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'''1984''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLXXXIV]]) was a [[leap year]] [[Leap year starting on Sunday|starting on Sunday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]].

== Events ==
=== January - June ===
* [[January 4]] – Rapeye series by [[Paramount Pictures]].
* [[January 27]] – [[Michael Jackson]]'s hair catches on fire during the filming of the [[Pepsi]] commercial.
* [[March 22]] – People said the teachers at the [[McMartin preschool]] in [[Manhattan Beach, California]] were abusing the children in the school. The police found out that this was not true.
* [[March 23]] – [[Sarah Tisdall]], who told ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper that [[cruise missile]]s were coming to Britain, was sentenced to six months imprisonment.
* [[March 24]] – The Wran Government was chosen in NSW for a 4th term.
* [[March 28]] - The [[1984 Carolinas tornado outbreak]] causes many deaths in North and [[South Carolina]].
* [[April 4]] – [[Ronald Reagan|President Ronald Reagan]] said that no one should use [[chemical weapon]]s.
* [[April 12]] – Four young [[Palestinian]]s took an [[Israeli]] bus hostage. Israeli special forces got onto the bus and freed the hostages. They killed 1 hostage and two of the hijackers. Two other hijackers were captured and killed by Ehud Yatom. He crushed their skulls while they were tied up. Shin Bet chief Abraham Shalom told them to do this. It caused a major scandal ([[Kav 300 affair]]).
* [[April 13]] – India started [[Operation Meghdoot]]. They took control of most of the [[Siachen Glacier]] in [[Kashmir]].
* [[April 17]] – [[WPC]] [[Yvonne Fletcher]] was shot dead by a hidden gunman outside the [[Libya]]n [[Embassy]] in [[London]] during the event known as the [[1984 Libyan Embassy Siege]].
*[[April 19]] – ''[[Advance Australia Fair]]'' was named as [[Australia]]'s [[national anthem]], and green and gold as the national colours.
*[[April 25]] – The end of [[Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Mustain Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah]]'s as the 7th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]].
*April 26-  Her Highness The Queen Of North Last Heir Of The Great Stark Lineage Mellissa Elkin The Indestructible was born.
*[[April 26]] – [[Baginda Almutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail]], the [[Sultan]] of [[Johor]] becomes the 8th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]].
* [[May 2]] – The [[Liverpool Garden Festival]] opens in [[Liverpool, England|Liverpool]].
* [[May 8]] – The [[Soviet Union]] announced that it was not going to the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles, California]].
* [[May 8]] – [[Denis Lortie]] killed three people who worked for the government in the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] building.
* [[May 11]] – A [[astronomical transit|transit]] of [[Earth]] from [[Mars]] takes place.
* [[May 14]] – The one dollar coin is introduced in [[Australia]].
* [[May 19]] – Game show contestant [[Michael Larson]] won $100,000 on the game show [[Press Your Luck]]. Later, people found out that he won the money by mainly using only two squares of the Press Your Luck "Big Board."
* [[May 22]] – [[Helen Branch]] was declared legally dead (she disappeared [[1977]]).
* [[May 27]] – [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]] won the [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Brazilian soccer league]], against [[C.R. Vasco da Gama]].
* [[June 5]] – The Indian government began [[Operation Blue Star]]. It was a planned attack on the [[Golden Temple]] in [[Amritsar]].
* [[June 6]] – [[India]]n troops attack the Golden Temple at [[Amritsar]], the Sikh's holiest shrine. They killed about 10,000 people.
* [[June 8]] – A deadly [[tornado]] almost destroyed [[Barneveld, Wisconsin]]. It killed nine people, injured almost 200 people, and caused over $25,000,000 in damage.
* [[June 8]] – The movie ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' and ''[[Gremlins]]'' comes out in theaters. It becomes a summer [[blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]] hit. The song "Ghostbusters" by [[Ray Parker Jr.]] became a Top 40 hit.

=== July - December ===

* [[October 14]] - [[Jose Kaimlett]] founds the ''[[Heralds of Good News]]''
* [[October 26]] - ''[[The Terminator]]'' is first shown in movie theaters.
* [[October 26]] - The 1984-85 [[NBA]] regular season begins.
* [[November 4]] – [[Ronald Reagan]] defeats [[Walter Mondale]] in the largest landslide in United States History during the presidential elections.
* [[November 29]] - [[West Hollywood, California]], a predominantly gay community, was incorporated as a city.

