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{{Events by month|1984}}
[[File:1984 Events Collage.jpg|300x300px|thumb|Clockwise from top-left: [[Diretas Já|a civil unrest movement]] demands direct presidential elections in [[Brazil]]; Indian prime minister [[Indira Gandhi]] is [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassinated by two of her security guards]], heralding the beginning of the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots|anti-Sikh riots]] in [[India]]; [[NASA]] and the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] intentionally [[Controlled Impact Demonstration|crash]] a remotely controlled [[Boeing 720]] aircraft to acquire data and test new technologies to aid passenger and crew survival; the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Los Angeles]],
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* [[January 9]] – [[Van Halen]] releases their sixth studio album ''[[1984 (Van Halen album)|1984]]'' (''MCMLXXXIV''), which debuts at number 2 on the [[Billboard 200]] albums chart, and will go to sell over 10 million copies in the [[United States]].
* [[January 10]]
** The United States and the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] ([[Holy See]]) restore full diplomatic relations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanambassadors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Publications.article&articleid=44 |title=United States-Vatican Diplomatic Relations: The Past and The Future |work=The Ambassadors REVIEW |publisher=[[Council of American AmbĒassadors]] |date=Spring 2001 |quote=On January 10, 1984, when President Reagan announced the establishment of formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See, he appointed William A. Wilson, who had been serving as his personal representative to the Pope, as the first US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See. |access-date=November 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025151152/http://www.americanambassadors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Publications.article&articleid=44 |archive-date=October 25, 2012}}</ref>
** The [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] Agreement is signed, institutionalising the [[Indian Ocean Commission]].
*[[January 24]] – [[Steve Jobs]] launches the [[Macintosh 128K|Macintosh]] personal computer in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=36 Years Ago Today, Steve Jobs Unveiled the First Macintosh |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2020/01/24/macintosh-36th-anniversary/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=MacRumors |date=January 24, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[January 27]] – American singer [[Michael Jackson]]'s hair caught on fire during the making of the [[Pepsi]] commercial.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Polk |first=Jeff Gottlieb
===February===
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===March===
* [[March 5]] – [[Iran]] accuses [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] of using [[chemical weapon]]s; the [[United Nations]] condemns their use on [[March 30]].
* [[March 16]] – The United States [[Central Intelligence Agency]] station chief in [[Beirut]], [[William Francis Buckley]], is kidnapped by the [[Islamic Jihad Organization]] and later dies in captivity.
* [[March 23]] – General [[Rahimuddin Khan]] becomes the first man in [[Pakistan]]'s history to rule over two of its provinces, after becoming interim Governor of [[Sindh]].
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===May===
* [[May 2]] – South Africa, [[People's Republic of Mozambique|Mozambique]] and Portugal sign an agreement on electricity supply from the [[Cahora Bassa]] dam.
* [[May 5]]
** The Herreys' song "[[Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley]]" wins the [[1984 Eurovision Song Contest|Eurovision Song Contest]] for [[Sweden]] in [[Luxembourg]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Economist |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZvqAAAAMAAJ |year=2005 |publisher=Economist Newspaper Limited |page=57}}</ref> It subsequently becomes a top-ten hit in five European countries.
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* [[June 8]] – A F5 [[tornado]] nearly destroys the town of [[Barneveld, Wisconsin]], killing nine people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over $25,000,000 in damage.
* [[June 16]] – The Canadian entertainment company [[Cirque du Soleil]] is founded.
* [[June 19]] – 17-year-old [[Ricky Kasso]] murders Gary Lauwers in [[Northport, New York]], contributing to the [[Satanic panic]] association of [[heavy metal music]] and [[satanism]].
* [[June 22]] – [[Virgin Atlantic]] makes its inaugural flight.
* [[June 25]] – [[Hayim Association]] is
* [[June 27]] – [[France national football team|France]] beats [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] 2–0 to win [[UEFA Euro 1984|Euro 84]].
* [[June 30]] – [[John Turner]] becomes the 17th [[Prime Minister of Canada]].
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* [[December 1]] – A peace agreement between [[Kenya]] and [[Somalia]] is signed in the [[Egypt]]ian capital [[Cairo]]. With this agreement, in which Somalia officially renounces its historical territorial claims, relations between the two countries begin to improve.
* [[December 2]] – [[1984 Australian federal election]]: [[Bob Hawke]]'s [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Hawke government|government]] is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by [[Andrew Peacock]].
* [[December 3]] – [[Bhopal disaster]]: A [[methyl isocyanate]] leak from a [[Union Carbide]] pesticide plant in [[Bhopal]],
* [[December 4]]
** [[Sri Lankan Civil War]], [[1984 Mannar massacre]]: [[Sri Lankan Army]] soldiers kill over 200 civilians in the town of [[Mannar, Sri Lanka|Mannar]].
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