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Events on the year of 1984 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1984 New York City transit fare rises from 75 cents to 90 cents
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01 Jan 1984 Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
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01 Jan 1984 The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.
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02 Jan 1984 Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship
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02 Jan 1984 Riot in Tunis kills over 100
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03 Jan 1984 Syria frees captured US pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson
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04 Jan 1984 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV
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04 Jan 1984 Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game
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05 Jan 1984 Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws
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06 Jan 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission
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07 Jan 1984 Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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08 Jan 1984 NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams
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08 Jan 1984 Washington Capitals Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals to beat Philadelphia 7-1
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09 Jan 1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession
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09 Jan 1984 EAA moves operations to Oshkosh
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09 Jan 1984 John Lennon releases "Nobody Told Me"
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10 Jan 1984 Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
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10 Jan 1984 US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years
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10 Jan 1984 Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, & D Drysdale elected to Hall of Fame
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10 Jan 1984 Clara Peller 1st asks, "Where's the Beef?"
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10 Jan 1984 Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashes at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die
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10 Jan 1984 Argentine ex-president/General Bignone arrested
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11 Jan 1984 Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family
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11 Jan 1984 STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
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11 Jan 1984 Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game
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13 Jan 1984 TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV
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14 Jan 1984 Madonna 1st sings "Holiday" on American Bandstand
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15 Jan 1984 Sch
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15 Jan 1984 Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak
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16 Jan 1984 11th American Music Award Michael Jackson
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16 Jan 1984 Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis
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17 Jan 1984 Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws
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18 Jan 1984 80th Islander and 3rd dual hat trick (Carroll and Bossy) 9-1 win
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19 Jan 1984 California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital
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19 Jan 1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km
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19 Jan 1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time 50,808 km (he is the first man to break the 50 km/h barrier)
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19 Jan 1984 California Supreme Court refuses to allow quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia to starve herself to death in a public hospital, she appeals and is later granted the right to die
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20 Jan 1984 US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
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21 Jan 1984 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
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22 Jan 1984 The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous "1984" television commercial.
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22 Jan 1984 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 points
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22 Jan 1984 Hilbert van de Thumb becomes European all-round skates
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22 Jan 1984 Super Bowl XVIII Los Angeles Raiders beat Washington Redskins, 38-9 in Tampa; Super Bowl MVP Marcus Allen, Los Angeles Raiders, Running Back
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23 Jan 1984 Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game
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23 Jan 1984 Greatest unpaced 1-hour bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km
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23 Jan 1984 Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ
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24 Jan 1984 The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
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24 Jan 1984 Apple Computer Inc unveils its Macintosh personal computer
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26 Jan 1984 US navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons - Lakehurst, New Jersey
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26 Jan 1984 Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders
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27 Jan 1984 John andYoko release "Milk andHoney" album
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27 Jan 1984 Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium.
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27 Jan 1984 John & Yoko release "Milk & Honey" album
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27 Jan 1984 Los Angeles Kings end Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record 51-game scoring streak
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27 Jan 1984 Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial
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28 Jan 1984 Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
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28 Jan 1984 Los Angeles Kings stop Wayne Gretzky 51 game scoring streak
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28 Jan 1984 Mr Glynn Wolfe marries for non-bigamous record 26th time, Las Vegas NV
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28 Jan 1984 Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany
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28 Jan 1984 41th Golden Globes Thornbirds wins
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29 Jan 1984 Actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman
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29 Jan 1984 President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term
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29 Jan 1984 Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched
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29 Jan 1984 34th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 154-145 (OT) at Denver
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29 Jan 1984 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic of Deer Creek
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31 Jan 1984 36th NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 7-6 at New Jersey
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31 Jan 1984 Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network
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31 Jan 1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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01 Feb 1984 China and Netherlands regain diplomatic relations
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01 Feb 1984 Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner
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01 Feb 1984 Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203)
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02 Feb 1984 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards
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02 Feb 1984 Lebanese army fight in Beirut
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03 Feb 1984 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B) - Challenger 4 launched
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03 Feb 1984 Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.
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03 Feb 1984 John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.
