Date: December 1, 1984
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 1984US Supreme Court United States v. Leon Good-Faith Exception July…
San Juanico disaster: A series of explosions at the Pemex petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City starts a major fire and kills about 500 people. Date: November 19, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day…
The United States Supreme Court gives its United States v. Leon decision providing a good-faith exception from the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule against use of evidence obtained through defective warrants in criminal trials. Date: July 5, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1984…
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…
After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board. Date: December 23, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 23 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)…
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 📅…