1984 in the United States
Events from the year 1984 in the United States.
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Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Ronald Reagan (R-California)
- Vice President: George H. W. Bush (R-Texas)
- Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Minnesota)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts)
- Senate Majority Leader: Howard Baker (R-Tennessee)
- Congress: 98th
Events
January
- January 1 – US Bell System is broken up.
- January 3 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan meets with Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman and the Reverend Jesse Jackson at the White House, following Lieutenant Goodman's release from Syrian captivity.
- January 10 – The United States and the Vatican re-establish full diplomatic relations.[1]
- January 27 – Michael Jackson's hair catches on fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial.
February
- February 3 – Dr. 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.
- February 3 – STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on the 10th space shuttle mission.
- February 11 – STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger makes the first shuttle landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
- February 16 – Bill Johnson becomes first American male to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing.
- February 24 – Tyrone Mitchell kills two people at 49th Street Elementary School in South Central Los Angeles, California.
- February 26 – United States Marines pull out of Beirut, Lebanon.
- February 28 – Michael Jackson wins a record eight Grammy Awards.
March
- March 16 – The CIA station chief in Beirut, William Francis Buckley, is kidnapped by Islamic Jihad and later dies in captivity.
- March 22 – Teachers at the McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the schoolchildren (the charges are later dropped as completely unfounded).
April
- April 4 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
- April 9 – The 56th Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with James L. Brooks' Terms of Endearment winning Best Picture and Best Director, as well as three other awards out of 11 nominations.
- April 23 – Margaret Heckler of the U.S. Public Health Service announces the identity of HTLV-III as the virus that causes AIDS.
- April 24 – The 6.2 Mw Morgan Hill earthquake shook central California and the South Bay area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), causing 21–27 injuries and $7.5–8 million in losses.
May
- May 8
- 1984 Summer Olympics boycott: The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
- The longest game in Major League Baseball history begins at 7:30 PM between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago White Sox. The game is played over the course of 2 days, lasting 25 innings, with a total time of 8 hours and 6 minutes.
- May 12 – The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, a World's fair, opens in New Orleans.
- May 17 – Michael Silka kills nine people near Manley Hot Springs, Alaska.
- May 19 – The Edmonton Oilers defeat the New York Islanders to win their first Stanley Cup.
- May 27 – An overnight flash flood rages through neighborhoods in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nearly 15 inches of rain falls in some areas over a four-hour period. Fourteen people are killed.
- May 31 – Six death row inmates at Mecklenburg Correctional Center in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, including James and Linwood Briley, escape, the only occasion this has ever happened in the US. All are eventually recaptured and executed.
June
- June 1 – William M. Gibbons is released as receiver and trustee of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, after all of its debts and creditors are paid off by order of a federal bankruptcy court.
- June 3 – Ronald Reagan visits his ancestral home in Ballyporeen, the Republic of Ireland.
- June 4 – Bruce Springsteen releases his 7th album Born in the U.S.A.. The CD of the album is the first CD to be manufactured in the U.S.
- June 8
- 1984 Barneveld, Wisconsin tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado nearly destroys the town of Barneveld, Wisconsin, killing nine people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over $25,000,000 in damage.
- Ghostbusters and Gremlins are released.
- June 16 – Ricky Kasso murders Gary Lauwers in Northport, Long Island, New York.
- June 22 – The Karate Kid is released.
July
- July 18 – In San Ysidro, California, 41-year-old James Oliver Huberty sprays a McDonald's restaurant with gunfire, killing 21 people before being shot and killed.
- July 23 – Vanessa L. 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
August 30–September 5: Space Shuttle Discovery's maiden voyage
- August 11 – United States President Ronald Reagan, during a voice check for a radio broadcast remarks, "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."
- August 30 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
September
- September 5 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
- September 17 – The Transformers debuts in syndication.
- September 20 – Hezbollah car-bombs the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, killing 24 people.
October
- October 1 – American Movie Classics is initiated.
