Date: August 11, 1984
Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark. Date: June 22, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 22 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Joe Kittinger Completes First Solo Atlantic Balloon Crossing, September 18, 1984US and Holy See…
William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity. Date: March 16, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Tyrone Mitchell 49th Street Elementary School Shooting in…
Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk. Date: October 11, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 11 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Summit Tunnel Fire After Gasoline Train…
Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region. Date: January 28, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 1984McDonald’s Massacre in San…
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…