Date: January 16, 1984
A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people. Date: September 20, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984103 Korean Martyrs Canonized by Pope John Paul II…
An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen. Date: September 7, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 7 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Bhopal Disaster: Methyl Isocyanate…
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) More events…
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 📅…
Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya. Date: April 6, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Baltimore Colts Move Operations to Indianapolis, March 29, 1984STS-41-B First…
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…