/1984Seve Ballesteros wins British Open
Special :07/30/1984Soap Opera "Santa Barbara" premiers on NBC TV
Special :09/03/1984South Africa adopts constitution
Special :12/10/1984South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize
Special :06/14/1984Southern Baptist convention decide on no women clergy members
Special :03/21/1984Soviet sub crashes into USS aircrft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
Special :04/03/1984Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7
Special :04/11/1984Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
Special :07/17/1984Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7
Special :01/29/1984Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched
Special :11/12/1984Space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite 1st space salvage
Special :09/23/1984Sparky Anderson is 1st manager to win 100 games in both leagues
Special :10/24/1984Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match
Special :10/21/1984Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05
Special :04/30/1984Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
Special :09/20/1984Suicide car bomb attacks US Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23
Special :07/29/1984Summer Olympics opens in LA
Special :03/05/1984Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene
Special :06/27/1984Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts
Special :01/11/1984Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family
Special :07/03/1984Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members
Special :06/09/1984Swale wins Belmont Stakes (8 days later Swale dies)
Special :01/03/1984Syria frees captured US pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson
Special :11/27/1984T Seki discovers asteroid #3182 Shimanto
Special :08/24/1984T Seki discovers asteroid #3431 Nakano
Special :01/13/1984TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV
Special :12/28/1984TV soap "Edge of Night" ends 28 year run
Special :03/15/1984Tanzania adopts constitution
Special :08/26/1984Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Lennigrad
Special :05/08/1984Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
Special :06/15/1984Thomas Hearns KOs Roberto Duran
Special :09/18/1984Tigers become 4th team to stay in 1st place from opening day
Special :09/06/1984Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow
Special :08/05/1984Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson sets record with 19 pinch hit HRs
Special :05/11/1984Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
Special :05/26/1984Tulsa Oklahoma gets 13" of rain, 14 die
Special :12/19/1984UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
Special :04/10/1984US Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
Special :03/30/1984US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force [0126?]
Special :01/10/1984US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican
Special :10/04/1984US govt closes down due to budget problems
Special :12/31/1984US leaves UNESCO
Special :07/31/1984US men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics
Special :06/10/1984US missile shot down an incoming missile in space for 1st time
Special :05/08/1984USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
Special :12/15/1984USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet
Special :12/21/1984USSR launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Come
Special :06/29/1984USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI
Special :07/20/1984Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m
Special :10/11/1984VP candidate debate-Graldine Ferraro (D) & George Bush (R)
Special :07/23/1984Vanessa Williams, 1st black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude
Special :11/09/1984Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed
Special :12/10/1984WNSY-AM in Newport News VA returns from WGH
Special :02/27/1984WRC-AM in Washington DC changes call letters to WWRC
Special :07/18/1984Walter F Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in SF
Special :10/07/1984Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader
Special :01/08/1984Wash Caps Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals
Special :10/27/1984Wash State's Rueben Mayes sets col football rec of 357 yards rushing
Special :02/11/1984Wayne Gretsky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
Special :12/19/1984Wayne Gretzky becomes 18th NHLer to score 1,000 points
Special :06/01/1984Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211 kg
Special :11/25/1984William Schroeder, becomes 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart
Special :04/04/1984Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
Special :05/12/1984World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
Special :10/04/1984Yanks clinch AL East
Special :07/04/1984Yuri Sedykh of USSR throws hammer a record 86.33 m
Special :09/27/1984Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #3732
Special :08/26/1984Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
Special :06/10/1984Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m)

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