1984 in the United States
Events from the year 1984 in the United States.
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Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Ronald Reagan (R-California)
- Vice President: George H. W. Bush (R-Texas)
- Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Minnesota)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts)
- Senate Majority Leader: Howard Baker (R-Tennessee)
- Congress: 98th
Events
January
- January 1 – US Bell System is broken up.
- January 3 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan meets with Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman and the Reverend Jesse Jackson at the White House, following Lieutenant Goodman's release from Syrian captivity.
- January 10 – The United States and the Vatican re-establish full diplomatic relations.[1]
- January 27 – Michael Jackson's hair catches on fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial.
February
- February 3 – Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.
- February 3 – STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on the 10th space shuttle mission.
- February 11 – STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger makes the first shuttle landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
- February 16 – Bill Johnson becomes first American male to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing.
- February 24 – Tyrone Mitchell kills two people at 49th Street Elementary School in South Central Los Angeles, California.
- February 26 – United States Marines pull out of Beirut, Lebanon.
- February 28 – Michael Jackson wins a record eight Grammy Awards.
March
- March 16
- The CIA station chief in Beirut, William Francis Buckley, is kidnapped by Islamic Jihad and later dies in captivity.
- Gary Plauché fatally shoots his son Jody's sexual abuser, Jeff Doucet, at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in Louisiana.
- March 22 – Teachers at the McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the schoolchildren (the charges are later dropped as completely unfounded).
April
- April 4 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
- April 9 – The 56th Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with James L. Brooks' Terms of Endearment winning Best Picture and Best Director, as well as three other awards out of 11 nominations.
- April 23 – Margaret Heckler of the U.S. Public Health Service announces the identity of HTLV-III as the virus that causes AIDS.
- April 24 – The 6.2 Mw Morgan Hill earthquake shook central California and the South Bay area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), causing 21–27 injuries and $7.5–8 million in losses.
May
- May 8
- 1984 Summer Olympics boycott: The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
- The longest game in Major League Baseball history begins at 7:30 PM between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago White Sox. The game is played over the course of 2 days, lasting 25 innings, with a total time of 8 hours and 6 minutes.
- May 12 – The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, a World's fair, opens in New Orleans.
- May 17 – Michael Silka kills nine people near Manley Hot Springs, Alaska.
- May 19 – The Edmonton Oilers defeat the New York Islanders to win their first Stanley Cup.
- May 27 – An overnight flash flood rages through neighborhoods in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nearly 15 inches of rain falls in some areas over a four-hour period. Fourteen people are killed.
- May 31 – Six death row inmates at Mecklenburg Correctional Center in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, including James and Linwood Briley, escape, the only occasion this has ever happened in the US. All are eventually recaptured and executed.
June
- June 1 – William M. Gibbons is released as receiver and trustee of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, after all of its debts and creditors are paid off by order of a federal bankruptcy court.
- June 3 – Ronald Reagan visits his ancestral home in Ballyporeen, the Republic of Ireland.
- June 4 – Bruce Springsteen releases his 7th album Born in the U.S.A.. The CD of the album is the first CD to be manufactured in the U.S.
- June 8
- 1984 Barneveld, Wisconsin tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado nearly destroys the town of Barneveld, Wisconsin, killing nine people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over $25,000,000 in damage.
- Ghostbusters and Gremlins are released.
- June 16 – Ricky Kasso murders Gary Lauwers in Northport, Long Island, New York.
- June 22 – The Karate Kid is released.
- June 25 – Purple Rain, the sixth studio album by recording artist Prince, is released by Warner Bros. Records. The soundtrack to the film of the same name, it is the first album where his band The Revolution is billed.
July
- July 18 – In San Ysidro, California, 41-year-old James Oliver Huberty sprays a McDonald's restaurant with gunfire, killing 21 people before being shot and killed.
- July 23 – Vanessa L. Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign, when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appear in Penthouse magazine.
- July 27 – Metallica releases a second studio album, Ride the Lightning.
