Date: February 7, 1984
Singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in his home in Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, California. Date: April 1, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Quebec National Assembly Shooting, Killing 3…
The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso. Date: August 4, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 4 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Thames Barrier Officially Opens Protecting Greater London Floodplain – May 8, 1984Tyrone Mitchell 49th…
Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix. Date: October 21, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
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 1984Marvin Gaye Shot…
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…
NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes. Date: December 1, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…