1983 - 1984

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January 1984

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On the 1st...

France gets first deliveries of Soviet natural gas
Brunei becomes independent of Britain
The military took over the civilian government of Nigeria because of claims of corruption

On the 2nd...

An environmental report says that acid rain is seriously contaminating Britain's lakes and rivers
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr's 16th Birthday

On the 3rd...

Damascus: A US airman shot down over Lebanon is freed following an appeal from Rev Jesse Jackson

On the 4th...

Burma established independence from Britain.

On the 6th...

UK: Anti-smoking group ASH says over a million people have given up over the last 2 years
Following a 125% price increase on a loaf of bread (to narrow a budget deficit) riots have caused 75 deaths in Tunisia

On the 7th...

Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala draft a plan for peace in the area.

On the 9th...

London: Foreign Office clerk Sarah Tisdall, is charged under the official secrets act

On the 10th...

Washington: Chinese Premier Zhao Zhiyang has talks with Reagan
Karachi: Opposition Leader Benazir Bhutto, daughter of the late premier, is freed from House Arrest

On the 13th...

UK: At least 6 people die in Hurricane Force Gales

On the 14th...

BBC Radio One stops playing "Relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood because of "overtly obscene lyrics".
Damascus: President Assad says Syrian troops will not leave Lebanon while US and others remain
Paul McCartney's Pipes Of Peace at Number 1

On the 15th...

UK: Tony Benn is chosen as Labour candidate in the chesterfield by-election

On the 16th...

Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested in Barbados on possession of cannabis.

On the 17th...

The U.S, Supreme Court rules 5-4 that it is legal to record television broadcasts with a videocassette recorder.

On the 18th...

Beirut: Gunmen murder Malcolm Kerr, the head of the American University

On the 21st...

UK: Yorkshire cricket club reverses it decision to sack Geoff Boycott

On the 24th...

Apple Computer Inc unveiled its Macintosh personal computer. It included sound-sampling technology that could play recorded sounds.
UK: 17 Die after abandoning the stricken freighter Radiant Med in a gale off Guernsey

On the 25th...

President Reagan endorsed the development of the first U.S. permanently manned space station.

On the 26th...

Belfast: Maze prison governor resigns

On the 27th...

Michael Jackson's hair caught fire during the shooting of Pepsi commercial

On the 28th...

A record 295,000 dominoes toppled at Fuerth, W. Germany.
London: Leading soviet writer Oleg Bitov is granted asylum
Frankie Goes To Hollywood with "Relax" at number 1

On the 29th...

Washington: Reagan says he will seek re-election