- October 2 – John Schnatter opens the first Papa John's Pizza in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
- October 5 – STS-41-G: Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
- October 6 – Out of Control debuts on Nickelodeon.[2]
- October 11 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
- October 14 – World Series: The Detroit Tigers defeat the San Diego Padres to win in 5 games.
November
November 6: Reagan reelected president
- November – The unemployment rate drops to 7.2%, the same rate it was when the early 1980s recession started in June 1981.
- November 2 – Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- November 6 – 1984 United States presidential election: 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 in the electoral college; Mondale wins only his home state of Minnesota by a mere 3,761 vote margin and the District of Columbia.
- November 9 – Cesar Chavez delivers his speech, "What The Future Holds For Farm Workers And Hispanics", at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.
- November 28 – Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States.
December
- December 1 – Controlled Impact Demonstration: NASA intentionally crashes a remote controlled Boeing 720.
- December 22 – Four African-American youths (Barry Allen, Troy Canty, James Ramseur, and Darrell Cabey) board an express train in The Bronx borough of New York City. They attempt to rob Bernhard Goetz, who shoots them. The event starts a national debate about urban crime, which is a plague in 1980s America.
Undated
- Arlene Violet, until recently a religious sister, becomes Attorney General of Rhode Island, the first female Attorney General elected in the U.S.[3][4]
- Ryan White, a student who contracted AIDS, is expelled from Western High School in Russiaville, Indiana because of his disease.
- Crack cocaine, a smokeable form of the drug, becomes widely used in the Los Angeles area and soon spreads across the United States in what becomes known as the Crack epidemic.
Ongoing
- Cold War (1947–1991)
Births
- January 1 – Lance Brooks, discus thrower
- January 3 – Shelby Starner, singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2003)
- January 4 – Robin Sydney, actress
- January 6
- Kate McKinnon, actress, comedian
- Eric Trump, businessman, philanthropist and reality TV personality, son of President Donald Trump
- January 7
- Caros Fodor, mixed martial artist, brother of Phoenix Jones
- Jon Lester, baseball player
- January 8 – Jeff Francoeur, baseball player
- January 9 – Drew Brown, musician and songwriter
- January 12 – Scott Olsen, baseball player
- January 17 – Rickey D'Shon Collins, actor
- January 21
- Luke Grimes, actor
- Amy Hastings, track and fielder
- Haloti Ngata, American footballer
- January 24
- Justin Baldoni, actor, director and filmmaker
- Ashley C. Williams, actress
- January 25 – Kaiji Tang, voice actor
- January 27 – Davetta Sherwood, actress and musician
- January 28 – Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
- January 30 – Arthur Chu, Asian-American columnist and former Jeopardy! contestant
- February 2 – David Pakman, political pundit
- February 3
- Elizabeth Holmes, fraudster, founder of Theranos
- Matthew Moy, actor
- February 5 – Nate Salley, American football player
- February 8 – Cecily Strong, actress and comedian[5]
- February 9 – Logan Bartholomew, actor
- February 12
- Tony Ferguson, mixed martial artist
- Peter Vanderkaay, Olympic swimmer
- February 13 – Brina Palencia, voice actress
- February 17
- Jimmy Jacobs, wrestler
- Drew Miller, ice hockey player
- February 20 – Ben Lovejoy, ice hockey player
- March 2
- Trent Garrett, actor and model
- Ian Sinclair, voice actor
- March 4 – Zak Whitbread, soccer player
- March 6 – Chris Tomson, musician (Vampire Weekend)
- March 10 – Olivia Wilde, actress and model
- March 12 – Jaimie Alexander, actress
- March 17 – Ryan Rottman, actor
- March 20 – Marcus Vick, American football player
- March 24 – Chris Bosh, basketball player
- March 25 – Katharine McPhee, singer, songwriter and actress
- March 26
- Sara Jean Underwood, model
- Brady Walkinshaw, politician
- March 27
