1984

Year 1984 () was a  (link displays the 1984 ).

January

 * - became a fully independent state.
 * - breaks  into 24 independent units.
 * - U.S. President meets with Navy Lieutenant  and the Reverend  at the, following Lieutenant Goodman's release from Syrian captivity.


 * - starts developing.
 * - becomes the sixth member of the  (ASEAN).
 * - The and the  establish full diplomatic relations.
 * - The win their third, defeating the  38-9 in  at  in ,.
 * - The is signed between  and  in.
 * - The first goes on sale.
 * - Pop star 's scalp is seriously burned by during filming of a .

February

 * - comes into effect in.
 * - : '' is launched on the 10th mission.
 * - s and  make the first untethered.
 * - The open in.
 * - Disclosure of remarks by, considered anti-Semitic by some, hurt his presidential campaign.
 * - : '' makes the first shuttle landing at the
 * - succeeds the late  as  of the.
 * -  pull out of,.
 * - Canadian Prime Minister announces his retirement.

March

 * - accuses  of using s; the  condemns their use on.
 * -  orders an attack on the, the  holy spot.
 * - A year-long begins in the British coal industry (See ).
 * - 's and 3 others are seriously injured in a gun attack by the.
 * - The station chief in, , is kidnapped by  and later dies in captivity.
 * - Teachers at the in  are charged with  of the schoolchildren (the charges are later dropped as completely unfounded).
 * - General becomes the first man in 's history to rule over 2 of its provinces, after becoming interim Governor of.
 * - A brand new musical opens in the West End. The cast stars  as  and  as.

April

 * - n Squadron Leader is launched into space, aboard the .
 * - U.S. President calls for an international ban on s.
 * - gunmen take  Bus Number 300 hostage.   Israeli special forces storm the bus, freeing the hostages (1 hostage, 2 hijackers killed).
 * - India launches, as most of the in  comes under Indian control.
 * -  is shot and killed by a secluded gunman during a  outside the n  in.
 * -  is proclaimed as 's, and green and gold as the national colours.
 * - The term of as the 7th  of  ends.
 * -, of , becomes the 8th  of.

May

 * - The opens in.
 * - The Herreys win the for, with the song Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Ley.
 * - The announces that it will boycott the  in.
 * - kills 3 government employees in the  building.
 * - The longest game in history begins at 7:30 PM between the  and the . The game will be played over the course of 2 days, lasting 25 innings, with a total time of 8 hours and 6 minutes.
 * - burns down, killing 8.
 * - A takes place.
 * - The opens.
 * - The one dollar coin is introduced in.

June

 * - The Indian government begins, the planned attack on the in.
 * - n troops storm the Golden Temple at, the Sikh's holiest shrine, killing an estimated 300 people.
 * - A deadly F5 nearly destroys the town of, killing 9 people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over $25,000,000 in damage.
 * - The biggest exam shake-up in the education system in over 10 years is announced, with  and  exams to be replaced by a new exam, the.
 * - The official name of the city  is changed into.
 * - makes its inaugural flight.
 * - beats  2-0 to win the.
 * - becomes 's 17th Prime Minister.

July

 * - wins his 200th career  victory at the Firecracker 400 in,.
 * - sets fire to.
 * - In, the nominates  for U.S. President, and  for Vice President.
 * - Prime Minister  calls a snap election and is heavily defeated by opposition Labour leader.
 * - The first  opens in.
 * - In, 41-year-old sprays a  restaurant with gunfire, killing 21 people before being shot and killed.
 * - In, a factory crushes a worker against a safety bar in what is apparently the first robot-related death in the.
 * - becomes the first  to resign when she surrenders her crown, after nude photos of her appear in "" magazine.
 * -  cosmonaut becomes the first woman to perform a.
 * - - The are held in,.

August

 * - n s are deregulated.
 * - The n republic changes its name to.
 * - , during a voice check for a radio broadcast remarks "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw  forever.  We begin bombing in five minutes".
 * - is acquitted of all 8 charges of possessing and distributing.
 * Hottest Day ever recorded in Kansas City, Missouri
 * - Half a million people in demonstrate against the regime of.
 * - U.S. President and Vice President  are renominated at the  in.
 * - : The '' takes off on its maiden voyage.

September

 * - Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in a shootout between the rival s  and Comancheros, in the   of.
 * - The, led by , wins 211 seats in the , forming the largest in Canadian history.
 * - The n general elections are held, is the winner.
 * - : The '' lands after its maiden voyage.
 * - becomes the last n state to abolish.
 * - The first  are held in,.
 * - car bombs the U.S. embassy annex in Beirut, killing 22 people.
 * - The and the  sign the initial agreement to return  to China in.