- July 28–August 12 – The 1984 Summer Olympics are held in Los Angeles, California.
August
August 30–September 5: Space Shuttle Discovery's maiden voyage
- August 11 – United States President Ronald Reagan, during a voice check for a radio broadcast remarks, "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."
- August 30 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
September
- September 5 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
- September 17 – The Transformers debuts in syndication.
- September 10 – Jeopardy! begins its syndicated version, with host Alex Trebek.
- September 20 – Hezbollah car-bombs the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, killing 24 people.
October
- October 1 – American Movie Classics is initiated.
- October 2 – John Schnatter opens the first Papa John's Pizza in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
- October 5 – STS-41-G: Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
- October 6 – Out of Control debuts on Nickelodeon.[2]
- October 11 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
- October 14 – World Series: The Detroit Tigers defeat the San Diego Padres to win in 5 games.
November
November 6: Reagan reelected president
- November – The unemployment rate drops to 7.2%, the same rate it was when the early 1980s recession started in June 1981.
- November 2 – Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- November 6 – 1984 United States presidential election: Ronald Reagan defeats Walter F. Mondale with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since Richard Nixon's 61% victory in 1972. Reagan carries 49 states in the electoral college; Mondale wins only his home state of Minnesota by a mere 3,761 vote margin and the District of Columbia.
- November 9 – Cesar Chavez delivers his speech, "What The Future Holds For Farm Workers And Hispanics", at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.
- November 28 – Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States.
December
- December 1 – Controlled Impact Demonstration: NASA intentionally crashes a remote controlled Boeing 720.
- December 8 – White supremacist and Order leader Robert Jay Mathews is killed in a gun battle and fire during an FBI siege on Whidbey Island.
- December 22 – Four African-American youths (Barry Allen, Troy Canty, James Ramseur, and Darrell Cabey) board an express train in The Bronx borough of New York City. They attempt to rob Bernhard Goetz, who shoots them. The event starts a national debate about urban crime, which is a plague in 1980s America.
Undated
- Arlene Violet, until recently a religious sister, becomes Attorney General of Rhode Island, the first female Attorney General elected in the U.S.[3][4]
- Ryan White, a student who contracted AIDS, is expelled from Western High School in Russiaville, Indiana because of his disease.
- Crack cocaine, a smokeable form of the drug, becomes widely used in the Los Angeles area and soon spreads across the United States in what becomes known as the Crack epidemic.
Ongoing
- Cold War (1947–1991)
Births
January
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- January 1
- Lance Brooks, Olympic discus thrower
- Tiffany Hobbs, photographer
- January 3 – Shelby Starner, singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
- January 4 – Robin Sydney, actress
- January 6
- Jonathan Cook, singer/songwriter and frontman for Forever the Sickest Kids
- Kate McKinnon, actress and comedian
- Eric Trump, businessman, philanthropist and reality TV personality, son of Donald Trump
- January 7
- Caros Fodor, mixed martial artist, brother of Phoenix Jones
- Jon Lester, baseball player
- January 8 – Jeff Francoeur, baseball player
- January 9 – Drew Brown, musician and songwriter
- January 11 – Eddie Alvarez, mixed martial artist
- January 12 – Scott Olsen, baseball player
- January 13 – Nathaniel Motte, singer-songwriter, performer, music producer, film composer, instrumentalist and playwright
