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World Events[]

  • The Apple Macintosh is introduced.
  • The beginning of the UK Coal Miner’s strike.
  • WPC Yvonne Fletcher is shot and killed outside the Libyan Embassy in London.
  • The Soviet Union boycotts the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
  • Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated.
  • A leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, kills more than 8,000 people outright and injures over half a million.

Events In Rock[]

  • Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in a car crash.
  • Marvin Gaye is shot and killed during an argument with his father.
  • Band Aid records the charity single ‘Do They Know It's Christmas?’ to raise money to combat the famine in Ethiopia.

Major Rock Releases[]

List Of FRS Dates[]

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February

March

April

06 Jan 1984
13 Jan 1984
20 Jan 1984
27 Jan 1984
03 Feb 1984
10 Feb 1984
17 Feb 1984
24 Feb 1984
02 Mar 1984
09 Mar 1984
16 Mar 1984
23 Mar 1984
30 Mar 1984
06 Apr 1984
13 Apr 1984
20 Apr 1984
27 Apr 1984

May

June

July

August

04 May 1984
11 May 1984
18 May 1984
25 May 1984
01 June 1984
08 June 1984
15 June 1984
22 June 1984
29 June 1984
06 July 1984
13 July 1984
20 July 1984
27 July 1984
03 Aug 1984
10 Aug 1984
17 Aug 1984
24 Aug 1984
31 Aug 1984

September

October

November

December

07 Sep 1984
14 Sep 1984
21 Sep 1984
28 Sep 1984
05 Oct 1984
12 Oct 1984
19 Oct 1984
26 Oct 1984
02 Nov 1984
09 Nov 1984
16 Nov 1984
23 Nov 1984
30 Nov 1984
07 Dec 1984
14 Dec 1984
21 Dec 1984
28 Dec 1984

Shows Shared[]

Footnotes
  1. Tommy was on holiday in Cyprus.
  2. According to the Radio Times, this was also to have been presented by Batten-Foster.
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