1984

Toxic gas leak from insecticide plant in Bhopal, India kills 2,000 and injures 150,000
Andropov dies; Chernenko named Soviet Union leader
Soviet Union withdraws from summer Olympic games in U.S.
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi assassinated, son, Rajiv, succeeds her

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Soviet Svetlana Savitskaya is the 1st woman to walk in space
Ronald Reagan re-elected
US and Vatican exchange diplomats after 117-year hiatus
Geraldine Ferraro selected by Democrats as 1st woman candidate for Vice President from a major American party
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan becomes the 1st American woman to walk in space
AIDS virus identified
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Fetal surgery
RAM developed
Marvin Gaye killed
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album
Songs - "What's Love Got to do With It", "Can't Slow Down", "Against All Odds", "Jump", "Say Say Say"
Films - 'Amadeus", "Places in the Heart", "The Killing Fields", "A Passage to India"
TV - "The Cosby Show", "Miami Vice", "Night Court"
Prince Henry of Great Britain born
Johnny Weismuller, Ray Kroc, Ethel Merman, Jessamyn West, Jackie Coogan, Count Basie, James Mason, Richard Burton, Truman Capote, and François Truffaut die