- January 15
- Megan Quann, Olympic swimmer
- Victor Rasuk, actor
- Ben Shapiro, political commentator and writer
- January 17
- Rickey D'Shon Collins, actor
- Cassie Hager, basketball player
- January 18 – Seung-Hui Cho, Korean-born Virginia Tech massacre gunman (d. 2007)
- January 19 – Lil Scrappy, rapper
- January 21
- Luke Grimes, actor
- Amy Hastings, athlete
- Haloti Ngata, soccer player
- January 24
- Justin Baldoni, actor, director and filmmaker
- Ashley C. Williams, actress
- January 25 – Kaiji Tang, voice actor
- January 27 – Davetta Sherwood, actress and musician
- January 28
- Stephen Gostkowski, football player
- Andre Iguodala, basketball player
- January 30 – Arthur Chu, columnist and Jeopardy! contestant
February
- February 1
- Abbi Jacobson, comedian, writer and actress
- Lee Thompson Young, actor (d. 2013)
- February 2 – David Pakman, political pundit
- February 3
- Elizabeth Holmes, convicted fraudster, founder of Theranos
- Matthew Moy, actor
- Phillipe Nover, mixed martial artist
- February 5 – Nate Salley, football player
- February 8 – Cecily Strong, actress and comedian
- February 9 – Logan Bartholomew, actor
- February 11
- Matt Good, singer and guitarist for From First to Last
- Aubrey O'Day, singer and actress
- February 12
- Tony Ferguson, mixed martial artist
- Brad Keselowski, stock car driver
- Peter Vanderkaay, Olympic swimmer
- February 13 – Brina Palencia, voice actress
- February 15 – Matt and Ross Duffer, twin screenwriters and directors
- February 17
- Jimmy Jacobs, wrestler
- Drew Miller, ice hockey player
- February 18 – Buddy Nielsen, frontman for Senses Fail
- February 19 – Marissa Meyer, novelist
- February 20 – Ben Lovejoy, ice hockey player
- February 24 – Wilson Bethel, actor
- February 29
- Mark Foster, singer and composer, frontman of Foster the People
- Alicia Hollowell, softball player
- Cullen Jones, Olympic swimmer
March
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- March 1 – Brandon Stanton, photographer and blogger
- March 2
- Trent Garrett, actor and model
- Ian Sinclair, voice actor
- March 3 – Mike Gallagher, politician
- March 4 – Zak Whitbread, soccer player
- March 6 – Chris Tomson, musician, drummer for Vampire Weekend
- March 7
- Steve Burtt Jr., American-born Ukrainian basketball player
- Brandon T. Jackson, stand-up comedian, actor and rapper
- March 9 – Julia Mancuso, Olympic skier
- March 10 – Olivia Wilde, actress and model
- March 12 – Jaimie Alexander, actress
- March 14 – Dan Crenshaw, politician and Navy SEAL
- March 16 – Alejandro Edda, Mexican-born actor
- March 17 – Ryan Rottman, actor
- March 20
- Justine Ezarik, Internet celebrity and actress
- Christy Carlson Romano, actress and singer
- Marcus Vick, football player
- March 24 – Chris Bosh, basketball player
- March 25 – Katharine McPhee, singer-songwriter and actress
- March 26
- Sara Jean Underwood, model
- Brady Walkinshaw, politician
- March 27
- Stephen Rhodes, stock car driver
- Jon Paul Steuer, actor and musician (d. 2018)
- March 28 – Bill Switzer, Canadian-born voice actor
- March 30
- Justin Moore, Country singer
- Anna Nalick, singer
- March 31 – Jack Antonoff, indie pop musician
April
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- April 2
- Thomas Payne, U.S. Army Delta Force Veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient
- Ashley Peldon, actress
- April 3 – Chrissie Fit, actress and singer
- April 4 – Sean May, basketball player
- April 5
- Marshall Allman, actor
- Phil Wickham, musician
- April 7 – Kirsten Storms, actress
- April 8
- Ezra Koenig, musician
- Taran Noah Smith, actor
- Kirsten Storms, actress
- April 10
- Natasha Melnick, actress
- Mandy Moore, singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer
- April 11
- Colin Clark, soccer player (d. 2019)
- Kelli Garner, actress
- April 14 – Adán Sánchez, singer (d. 2004)
- April 16
- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, author
