Explore 15 historical moments from 1984 — 15 events, 0 birthdays, and 0 notable deaths.
During Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984, Apple Computer unveiled the Macintosh, a groundbreaking personal computer featuring a graphical user interface, via the iconic "1984" commercial.
Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region.
Gerry Adams, the leader of Sinn Féin, was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt. The attack was carried out by Ulster Freedom Fighters in central Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Metropolitan Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London. This led to an 11-day siege and a breakdown in relations between Libya and the UK.
"Advance Australia Fair", written by Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick, officially replaced "God Save the Queen" as Australia's national anthem.
Programmer Alexey Pajitnov releases the earliest version of Tetris in the Soviet Union, launching one of the world's most influential video games.
Vanessa Williams, the first African-American Miss America, was forced to resign after nude photos were published. This event marked a significant moment in the pageant's history.
Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England.
Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh deliberately infected people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella. This was the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.
Discovery, the third orbiter of NASA's Space Shuttle program, lifted off on its maiden voyage from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first American woman to perform a space walk.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. The attack was a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet.
The serial killer Velma Barfield became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1962.
Band Aid, a supergroup of British and Irish pop musicians, recorded the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?". The song was intended to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
An engine fire caused Aeroflot Flight 3519 to crash shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk, USSR, killing all but one of the 111 people on board.
No births recorded for 1984.
No deaths recorded for 1984.
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