October

 * - and Greg Mortimer become the first ns to summit.
 * - : becomes the first, aboard the ''.
 * - Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut becomes the first American woman to perform a.
 * - The (PIRA) attempts to assassinate the   in the.
 * -  arrest, a Catholic priest who supports the  movement.   His dead body is found in a  11 days later on.
 * - n  Because of her actions against the Sikh religion(she had killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Sikh, and even bombed the religious Golden Temple- Harimander Sahib) She is assassinated by her 2 Sikh security guards ( who had thought the bombing unfair). Riots soon break out in, and some 2,700 innocent Sikhs are killed.

November

 * - : becomes the first woman executed in the  since, in ,.
 * - was founded as PC's Limited.
 * - : defeats  with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since 's 61% victory in 1972.  Reagan carries 49 states in the ; Mondale wins only his home state of  by a mere 3,761 vote margin and the.
 * - delivers his speech, "What The Future Holds For Farm Workers And Hispanics", at the  in San Francisco.
 * - A series of explosions at the Petroleum Storage Facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec, in, ignites a major fire and kills about 500 people.
 * - Thirty-six of and 's top ians gather in a   to form, and record the song "", in order to raise money for  in.
 * - An train derails between  and  stations,.
 * - Over 250 years after their deaths, and his wife  are made.
 * - The begin the purge of the  from North and East ; 127 are killed.

December

 * -  crashes
 * - 's government is re-elected in with a reduced majority.
 * - : A leak from a  pesticide plant in, , , kills more than 2,000 people outright and injures anywhere from 15,000 to 22,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
 * - is privatised.
 * - militants  a  plane and kill 4 passengers.
 * - The and  sign the  on the future of.
 * - Four youths (Barry Allen, Troy Canty, James Ramseur, and Darrell Cabey) board an express train in   of . They attempt to rob, who shoots them. The event starts a national debate about urban crime, which is a plague in.
 * - In, Prime Minister resigns.
 * - A  plunges into Inarinjärvi lake in  . Finnish authorities announce the fact in public on,.
 * - becomes prime minister of.

Undated

 * Famine in begins and kills a million people by the end of 1984..
 * , a smokeable form of cocaine, is first introduced into the area and soon spreads across the United States in what came to be known as the.
 * A peace agreement between and  was signed in the ian capital  in December 1984. With this agreement, in which Somalia officially renounced its historical territorial claims, relations between the two countries began to improve.
 * in, England closed after being used a shipbuilding yard for over 400 years since the reign of.
 * Homosexual Acts between consenting adults decriminalized in + NT,.
 * Brothels legalized in Victoria.

Fictional
The events about 1984 in popular fiction are:
 * Film:
 *  (1984): Both the and  are sent back through time from 2029 to.


 * Literature:
 *  by (1908): The creation of the wonder-city Asgard is completed.
 *  by (1948): Orwell's novel presents a n view of how life might be in the year the protagonist believes to be 1984.  An acclaimed  of the novel was filmed in and around  from April to June 1984, at the exact locations on the precise dates imagined by the author.


 * Television:
 *  (1984): The and  awaken after four million years.
 *  (2004): In autumn of 1984 toddler opens the secret door containing the Scribbles.  seems to hold a grudge on her for it, despite the fact that she said she was "sowwy". In present day, ("Trouble With Scribbles") Bloo accidentally releases the Scribbles by opening the same door.


 * Computer/video games:
 * Set in 1984:  (2006)



January-February

 * -, Australian rugby league player
 * -, Danish adult film actress
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Moroccan football player
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Greek martial artist (d. )
 * -, American swimmer
 * -, Scottish footballer
 * -, Scottish electronic musician
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, the gunman of the (d. )
 * -, Winner of So You Think You Can Dance 2006
 * -, Australian rugby league player
 * -, Tanzanian long distance runner
 * -, Brazilian supermodel
 * -, Dutch footballer
 * -, Polish adult model
 * -, er
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, Chinese swimmer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Portuguese footballer
 * -, South African swimmer
 * -, American actor


 * -, American actor
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Chinese singer in Korea, member of
 * -, Canadian gay porn star
 * -, Korean actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, Polish singer and model
 * -, Slovak footballer
 * -, Chinese athlete
 * -, Togoleise footballer
 * -, Czech model
 * -, American softball pitcher

March-April

 * -, winner of America's Next Top Model cycle 4
 * -, American soccer player
 * -, lead singer of British punk rock band
 * -, Japanese actress
 * -, American porn star
 * -, US Olympic medalist
 * -, American actress
 * -, Australian rugby league player
 * -, New Zealand Rugby Union player
 * -, American Internet personality
 * -, Spanish footballer and captain of
 * -, American actress and singer
 * -, American football player
 * -, Japanese actress
 * -, American basketball
 * -, finalist
 * -, Canadian singer
 * -, American model
 * -, British actress
 * -, American singer-songwriter


 * -, Australian gymnast
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American musician
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian pitcher
 * -, American singer and actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Australian cricketer
 * -, Irish model
 * -, American actress
 * -, British actress
 * -, Russian chess player
 * -, American singer/bassist
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actress and model
 * -, Russian tennis player and commentator
 * -, Vietnamese footballer/ inmate

