Date: March 6, 1984
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 1984Sino-British Joint Declaration Signed on Hong Kong, December…
Doctor John Buster and a research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in the United States announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth. Date: February 3, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This…
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…
Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy. Date: January 10, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day…
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 1984Konstantin Chernenko Succeeds Yuri…
The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV. Date: October 9, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 9 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1984Thames…