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04 Feb 1984 "Backstage Magic" opens at CommuniCore
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04 Feb 1984 Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas
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05 Feb 1984 New Zealand beat England (82 & 93) by an innings in 3 days
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05 Feb 1984 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
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06 Feb 1984 Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army
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07 Feb 1984 Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk (US)
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07 Feb 1984 David (born without immunity system) at 12, touches mom for 1st time
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07 Feb 1984 Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS
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07 Feb 1984 Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
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08 Feb 1984 14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
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08 Feb 1984 1st time 8 people in space
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08 Feb 1984 Soyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 7
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09 Feb 1984 "Rink" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 204 performances
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11 Feb 1984 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth
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11 Feb 1984 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
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12 Feb 1984 Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at Olympics
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12 Feb 1984 Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH
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12 Feb 1984 Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at the Olympics receiving all perfect scores for quality & the gold medal
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12 Feb 1984 Alice Miller wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
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12 Feb 1984 West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup
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13 Feb 1984 Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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13 Feb 1984 Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as USSR leader
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13 Feb 1984 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart & liver transplant
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14 Feb 1984 Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney Australia
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15 Feb 1984 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq
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16 Feb 1984 Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympics downhill skiing gold
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16 Feb 1984 New Jersey Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5
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18 Feb 1984 Revised concordat between Italy & the Vatican signed
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19 Feb 1984 "Doonesbury" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 104 performances
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19 Feb 1984 1st brother combo to win Gold & Silver in same event at the Olympics (Phil & Steve Mahre-Slalom)
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19 Feb 1984 14th winter Olympics games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
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19 Feb 1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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22 Feb 1984 Brothers Anton & Peter Stastny score 8 points each for NHL Qu
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24 Feb 1984 Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
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24 Feb 1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
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25 Feb 1984 Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500
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26 Feb 1984 Rev Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called NYC, "Hymietown"
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26 Feb 1984 Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named 1st US poet laureate
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26 Feb 1984 Last US marines in multinational peace-keeping force in Lebanon left Beirut
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26 Feb 1984 Pak Awang (84) marries 80th spouse
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27 Feb 1984 WRC-AM in Washington DC changes call letters to WWRC
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27 Feb 1984 Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 meters)
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27 Feb 1984 Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa
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28 Feb 1984 26th Grammy Awards Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8
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29 Feb 1984 Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he is stepping down
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01 Mar 1984 Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit
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02 Mar 1984 Iran offensive against Iraq fails
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02 Mar 1984 John Long (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
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03 Mar 1984 New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (6)
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03 Mar 1984 Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective October 1)
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04 Mar 1984 Nancy Lopez wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational
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05 Mar 1984 Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene
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05 Mar 1984 US accuse Iraq of using poison gas
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05 Mar 1984 Six thousand miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
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09 Mar 1984 John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"
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09 Mar 1984 Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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10 Mar 1984 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
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11 Mar 1984 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
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12 Mar 1984 British ice dancing team, Torvill & Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
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12 Mar 1984 National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike
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13 Mar 1984 Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
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13 Mar 1984 Western Australia beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield
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14 Mar 1984 Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.
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14 Mar 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission
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15 Mar 1984 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields
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15 Mar 1984 John Lennon's single "I'm Stepping Out" is released (4 years after his death)
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15 Mar 1984 Tanzania adopts constitution
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16 Mar 1984 William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists and later died in captivity.
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16 Mar 1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut
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16 Mar 1984 South-Africa & Mozambique sign non attack treaty
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18 Mar 1984 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open
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19 Mar 1984 "Kate & Allie, " premieres
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19 Mar 1984 "Kate & Allie" premieres
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19 Mar 1984 John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York
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19 Mar 1984 KSD-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA
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19 Mar 1984 Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River
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19 Mar 1984 Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering
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19 Mar 1984 STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad
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20 Mar 1984 Andy Kaufman & Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres
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20 Mar 1984 Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools
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21 Mar 1984 Border scores 100 vs West Indies Trinidad after 98 in 1st cricket innings
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21 Mar 1984 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
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21 Mar 1984 Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
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21 Mar 1984 Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
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22 Mar 1984 Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.
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22 Mar 1984 Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game
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23 Mar 1984 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill and Chris Dean (GRB)
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23 Mar 1984 Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Underhill and Paul Martini (CAN)
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23 Mar 1984 Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR)
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23 Mar 1984 Andrea Sch
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23 Mar 1984 World Ice Dance Championship in Ottawa won by J Torvill & Chris Dean (Great Britain)
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23 Mar 1984 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Underhill & Paul Martini (Canada)
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23 Mar 1984 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic)
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23 Mar 1984 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
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24 Mar 1984 Andrea Sch
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24 Mar 1984 Igor Malkov skates world record 10 km (14: 1.51)
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24 Mar 1984 IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics
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25 Mar 1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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27 Mar 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber/Richard Stilgoe's "Starlight Express" premieres
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29 Mar 1984 NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
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29 Mar 1984 The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.
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29 Mar 1984 NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis under cover of night
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29 Mar 1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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30 Mar 1984 US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force
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31 Mar 1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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01 Apr 1984 14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000
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01 Apr 1984 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Tenn 72-61
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01 Apr 1984 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours
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02 Apr 1984 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75
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03 Apr 1984 Bombay beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
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03 Apr 1984 Guinea suspends constitution after coup
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03 Apr 1984 Soyuz T-11 carries 3 Cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7
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04 Apr 1984 President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
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05 Apr 1984 "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 13 performances
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06 Apr 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C) - Challenger 5 is launched
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06 Apr 1984 1st time 11 people in space
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06 Apr 1984 Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
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07 Apr 1984 Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
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08 Apr 1984 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
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08 Apr 1984 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins
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09 Apr 1984 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment, " R Duvall and S Maclaine win
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10 Apr 1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
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10 Apr 1984 John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games
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10 Apr 1984 US Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
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11 Apr 1984 USSR party leader Chernenko elected President
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11 Apr 1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
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11 Apr 1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
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11 Apr 1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam
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11 Apr 1984 General Secretary Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union
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13 Apr 1984 India moves into Siachen Glacier thus annexing more territory from the Line of Control.