- Noah Fleiss, actor
- April 18
- Red Bryant, football player
- America Ferrera, actress
- April 20
- Garrett Bischoff, referee and wrestler, son of Eric Bischoff
- Anthony Fasano, football player
- Tyson Griffin, mixed martial artist
- Harris Wittels, actor, producer and screenwriter (d. 2015)
- April 21 – Shayna Fox, voice actress
- April 22 – Jesse Lee Soffer, actor
- April 24 – Tyson Ritter, singer, bassist and frontman for The All-American Rejects
- April 25 – Melonie Diaz, actress
- April 26
- Carlos Condit, mixed martial artist
- Ryan O'Donohue, voice actor
- Emily Wickersham, actress
- April 27 – Patrick Stump, singer-songwriter, frontman for Fall Out Boy
- April 29
- Taylor Cole, actress
- Marina Squerciati, actress
- April 30 – William Timmons, politician
May
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- May 1
- Kerry Bishé, actress
- Henry Zebrowski, actor and comedian
- May 3
- Cheryl Burke, dancer
- Morgan Kibby, actress and singer-songwriter
- May 7
- James Loney, baseball player
- Alex Smith, football player
- May 8 – Julia Whelan, actress
- May 9
- Prince Fielder, baseball player
- Chase Headley, baseball player
- Ezra Klein, journalist, blogger and columnist
- May 11 – John Bowie, football player
- May 13 – Joe Neguse, politician
- May 14 – Mark Zuckerberg, founder and creator of Facebook
- May 15 – Colin Hufman, Olympic curler
- May 17
- Jayson Blair, actor
- Alejandro Edda, Mexican-born actor
- May 20
- Naturi Naughton, singer and actress
- Kenny Vasoli, singer-songwriter
- May 21
- Jackson Pearce, novelist
- Gary Woodland, golfer
- May 23
- Sam Milby, actor and rock musician
- Adam Wylie, actor
- May 24 – Sarah Hagan, actress
- May 27 – Darin Brooks, actor
- May 29
- Carmelo Anthony, basketball player
- Nia Jax, Australian-born wrestler
- Kaycee Stroh, actress, singer and dancer
- May 30 – DeWanda Wise, actress
June
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- June 1 – David Neville, Olympic sprinter
- June 4 – Jillian Murray, actress
- June 2 – Stevie Ryan, YouTube personality, actress and comedian (d. 2017)
- June 5 – Simon Rich, comic writer
- June 6
- Shannon Stewart, model
- Jason Trusnik, football player
- June 8
- Todd Boeckman, American football player
- Torrey DeVitto, actress and fashion model
- June 9 – Caroline D'Amore, DJ, model and actress
- June 10 – Betsy Sodaro, actress and voice actress
- June 13 – Phillip Van Dyke, actor
- June 15 – Tim Lincecum, baseball player
- June 17
- John Gallagher Jr., actor, singer and dancer
- Chris Weidman, mixed martial artist
- June 18 – Ian Jones-Quartey, animator and voice actor
- June 19 – Paul Dano, actor and producer
- June 22 – Dustin Johnson, golfer
- June 24
- Lucien Dodge, voice actor
- JJ Redick, basketball player
- June 25 – Lauren Bush, model and producer
- June 26
- Raymond Felton, basketball player
- Aubrey Plaza, actress and comedian
- Deron Williams, basketball player
- Eddie Wineland, mixed martial artist
- June 27
- Khloé Kardashian, television personality
- Conor Lamb, politician
- June 28 – Eric Friedman, heavy metal musician and songwriter
- June 30 – Fantasia, R&B singer, American Idol winner
July
- July 1 – Jason Reeves, folk singer-songwriter
- July 2
- Vanessa Lee Chester, actress
- Elise Stefanik, politician
- Johnny Weir, figure skater, fashion designer and television commentator
- July 3 – Manny Lawson, football player
- July 5 – Zack Miller, golfer
- July 7 – Ross Malinger, actor
- July 8 – Alexis Dziena, actress
- July 9 – Hanna R. Hall, actress
- July 10 – Aviva Baumann, actress
- July 11
- Tanith Belbin White, Canadian-born figure skater
- Joe Pavelski, hockey player
- July 12
- Erica Buettner, American indie folk singer and songwriter
- Matt Cook, actor
- Amanda Hocking, novelist
- Natalie Martinez, actress and model
- July 14 – Alex Ross Perry, film director, screenwriter and actor
- July 17 – Katie Uhlaender, Olympic skeleton racer
- July 18 – Allen Craig, baseball player