== Births ==

=== January - June ===
* Date unknown – [[Cigerxwîn]], Kurdish polymath
* [[January 10]] - [[Fernanda Gritzbach]], Brazilian volleyball player
* [[January 17]] – [[Calvin Harris]], [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[singer]] and [[songwriter]]
* [[January 23]] – [[Lina Hahne]], Miss [[Sweden]] 2007
* [[January 25]] – [[Stefan Kießling]], [[Germany|German]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]]
* [[February 7]] – [[Nadine Nassib Njeim]], Lebanese actress (Miss Lebanon 2004)
* [[February 9]] – [[Anna Jurkiewicz]], Polish [[Figure skating|figure skater]]
* [[February 12]] – [[Alexandra Dahlström]], Swedish actress
* [[February 21]] – [[David Odonkor]], German footballer
* [[March 25]] – [[Katharine McPhee]], American singer
* [[April 10]] – [[Mandy Moore]], American actress and singer
* [[April 27]] - [[Patrick Stump]], American singer, [[songwriter]], actor, [[guitarist]]
* [[April 30]] – [[Shawn Daivari]], [[Iran]]ian-[[United States|American]] professional wrestler
* [[May 29]] – [[Carmelo Anthony]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] star
* [[June 30]] – [[Fantasia Barrino]], American singer

=== July - December===
* [[July 2]] – [[Johnny Weir]], American figure skater
* [[July 11]] – [[Tanith Belbin]], American figure skater
* [[August 1]] – [[Bastian Schweinsteiger]], German footballer
* [[August 21]] – [[Alizée]], [[France|French]] singer
* [[September 2]] – [[Jack Peñate]], [[England|English]] singer-songwriter and musician
* [[September 27]] – [[Angela Haynes]], American [[tennis]] player
* [[September 27]] – [[Avril Lavigne]], Canadian singer-songwriter
* [[September 29]] – [[Per Mertesacker]], German footballer
* [[October 2]] – [[Marion Bartoli]], French tennis player
* [[October 3]] – [[Ashlee Simpson]], American singer and actress
* [[October 25]] - [[Katy Perry]], American singer
* [[October 26]] – [[Sasha Cohen]], American figure skater
* [[October 27]] – [[Kelly Osbourne]], English singer
* [[November 14]] – [[Marija Šerifović]], Serbian singer
* [[November 23]] – [[Lucas Grabeel]], American actor, singer and songwriter
* [[November 25]] – [[Hồ Ngọc Hà]], [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] singer, [[model (person)|model]] and actress
* [[November 28]] – [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]], American actress
* [[December 7]] – [[Robert Kubica]], Polish [[Formula 1]] driver
* [[December 22]] – [[Basshunter]], Swedish singer, record producer and DJ
* [[December 31]] – [[Roelof van der Merwe]], Dutch-South African cricketer

== Deaths ==

=== January ===
[[File:Kastler.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Alfred Kastler]]]]
[[File:Ray Kroc 1976.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Ray Kroc]]]]
[[File:Johny Weissmuller-publicity.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Johnny Weissmuller]]]]
* [[January 7]] – [[Alfred Kastler]], French physicist (b. [[1902]])
* [[January 14]] – [[Ray Kroc]], American fast food entrepreneur (b. [[1902]])
* [[January 20]] – [[Johnny Weissmuller]], American swimmer and actor (b. [[1904]])

=== February ===
[[File:Ethel merman 1967.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Ethel Merman]]]]
* [[February 9]] – [[Yuri Andropov]], [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (b. [[1914]])
* [[February 15]] – [[Ethel Merman]], American singer and actress (b. [[1908]])

=== March ===
[[File:Ahmed Sékou Touré (1982).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Ahmed Sékou Touré]]]]
* [[March 26]] – [[Ahmed Sékou Touré]], [[President of Guinea]] (b. [[1922]])

=== April ===
[[File:Marvin Gaye (1973).png|thumb|110px|[[Marvin Gaye]]]]
* [[April 1]] – [[Marvin Gaye]], American singer (b. [[1939]])
* [[April 15]] – [[Tommy Cooper]], British prop comedian and magician (b. [[1921]])

=== May ===
* [[May 4]] – [[Diana Dors]], English actress (b. [[1931]])
* [[May 16]] – [[Andy Kaufman]], American comedian (b. [[1949]])

=== June ===
[[File:Enrico Berlinguer.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Enrico Berlinguer]]]]
* [[June 11]] – [[Enrico Berlinguer]], Italian politician (b. [[1922]])

=== July ===
* [[July 26]] – [[Ed Gein]], American serial killer (b. [[1906]])
* [[July 27]] – [[James Mason]], English actor (b. [[1909]])