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13 Apr 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth
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13 Apr 1984 Pete Rose becomes 1st National League to get get 4,000 hits in a career
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13 Apr 1984 India beats Pakistan by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah
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14 Apr 1984 Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch Neth
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14 Apr 1984 Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch Netherlands
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15 Apr 1984 "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 13 performances
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15 Apr 1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
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15 Apr 1984 The inaugural World Youth Day is held in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City.
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15 Apr 1984 48th Golf Masters Championship Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277
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15 Apr 1984 Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India
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15 Apr 1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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16 Apr 1984 Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive"
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16 Apr 1984 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of New Zealand in 2:29:28
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16 Apr 1984 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34
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16 Apr 1984 Oakland A Dave Kingman hits 3 homeruns including a grand slam
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17 Apr 1984 Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher is killed by gunfire from the Libyan People's Bureau (Embassy) in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten others are wounded. The events lead to an 11-day siege of the building.
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17 Apr 1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage
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17 Apr 1984 Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
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18 Apr 1984 Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43)
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18 Apr 1984 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
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19 Apr 1984 Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
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19 Apr 1984 Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature magazine)
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20 Apr 1984 Russian offensive in Panshirvallei Afghanistan
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20 Apr 1984 The Good Friday Massacre, an extremely violent ice hockey playoff game, is played in Montreal, Canada.
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21 Apr 1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
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21 Apr 1984 "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to
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21 Apr 1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
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21 Apr 1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
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21 Apr 1984 Montr
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21 Apr 1984 Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
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22 Apr 1984 Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
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23 Apr 1984 AIDS-virus identified (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
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24 Apr 1984 Edmonton Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
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25 Apr 1984 Rock group Wings disbands
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25 Apr 1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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26 Apr 1984 Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens
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26 Apr 1984 President Ronald Reagan visits China
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27 Apr 1984 Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake, Montana
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27 Apr 1984 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings
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28 Apr 1984 "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 performances
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29 Apr 1984 "Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances
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29 Apr 1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Freedom/Orlando Golf Classic
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30 Apr 1984 Strong winds cause a 30 minute delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
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30 Apr 1984 1700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are Sweden
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01 May 1984 Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
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02 May 1984 "Sunday in the Park with George" opens at Booth NYC for 604 performances
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05 May 1984 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4
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06 May 1984 Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle
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06 May 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election
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06 May 1984 One hundred three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
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07 May 1984 $180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit
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07 May 1984 Sharon Barrett wins LPGA Potamkin Cadillac Golf Classic
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08 May 1984 Minn Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
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08 May 1984 Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
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08 May 1984 USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
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08 May 1984 The Thames Barrier is officially opened.
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08 May 1984 Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour.
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08 May 1984 The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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09 May 1984 White Sox and Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game
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10 May 1984 International Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
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11 May 1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer
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11 May 1984 Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4)
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11 May 1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
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12 May 1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
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12 May 1984 "White Horse" by Laid Back hits #26
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12 May 1984 Discovery (OV-103) from Orbiter Processing Facility to Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC, for mating for 41-D (STS-14)" for the first use of this Shuttle (OV-103)
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12 May 1984 France performs nuclear test
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12 May 1984 Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole
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12 May 1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
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12 May 1984 World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
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13 May 1984 "Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 17 performances
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13 May 1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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13 May 1984 Johan Cruyffs last competitive match
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14 May 1984 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama wins
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16 May 1984 Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution
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16 May 1984 Juventus wins 24th Europe Cup II in Basel
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16 May 1984 Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota; Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game
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16 May 1984 Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer
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16 May 1984 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
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17 May 1984 Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend", sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.
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17 May 1984 Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto throws 4 strikeouts in one inning
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17 May 1984 Mai Shanley, 21, (New Mexico), crowned 33rd Miss USA
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19 May 1984 "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
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19 May 1984 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Islanders, 4 games to 1
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19 May 1984 Michael Larson, a contestant on the television game show Press Your Luck exploits a bug in the prize board, and wins over US$110,000.
