Historical Events for March 1984
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Months in 1984: January February April May June July August September October November December
Results 1 - 59 of 59
1st - Landsat 5 & ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit
1st - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR #3931 Batten, #4529 Webern, #4530 Smoluchowski, #4818 Elgar, #5502 Brashear & #5943 Lovi
2nd - Iran offensive against Iraq fails
2nd - John Long (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
3rd - NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6)
3rd - Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1)
4th - Nancy Lopez wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational
4th - Pee Wee Reese & Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
5th - Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene
5th - US accuse Iraq of using poison gas
6th - Twelve-month-long strike in British coal industry begins.
7th - The United States attacks San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua.
9th - Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections
9th - John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"
9th - Phila 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record
9th - Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
9th - The Competitive Enterprise Institute in founded in Washington, D.C.
10th - Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
11th - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
12th - Coal Miners' strike ended
12th - National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike
12th - British ice dancing team, Torvill & Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
13th - Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
13th - WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield
14th - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission
14th - Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.
15th - 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields
15th - Tanzania adopts constitution
16th - Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut
16th - South-Africa & Mozambique sign non attack treaty
18th - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open
19th - "Kate & Allie," premieres
19th - John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of NY
19th - KSD-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA
19th - Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River
19th - Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering
19th - STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad
20th - Andy Kaufman & Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres
20th - Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools
21st - Border scores 100* v WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings
21st - NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
21st - Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
21st - Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
22nd - Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game
22nd - Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.
23rd - Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 3 km (4:20.91)
23rd - Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill & Chris Dean (GRB)
23rd - Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Underhill & Paul Martini (CAN)
23rd - Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR)
23rd - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
24th - Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:34.52)
24th - IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics
24th - Igor Malkov skates world record 10 km (14:21.51)
25th - Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
27th - Andrew Lloyd Webber/Richard Stilgoe's "Starlight Express," premieres
29th - NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
29th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
30th - US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force
31st - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
