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# 1984

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For the book by George Orwell, see Nineteen Eighty-Four

Years : | 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: | 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years: | 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

## [edit] Events

- March 22 - People said the teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California were abusing the children in the school. The police found out that this was not true.
- March 23 - Sarah Tisdall, who told The Guardian newspaper that cruise missiles were coming to Britain, was sentenced to six months imprisonment.
- March 24 - The Wran Government was chosen in NSW for a 4th term.
- April 4 - President Ronald Reagan said that no one should use chemical weapons.
- April 12 - Four young Palestinians took an Israeli bus hostage. Israeli special forces got onto the bus and freed the hostages. They killed 1 hostage and two of the hijackers. Two other hijackers were captured and killed by Ehud Yatom. He crushed their skulls while they were tied up. Shin Bet chief Abraham Shalom told them to do this. It caused a major scandal (Kav 300 affair).
- April 13 - India started Operation Meghdoot. They took control of most of the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir.
- April 17 - WPC Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead by a hidden gunman outside the Libyan Embassy in London during the event known as the 1984 Libyan Embassy Siege.
- April 19 - Advance Australia Fair was named as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
- April 25 - The end of Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Mustain Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah's as the 7th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- April 26 - Baginda Almutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail, the Sultan of Johor becomes the 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- May 2 - The Liverpool Garden Festival opens in Liverpool.
- May 8 - The Soviet Union announced that it was not going to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
- May 8 - Denis Lortie killed three people who worked for the government in the National Assembly of Quebec building.
- May 11 - A transit of Earth from Mars takes place.
- May 14 - The one dollar coin is introduced in Australia.
- May 19 - Game show contestant Michael Larson won $100,000 on the game show Press Your Luck. Later, people found out that he won the money by mainly using only two squares of the Press Your Luck "Big Board."
- May 22 - Helen Branch was declared legally dead (she disappeared 1977)
- May 27 - Fluminense won the Brazilian soccer league, against the Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama.
- June 5 - The Indian government began Operation Blue Star. It was a planned attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
- June 6 - Indian troops attack the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the Sikh's holiest shrine. They killed about 1,000 people.
- June 8 - A deadly tornado almost destroyed Barneveld, Wisconsin. It killed nine people, injured almost 200 people, and caused over $25,000,000 in damage.
- June 8 - The film Ghostbusters comes out in theaters. It becomes a summer blockbuster hit. The song "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. became a Top 40 hit.

## [edit] Births

- January 1 - Holly Dunaway, professional boxer
- January 3 - Maya Ababadjani, actress
- January 13 - Eleni Ioannou, Greek judo champion (d. 2004)
- January 15 - Megan Quann, swimmer
- January 26 - Rebecca Ritters, actress
- January 26 - Luo Xuejuan, swimmer
- January 29 - Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
- February 10 - Kim Hyo Jin, Korean actress
- February 12 - Alexandra Dahlström, actress
- February 25 - Xing Huina, Chinese athlete
- February 28 - Karolina Kurkova, supermodel
- March 20 - Christy Carlson Romano, actress
- March 20 - Nomura Yuka, Japanese actress
- March 28 - Nikki Sanderson, British actress
- April 3 - Allana Slater, Australian gymnast
- April 8 - Kirsten Storms, American actress
- April 10 - Mandy Moore, singer, actress
- April 11 - Kelli Garner, American actress
- April 13 - Kris Britt, Australian cricketer
- April 17 - Rosanna Davison, Irish model
- April 18 - America Ferrera, actress
- April 22 - Michelle Ryan, British actress
- April 23 - Alexandra Kosteniuk, chess player
- April 29 - Taylor Cole, American actress/model
- April 29 - Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player/commentator
- May 17 - Christine Robinson, Canadian water polo player
- May 29 - Carmelo Anthony, NBA star
- May 31 - Jason Smith, Australian actor
- June 10 - Selian A. Diaz, Puerto Rican soldier
- June 11 - Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
- June 13 - Berangere Schuh, French archery star
- July 11 - Tanith Belbin, American skater
- August 12 - Sherone Simpson, Jamaican athlete
- September 4 - Lauren Bush, model
- September 7 - Vera Zvonareva, tennis player
- September 14 - Adam Lamberg, actor (Lizzie McGuire)
- September 15 - Prince Harry of Wales, English prince
- September 23 - Anneliese van der Pol, actress
- September 27 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer/songwriter
- September 28 - Helen Oyeyemi, British novelist
- September 30 - Megan Ewing, American model
- October 3 - Ashlee Simpson, singer, actress
- October 10 - Chiaki Kuriyama, actress
- October 14 - Santino Quaranta, American soccer player
- October 17 - Michelle Ang, Australian actress
- October 26 - Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
- October 27 - Kelly Osbourne, singer
- November 7 - Amelia Vega, Miss Universe 2003
- November 9 - Delta Goodrem, actress, singer
- November 12 - Sandara Park, Korean entertainer
- November 21 - Jena Malone, actress
- November 22 - Scarlett Johansson, actress
- November 28 - Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
- December 30 - LeBron James, NBA star

## [edit] Deaths

- January 20 - Johnny Weissmuller
- April 1 - Marvin Gaye
- May 16 - Andy Kaufman
- July 26 - Ed Gein, serial killer (b. 1906)

## [edit] Films released

- Amadeus
- Splash
- Missing in Action
- Revenge of the Nerds
- Ghostbusters

## [edit] Hit songs

- Van Halen - Jump
- Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters (Los Cazafantasmas)
- Phil Collins - Against All Odds

## [edit] New books

- L'Amant - Marguerite Duras
- The Aquitaine Progression - Robert Ludlum
- The Big U - Neal Stephenson (debut novel)
- Brother in the Land - Robert Swindells
- The Butter Battle Book - Dr. Seuss
- Empire of the Sun - James Ballard
- First Among Equals - Jeffrey Archer
- The Fourth Protocol - Frederick Forsyth
- Full Circle - Danielle Steel
- Lincoln: A Novel - Gore Vidal
- Love and War - John Jakes
- Hotel du Lac - Anita Brookner
- The Lover - Marguerite Duras
- Money - Martin Amis
- Neuromancer - William Gibson
- The Outsider - Howard Fast
- The Practice Effect - David Brin
- Random Hearts - Warren Adler
- Role of Honour - John Gardner
- A Shock to the System - Simon Brett
- The Sicilian - Mario Puzo
- Slow Learner: Early Stories - Thomas Pynchon
- Stanley and the Women - Kingsley Amis
- The Talisman - Stephen King, Peter Straub
- Thinner - Richard Bachman (nom de plume for Stephen King)
- The Tie That Binds - Kent Haruf
- The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
- White Noise - Don DeLillo
- The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike

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