- Stephen Rhodes, stock car racing driver
- Jon Paul Steuer, actor and musician (d. 2018)
- March 28 – Bill Switzer, Canadian-American voice actor
- March 31 – Jack Antonoff, musician
- April 2 – Ashley Peldon, actress
- April 3 – Chrissie Fit, American actress and singer[6]
- April 4 – Sean May, basketball player[7]
- April 8
- Taran Noah Smith, actor
- Kirsten Storms, actress
- April 10
- Natasha Melnick, television and film actress
- Mandy Moore, singer, songwriter, actress and fashion designer
- April 11
- Colin Clark, soccer player (d. 2019)
- Kelli Garner, actress
- April 16 – Noah Fleiss, actor
- April 18
- Red Bryant, American football player
- America Ferrera, actress
- April 20
- Anthony Fasano, American football player
- Tyson Griffin, mixed martial artist
- Harris Wittels, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
- April 21 – Shayna Fox, voice actress
- April 24 – Tyson Ritter, singer and bassist
- April 26
- Ryan O'Donohue, voice actor
- Emily Wickersham, actress
- April 27 – Patrick Stump, Singer/Songwriter
- April 29 – Taylor Cole, actress
- May 1 – Henry Zebrowski, actor and comedian
- May 7
- James Loney, baseball player
- Alex Smith, American football player
- May 8 – Julia Whelan, actress
- May 9
- Prince Fielder, baseball player
- Chase Headley, baseball player
- Ezra Klein, journalist, blogger and columnist
- May 11 – John Bowie, American football player
- May 14 – Mark Zuckerberg, creator of Facebook
- May 23
- Sam Milby, actor and rock musician[8]
- Adam Wylie, actor
- May 24 – Sarah Hagan, actress
- May 27 – Darin Brooks, actor
- May 29 – Kaycee Stroh, actress, singer and dancer
- May 30 – DeWanda Wise, actress
- June 1 – David Neville, sprinter
- June 2 – Stevie Ryan, YouTube personality, actress and comedian (d. 2017)[9]
- June 6
- Shannon Stewart, model
- Jason Trusnik, American football player
- June 8
- Todd Boeckman, American football player
- Torrey DeVitto, actress and fashion model
- June 9 – Caroline D'Amore, DJ, model and actress
- June 10 – Betsy Sodaro, actress and voice actress
- June 18 – Ian Jones-Quartey, animator and voice actor
- June 24 – Lucien Dodge, voice actor
- June 26 – Aubrey Plaza, actress, comedian
- July 2 – Vanessa Lee Chester, television and film actress[10]
- July 3 – Manny Lawson, American football player
- July 5 – Zack Miller, golfer
- July 7 – Ross Malinger, actor
- July 8 – Alexis Dziena, actress
- July 9 – Hanna R. Hall, actress
- July 10 – Aviva Baumann, actress
- July 12 – Matt Cook, actor
- July 14 – Alex Ross Perry, film director, screenwriter and actor
- July 18 – Allen Craig, baseball player
- July 19 – Kaitlin Doubleday, actress
- July 21 – Paul Davis, basketball player
- July 23 – Celeste Thorson, actress and model
- July 26 – Grace Byers, actress[11]
- July 27
- Antoine Bethea, American football player
- Taylor Schilling, actress
- July 28
- DeMeco Ryans, American football player
- John David Washington, American football player, actor and producer
- July 29 – J. Madison Wright Morris, actress (d. 2006)
- July 30
- Gina Rodriguez, actress and producer[12]
- Gabrielle Christian, actress
- August 2 – Brandon Browner, NFL player
- August 3
- Jon Foster, actor and musician
- Carah Faye Charnow, singer (Shiny Toy Guns)
- Ryan Lochte, swimmer[13]
- August 10
- Ryan Eggold, film and television actor
- Ja'Tovia Gary, artist and filmmaker
- August 17 – Garrett Wolfe, NFL player
- August 28 – Sarah Roemer, actress
- August 31 – Ryan Kesler, ice hockey player
- September 3 – Garrett Hedlund, actor, model and singer
- September 4 – Kyle Mooney, actor, comedian and writer
- September 14 – Adam Lamberg, actor
- September 18
- Dashon Goldson, American football player
- Anthony Gonzalez, American football player and politician[14]
- September 21
- Dwayne Bowe, American football player
- Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Olympic swimmer[15]
- Rashad McCants, National Basketball Association player
- October 1
- Beck Bennett, actor and screenwriter
- Matt Cain, baseball player
- October 2 – John Morris, actor
- October 3
- Chris Marquette, actor
- Ashlee Simpson, singer and actress
- October 14
- Jason Davis, actor (d. 2020)
