What is 1984?
{{about|the year 1984|the book by George Orwell|Nineteen Eighty-Four}} {{Year nav|1984}} {{Year in various calendars|1984}} '''1984''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLXXXIV]]) was a [[leap year]] [[Leap year starting on Sunday|starting on Sunday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], {{Year article header/year number|1984}} == Events == === January - June === * [[January 4]] – Rapeye series by [[Paramount Pictures]]. * [[January 27]] – [[Michael Jackson]]'s hair catches on fire during the filming of the [[Pepsi]] commercial. * [[March 22]] – People said the teachers at the [[McMartin preschool]] in [[Manhattan Beach, California]] were abusing the children in the school. The police found out that this was not true. * [[March 23]] – [[Sarah Tisdall]], who told ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper that [[cruise missile]]s were coming to Britain, was sentenced to six months imprisonment. * [[March 24]] – The Wran Government was chosen in NSW for a 4th term. * [[March 28]] - The [[1984 Carolinas tornado outbreak]] causes many deaths in North and [[South Carolina]]. * [[April 4]] – [[Ronald Reagan|President Ronald Reagan]] said that no one should use [[chemical weapon]]s. * [[April 12]] – Four young [[Palestinian]]s took an [[Israeli]] bus hostage. Israeli special forces got onto the bus and freed the hostages. They killed 1 hostage and two of the hijackers. Two other hijackers were captured and killed by Ehud Yatom. He crushed their skulls while they were tied up. Shin Bet chief Abraham Shalom told them to do this. It caused a major scandal ([[Kav 300 affair]]). * [[April 13]] – India started [[Operation Meghdoot]]. They took control of most of the [[Siachen Glacier]] in [[Kashmir]]. * [[April 17]] – [[WPC]] [[Yvonne Fletcher]] was shot dead by a hidden gunman outside the [[Libya]]n [[Embassy]] in [[London]] during the event known as the [[1984 Libyan Embassy Siege]]. *[[April 19]] – ''[[Advance Australia Fair]]'' was named as [[Australia]]'s [[national anthem]], and green and gold as the national colours. *[[April 25]] – The end of [[Sul