1st » The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the Kalgoorlie, Western Australia called City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
2nd » Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet Union called Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
3rd » After a stroke two weeks previously, President of South Africa named South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party (South Africa) named National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
3rd » A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
6th » The Polish Round Table Talks called Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
10th » Ron Brown (U.S. politician) called Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major United States called American political party.
14th » Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
14th » Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of 'The Satanic Verses (novel) known as The Satanic Verses'.
15th » Soviet war in Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
20th » An Provisional Irish Republican Army known as IRA bomb destroys a section of a British Army barracks in Ternhill, England.
24th » Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a US$3 million The Satanic Verses controversy e.g bounty for the death of 'The Satanic Verses' author Salman Rushdie.
24th » United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing 9 passengers out of the business-class section.