Today in History for August 1984

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 65 of 65

2nd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
3rd - 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
3rd - Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed
4th - Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics
4th - Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit HR
4th - Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks
4th - Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Faso (National Day)
5th - Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
5th - Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52)
5th - Lou Pinella Day at Yankee Stadium
5th - Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch HR
6th - 203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
6th - Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics
7th - David Rabe's "Hurlyburly," premieres in NYC
7th - Japan beats US for olympic gold medal in baseball
7th - Jim Deshales becomes 1,000th playing Yankee
8th - "Rink" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 204 performances
8th - Carl Lewis wins 3rd (200m) of 4 gold medals in Summer
8th - Milwaukee 10-game losing streak ends
Olympic Sprinter and Long jumper Carl Lewis 9th - Daley Thomas of Britain sets decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal
9th - STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad
10th - Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run
11th - 101,799 fans at soccer match Brazil vs France
11th - Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds
11th - Cincinnati Reds retire Johnny Bench's #5 uniform
11th - During a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"
11th - Men's choir Maranatha Netherlands forms
11th - USSR performs (underground) nuclear test
12th - 23rd Olympic games close at Los Angeles, Calif
12th - Braves beat Padres 5-3, features 2 brawls & 19 ejections
12th - Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, & Luis Aparicio inducted into Hall of Fame
12th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
13th - Morocco & Libya sign "Arabic-African Union" treaty
14th - IBM releases PC DOS version 3.0
14th - West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England
15th - The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
16th - Andrea Doria's safe opened
16th - LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges
16th - Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)
16th - NASA launches Ampte
17th - Pete Rose returns to Cin Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits)
18th - Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire
19th - 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala
19th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
US President & Actor Ronald Reagan 19th - Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for pres
19th - Sally Quinlan wins LPGA MasterCard Golf International Pro-Am
22nd - Evelyn Ashford of US ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec
22nd - Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced
22nd - Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200
22nd - Rep convention in Dallas renominates Pres Reagan & VP Bush
22nd - South African election for parliament boycvotted
24th - Pat Bradley set LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver
25th - French airship capsizes
25th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
26th - Betsy King wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic
26th - Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Leningrad
26th - Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
27th - President Reagan announces Teacher in Space project
27th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
28th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
30th - 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days)
30th - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
30th - Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36
30th - Sotherby's in London begins 2 day auction of rock memorabilla
31st - Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 46 of 46

1st - Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress
1st - Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
2nd - Chiara Mastalli, Italian actress
2nd - Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer
3rd - Jon Foster, American actor
3rd - Amanda Kimmel, American beauty queen
3rd - Yasin Avci, Danish footballer
3rd - Sunil Chetri, Indian Footballer
3rd - Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
8th - Martrez Milner, American football player
8th - Devon McTavish, American footballer
9th - Paul Gallagher, Scottish footballer
9th - Saori Horii, Japanese gravure idol
10th - Mariel Rodriguez, Filipino TV host
11th - Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
11th - Katie Rees, American beauty pageant contestant
11th - Lucas Di Grassi, Brazilian racing driver
12th - Marian Rivera, Philippine actress
13th - Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
13th - Boone Logan, American baseball player
13th - Heath Pearce, American soccer player
13th - Baby Blue, American rapper (Pretty Ricky)
14th - Clay Buchholz, American baseball player
14th - Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player
14th - Nick Grimshaw, English DJ/Television presenter
17th - Garrett Wolfe, American professional footbal player
17th - Dee Brown, American basketball player
18th - Robert Huth, German footballer
19th - Micah Alberti, American actor
19th - Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer
19th - Ryan Taylor, English footballer
20th - Mirai Moriyama, Japanese actor
20th - Golan Yosef, Dutch actor
21st - Neil Dexter, South African cricketer
21st - Alizée Jacotey, French singer
21st - Melissa Schuman, American actress
21st - B.J. Upton, American baseball player
22nd - Lee Camp, English footballer
23rd - Glen Johnson, English footballer
24th - Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
27th - David Bentley, English footballer
27th - Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer
30th - Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer
31st - Matti Breschel, Danish road bicycle racer
31st - Ted Ligety, American alpine skier
31st - Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

18th - Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes (22) weds Des Moines department store heiress Julie Anne Friedman (25) at London registrar's office

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 26 of 26

4th - Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack
4th - Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failure
4th - Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema
5th - Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
5th - R Hagelstange, writer, dies
5th - Richard Burton, actor (Cleopatra), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 58
7th - Esther Phillips, US singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48
8th - Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62
8th - Ellen Raskin, American author(b.1928)
11th - Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91
11th - Percy Mayfield, US singer (Hit the Road Jack), dies at 63
11th - Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player (b. 1916)
13th - Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92
14th - John Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89
14th - Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer, dies at 63
14th - Tigran Petroshan, Russian chess grand master, dies at 55
16th - Gyorgy Kosa, composer, dies at 87
17th - Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks
22nd - Charles Whittenberg, composer, dies at 57
25th - Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies at 59
25th - Waite Hoyte, knuckleball pitcher, dies at 84
25th - Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921)
26th - Julie Stevens, actress (Lorelei-Big Town), dies at 67
27th - Bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street), dies at 69
27th - Billy Sands, actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73
29th - Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian statesman (b. 1901)