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What Happened In October 1984 In History

Historical Events for October, 1984

  • 5th » Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian space program e.g Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle 'Space Shuttle Challenger known as Challenger'.
  • 11th » Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger or Space Shuttle 'Challenger', astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first United States e.g American woman to perform a space walk.
  • 11th » An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 Aeroflot Flight 3352 e.g crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
  • 12th » Brighton hotel bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army attempt to assassinate Prime Minister of the United Kingdom e.g Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Thatcher escapes but the bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
  • 16th » 'The Bill' debuted on ITV (TV network) called ITV, eventually becoming the longest-running police procedural in British television history.
  • 16th » Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • 26th » "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon.
  • 31st » Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassination of Indira Gandhi called assassinated by two Sikh security guards. 1984 anti-Sikh riots or Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and nearly 10,000 Sikhs are killed.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1984

  • 1st » Matt Cain, American baseball player
  • 1st » Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
  • 1st » Mónica Spear, Venezuelan model and actress, Miss Venezuela 2004 (d. 2014)
  • 2nd » Marion Bartoli, French tennis player
  • 3rd » Yoon Eun-hye, South Korean singer and actress (Baby V.O.X.)
  • 3rd » Bruno Gervais, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 3rd » Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress
  • 3rd » Anthony Le Tallec, French footballer
  • 3rd » Chris Marquette, American actor
  • 3rd » Ashlee Simpson, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 4th » Lena Katina, Russian singer-songwriter (t.A.T.u. and Neposedi)
  • 4th » Álvaro Parente, Portuguese race car driver
  • 4th » Karolina Tymińska, Polish heptathlete
  • 5th » Naima Adedapo, American singer
  • 5th » Tiana Benjamin, English actress
  • 5th » Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
  • 6th » Morne Morkel, South African cricketer
  • 6th » Joanna Pacitti, American singer-songwriter and actress (City (Comma) State)
  • 7th » Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
  • 7th » Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer
  • 7th » Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer
  • 7th » Zachary Wyatt, American politician
  • 8th » Domenik Hixon, American football player
  • 8th » Malcolm Shabazz, French-American criminal (d. 2013)
  • 9th » Ghetts, English rapper
  • 9th » Djamel Mesbah, Algerian footballer
  • 10th » Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer
  • 10th » Lzzy Hale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Halestorm)
  • 10th » Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer
  • 10th » Paul Posluszny, American football player
  • 10th » Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player
  • 11th » Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer
  • 11th » Martha MacIsaac, Canadian-American actress
  • 13th » Coldmirror, German video blogger
  • 13th » Misono, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (Day After Tomorrow (band) known as Day After Tomorrow)
  • 13th » Frank Simek, American soccer player
  • 14th » Baby Fae, American baby who received a baboon heart transplant (d. 1984)
  • 14th » LaRon Landry, American football player
  • 15th » Johan Voskamp, Dutch footballer
  • 16th » Melissa Lauren, French porn actress and director
  • 16th » Rachel Reilly, American reality constant on 'Big Brother 13 (U.S.) named Big Brother'
  • 16th » Shayne Ward, English singer and actor
  • 17th » Jelle Klaasen, Dutch darts player
  • 17th » Chris Lowell, American actor
  • 17th » Randall Munroe, American illustrator
  • 18th » Robert Harting, German discus thrower
  • 18th » Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model
  • 18th » Esperanza Spalding, American singer-songwriter and bassist
  • 18th » Lindsey Vonn, American skier
  • 19th » Elaine Bradley, American drummer and songwriter (Neon Trees)
  • 19th » Kaio de Almeida, Brazilian swimmer
  • 19th » Saki Fujita, Japanese voice actress
  • 20th » Mitch Lucker, American singer-songwriter (Suicide Silence) (d. 2012)
  • 20th » Florent Sinama Pongolle, French footballer
  • 20th » Andrew Trimble, Irish rugby player
  • 21st » Anna Bogdanova, Russian heptathlete
  • 21st » Tom Brandstater, American football player
  • 21st » Kenny Cooper, American soccer player
  • 21st » Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater
  • 21st » José Lobatón, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 21st » Marvin Mitchell, American football player
  • 21st » Kieran Richardson, English footballer
  • 22nd » Aleks Marić, Australian basketball player
  • 23rd » Martin Garcia (jockey) known as Martin Garcia, Mexican-American jockey
  • 23rd » Izabel Goulart, Brazilian-American model and actress
  • 23rd » Simone Masini, Italian footballer
  • 23rd » Meghan McCain, American journalist and author
  • 24th » Felicia Chin, Singaporean actress
  • 24th » Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 24th » Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter (Sadistic Mika Band)
  • 25th » Sara Lumholdt, Swedish singer and dancer (A-Teens)
  • 25th » Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 25th » Iván Ramis, Spanish footballer
  • 26th » Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
  • 26th » Adriano Correia, Brazilian footballer
  • 26th » Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
  • 26th » Amanda Overmyer, American singer-songwriter
  • 27th » Kostas Kapetanos, Greek footballer
  • 27th » Kelly Osbourne, English-American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 27th » Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer
  • 27th » Brady Quinn, American football player
  • 27th » Emilie Ullerup, Danish actress
  • 28th » Bryn Evans (New Zealand rugby union player) called Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player
  • 28th » Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
  • 29th » Les Davies, Welsh footballer
  • 29th » Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 30th » Eva Marcille, American model and actress
  • 30th » Isaac Ross, New Zealand rugby player
  • 30th » Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 31st » Scott Clifton, American actor and singer
  • 31st » Pat Murray (American football) called Pat Murray, American football player
  • 31st » Amanda Pascoe, Australian swimmer
  • 31st » Nicole Rash, American model

Famous Deaths for October 1984

  • 1st » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
  • 11th » Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor (b. 1891)
  • 12th » Anthony Berry, English politician (b. 1925)
  • 14th » Martin Ryle, English astronomer, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
  • 18th » Jon-Erik Hexum, American model and actor (b. 1957)
  • 18th » Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)
  • 19th » Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest (b. 1947)
  • 20th » Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
  • 20th » Paul Dirac, English-American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
  • 21st » François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
  • 23rd » James Petrillo, American union leader (b. 1892)
  • 23rd » Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)
  • 24th » Joe L. Evins Tennessee Democrats (b. 1910)
  • 26th » Gus Mancuso, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
  • 31st » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
  • 31st » Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)

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