What big event happen in the year 1984?

Answer 1

* Joe W. Kittinger makes the first solo transatlantic balloon flight in the helium-filled Rosie O'Grady's Balloon of Peace. He travels 3,535 miles from Caribou, Maine to Savona, Italy. Background: Famous Firsts in Aviation

* Apple introduces the user-friendly Macintosh personal computer. Background: Computers and Internet

*Ronald W. Reagan re-elected US President

*Surgeons implant baboon heart into "Baby Fae"

*Aids Virus identified by French Immunologist

*Sony and Philips introduce the first commercial CD Players

*The Space Shuttle Discovery has its maiden voyage

*Genetic fingerprinting or DNA profiling was developed and is now in wide by Forensic scientists when obtaining evidence in a crime

Answer 2

January 24 - The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
February 8 - The 1984 Winter Olympics open in Sarajevo.
May 8 - The longest game in Major League Baseball history begins at 7:30 PM between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago White Sox. The game will be played over the course of 2 days, lasting 25 innings, with a total time of 8 hours and 6 minutes.
July 12 - In San Francisco, the Democratic National Convention nominates Walter F. Mondale for U.S. President, and Geraldine Ferraro for Vice President. (first female VP nominee)
July 21 - In Jackson, Michigan, a factory robot crushes a worker against a safety bar in what is apparently the first robot-related death in the United States.
July 23 - Vanessa Lynn Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown, after nude photos of her appear in "Penthouse" magazine.
July 28-August 12 - The 1984 Summer Olympics are held in Los Angeles, California.
August 21 - Half a million people in Manila demonstrate against the regime of Ferdinand Marcos.
August 23 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H.W. Bush are renominated at the Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas.
October 12 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) attempts to assassinate the British Cabinet in the Brighton hotel bombing.
October 19 - Polish secret police arrest Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Catholic priest who supports the Solidarity movement. His dead body is found in a reservoir 11 days later on October 30.
November 6 - U.S. presidential election, 1984: Ronald Reagan defeats Walter F. Mondale with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since Richard Nixon's 61% victory in 1972. Reagan carries 49 states; Mondale wins only his home state of Minnesota by a mere 3,761 vote margin and the District of Columbia.
November 2 - Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Famine in Ethiopia begins (1984 Famine in Ethiopia).
Crack, a smokeable form of cocaine, is first introduced into the Los Angeles area and soon spreads across the United States in what came to be known as the Crack Epidemic.

Answer 3

Not the space shuttle. That was 1986.

A few things, but most notably:

1) The Macintosh computer was introduced.

2) The Bhopal, India, Union Carbide chemical plant had an explosion which was a major disaster and killed tens of thousands of people.

Answer 4

I should say there were many more:
- K. Chernenko became head of state of Russia; a return to the hard-line policies of Breznev.
- I. Ghandi was killed, her son became PM of India
- Sino-British joint declarations were signed (Thatcher-Xiaoping)
negotiations on the future of H. Kong
- Multinational forces left Lebanon
- R. Alfonsín, the Argentinian president created the Commission
on the Disappeared to investigate human rights violations
(11,000 people)
- Vietnam War Memorial opened in Washington

Answer 5

The Halifax explosion blew the comprehensive north end of Halifax off the earth interior the 1st international warfare. there have been various Canadian Serial Killers in Canada, Mr Picton is barely the main modern-day. What approximately Mr Ng? There section some haunted residences in the time of Canada. The Brutality of the catholic colleges against the natives The sexual atrocity of the catholic leaders against youthful Catholics The medical care of jap Canadians in the time of the 2d international warfare in Canada. The Shootings in Montreal colleges and different places. etc....are you useful you extremely tried to discover terrible stuff? there replaced into lots of it i'm unhappy to declare.

Answer 6

space shuttle Columbia blew up after lift-off

Answer 7

Does it involve Cagney & Lacey?

Answer 8

NO NO NO SPACE SHUTTLE BLEW UP 1986 JANUARY

Answer 9

I don't know but I am sure my "BIG BROTHER" was watching it.