- Santino Quaranta, soccer player
- October 21 – Marvin Mitchell, American football player
- October 25 – Katy Perry, singer-songwriter
- October 27 – Brady Quinn, American football player
- October 30 – Eva Marcille, model
- October 31 – Pat Murray, football player
- November 5 – Nick Folk, American football player
- November 6 – Ricky Romero, baseball player
- November 9
- Beatrice Bofia, Cameroonian-American basketball player
- French Montana, Moroccan-American rapper
- Joel Zumaya, baseball player
- November 12
- Jorge Masvidal, mixed martial artist
- Benjamin Okolski, figure skater
- November 13 – Sarah Rose Karr, actress
- November 14 – Tony Gaffney, basketball player[16]
- November 19 – Lindsay Ellingson, model
- November 22 – Scarlett Johansson, actress
- November 23 – Lucas Grabeel, actor
- November 28 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, actress
- December 17 – Shannon Woodward, actress
- December 23
- Alison Sudol, singer, songwriter and actress (aka A Fine Frenzy)
- Cary Williams, American football player
- December 25 – Chris Richard, basketball player
- December 27 – Tye'sha Fluker, basketball player
- December 30 – LeBron James, basketball player
- Date unknown – Patrisse Cullors, African American activist
Deaths
- January 14 – Ray Kroc, businessman and founder of McDonald's (b. 1902)
- January 20 – Johnny Weissmuller, Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
- February 24 – Tyrone Mitchell, murderer (suicide) (b. 1955)
- April 1 – Marvin Gaye, singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1939)
- April 14 – Anders Haugen, ski jumper (b. 1888)[17]
- April 26 – Count Basie, pianist, organist, bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
- May 19 – Michael Silka, spree killer (b. 1958)
- June 30 – Lillian Hellman, playwright (born 1905)[18]
- July 27 – C. L. Franklin, Baptist minister and civil rights activist (b. 1915)
- August 25 – Truman Capote, writer (b. 1924)
- August 26 – Julie Stevens, actress (b. 1916)
- September 24 – Neil Hamilton, actor (b. 1899)
- September 28 – Roy Sullivan, park ranger, world record holder for lightning strikes survived (b. 1912)
- October 1 – Billy Goodman, baseball player (b. 1926)
- December – J. Roderick MacArthur, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1920)
See also
References
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- Weatherford, Doris (2012). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. Los Angeles, CA: CQ Press. pp. 76–77. ISBN 978-1-60871-007-2.
- "Firsts for Women in U.S. Politics". Center for American Women And Politics, Rutgers. Archived from the original on 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
- Dettro, Chris (January 19, 2013). "New SNL Comedian has shallow Springfield roots". The State Journal-Register. Springfield, Illinois. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- "UPI Almanac for Wednesday, April 3, 2019". United Press International. April 3, 2019. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
actress /singer Chrissie Fit in 1984 (age 35)
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- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- "Samuel Lloyd Lacia Milby (b. 1984) – Ohio Birth Index, 1908–2011". Birth-records.mooseroots.com. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- "Stevie Kathleen Ryan, Born 06/02/1984 in California". www.californiabirthindex.org.
- "Vanessa Lee Chester". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-20.
- "Grace Gealey". TVGuide.com. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- "Gina Rodriguez (1984–)". Biography.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
- "Ryan Lochte". USA Swimming. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- "Gonzalez, Anthony". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- "Ben Wildman-Tobriner". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
- "Tony Gaffney". NBA Stats.
- "Anders Haugen". olympedia.org. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- "Lillian Hellman | American playwright". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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