WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1984
Find out what all happened April to November 1984

Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine. (23. July 1984)

103 Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul (6. May 1984)

The Bill debuted on ITV, eventually becoming the longest-running police procedural in British television history. (16. October 1984)

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

India moves into Siachen Glacier thus annexing more territory from the Line of Control. (13. April 1984)

PC Brian Bishop was a British police officer who was shot in the head by an armed robber in Frinton-on-Sea, Essex. He died from his injuries five days later. (22. August 1984)

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

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

The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso. (4. August 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)

Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours. (19. April 1984)

Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. (5. October 1984)

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and nearly 10,000 Sikhs are killed. (31. October 1984)

The inaugural World Youth Day is held in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City. (15. April 1984)

Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean. (14. September 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)

Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk. (11. October 1984)

Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13. René Jalbert, sergeant-at-arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. (8. May 1984)