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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]], California; [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] releases its revolutionary [[Macintosh 128K|personal computer]]; the [[Sino-British Joint Declaration]] treaty is signed; the [[National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)|National Union of Mineworkers]] in the [[United Kingdom]] [[UK miners' strike (1984–85)|strike against]] the [[National Coal Board]] in an attempt to prevent colliery closures; [[Bhopal disaster|a methyl isocyanate leak]] kills at least 3,787 people in [[Bhopal]], India.]]
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** 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 |date=2013-05-09 |title=Pepsi fire left Michael Jackson with no hair, migraines: witness |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pepsi-fire--jackson-20130509-story.html |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
===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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== Births and deaths ==
{{Main|Category:1984 births|Deaths in 1984}}
==Nobel Prizes==
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