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A LOOK AT
THE WORLD IN 1984 |
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In
The News In 1984
On a Challenger mission, Navy Capt. Bruce McCandless and Army Lt.
Col. Robert Stewart become the first humans to fly free of a
spacecraft.
Union Carbide insecticide plant in Bhopal, India seeps toxic gas
killing over 2,000 and injuring 150,000.
Penthouse magazine publishes nude photographs of Miss America
Vanessa Williams.
The Soviet Union boycotts the Los Angeles Summer Olympics Bernie
Goetz shoots four youths on the subway who he claims were trying
to rob him. |
Entertainment
in 1984
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Jaroslov Siefert -
Czecholslovakia
* Best Selling Fiction - The Talisman, Stephen King and Peter
Straub
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Iacocca: An Autobiography, Lee
Iacocca with William Novak
* Best Picture - Amadeus, Orion
* Best Director - Milos Forman, Amadeus
* Best Actress - Sally Field, Places in the Heart
* Best Actor - F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus |
Sport
champions in 1984
* MLB - Detroit Tigers
* NFL - Los Angeles Raiders
* NBA - Boston Celtics
* NHL - Edmonton Oilers
* NCAA-Basketball - Georgetown
* KY Derby - Swale
* U.S. Open Golf - Fuzzy Zoeller
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - John McEnroe
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Martina Navratilova |
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