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1984 Calendar

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•  January 1, 1984 – Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
•  January 7, 1984 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
•  February 2, 1984 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rat in Chinese astrology.
•  February 3, 1984 – John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history’s first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.
•  March 14, 1984 – Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.
•  March 22, 1984 – Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.
•  April 4, 1984 – President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
•  June 18, 1984 – A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-1985 UK miners’ strike.
•  June 22, 1984 – Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
•  November 27, 1984 – Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.

•  February 9, 1984 – Maurice Ager, American basketball player
•  February 22, 1984 – Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer
•  March 30, 1984 – Anna Nalick, American singer and songwriter
•  May 25, 1984 – Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
•  June 28, 1984 – Tamara Ecclestone, English socialite and television presenter
•  July 5, 1984 – Yu Yamada, Japanese model, actress and singer
•  July 10, 1984 – Nikolaos Mitrou, Greek footballer
•  July 26, 1984 – Leigh Lezark, American DJ and model
•  August 8, 1984 – Martrez Milner, American football player
•  December 30, 1984 – Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer