September 15, 1984 — Prince Harry is born
The younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Harry (in full: Henry Charles Albert David Windsor; formally: Prince Henry...
December 4, 2014
Politics & War
November 6, 1984 — Ronald Reagan is re-elected President
The 1984 United States presidential election was a victory lap for Reagan, and he achieved the greatest electoral college majority...
November 24, 2014
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March 31, 1986 — Fishing of the Atlantic Striped Bass is made illegal
Under the terms of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act of 1984, it became possible for duly appointed local authorities...
November 9, 2014
April 15, 1986 — The US bombs Libya
In the 1980s, the two most insecure men in the world were Ronald Reagan and Muammar Qaddafi, both of whom...
November 4, 2014
November 29, 1989 — The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia relinquishes power
The Velvet Revolution was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia, following on from the fall of the Communist regimes of East...
August 29, 2014
December 11, 1989 — The Communist Party of Bulgaria relinquishes power
Like the Communist Parties of all the Eastern European states, the Bulgarian Communist Party found its power and authority undermined...
August 24, 2014
December 25, 1989 — Nicolae Ceauşescu is executed by revolutionaries
Merry Christmas Romania! Have a free democratic state, a dictator’s corpse and a happy new year! One of the most...
August 19, 2014
January 15, 1991 — The deadline for Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expires
In response to Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, the government of the USA – with full United Nations approval...
July 19, 2014
March 3, 1991 — Rodney King is beaten by four LAPD officers
After a high speed chase, Rodney King was pulled over by a husband and wife team of California Highway Patrol...
July 9, 2014
February 27, 1992 — S.I. Hayakawa dies
A noted populariser of the ideas of Alfred Korzybski, especially general semantics, Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa was a Japanese-American academic. He...
June 14, 2014
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