Today in History for December 1984

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 65 of 65

1st - 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB)
1st - France performs nuclear test
1st - Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title
2nd - 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
2nd - Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG
2nd - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
3rd - 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
4th - Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
4th - Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
5th - A's trade Rickey Henderson to Yankees for Jay Howell & Jose Rijo
5th - French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia
5th - Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher
6th - France performs nuclear test
6th - Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage
7th - Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide)
8th - 73rd Australian Men Tennis: Mats Wilander beats K Curren (67 64 76 62)
8th - Europe & 64 developing countries sign Lome III treaty
8th - Ringo appears on Saturday Night Live
9th - 59th Australian Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Sukova (67 61 63)
9th - 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends
9th - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
9th - Iranian commandos end capture of Kuwaiti plane
9th - LA Ram Eric Dickerson rushes 215 yards for season record 2,003 yards
9th - Vicki Alvarez/Mike McDonald wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
10th - 1st "planet" outside our solar system discovered
10th - South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize
10th - WNSY-AM in Newport News VA returns from WGH
11th - "Doug Henning & His World..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 60 perf
11th - Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya
13th - Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke
14th - Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football
15th - USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet
17th - NJ Devils 1st penalty shot-Rocky Trottier scores against Edmonton
17th - NJ Devils 1st shutout, Glenn Resch makes 42 saves beat Minn, 2-0
18th - 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1)
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 19th - China PR Premier Zhao Ziyang & Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty
19th - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
19th - Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people
19th - Scotty Bowman becomes NHL's all time winningest coach
19th - UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
19th - Wayne Gretzky, 23, is 18th & youngest NHL-er to score 1,000 points
20th - 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library
20th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
21st - Islander Kelly Hrudy's 1st shut-out win-Whalers 1-0
21st - USSR launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Come
22nd - Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black muggers on NYC subway train
22nd - Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks
22nd - Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, v WI at the MCG
23rd - Viv Richards scores 208 in Test Cricket at MCG
24th - Palace coup in Mauritania
Pop Star Madonna 25th - NBA's Bernard King scores 60 points
27th - Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with NY Yankees
28th - Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old
28th - Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India
28th - TV soap "Edge of Night" ends 28 year run
28th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
29th - 5th United Negro College Fund
29th - Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period
29th - Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections
30th - Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) & Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed
31st - Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash
31st - NYC subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in NH
31st - Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th PM succeeds his mom, Indira
31st - Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, v England at Calcutta
31st - US leaves UNESCO

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 37 of 37

2nd - Péter Máté, Hungarian footballer (Reading F.C.)
3rd - Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
4th - Brooke Adams, American model
4th - Lindsay Felton, American actress
4th - Lauren London, American actress
5th - Chris Solinsky, American distance runner
7th - Robert Kubica, the first Polish Formula One racing driver
7th - Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer
7th - Aaron Gray, American basketball player
8th - Greg Halford, English footballer
8th - Badr Hari, Dutch kickboxer, Niall Brennan, Irish Legend.
10th - Jayson Paul, American professional wrestler
11th - Leighton Baines, English footballer
12th - Daniel Agger, Danish footballer
14th - Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer
14th - Edward Rainsford, Zimbabwean cricketer
15th - Joshua Third, British Guitarist in The Horrors.
15th - Martin Skrtel Slovakian Footballer
17th - Andrew Davies, English footballer
19th - Ian Kennedy, Major League Baseball pitcher
20th - David Tavaré, Spanish singer
21st - Darren Potter, Irish football player
21st - Jackson Rathbone, American Actor
22nd - Basshunter, popular Swedish singer
25th - Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer
25th - Alastair Cook, English cricketer
25th - Georgia Moffett, British actress
25th - Jessica Origliasso, Australian Singer (The Veronicas)
25th - Lisa Origliasso, Australian Singer (The Veronicas)
26th - Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker
27th - Gilles Simon, French tennis player
27th - Pleasure P,American R&B Singer. Former member of Pretty Ricky (band)
28th - Leroy Lita, English footballer
28th - Beverly Mullins, American Wrestler/Model
28th - Alex Lloyd, British racing driver
30th - Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
30th - LeBron James, American basketball player

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

3rd - Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc
14th - Singer and actress Bette Midler (39) weds Martin Von Hasselberg at Starlight Chapel in Las Vegas

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 28 of 28

1st - Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
3rd - Virginia Lacy Jones, US librarian/presidents advisor, dies at 72
3rd - Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Russian mathematician (b. 1919)
4th - John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94
5th - Adam Malik, Third Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917)
6th - Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90
7th - Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65
7th - Lee Roy Yarbrough, American race car (Nascar) driver (b. 1938)
8th - Luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81
8th - Razzle, English Musician and drummer for Hanoi Rocks (b.1960)
8th - Robert Jay Mathews, White Nationalist (b. 1953)
9th - Razzle, English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b. 1960)
11th - George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90
11th - Oskar Seidlin, German-born American scholar (b. 1911)
14th - Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer and Nobel laureate (b. 1898)
15th - Avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74
15th - Jan Peerce, [Perelmuth], operatic tenor, dies at 80 following a stroke
15th - Lennard Pearce, English actor (b. 1915)
16th - Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)
19th - Michel Magne, composer, dies at 54
19th - Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (b. 1903)
20th - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1946)
23rd - Joan Lindsay, Australian author (b. 1896)
24th - Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53
24th - Peter Lawford, actor (Thin Man), dies of cardiac arrest at 61
28th - Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59
29th - Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84
30th - Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)