Date: May 17, 1984
Homosexuality is decriminalized in the Australian state of New South Wales. Date: June 8, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Svetlana Savitskaya First Woman Spacewalk July 25, 1984Los Alamos Radiation Detector Reveals Ciudad Juárez…
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) More…
Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later died from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history. Date: December 3, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
Dwight Gooden sets the baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 276, previously set by Herb Score with 246 in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218 innings, set the current record. Date: September 12, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events…
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) More events from 1984Atlanta Braves vs. San Diego Padres Brawl at Atlanta-Fulton County…
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 1984UK and China Agree Hong Kong Sovereignty…