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19 May 1984 110th Preakness: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Gate Dancer wins in 1:53.6
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19 May 1984 Pat LaFontaine scores 2 goals within 22 seconds in an NHL playoff game
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19 May 1984 STS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad
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20 May 1984 "On Your Toes" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 505 performances
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20 May 1984 Barb Bunkowsky wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic
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20 May 1984 Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory
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23 May 1984 Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London
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23 May 1984 Detroit Tigers win American League record tying 16th straight road game
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24 May 1984 "Wiz" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 13 performances
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24 May 1984 Detroit Tigers win American League record 17th straight road game
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25 May 1984 Boston Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Chicago Cubs for Bill Buckner
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25 May 1984 Detroit Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins
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26 May 1984 Floods kill 14 in Tulsa Okla
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26 May 1984 Tulsa Oklahoma gets 13" of rain, 14 die
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26 May 1984 Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia
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26 May 1984 Tulsa OK gets 13" of rain, 14 die
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27 May 1984 Beth Henley's "Miss Firecracker Contest" premieres in NYC
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27 May 1984 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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27 May 1984 Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day
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29 May 1984 Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) & #4 (Joe Cronin)
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30 May 1984 Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua
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30 May 1984 Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome
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30 May 1984 National League suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th
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31 May 1984 57th National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling luge
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31 May 1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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31 May 1984 Viv Richards hits 189 (170 balls) vs England, ODI cricket record
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01 Jun 1984 Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
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01 Jun 1984 KWK-AM in St. Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD
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01 Jun 1984 Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of the USSR snatches a record 211 kg
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02 Jun 1984 "Welcome To Fun Zone" hosted by Dr Demento airs on NBC-TV
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02 Jun 1984 Actress Jill Ireland has a radical mastectomy
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03 Jun 1984 "Wiz" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 13 performances
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03 Jun 1984 30th LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
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03 Jun 1984 38th Tony Awards: Real Thing and La Cage Aux Folles win
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03 Jun 1984 Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
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04 Jun 1984 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers
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04 Jun 1984 Arnold Palmer fails to make US Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs
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04 Jun 1984 Bruce Springsteen releases "Born in the USA"
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04 Jun 1984 DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animal
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04 Jun 1984 New York Mets draft Shawn Abner, 17, #1
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05 Jun 1984 The Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
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06 Jun 1984 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India
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06 Jun 1984 Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, is first released in the USSR.
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08 Jun 1984 Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales.
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09 Jun 1984 "Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres
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09 Jun 1984 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2
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09 Jun 1984 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61)
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09 Jun 1984 Donald Ducks 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
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09 Jun 1984 NASA launches Intelsat V, it failed
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09 Jun 1984 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater
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10 Jun 1984 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
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10 Jun 1984 54th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (36 26 64 75 75)
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10 Jun 1984 Boston beats Los Angeles, for the NBA championship
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10 Jun 1984 Ivan Lendl wins the French Open, his 1st grand slam title
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10 Jun 1984 US missile shot down an incoming missile in space for 1st time
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10 Jun 1984 Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m)
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11 Jun 1984 Funeral for S Nakagawa and burial of half of his ashes
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14 Jun 1984 Southern Baptist convention decide on no women clergy members
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15 Jun 1984 "Thicke Of The Night, " TV Talk Show last airs in syndication
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15 Jun 1984 Vitesse soccer team forms in Arnhem
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15 Jun 1984 Thomas Hearns KOs Roberto Duran
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16 Jun 1984 Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race
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16 Jun 1984 Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d)
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17 Jun 1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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17 Jun 1984 John Turner succeeds Pierre Trudeau as Premier of Canada
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18 Jun 1984 84th US Golf Open: Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 276 at Winged Foot Golf Club - New York
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18 Jun 1984 A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike.
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18 Jun 1984 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541
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19 Jun 1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair
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19 Jun 1984 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline)
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22 Jun 1984 Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins
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22 Jun 1984 Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minn Twins
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22 Jun 1984 Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30)
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22 Jun 1984 Joseph Luns resigns as Secretary General of NATO
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22 Jun 1984 Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
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24 Jun 1984 Laurie Rinker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
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24 Jun 1984 Joe Morgan sets career HR mark for 2nd basemen with #265
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25 Jun 1984 Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America
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25 Jun 1984 STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem
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26 Jun 1984 Barbra Streisand records "Here We Are at Last"
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26 Jun 1984 Tiny Tim gets married
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26 Jun 1984 1st flight of Shuttle Discovery (41-D) scrubbed at T -4s
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26 Jun 1984 Barbra Striesand records "Here We Are at Last"
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27 Jun 1984 Fire destroys a set in "A View to the Kill"
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27 Jun 1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts
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29 Jun 1984 Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990
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29 Jun 1984 Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski
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29 Jun 1984 USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI
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30 Jun 1984 Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia
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30 Jun 1984 Last sixpence minted in Great-Britain (in use since 1551)
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30 Jun 1984 Longest pro football game, LA Express beats Michigan Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds
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30 Jun 1984 Longest pro football game, LA Express beats Mich Panthers 27-21 in
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01 Jul 1984 "Baby" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 241 performances
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01 Jul 1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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01 Jul 1984 Royals pitcher Paul Splittorff, retires
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01 Jul 1984 The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
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03 Jul 1984 Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island
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03 Jul 1984 Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members
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04 Jul 1984 Funeral for S Nakagawa and burial half his ashes next to N Senzaki
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04 Jul 1984 Kallicharran gets 206 and 6-32 in a NatWest Trophy game
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04 Jul 1984 New York Yankee Phil Niekro is 9th to strikeout 3,000
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04 Jul 1984 Yuri Sedykh of the USSR throws hammer a record 86.33 m
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05 Jul 1984 Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials
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07 Jul 1984 5 die in a train crash in Williston, Vermont
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07 Jul 1984 91st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (76 62)
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07 Jul 1984 Frankie Valli marries Randy Clohessy
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08 Jul 1984 98th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats J Connors (61 61 62)
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08 Jul 1984 Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
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09 Jul 1984 12th minster of York destroyed in lightening storm
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09 Jul 1984 Yvonne Ryding, of Sweden, crowned 33rd Miss Universe
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11 Jul 1984 All star MVP: Gary Carter (Montreal Expos)
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11 Jul 1984 Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989
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11 Jul 1984 Lucas Mangope re-elected President of Bophuthatswana
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11 Jul 1984 England's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe
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11 Jul 1984 NL beats AL 3-1 in 55th All Star Game (Candlestick Park SF)
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12 Jul 1984 Geraldine Ferraro, New York becomes 1st woman major-party VP candidate
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13 Jul 1984 Eddie Van Halen joins in, in a Jacksons concert
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13 Jul 1984 Sergei Bubka of the USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m
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14 Jul 1984 STS 41-D vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB for remanifest of payloads
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15 Jul 1984 Hollis Stacy wins her 3rd US women's open golf title
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17 Jul 1984 Pierre Mauroy resigns as Premier of France
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17 Jul 1984 Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7
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18 Jul 1984 Walter F Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco
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18 Jul 1984 McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: in a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police.
