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Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar).
Contents  (full)
1 Events of 1984
: -  Jan. . Feb. . March . April
: -  May . June . July  .  Aug.
: -  Sept. . Oct. . Nov. .  Dec.
: -  Undated . Ongoing . Fictional
2 Births
3 Deaths  -  Ship events
4 Nobel prizes -  Templeton Prize
5 See also -  Notes -  External links


Events of 1984

January

January
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February

February
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March

March
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April

April
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May

May
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June

June
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July

July
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August

August
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The launch of Shuttle Discovery on STS-41-D, its first mission.


September

September
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October

October
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November

November
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December

December
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Controlled Impact Demonstration

Undated

  • Famine in Ethiopia begins and kills a million people by the end of 1984. (1984 Famine in Ethiopia).
  • Crack, a smokeable form of cocaine, is first introduced into the Los Angeles area and soon spreads across the United States in what came to be known as the Crack Epidemic.
  • A peace agreement between Kenya and Somalia was signed in the Egyptian capital Cairo in December 1984. With this agreement, in which Somalia officially renounced its historical territorial claims, relations between the two countries began to improve.
  • Chatham Dockyard in Medway, England closed after being used a shipbuilding yard for over 400 years since the reign of King Henry VIII.
  • Homosexual Acts between consenting adults decriminalized in NSW+ NT, Australia.
  • Brothels legalized in Victoria.
  • WA becomes last Australian state to abolish Capital Punishment.

Ongoing

Fictional

The events about 1984 in popular fiction are:
  • Film:
* The Terminator (1984): Both the title character and Kyle Reese are sent back through time from 2029 to May 12.
  • Literature:
* The Iron Heel by Jack London (1908): The creation of the wonder-city Asgard is completed.
* Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1948): Orwell's novel presents a dystopian view of how life might be in the year the protagonist believes to be 1984. An acclaimed movie adaptation of the novel was filmed in and around London from April to June 1984, at the exact locations on the precise dates imagined by the author.
  • Television:
* The Transformers (1984): The Autobots and Decepticons awaken after four million years.
* Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004): In autumn of 1984 toddler Frankie Foster opens the secret door containing the Scribbles. Mr. Herriman seems to hold a grudge on her for it, despite the fact that she said she was "sowwy". In present day, ("Trouble With Scribbles") Bloo accidentally releases the Scribbles by opening the same door.
  • Computer/video games:
* Set in 1984: (2006)
1984 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1984
MCMLXXXIV
Ab urbe condita2737
Armenian calendar1433
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Bah' calendar140 – 141
Buddhist calendar2528
Chinese calendar4620/4680-7-25
(癸亥年七月廿五日)
— to —
4621/4681-7-6
(甲子年七月初六日)
Coptic calendar1700 – 1701
Ethiopian calendar1976 – 1977
Hebrew calendar 5744 – 5745
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2039 – 2040
 - Shaka Samvat1906 – 1907
 - Kali Yuga5085 – 5086
Holocene calendar11984
Iranian calendar1362 – 1363
Islamic calendar1404 – 1405
Japanese calendarShōwa 0
(昭和0年)
 - Imperial YearKōki 2644
(皇紀2644年)
Julian calendar2029
Korean calendar4317
Thai solar calendar2527
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Births

January-February

March-April

May-June

July-August

September-October

November-December

Deaths

January - June

July - December

Unknown dates

  • (none)

Ship events

Nobel prizes

Templeton Prize

  • Rev. Michael Bourdeaux, founder of the Keston Institute

See also

Notes



External links

Table of contents

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

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Author George Orwell
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