WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 1984
Find out what all happened March to October 1984

The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong (26. September 1984)

Six thousand miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery. (5. March 1984)

Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment. (5. September 1984)

Brunei joins the United Nations. (21. September 1984)

A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people. (20. September 1984)

"We begin bombing in five minutes" – United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio. (11. August 1984)

STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage. (30. August 1984)

The Good Friday Massacre, an extremely violent ice hockey playoff game, is played in Montreal, Canada. (20. April 1984)

Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic. (18. September 1984)

A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-1985 UK miners' strike. (18. June 1984)

Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000. (3. June 1984)

Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture. (17. May 1984)

Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher is killed by gunfire from the Libyan People's Bureau (Embassy) in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten others are wounded. The events lead to an 11-day siege of the building. (17. April 1984)

Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport. (22. June 1984)

Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya. (6. April 1984)

Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk. (25. July 1984)

STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage. (5. September 1984)

An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178. (11. October 1984)

The Thames Barrier is officially opened. (8. May 1984)

Brighton hotel bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Thatcher escapes but the bomb kills five people and wounds 31. (12. October 1984)