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 📅…
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…
Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Date: January 7, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom. Date: January 1, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
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)
"Subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on a 2 express train in Manhattan section of New York, United States. Date: December 22, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Disappearance of Jonelle Matthews from Greeley, Colorado. Her remains were discovered on July 23, 2019, located about 24 km (15 mi) southeast of Jonelle's home. The cause of death "was a gunshot wound to the head." Date: December 20, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in…
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…
The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997, is signed in Beijing by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher. Date: December 19, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…