Date: December 1, 1984
The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T. Date: January 1, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1984…
Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy. Date: January 10, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day…
McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: James Oliver Huberty kills 21 people and injures 19 others before being shot dead by police. Date: July 18, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 18 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Quebec National Assembly…
A radiation detector at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, United States, detects radioactivity after a truck carrying rebar accidentally passed through the laboratory's area, revealing a contamination incident that occurred in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, the previous month. Date: January 16, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅…
Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya. Date: April 6, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984New South Wales Decriminalizes Homosexuality June 8, 1984Quebec National Assembly…
The Summit Tunnel fire, one of the largest transportation tunnel fires in history, burns after a freight train carrying over one million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines. Date: December 20, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day…