Date: June 3, 1984
Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. Date: May 8, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on…
After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board. Date: December 23, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 23 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Date: February 13, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984McDonald’s Massacre in San Ysidro: 21 Killed,…
"Subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on a 2 express train in Manhattan section of New York, United States. Date: December 22, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984US Supreme Court United…
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…
STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage. Date: August 30, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Tyrone Mitchell 49th Street Elementary School Shooting in Los Angeles, February 24, 1984Bernhard Goetz…