Desmond Tutu Wins Nobel Peace Prize October 16, 1984

Dwight Gooden sets the baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 276, previously set by Herb Score with 246 in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218 innings, set the current record. Date: September 12, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events…

The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds at least 31 others. Date: October 12, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage. Date: August 30, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984First Human Embryo Transfer Announced by Doctor John Buster February 3, 1984Marc Garneau Becomes…

A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people. Date: September 20, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Marvin Gaye Shot to Death by Father in Los…

In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in Brampton Bierlow signals the start of a strike that lasted almost a year and involved the majority of the country's miners. Date: March 6, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On…

Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000. Date: June 3, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…