1984

1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 984th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1980s decade.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1984 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1984
MCMLXXXIV
Ab urbe condita2737
Armenian calendar1433
ԹՎ ՌՆԼԳ
Assyrian calendar6734
Bahá'í calendar140–141
Balinese saka calendar1905–1906
Bengali calendar1391
Berber calendar2934
British Regnal year32 Eliz. 2  33 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2528
Burmese calendar1346
Byzantine calendar7492–7493
Chinese calendar癸亥年 (Water Pig)
4680 or 4620
     to 
甲子年 (Wood Rat)
4681 or 4621
Coptic calendar1700–1701
Discordian calendar3150
Ethiopian calendar1976–1977
Hebrew calendar5744–5745
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2040–2041
 - Shaka Samvat1905–1906
 - Kali Yuga5084–5085
Holocene calendar11984
Igbo calendar984–985
Iranian calendar1362–1363
Islamic calendar1404–1405
Japanese calendarShōwa 59
(昭和59年)
Javanese calendar1916–1917
Juche calendar73
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4317
Minguo calendarROC 73
民國73年
Nanakshahi calendar516
Thai solar calendar2527
Tibetan calendar阴水猪年
(female Water-Pig)
2110 or 1729 or 957
     to 
阳木鼠年
(male Wood-Rat)
2111 or 1730 or 958
Unix time441763200 – 473385599

Events

January

February

March

April

Diretas Já demonstration held in São Paulo.

May

June

July

Newspaper vending machine featuring news of the 1984 Summer Olympics, which opened on July 28.

August

The launch of shuttle, Discovery, on STS-41-D, its first mission.

September

October

November

Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Reagan/Bush (49), Blue denotes those won by Mondale/Ferraro (1+D.C.).

December

Date unknown

  • 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia intensifies with renewed drought by mid-year, killing a million people by the end of this year.
  • Crack cocaine, a smokeable form of the drug, is first introduced into Los Angeles and soon spreads across the United States in what becomes known as the crack epidemic.
  • The Chrysler Corporation introduces the first vehicles to be officially labeled as "minivans". They are branded as the Chrysler Town & Country, Dodge Caravan, and Plymouth Voyager.

Births

Content
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

Osman Chavez

August

September

October

November

December

Date unknown

Deaths

Content
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

February

March

April

May

June

Fernando Zobel de Ayala y Montojo

July

August

Mohammed Naguib

September

October

November

December

Nobel Prizes

1984 in fiction

References

  1. "United States-Vatican Diplomatic Relations: The Past and The Future". The Ambassadors REVIEW. Council of American Ambassadors. Spring 2001. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2011. On January 10, 1984, when President Reagan announced the establishment of formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See, he appointed William A. Wilson, who had been serving as his personal representative to the Pope, as the first US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See.
  2. "Zila". Moulvibazar.com. January 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  3. "Features and Events". astro.hopkinsschools.org.
  4. "Snapshot: Maradona is toast of the town after signing for Napoli". The Times. London. February 20, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  5. "1984: Zola Budd in race trip controversy". On This Day. BBC. August 11, 1984. Archived from the original on January 23, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  6. "1984: Extent of Ethiopia famine revealed". BBC News. October 23, 1984. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  7. "1984: Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia". On This Day. BBC. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  8. "Vatican Science Panel Told By Pope: Galileo Was Right". The New York Times. November 1, 1992. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  9. Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas? Retrieved November 17, 2011.
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