- April 12
- Palestinian gunmen take Israeli Bus Number 300 hostage. Israeli special forces storm the bus, freeing the hostages (1 hostage, 2 hijackers killed). [114]
- April 13
- India launches Operation Meghdoot, as most of the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir comes under Indian control. [114]
- April 15
- Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India. [1]
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- April 16
- Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for American Primitive. [1]
- April 17
- WPC Yvonne Fletcher is shot and killed by a secluded gunman during a siege outside the Libyan Embassy in London. [1] [114]
- April 19
- Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours. [114]
- Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs first appears in print (Nature magazine). [1]
- April 20
- Russian offensive in Panshirvallei, Afghanistan. [1]
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- April 21
- Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). [1]
- April 23
- In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurs. [53]
- April 24
- In Morgan Hill, California, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs. [53]
- April 25
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- The term of Sultan Ahmad Shah as the 7th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ends. [114]
- April 26
- US President Ronald Reagan visits China. [1]
- Sultan Iskandar, Sultan of Johor, becomes the 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. [114]
- April 27
- Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake, Montana. [1]
- April 29
- In Central Italy, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs. [53]
- May 1
- Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- May 2
- The Liverpool International Garden Festival opens in Liverpool, England. [114]
- May 5
- The Herreys win the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 for Sweden, with the song "Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Ley". [114]
- May 6
- José Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election. [1]
- May 7
- In Southern Italy, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs. [53]
- US$180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit. [1]
- May 8
- Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed. [1]
- 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. [114]
- The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. [1] [114]
- Denis Lortie kills three government employees in the National Assembly of Quebec building. [114]
- France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island. [1]
- May 10
- International Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua. [1]
- May 11
- Haunted Castle at Six Flags Great Adventure burns down, killing eight. [114]
- May 12
- South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years. [1]
- World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans, Louisiana. [1] [114]
- France performs nuclear test. [1]
- May 13
- In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurs. [53]
- May 14
- A one dollar coin is introduced in Australia. [114]
- Ashton-Tate introduces the dBase III relational database program for 16-bit IBM PC-compatible computers. [4]
- May 16
- Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution. [1]
- May 21
- Atari introduces the Atari 7800 ProSystem video game system. It features higher resolution graphics than the Atari 5200, optional keyboard to make it a home computer, and compatibility with Atari 2600 cartridges. Price is US$149. [9]
- In Eastern China, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs. [53]
- May 23
- Richard von Weizäcker is elected president of Federal Republic of Germany. [37]
- Paramount releases the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom to theaters. (Total world gross ticket sales: $333 million (1st for 1984).) [951]
- May 30
- Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua. [1]
- June 2
- B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617. [1]
- June 5
- The Indian government begins Operation Blue Star, the planned attack on the Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar. [1] [114]
- June 6
- Indian troops storm the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the Sikhs' holiest shrine, killing an estimated 2000 people. [1] [114]
- June 8
- A deadly F5 tornado nearly destroys the town of Barneveld, Wisconsin, killing 9 people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over US$25 million in damage. [114]
- June 9
- Polygram's Hanover, Germany plant produces its 10 millionth compact disc. [1]
- June 10
- US missile shoots down an incoming missile in space for first time. [1]
- June 15
- In Nantong, People's Republic of China, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]
- June
- In the USA, the Massachusetts Megabucks lottery draw sets a record for an unshared win, giving US$15.6 million to one person. [40.8]
- June 18
- Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541. [1]
- June 20
- The biggest exam shake-up in the British education system in over ten years is announced, with O-level and CSE exams to be replaced by a new exam, the GCSE. [114]
- June 22
- The official name of the Turkish city Urfa is changed into Sanliurfa. [114]
- Virgin Atlantic Airways makes its inaugural flight. [114]
- June 28
- Motorola introduces the 16-MHz 68020 processor, a 32-bit version of the 68000, in CMOS, with on-board cache. Estimated performance is 2-3 MIPS. Price is US$487 each. [4]
- Richard Ramírez, aka the "Night Stalker," performs his first recorded murder. [114]
- June 29
- USSR offers to start talking about banning Strategic Defence Initiative. [1]
- June 30
- John Napier Turner becomes Canada's 17th Prime Minister. [114]
- In Aomori, Japan, a building is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]
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- The Gujba meteorite falls in Nigeria. [523.91]
- July 2
- Standard Oil of California changes its company name to Chevron. [228]
- July 9
- Lightning sets fire to York Minster. [114]
- July 11
- England's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe. [1]
- July 17
- Soyuz T-12 carries three cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7. [1]
- 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 by police. [1] [114]
- July 19
- In the United Kingdom, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurs. [53]
- July 21
- In Jackson, Michigan, a factory robot crushes a worker against a safety bar in the first robot-related death in the United States. [1] [114]
- 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. [1] [114]
- July 25
- Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya performs a space walk. [1] [5] [114]
- July 26
- In the USA, one New York resident wins US$20 million in the state lottery, a new record for unshared win. [40.8]
- July 30
- Alvenus tanker at Cameron, Louisiana, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil. [1]
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