Historical Events for Year 1984 (Part 2)

Months in Year 1984: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Events 151 - 300 of 764

Mar 21st - Border scores 100* v WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings
Mar 21st - NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
Mar 21st - Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
Mar 21st - Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
Mar 22nd - Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game
Mar 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.
Mar 23rd - Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 3 km (4:20.91)
Mar 23rd - Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill & Chris Dean (GRB)
Mar 23rd - Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Underhill & Paul Martini (CAN)
Mar 23rd - Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR)
Mar 23rd - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
Mar 24th - Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:34.52)
Mar 24th - IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics
Mar 24th - Igor Malkov skates world record 10 km (14:21.51)
Mar 25th - Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
Mar 27th - Andrew Lloyd Webber/Richard Stilgoe's "Starlight Express," premieres
Mar 29th - NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
Mar 29th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Mar 30th - US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber Mar 31st - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Apr 1st - 14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000
Apr 1st - 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern Cal beats Tenn 72-61
Apr 1st - 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours
Apr 2nd - 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75
Apr 3rd - Bombay beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
Apr 3rd - Guinea suspends constitution after coup
Apr 3rd - Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7
Apr 4th - Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London
Apr 4th - Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
Apr 5th - "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 13 performances
Apr 5th - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)
Apr 6th - 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched
Apr 6th - 1st time 11 people in space
Apr 6th - Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
Apr 7th - Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
Apr 8th - 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
Apr 8th - 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins
Apr 9th - 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment," R Duvall & S Maclaine win
Apr 10th - Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
Apr 10th - John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games
Apr 10th - US Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
Apr 11th - Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
Apr 11th - Chinese troops invade Vietnam
Apr 11th - Gen Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named pres of Soviet Union
Apr 11th - Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
Apr 11th - USSR party leader Chernenko elected president
Apr 13th - 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth
Apr 13th - India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah
Apr 13th - Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career
Apr 14th - Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch Neth
Apr 15th - "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 13 performances
Apr 15th - 48th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277
Apr 15th - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
Apr 15th - Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India
Apr 15th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Apr 16th - 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of NZ in 2:29:28
Apr 16th - 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34
Apr 16th - Oakland A Dave Kingman hits 3 HRs including a grand slam
Apr 16th - Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive"
Apr 17th - Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage
Apr 17th - During Libyan Embassy demonstration in London, British police officer Yvonne Fletcher shot dead
Apr 18th - Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
Apr 18th - Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43)
Apr 19th - Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature mag)
Apr 20th - Russian offensive in Panshirvallei Afghanistan
Apr 21st - "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to ½ hour
Apr 21st - After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
Apr 21st - Centers for Disease Cont says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
Apr 21st - Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
Apr 21st - Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game
Apr 22nd - Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
Apr 23rd - AIDS-virus identified (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
Apr 24th - Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
Apr 25th - Rock group Wings disbands
Apr 25th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Apr 26th - Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens
Apr 26th - Pres Reagan visits China
Apr 27th - Cleve Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings
Apr 27th - Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana
Apr 28th - "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 perfs
Apr 29th - "Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances
Apr 29th - Betsy King wins LPGA Freedom/Orlando Golf Classic
Apr 30th - 1700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are Sweden
Apr 30th - Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
May 1st - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Rocker Mick Fleetwood May 1st - Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
May 2nd - "Sunday in the Park with George" opens at Booth NYC for 604 perfs
May 2nd - Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 inn)
May 2nd - Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid
May 2nd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
May 4th - Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)
May 5th - 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4
May 6th - Balt Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle
May 6th - Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election
May 7th - $180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit
May 7th - Sharon Barrett wins LPGA Potamkin Cadillac Golf Classic
May 8th - Chicago White Sox beat Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9)
May 8th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
May 8th - Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
May 8th - Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
May 8th - USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
May 9th - Alexander Calder's "Big Crinkly" sells for $852,000
May 9th - Chicago White Sox beat Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (started 5/8)
May 9th - White Sox & Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game
May 10th - Intl Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
May 11th - Johan Cruijff quits soccer
May 11th - Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4)
May 11th - Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
May 12th - Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
May 12th - France performs nuclear test
May 12th - Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on same hole
Anti-apartheid activist/South African President Nelson Mandela May 12th - S Afr prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
May 12th - White Horse by Laid Back hits #26
May 12th - World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
May 13th - "Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 17 performances
May 13th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
May 13th - Johan Cruyffs last competitive match
May 14th - 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama
May 16th - Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution
May 16th - Juventus wins 24th Europe Cup II in Basel
May 16th - Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer
May 16th - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
May 16th - Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game
May 17th - Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto throws 4 strikeouts in one inning
May 17th - Mai Shanley, 21, (NM), crowned 33rd Miss USA
May 17th - Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.
Parody Singer and Comedian Weird Al Yankovic May 19th - "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
May 19th - 110th Preakness: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Gate Dancer wins in 1:53.6
May 19th - STS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad
May 19th - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat NY Islanders, 4 games to 1
May 19th - Pat LaFontaine scores 2 goals within 22 sec in an NHL playoff game
May 20th - "On Your Toes" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 505 performances
May 20th - Barb Bunkowsky wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic
May 20th - Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory
May 23rd - Tottenham Hotspur win 13th UEFA Cup at London against Anderlecht
May 23rd - Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game
May 24th - "Wiz" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 13 performances
May 24th - Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
May 25th - Det Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins
May 25th - Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner
May 26th - Floods kill 14 in Tulsa Okla
May 26th - Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia
May 26th - Tulsa Oklahoma gets 13" of rain, 14 die
May 27th - Beth Henley's "Miss Firecracker contest," premieres in NYC
May 27th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
May 27th - Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day
May 29th - Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) & #4 (Joe Cronin)
May 30th - Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua
May 30th - Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome
May 30th - NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th