16 events found for 1984
Metropolitan Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embass
"Advance Australia Fair", written by Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick, officially replaced "God Save the Que
The Soviet Union announced the boycott of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, citing security concerns
Parts of the dismembered body of Swedish prostitute Catrine da Costa were found in Stockholm.
A gunman massacred 21 people and injured 15 others at a McDonald's restaurant in the district of San Ysidro of San…
Vanessa Williams, the first African-American Miss America, was forced to resign after the magazine Penthouse published…
Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man (head pictured), at Lindow Moss in…
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft crashed while attempting to land in Dhaka, killing 49 people in the deadliest…
The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which…
Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (pictured) began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with…
Followers of Osho began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest…
Discovery, the third orbiter of NASA's Space Shuttle program, lifted off on its maiden voyage from Kennedy Space…
An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat that was disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo killed seven…
The Cosby Show, which became one of three U.S. television shows to have the highest ratings five years in a row,…
The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, in a failed attempt to…
The Spanish trawler Sonia sank in British waters after a five-hour chase by the Irish Naval Service patrol vessel…