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18 Jul 1984 James Huberty kills 21 McDonalds patrons in San Ysidro Calif
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19 Jul 1984 1st female to captain a 747 across the Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer)
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19 Jul 1984 Geraldine A Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY), won Democratic VP nomination
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20 Jul 1984 Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America
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20 Jul 1984 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m
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21 Jul 1984 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US
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21 Jul 1984 Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s
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22 Jul 1984 113th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 276 at St. Andrews
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22 Jul 1984 22nd Tennis Federation Cup: Czech beats Australia in Sao Paulo Brazil (2-1)
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22 Jul 1984 Kathy Whitworth wins Rochester Golf International (her 85th win)
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22 Jul 1984 Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France
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22 Jul 1984 Kathy Whitworth wins a record 85th pro golf tournament
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23 Jul 1984 Kansas City Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save
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23 Jul 1984 Suzette Charles (NJ), 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984
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23 Jul 1984 Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
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23 Jul 1984 Vanessa Williams, 1st black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude
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24 Jul 1984 Seve Ballesteros wins the British Open
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25 Jul 1984 Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.
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25 Jul 1984 Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became 1st woman to walk in space
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26 Jul 1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single
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26 Jul 1984 Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction
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26 Jul 1984 Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use
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28 Jul 1984 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
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29 Jul 1984 12th du Maurier Golf Classic: Juli Inkster
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29 Jul 1984 23rd Summer Olympics opens in Los Angeles
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29 Jul 1984 Summer Olympics opens in LA
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30 Jul 1984 Holly Roffey (11 days) gets heart transplant
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30 Jul 1984 Soap Opera "Santa Barbara" premieres on NBC TV
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30 Jul 1984 Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil
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30 Jul 1984 Soap opera "Santa Barbara," premieres on NBC
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31 Jul 1984 Venz commandos terminate hijacking of an aircraft, 2 killed
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31 Jul 1984 US men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics
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01 Aug 1984 Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, northwest England
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03 Aug 1984 365.7 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
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03 Aug 1984 Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed
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04 Aug 1984 Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics
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04 Aug 1984 Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit HR
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04 Aug 1984 Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day)
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04 Aug 1984 The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
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05 Aug 1984 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
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05 Aug 1984 Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52)
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05 Aug 1984 Lou Pinella Day at Yankee Stadium
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06 Aug 1984 203.05 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
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06 Aug 1984 Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics
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07 Aug 1984 Japan beats US for olympic gold medal in baseball
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07 Aug 1984 Jim Deshales becomes 1,000th playing Yankee
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08 Aug 1984 "Rink" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 204 performances
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08 Aug 1984 Carl Lewis wins 3rd (200m) of 4 gold medals in Summer
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08 Aug 1984 Milwaukee 10-game losing streak ends
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09 Aug 1984 Daley Thomas of Britain sets decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal
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09 Aug 1984 STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad
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10 Aug 1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run
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11 Aug 1984 During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"
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11 Aug 1984 "We begin bombing in five minutes" – United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
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11 Aug 1984 Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds
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11 Aug 1984 Cincinatti Reds retire Johnny Bench's #5 uniform
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12 Aug 1984 23rd Olympic games close at Los Angeles, California
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12 Aug 1984 Braves beat Padres 5-3, features 2 brawls and 19 ejections
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12 Aug 1984 Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, and Luis Aparicio inducted into Hall of Fame
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12 Aug 1984 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
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13 Aug 1984 Morocco and Libya sign "Arabic-African Union" treaty
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14 Aug 1984 West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England
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14 Aug 1984 IBM releases MS-DOS version 3.0
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15 Aug 1984 The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh
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16 Aug 1984 LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges
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16 Aug 1984 Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)
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16 Aug 1984 NASA launches Ampte
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17 Aug 1984 Pete Rose returns to Cin Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits)
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18 Aug 1984 Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Florida, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire
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19 Aug 1984 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala
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19 Aug 1984 Republican Convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for President
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19 Aug 1984 Sally Quinlan wins LPGA MasterCard Golf International Pro-Am
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19 Aug 1984 Lee Trevino wins the PGA
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22 Aug 1984 Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced
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22 Aug 1984 Republican Convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and VP Bush
