United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture. Date: December 10, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar. Date: December 4, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later died from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history. Date: December 3, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
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)
Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty. Date: November 27, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 27 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Date: November 25, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city. Date: November 14, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962. Date: November 2, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 2 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots erupt. Date: November 1, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)