Date: September 12, 1984
The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances. Date: May 8, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Jonelle Matthews Disappearance in…
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)…
Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more. Date: February 24, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Aeroflot Flight 3519 Engine Fire Crash…
The Soviet Union announces a boycott upon the Summer Olympics at Los Angeles, later joined by 14 other countries. Date: May 8, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984STS-41-B First Untethered Spacewalk with MMU…
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) More events from 1984Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 Crash in Dhaka – August 5, 1984UK Miners’ Strike Begins at Cortonwood…
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…