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22 Aug 1984 South African election for parliament boycvotted
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22 Aug 1984 Evelyn Ashford of US ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec
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22 Aug 1984 Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes the 11th rookie to strikeout 200
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24 Aug 1984 Pat Bradley set the LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver
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25 Aug 1984 French airship capsizes
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26 Aug 1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic
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26 Aug 1984 Tatyana Kazankina of the USSR sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Leningrad
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26 Aug 1984 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
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27 Aug 1984 President Reagan announces the Teacher in Space project
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30 Aug 1984 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
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30 Aug 1984 Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36
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30 Aug 1984 STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
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30 Aug 1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days)
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31 Aug 1984 Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
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31 Aug 1984 Pinklin Thomas defeats Tim Witherspoon for the WBC heavyweight title
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02 Sep 1984 "Zorba" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 362 performances
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03 Sep 1984 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery
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03 Sep 1984 Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th
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03 Sep 1984 Cindy Hill wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
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03 Sep 1984 South Africa adopts constitution
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04 Sep 1984 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years
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05 Sep 1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB
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05 Sep 1984 STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
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05 Sep 1984 Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
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06 Sep 1984 Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow
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08 Sep 1984 98th US Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris E L Mills (46 64 64)
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08 Sep 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41G mission
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09 Sep 1984 104th US Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl (63 64 61)
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09 Sep 1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship
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09 Sep 1984 California Angel Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game
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10 Sep 1984 Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla
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10 Sep 1984 Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days)
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12 Sep 1984 Cyndi Lauper sings "She-Bop" on Tonight Show
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12 Sep 1984 Ethiopia forms Socialist Republic
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12 Sep 1984 New York Met Dwight Goodin sets rookie strike out record at 251
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12 Sep 1984 Dwight Gooden sets the baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 246, previously set by Herb Score in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218 innings, set the current record.
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12 Sep 1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident
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13 Sep 1984 Simon Peres forms Israeli government with Likoed
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13 Sep 1984 STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad
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14 Sep 1984 Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
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14 Sep 1984 1st MTV awards-Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd host
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15 Sep 1984 Sharlene Wells (Utah), 20, crowned 58th Miss America 1985
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15 Sep 1984 Morocco Showcase opens
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16 Sep 1984 "Miami Vice" premieres
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16 Sep 1984 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
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16 Sep 1984 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
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16 Sep 1984 "Miami Vice" premiers
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17 Sep 1984 Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games
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17 Sep 1984 Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs
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17 Sep 1984 Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th PM succeeding John Turner
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17 Sep 1984 Met's Dwight Goodin becomes 2nd to strikeout 32 over 2 cons games
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18 Sep 1984 Tigers clinch AL East championship (spent all year in 1st place)
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18 Sep 1984 Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons
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18 Sep 1984 Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
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18 Sep 1984 Tigers become 4th team to stay in 1st place from opening day
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19 Sep 1984 Britain and China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997
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20 Sep 1984 "Cosby Show" premieres on NBC-TV
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20 Sep 1984 Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time
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20 Sep 1984 Suicide car bomb attacks US Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23
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20 Sep 1984 A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
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21 Sep 1984 Brunei joins the United Nations.
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21 Sep 1984 NASA launches Galaxy-C
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22 Sep 1984 Brussels Princess Astrid marries Archduke Lorenz of Austrian-Este
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23 Sep 1984 36th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, John Ritter and Tyne Daly
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23 Sep 1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA San Jose Golf Classic
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23 Sep 1984 San Francisco 49er Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games
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23 Sep 1984 Sparky Anderson is 1st manager to win 100 games in both leagues
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24 Sep 1984 Cubs clinch NL East title
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24 Sep 1984 Paul McCartney release "No More Lonely Nights"
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25 Sep 1984 "Quilters" opens at Jack Lawrence Theater NYC for 24 performances
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25 Sep 1984 1st London performance of musical "Stepping Out" presented
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25 Sep 1984 Egypt and Jordan regain diplomatic relations
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25 Sep 1984 New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit HRs as a teen and in 40s
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26 Sep 1984 Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit
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26 Sep 1984 Dutch Queen Beatrice opens University
