Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed. Date: October 31, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 31 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Date: October 16, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds at least 31 others. Date: October 12, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178. Date: October 11, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 11 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk. Date: October 11, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 11 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV. Date: October 9, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 9 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space. Date: October 5, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 5 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997. Date: September 26, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Brunei joins the United Nations. Date: September 21, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 21 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)