- July 19 – Kaitlin Doubleday, actress
- July 21 – Paul Davis, basketball player
- July 23
- James Holzhauer, game show champion
- Brandon Roy, basketball player
- Celeste Thorson, actress and model
- July 24 – Kristen Dowling, basketball coach
- July 26 – Grace Byers, actress
- July 27
- Antoine Bethea, football player
- Taylor Schilling, actress
- July 28
- DeMeco Ryans, football player
- Ali Krieger, soccer player
- Zach Parise, ice hockey player
- John David Washington, football player, actor and producer
- July 29 – J. Madison Wright Morris, actress (d. 2006)
- July 30
- Gina Rodriguez, actress and producer
- Gabrielle Christian, actress
August
- August 1 – Danny Tidwell, dancer (d. 2020)
- August 2 – Brandon Browner, football player
- August 3
- Carah Faye Charnow, singer for Shiny Toy Guns
- Jon Foster, actor and musician
- Sarah Lane, ballerina
- Ryan Lochte, Olympic swimmer
- August 10
- Ryan Eggold, actor
- Ja'Tovia Gary, artist and filmmaker
- August 11 – Melky Cabrera, baseball player
- August 14 – Clay Buchholz, baseball player
- August 17 – Garrett Wolfe, football player
- August 20 – Tom Speer, mixed martial artist
- August 24 – Charlie Villanueva, basketball player
- August 26 – Craig Owens, singer and frontman for Chiodos
- August 28 – Sarah Roemer, actress
- August 31 – Ryan Kesler, ice hockey player
September
- September 1 – Joe Trohman, singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist for Fall Out Boy
- September 2
- Drew Jacoby, ballerina
- Charles Trippy; musician, vlogger, Internet personality and bassist for We the Kings
- September 3 – Garrett Hedlund, actor, model and singer
- September 4 – Kyle Mooney, actor, comedian and writer
- September 6 – Abby Martin, journalist
- September 7 – Kate Miner, actress and musician
- September 14 – Adam Lamberg, actor
- September 16
- Sabrina Bryan, actress and singer
- Ali Fedotowsky, television personality
- September 18
- Nina Arianda, actress
- Dashon Goldson, football player
- Anthony Gonzalez, football player and politician
- September 19
- Young Greatness, rapper (d. 2018)
- Lydia Hearst, actress and fashion model
- September 20 – Holly Weber, actress and model
- September 21
- Dwayne Bowe, football player
- Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Olympic swimmer
- Rashad McCants, basketball player
- September 23
- Kate French, actress and model
- Matt Kemp, baseball player
- Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-born actress and singer
- September 25
- CariDee English, fashion model and TV personality
- Zach Woods, actor and comedian
- September 26 – John Dodson, mixed martial artist
- September 27 – Andrew Garbarino, politician
- September 28
- Melody Thornton, singer
- Ryan Zimmerman, baseball player
October
- October 1
- Beck Bennett, actor and screenwriter
- Josh Brener, actor
- Matt Cain, baseball player
- October 2 – John Morris, actor
- October 3
- Chris Marquette, actor
- Ashlee Simpson, singer and actress
- October 5 – Brooke Valentine, urban musician
- October 6 – Joanna Pacitti, singer
- October 7 – Andy Bean, actor
- October 10
- Matt Brandyberry, rapper, keyboarder, and vocalist for From Ashes to New
- Elana Meyers, Olympic bobsledder
- October 14
- Jason Davis, actor (d. 2020)
- Santino Quaranta, soccer player
- October 17
- Chris Lowell, actor
- Randall Munroe, programmer and webcomic artist
- Luke Rockhold, mixed martial artist
- October 18
- Hollie Dunaway, boxer
- Esperanza Spalding, singer
- Lindsey Vonn, Olympic skier
- October 20 – Mitch Lucker, heavy metal singer for Suicide Silence (d. 2012)
- October 21 – Marvin Mitchell, football player
- October 23 – Meghan McCain, author and columnist, daughter of Senator John McCain
- October 24
- Ben Giroux, actor and director
- Erin Lucas, actress
- October 25 – Katy Perry, singer-songwriter
- October 27
- Kelly Osbourne, English-born television personality and singer
- Brady Quinn, football player
- October 30