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26 Sep 1984 President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa
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26 Sep 1984 The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong
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26 Sep 1984 5,251 turn out to see the Phillies play the NY Mets at Shea Stadium
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26 Sep 1984 Britain & China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997
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28 Sep 1984 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India vs. Aust, New Delhi)
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28 Sep 1984 Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minn Twins, win 11-10
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29 Sep 1984 " (What) In Name Of Love" by Naked Eyes peaks at #39
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29 Sep 1984 "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama peaks at #9
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29 Sep 1984 "Drive" by Cars peaks at #3
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29 Sep 1984 "Pretty Mess" by Vanity peaks at #75
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29 Sep 1984 "Torture" by Jacksons peaks at #17
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29 Sep 1984 "When You Close Your Eyes" by Night Ranger peaks at #14
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29 Sep 1984 Elizabeth Taylor, undergoing rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic
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30 Sep 1984 Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), Kansas City wins 10-6
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30 Sep 1984 California Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0
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30 Sep 1984 New York Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 average
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30 Sep 1984 Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner
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01 Oct 1984 Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball
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02 Oct 1984 3 Cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit
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02 Oct 1984 In 1st LCS game played with replacement umps, Cubs cbeat Padres 13-0
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02 Oct 1984 Richard Miller, becomes 1st (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage
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04 Oct 1984 Yanks clinch AL East
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05 Oct 1984 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G) - Challenger 6-launched
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05 Oct 1984 Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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06 Oct 1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Hitachi Ladies British Golf Open
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07 Oct 1984 Striking umps return for Game 5 of NLCS, SD Padres win pennant
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08 Oct 1984 18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
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09 Oct 1984 Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st US woman to walk in space
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11 Oct 1984 1st space walk by US woman (Dr Kathryn D Sullivan)
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11 Oct 1984 Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
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11 Oct 1984 An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
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11 Oct 1984 NASA launches space vehicle S-208
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11 Oct 1984 VP candidate debate-Geraldine Ferraro (D) & George Bush (R)
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12 Oct 1984 IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die
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12 Oct 1984 Brighton hotel bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Thatcher escapes but the bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
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13 Oct 1984 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders
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13 Oct 1984 John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million
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13 Oct 1984 STS 41-G mission; lands at Kennedy Space Center
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14 Oct 1984 "Quilters" closes at Jack Lawrence Theater NYC after 24 performances
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14 Oct 1984 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Smirnoff Ladies Irish Golf Open
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14 Oct 1984 Detroit Tigers beat SD Padres, 4 games to 1 in 81st World Series
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15 Oct 1984 Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud
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16 Oct 1984 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
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16 Oct 1984 The Bill debuted on ITV, eventually becoming the longest-running police procedural in British television history.
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16 Oct 1984 Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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16 Oct 1984 Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins the Nobel Peace Prize
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17 Oct 1984 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Bruce Merrifield
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18 Oct 1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51A mission
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19 Oct 1984 Roman Catholic priest from Poland, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity union, was murdered by three agents of the Polish communist internal intelligence agency.
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20 Oct 1984 Islander's Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick-4 goals
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21 Oct 1984 Niki Lauda becomes 3rd time motor racing world champ
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21 Oct 1984 Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05
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22 Oct 1984 Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack
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22 Oct 1984 NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires
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23 Oct 1984 Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
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23 Oct 1984 NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine
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23 Oct 1984 STS 51-A launch vehicle moves to launch pad
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24 Oct 1984 11 members of the Colombo crime family arrested
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24 Oct 1984 Intelsat 5 re-enters Earth's atmosphere 5 months after it failed
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24 Oct 1984 Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match
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25 Oct 1984 "Give My Regards to Broad Street" premieres (Gotham Theater-NYC)
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25 Oct 1984 Hepatitis virus is discovered
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25 Oct 1984 King Boudouin opens Museum for Modern Art in Brussels
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25 Oct 1984 West German Chancellor Rainer Barzel resigns due to corruption
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25 Oct 1984 Rangers beat Devils 11-2
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26 Oct 1984 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days
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26 Oct 1984 "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon.
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27 Oct 1984 Wash State's Rueben Mayes sets col football rec of 357 yards rushing
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28 Oct 1984 15th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53
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28 Oct 1984 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament
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29 Oct 1984 Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win New York Marathon
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30 Oct 1984 Tigers reliever Willie Hernandez wins AL Cy Young Award
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31 Oct 1984 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and nearly 10,000 Sikhs are killed.
