What Happened In January 1984 In History

Historical Events for January, 1984

• 1st » The original AT&T Corporation American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice Competition law antitrust Bell System divestiture suit against A
• 1st » Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
• 7th » Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
• 22nd » The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous '"1984 (commercial) or 1984"' television commercial.
• 24th » The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
• 27th » Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium.
• 28th » Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1984

• 1st » Cheung Kin Fung, Hong Kong footballer
• 1st » Christian Eigler, German footballer
• 1st » Mohammed Ghaddar, Lebanese footballer
• 1st » Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
• 1st » Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1st » Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
• 1st » Rubens Sambueza, Argentinian footballer
• 1st » Michael Witt, Australian rugby player
• 2nd » Otacilio Jales, Brazilian footballer
• 3rd » Billy Mehmet, Irish footballer
• 3rd » Arif Suyono, Indonesian footballer
• 5th » Reinar Hallik, Estonian basketball player
• 5th » Amanda Hearst, American model
• 7th » Diego Balbinot, Italian footballer
• 7th » Jon Lester, American baseball player
• 7th » Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer
• 8th » Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player
• 9th » Benjamin Danso, German rugby player
• 10th » Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
• 10th » Trent Cutler, Australian rugby player
• 10th » Nando Rafael, Angolan-German footballer
• 11th » Kevin Boss, American football player
• 11th » Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer
• 11th » Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress
• 12th » Scott Olsen, American baseball player
• 12th » Oribe Peralta, Mexican footballer
• 12th » Daniel Sepulveda, American football player
• 12th » Jonathan Zydko, French footballer
• 13th » Lourdes Arévalos, Paraguayan model
• 13th » Matteo Cavagna (footballer born 1984) e.g Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
• 13th » Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter
• 13th » Nathaniel Motte, American singer-songwriter and producer (3OH!3)
• 14th » Erick Aybar, American baseball player
• 14th » Fred Matua, American football player (d. 2012)
• 14th » Brandon Meriweather, American football player
• 14th » Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
• 15th » Megan Jendrick, American swimmer
• 15th » Victor Rasuk, American actor
• 16th » Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
• 16th » Jared Slingerland, Canadian guitarist (Left Spine Down and Front Line Assembly)
• 16th » Kurt Travis, American singer-songwriter (Dance Gavin Dance and A Lot Like Birds)
• 17th » Sophie Dee, Welsh porn actress
• 17th » Kelvin Fletcher, English actor and model
• 17th » Calvin Harris, Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer
• 17th » Sam Shaw (wrestler) named Sam Shaw, American wrestler
• 19th » Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer
• 19th » Karun Chandhok, Indian race car driver
• 19th » Jimmy Kebe, Malian footballer
• 19th » Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
• 20th » Victoria Asher, American keyboard player (Cobra Starship)
• 20th » Toni Gonzaga, Filipino actress and singer
• 20th » Olivia Hallinan, English actress
• 20th » Rene Mandri, Estonian cyclist
• 21st » Raymond Gutierrez, American Filipino actor and television host
• 21st » Richard Gutierrez, American-Filipino actor
• 21st » Alex Koslov, Moldovan-American wrestler
• 21st » Robert Ray (baseball) named Robert Ray, American baseball player
• 22nd » Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player
• 22nd » Ubaldo Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
• 22nd » Raica Oliveira, Brazilian model
• 22nd » Leon Powe, American basketball player
• 22nd » Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer
• 23rd » Robbie Farah, Australian rugby player
• 23rd » Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
• 24th » Briscoe Brothers named Jay Briscoe, American wrestler
• 24th » Scott Kazmir, American baseball player
• 24th » Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer (Decapitated (band) e.g Decapitated) (d. 2007)
• 24th » Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
• 25th » Robinho, Brazilian footballer
• 25th » Sara Aerts, Belgian heptathlete
• 25th » Stefan Kießling, German footballer
• 26th » Layla Kayleigh, English-American television host
• 26th » Wu Qian, Chinese pianist
• 26th » Iain Turner, Scottish footballer
• 26th » Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
• 27th » Davetta Sherwood, American actress and singer
• 28th » Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
• 28th » Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
• 28th » Anne Panter, English field hockey player
• 29th » Diana Arno, Estonian beauty queen
• 29th » Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
• 29th » Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
• 29th » Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer
• 29th » David Sencar, Austrian footballer
• 30th » Kid Cudi, American rapper, producer, and actor (WZRD (band) named WZRD)
• 30th » Jeremy Hermida, American baseball player
• 31st » Vernon Davis, American football player
• 31st » Josh Johnson (baseball) named Josh Johnson, American baseball player
• 31st » Jeremy Wariner, American runner
• 31st » Alessandro Zanni, Italian rugby player

Famous Deaths for January 1984

• 1st » Alexis Korner, French-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blues Incorporated and Collective Consciousness Society) (b. 1928)
• 6th » Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)
• 7th » Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 8th » Eerik Kumari, Estonian ornithologist (b. 1912)
• 9th » Wolfgang Staudte, German director (b. 1906)
• 10th » Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
• 14th » Ray Kroc, American businessman (b. 1902)
• 17th » Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903)
• 17th » George Rigaud, Argentinian actor (b. 1905)
• 18th » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902)
• 18th » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915)
• 19th » Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
• 20th » Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
• 21st » Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (b. 1893)
• 21st » Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (Billy Ward and His Dominoes) (b. 1934)
• 23rd » Muin Bseiso, Palestinian-Egyptian poet (b. 1926)
• 30th » Luke Kelly, Irish singer and banjo player (The Dubliners) (b. 1940)
• 30th » Lee McCall, South African criminal (b. 1950)

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