- Scott Clifton, actor, musician and television personality
- Eva Marcille, model
- October 31 – Pat Murray, football player
November
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- November 4 – Dustin Brown, ice hockey player
- November 5 – Nick Folk, football player
- November 6 – Ricky Romero, baseball player
- November 7 – Jonathan Bornstein, American-born Israeli soccer player
- November 9
- Beatrice Bofia, Cameroonian-born basketball player
- French Montana, Moroccan-born rapper
- Joel Zumaya, baseball player
- November 12
- Jorge Masvidal, mixed martial artist
- Omarion, singer-songwriter and actor
- Benjamin Okolski, figure skater
- November 13 – Sarah Rose Karr, actress
- November 14 – Tony Gaffney, basketball player
- November 16 – Kimberly J. Brown, actress
- November 17 – Lauren Maltby, actress and psychologist
- November 19 – Lindsay Ellingson, model
- November 20 – Jeremy Jordan, actor and singer
- November 21 – Jena Malone, actress, musician and photographer
- November 22 – Scarlett Johansson, actress
- November 23
- Lucas Grabeel, actor
- Jarah Mariano, model
- November 28
- Alan Ritchson, actor, model and singer
- Trey Songz, singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead, actress
December
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- December 1 – Charles Michael Davis, actor, model, producer, and director
- December 4 – Lindsay Felton, actress
- December 5 – Lauren London, actress and model
- December 8 – Sam Hunt, Country singer-songwriter
- December 11 – Xosha Roquemore, actress
- December 12 – Court McGee, mixed martial artist
- December 14
- Mike Fuentes, drummer, co-founder of Pierce the Veil
- Jackson Rathbone, actor and singer
- December 17
- Tennessee Thomas, British-born drummer and actor
- Shannon Woodward, actress
- December 22 – Greg Finley, actor
- December 23
- Alison Sudol, singer-songwriter and actress (aka A Fine Frenzy)
- Cary Williams, football player
- December 25 – Chris Richard, basketball player
- December 26 – Jenny Shakeshaft, actress and model
- December 27 – Tye'sha Fluker, basketball player
- December 30 – LeBron James, basketball player
Deaths
- January 14 – Ray Kroc, businessman and founder of McDonald's (b. 1902)
- January 20 – Johnny Weissmuller, Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
- February 24 – Tyrone Mitchell, murderer (suicide) (b. 1955)
- April 1 – Marvin Gaye, singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1939)
- April 14 – Anders Haugen, ski jumper (b. 1888)[5]
- April 26 – Count Basie, pianist, organist, bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
- May 19 – Michael Silka, spree killer (b. 1958)
- June 30 – Lillian Hellman, playwright (born 1905)[6]
- July 27 – C. L. Franklin, Baptist minister and civil rights activist (b. 1915)
- August 25 – Truman Capote, writer (b. 1924)
- August 26 – Julie Stevens, actress (b. 1916)
- September 24 – Neil Hamilton, actor (b. 1899)
- September 28 – Roy Sullivan, park ranger, world record holder for lightning strikes survived (b. 1912)
- October 1 – Billy Goodman, baseball player (b. 1926)
- December – J. Roderick MacArthur, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1920)
See also
References
- United States-Vatican Diplomatic Relations: The Past and The Future Archived October 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- "Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- Weatherford, Doris (2012). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. Los Angeles, CA: CQ Press. pp. 76–77. ISBN 978-1-60871-007-2.
- "Firsts for Women in U.S. Politics". Center for American Women And Politics, Rutgers. Archived from the original on 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
- "Anders Haugen". olympedia.org. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- "Lillian Hellman | American playwright". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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