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31 Oct 1984 Puerto Rican tanker, San Francisco explodes spilling 2 million gallons of oil as the ship caught fire
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01 Nov 1984 1st NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - Clipper beat Knick, 107-105
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01 Nov 1984 Despite Mike Bossy 4 goals Islanders lose 5-6 to Canadians making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-77-3-4
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01 Nov 1984 Larry Shues "Foreigner, " premieres in New York City
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02 Nov 1984 Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
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03 Nov 1984 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India
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03 Nov 1984 Body of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi cremated
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04 Nov 1984 Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
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04 Nov 1984 Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%
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06 Nov 1984 President Reagan (R) landslide (won 49 states) re-election over Mondale (D)
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06 Nov 1984 Willie Hernandez wins AL MVP Award
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07 Nov 1984 STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds
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08 Nov 1984 Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit
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08 Nov 1984 STS 51-A mission; launch
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09 Nov 1984 Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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09 Nov 1984 Most shots in an Islander game-88-Isles 45, Rangers 43
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09 Nov 1984 Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed
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10 Nov 1984 Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to MD 42-40
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11 Nov 1984 "3 Musketeers" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 9 performances
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12 Nov 1984 Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together"
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12 Nov 1984 Space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite 1st space salvage
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13 Nov 1984 David Levy finds his 1st comet
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13 Nov 1984 Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award
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14 Nov 1984 Astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit
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14 Nov 1984 NASA launches NATO-3D
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16 Nov 1984 John Lennon releases "Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him"
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16 Nov 1984 14th Shuttle Mission (51A) -Discovery 2- lands at Kennedy Center
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16 Nov 1984 Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record
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17 Nov 1984 Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to New Jersey Nets 124-110
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17 Nov 1984 Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers
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18 Nov 1984 "3 Musketeers" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 9 performances
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18 Nov 1984 72nd CFL Grey Cup: Win Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17
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18 Nov 1984 Browns set team records for most sacks (11)
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18 Nov 1984 New Jersey Devils shutout New York Rangers 6-0
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18 Nov 1984 Devils shutout Rangers 6-0
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18 Nov 1984 Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
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19 Nov 1984 Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die
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19 Nov 1984 New York Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year
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20 Nov 1984 Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year
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23 Nov 1984 Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45
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25 Nov 1984 Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election
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25 Nov 1984 William Schroeder, becomes 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart
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26 Nov 1984 After 518 goals and 14 years with Montreal Canadiens, Guy LaFleur retires
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26 Nov 1984 US and Iraq regain diplomatic relations
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26 Nov 1984 John W Mercom Jr announces NO Saints are up for sale for $75 million
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27 Nov 1984 Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
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01 Dec 1984 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB)
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01 Dec 1984 Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title
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01 Dec 1984 NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
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02 Dec 1984 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
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02 Dec 1984 Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG
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03 Dec 1984 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
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03 Dec 1984 Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc
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03 Dec 1984 Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
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04 Dec 1984 Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
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04 Dec 1984 Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar.
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04 Dec 1984 Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
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05 Dec 1984 French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia
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05 Dec 1984 Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher
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06 Dec 1984 Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage
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08 Dec 1984 73rd Australian Men Tennis: Mats Wilander beats K Curren (67 64 76 62)
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08 Dec 1984 Ringo appears on Saturday Night Live
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09 Dec 1984 59th Australian Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Sukova (67 61 63)
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09 Dec 1984 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends
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09 Dec 1984 Iranian commandos end capture of Kuwaiti plane
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09 Dec 1984 LA Ram Eric Dickerson rushes 215 yards for season record 2,003 yards
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09 Dec 1984 Vicki Alvarez / Mike McDonald wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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10 Dec 1984 1st "planet" outside our solar system discovered
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10 Dec 1984 South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize
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10 Dec 1984 WNSY-AM in Newport News VA returns from WGH
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11 Dec 1984 "Doug Henning & His World..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 60 performances
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11 Dec 1984 Mauretania military coup under Colonel Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya
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12 Dec 1984 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'état against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter is attending a summit.
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13 Dec 1984 Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke
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14 Dec 1984 Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football
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15 Dec 1984 USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet
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17 Dec 1984 New Jersey Devils 1st penalty shot-Rocky Trottier scores against Edmonton
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17 Dec 1984 New Jersey Devils 1st shutout, Glenn Resch makes 42 saves beat Minnesota, 2-0
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18 Dec 1984 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1)
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19 Dec 1984 The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.
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19 Dec 1984 Fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people
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19 Dec 1984 Scotty Bowman becomes NHL's all time winningest coach
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19 Dec 1984 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
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19 Dec 1984 China People's Republic Premier Zhao Ziyang & Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty
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19 Dec 1984 UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
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19 Dec 1984 Wayne Gretzky, 23, is 18th & youngest NHL-er to score 1,000 points
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20 Dec 1984 The Summit Tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines.
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20 Dec 1984 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in the Yale library
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20 Dec 1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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21 Dec 1984 Islander Kelly Hrudy's 1st shut-out win-Whalers 1-0
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21 Dec 1984 USSR launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Comet
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22 Dec 1984 Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, New York.
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22 Dec 1984 Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black youths (muggers) on a NYC subway train
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22 Dec 1984 Madonna's "Like a Virgin" single goes #1 for 6 weeks
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22 Dec 1984 Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, vs West Indies at the MCG
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23 Dec 1984 Viv Richards scores 208 in Test Cricket at MCG
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24 Dec 1984 Palace coup in Mauritania
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25 Dec 1984 NBA's Bernard King scores 60 points
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26 Dec 1984 Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este
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27 Dec 1984 Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with New York Yankees
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28 Dec 1984 TV soap "Edge of Night" ends 28 year run
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28 Dec 1984 TV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run
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28 Dec 1984 Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old
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28 Dec 1984 Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India
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29 Dec 1984 Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections
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29 Dec 1984 Blues take 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period
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30 Dec 1984 Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) & Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed
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31 Dec 1984 New York City subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in New Hampshire
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31 Dec 1984 Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th PM succeeds his mom, Indira
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31 Dec 1984 Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash
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31 Dec 1984 Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, vs England at Calcutta
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31 Dec 1984 US leaves UNESCO
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