=== August ===
[[File:Richard Burton - The Robe.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Richard Burton]]]]
[[File:Muhammad Naguib.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Mohamed Naguib]]]]
* [[August 5]] – [[Richard Burton]], Welsh actor (b. [[1925]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Louis Lansana Beavogui]], [[President of Guinea]] (b. [[1923]])
* [[August 28]] - [[Mohamed Naguib]], 1st [[President of Egypt]] (b. [[1901]])

=== September ===
[[File:Walter Pidgeon-publicity.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Walter Pidgeon]]]]
* [[September 25]] – [[Walter Pidgeon]], Canadian actor (b. [[1897]])

=== October ===
[[File:Paul Dirac, 1933.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Paul Dirac]]]]
[[File:François Truffaut (1965).jpg|thumb|110px|[[François Truffaut]]]]
[[File:Indira Gandhi 1966 crop.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Indira Gandhi]]]]
* [[October 18]] – [[Jon-Erik Hexum]], American actor and model (b. [[1957]])
* [[October 20]] – [[Paul Dirac]], English theoretical physicist (b. [[1902]])
* [[October 21]] – [[François Truffaut]], French movie director (b. [[1932]])
* [[October 22]] – [[Cigerxwîn]], Kurdish polymath and nationalist (b. [[1903]])
* [[October 31]] – [[Indira Gandhi]], 3rd [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. [[1917]])

=== November ===
* [[November 11]] – [[Martin Luther King Sr.]], American Baptist preacher (b. [[1899]])

=== December ===
[[File:Peter Lawford 1955.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Peter Lawford]]]]
* [[December 7]] – [[Jeanne Cagney]], American actress (b. [[1919]])
* [[December 24]] – [[Peter Lawford]], British-American actor (b. [[1923]])

== Movies released ==
* ''[[Amadeus]]''
* ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]''
* ''[[Splash]]''
* ''[[Missing in Action]]''
* ''[[Police Academy]]''
* ''[[Red Dawn]]''
* ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]''
* ''[[Ghostbusters]]''
* ''[[The Terminator]]''

== Hit songs ==
* Van Halen – ''Jump''
* Ray Parker, Jr. – ''Ghostbusters''
* Phil Collins – ''Against All Odds''

== New books ==
*''[[The Aquitaine Progression]]'' – [[Robert Ludlum]]
*''[[The Big U]]'' – [[Neal Stephenson]] (debut novel)
*''[[Brother in the Land]]'' – [[Robert Swindells]]
*''[[The Butter Battle Book]]'' – [[Dr. Seuss]]
*''[[Empire of the Sun]]'' – [[James Ballard]]
*''[[First Among Equals]]'' – [[Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare|Jeffrey Archer]]
*''[[The Fourth Protocol]]'' – [[Frederick Forsyth]]
*''[[Full Circle (book)|Full Circle]]'' – [[Danielle Steel]]
*''[[Lincoln: A Novel]]'' – [[Gore Vidal]]
*''[[Love and War]]'' – [[John Jakes]]
*''[[Hotel du Lac]]'' – [[Anita Brookner]]
*''[[The Lover (1984 novel)|The Lover]]'' ({{lang-fr|L'Amant}}) – [[Marguerite Duras]]
*''[[Money (novel)|Money]]'' – [[Martin Amis]]
*''[[Neuromancer]]'' – [[William Gibson]]
*''[[The Outsider]]'' – [[Howard Fast]]
*''[[The Practice Effect]]'' – [[David Brin]]
*''[[Random Hearts]]'' – [[Warren Adler]]
*''[[Role of Honour]]'' – [[John Gardner (thriller writer)|John Gardner]]
*''[[A Shock to the System]]'' – [[Simon Brett]]
*''[[The Sicilian]]'' – [[Mario Puzo]]
*''[[Slow Learner|Slow Learner: Early Stories]]'' – [[Thomas Pynchon]]
*''[[Stanley and the Women]]'' – [[Kingsley Amis]]
*''[[The Talisman (1983)|The Talisman]]'' – [[Stephen King]], [[Peter Straub]]
*''[[Thinner]]'' – [[Richard Bachman]] ([[nom de plume]] for [[Stephen King]])
*''[[The Tie That Binds]]'' – [[Kent Haruf]]
*''[[The Wasp Factory]]'' – [[Iain Banks]]
*''[[White Noise]]'' – [[Don DeLillo]]
*''[[The Witches of Eastwick]]'' – [[John Updike]]

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