Historical Events for August 1984
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Results 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 Fasso (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
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
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 heavywgt boxing title
