33 events found for 1984
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes on approach to Zia International Airport, in Dhaka,…
"We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while…
An infamous brawl takes place at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish Armed Forces with an attack…
STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle…
STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and…
Dwight Gooden sets the baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 276, previously set by Herb Score…
Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.