May-June

 * -, American actress
 * -, Swedish footballer
 * -, Canadian guitarist
 * -, Spanish footballer
 * -, German footballer
 * -, British glamour model
 * -, Canadian water polo player
 * -, American actress
 * -, "Miss Iceland", crowned in
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Russian singer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Australian actor


 * -, Dutch racecar driver
 * -, American actress
 * -, Dutch footballer
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, French archer
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American model
 * -, British R&B singer
 * -, American basketball
 * -, New Zealand actress
 * -, American singer

July-August

 * -, Canadian actor
 * -,  finalist
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian figure skater
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, English singer
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Norwegian videographer
 * -, American pornographic actress
 * -, American professional basketball player
 * -, Canadian actor/singer
 * -, American musician
 * -, NHL hockey player
 * -, American actress


 * -, American singer for the band
 * -, Jamaican athlete
 * -, American entrepreneurial failure
 * -, American record producer and member of hip-hop and R&B group
 * -, Japanese actor
 * -, French singer
 * -, American singer and actress
 * -, Korean singer, member or
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, American actor

September-October

 * -, American musician
 * -, American actor
 * -, Sri Lankan cricketer
 * -, Russian tennis player
 * -, American rapper
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress and singer
 * -, Georgian singer
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, Hong Kong singer and actress
 * -, Dutch-born actress
 * -, Swedish writer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Canadian singer
 * -, singer The Pussycat Dolls
 * -, British novelist
 * -, American model
 * -, American model


 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer and actress
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, Russian singer
 * -, Brazilian-Australian actor
 * -, Japanese actress
 * -, Australian rugby league player
 * -, American soccer player
 * -, pornographic actress
 * -, Australian rugby league player
 * -, British Singer and winner of reality tv show
 * -, American actor
 * -, Boxer
 * -, Swedish singer
 * -, American figure skater
 * -, English singer
 * -, American football player

November-December

 * -, Miss Universe 2003, from the Dominican Republic
 * -, Australian actress and singer
 * -, South Korean singer
 * -, Cameroonian-American basketball player
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian internet model
 * -, American actor
 * -, Australian rugby league player
 * -, French actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Australian basketball player
 * -, American singer
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, Philippine bossa nova artist
 * -, Scottish professional footballer


 * -, American actress
 * -, the first  racing driver
 * -, Danish football (soccer) player
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, Japanese ex-singer
 * -, Australian singers
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Argentinian model
 * -, American basketball player

January - June

 * -, French physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American entrepreneur (b. )
 * -, Austrian-born swimmer and actor (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * - Sir Count, of  and past  (b. )
 * -, Irish folk singer (b. )


 * -, Dutch boxer (b. )
 * -, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. )
 * -, American professional wrestler (b. )
 * -, Argentine writer (b. )
 * -, American singer and actress (b. )
 * -, Russian writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )


 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Italian baritone (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, English playwright and actor (b. )
 * -, American photographer (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, British air marshall. (b. )
 * -, Russian physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Estonian statesman and historian (b. )
 * -, Welsh comedian and magician (b. )
 * -, Scottish writer (b. )
 * -, Bulgarian mountaineer (b. )
 * -, American photographer (b. )
 * -, American musician and composer (b. )


 * -, American television host and producer (b. )
 * -, newspaper editor and politician (b. )
 * -, American comedian (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, professional wrestling promoter (b. )
 * -, British comedian (b. )


 * -, American basketball coach (b. )
 * -, French philosopher (b. )

July - December

 * -, Ukrainian founder of the Feldenkrais Method (b. )
 * -, American (b. )
 * -, Hungarian-born photographer (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, Nicaraguan guitarist (b. )
 * -, American statistician and opinion pollster (b. )
 * -, American serial killer (b. )


 * -, Argentine animated film director (b. )
 * -, Welsh actor (b. )
 * -, American publisher (b. )
 * -, Estonian–German chess player (b. )
 * -, Georgian chess player (b. )
 * -, English novelist and playwright (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. ) and , writer. (b. )


 * -, American counter-culture author (suicide) (b. )
 * -, a -winning singer and songwriter from ,. (b. )
 * -, Canadian actor (b. )


 * -, British actor (b. )
 * -, British politician (bombing) (b. )
 * -, English radio astronomer, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, French film director (b. )
 * -, (assassinated) (b. )


 * -, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b. )
 * -, American trombonist (b. )
 * -, American cellist (leukemia) (b. )
 * -, American writer and editor, modern living editor LIFE and eidtor in chief Bride & Home (b. )


 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Silesian-born Jewish-American literary scholar (b. )
 * -, Spanish writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, American tenor (b. )
 * -, American businessman and philanthropist (b. )
 * -, Venezuelan player (b. )
 * -, American film director (b. )

Unknown dates

 * (none)

Nobel prizes

 * - Bishop
 * - Bishop
 * - Bishop
 * - Bishop
 * - Bishop

Templeton Prize

 * Rev., founder of the