WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO OCTOBER 1984
Find out what all happened July to October 1984

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

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

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

Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, northwest England (1. August 1984)

The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso. (4. August 1984)

The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA. (1. July 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 lands after its maiden voyage. (5. September 1984)

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

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

Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (16. October 1984)

McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: in a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police. (18. July 1984)

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

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

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

"Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon. (26. 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)