An infamous brawl takes place at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres. Date: August 12, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 12 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
"We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio. Date: August 11, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes on approach to Zia International Airport, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing all 49 people on board. Date: August 5, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England. Date: August 1, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles. Date: July 28, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 28 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk. Date: July 25, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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…
The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA. Date: July 1, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)