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| Agreement Hong Kong Thatcher, Margaret Hilda |  |
19th Dec Peking Signs the Hong Kong agreement in Peking, Hong Kong will return to China  by 1997 |
| Arrest Best, George | |
| Best receives a three-month prison sentence for drunk driving, assaulting a police officer and failing to answer bail, he spent Chris tmas of 1984 behind bars and turned out as a player for Ford Open Prison |
| Big Audio Dynamite Jones, Mick | |
| After his expulsion from The Clash, Jones forms Big Audio Dynamite (often shortened to BAD) with film director Don Letts who directed various Clash videos and Westway to the World |
| Big Audio Dynamite Letts, Don | |
| After his expulsion from The Clash, Jones forms Big Audio Dynamite (often shortened to BAD) with film director Don Letts who directed various Clash videos and Westway to the World |
| Bishop of Durham Jenkins, David | |
| 14th Mar Durham Nominated as Bishop of Durham |
| Bombing of Brighton Tebbit, Norman | |
| 12th Oct Brighton Injured by an IRA bomb at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party Conference |
| 12th Oct Brighton Tebbit's wife is paralysed |
| Bombing of Brighton Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 12th Oct Brighton 4 are killed but the conference continues |
| 12th Oct Brighton An IRA bomb explodes at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party conference |
| Bombing of Brighton Wakenham, John | |
| Brighton An IRA bomb at the party conference hotel kills Wakenham's wife & injures his legs |
| Budget Lawson, Nigel | |
| London Abolishes Investment Income Surcharge & National Insurance Surcharge |
| London Cuts Corporation tax |
| Burial Edward the Martyr | |
15th Sep Brookwood Re-interred in a Russian  orthodox chapel at Brookwood cemetery, Surrey |
| 16th Sep Croydon Edward's bones are returned to the custody of the Midland Bank where they remain |
| Clash, The Sheppard, Nick | |
| The Clash pick Nick Sheppard, formerly of the Bristol-based Cortinas, and Vince White as the band's new guitarists |
| Clash, The White, Vince | |
| The Clash pick Nick Sheppard, formerly of the Bristol-based Cortinas, and Vince White as the band's new guitarists |
| Composition Bon, Simon John Charles Le | |
| Duran Duran's 4th album, " Arena", is released |
| Composition Bowie, David | |
| Releases Album, "Tonight" |
| Composition Burchill, Charlie | |
| Simple Minds release "Sparkle in the Rain", UK no 1 Album |
| Composition Clapton, Eric Patrick | |
| Performs on Pink Floyd member Roger Waters 's solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking |
| Composition Gilmour, Dave | |
| 5th Mar Dave Gilmour releases his second solo album, "About Face", co-written with Pete Townshend |
| Composition Kerr, Jim | |
| Simple Minds release "Sparkle in the Rain", UK no 1 Album |
| Composition Oakey, Philip | |
| Sheffield The Human League release the Album, "Hysteria" |
| Composition Rotten, Johnny | |
| PIL release, "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" |
| Composition Townshend, Pete | |
| 5th Mar Dave Gilmour releases his second solo album, "About Face", co-written with Pete Townshend |
| Composition Waters, Roger | |
| 9th April Roger Waters releases his first solo single, "5.01 a.m. (The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking)". |
| May Roger Waters releases his first solo album, "The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking" |
| Composition Wright, Rick | |
| 9th April Rick Wright releases a self-titled album of his collaboration with Dave Harris , "Zee" |
| Conference of Conservatives Wakenham, John | |
| Brighton An IRA bomb at the party conference hotel kills Wakenham's wife & injures his legs |
| Council Collective Weller, Paul | |
| Weller puts together his own charity ensemble, the Council Collective, to make a record ("Soul Deep") to raise money for the striking miners |
| Death Harris, Arthur Travers | |
| Death of Arthur Travers Harris |
| Death Korner, Alexis | |
| 1st Jan Death of Alexis Korner, a lifelong smoker, of lung cancer |
| Death Lennon, John Winston | |
| 21st Mar New York An opening ceremony is held for Strawberry Fields, an area in New York City's Central Park dedicated to John Lennon |
| Death Mason, James | |
| 27th July Death of James Mason |
| Diplomacy Howe, Geoffrey | |
| Sep Hong Kong Howe & Thatcher sign the Joint Declaration handover to China by 1st July 1997 |
| Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 2nd Feb Thatcher visits Hungary , 1st Warsaw country visited as PM |
| 13th Feb Moscow Margaret Thatcher meets Konstantin Chernenko |
| 16th Dec London Margaret Thatcher is visited by the Gorbachevs |
| Firm, The Page, James Patrick "Jimmy" | |
| Jimmy Page & Paul Rogers create The Firm |
| Firm, The Rogers, Paul | |
| Jimmy Page & Paul Rogers create The Firm |
| Funeral Andropov Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 9th Feb Attends Andropov's funeral in the USSR |
| Governor Baker, Francis | |
| St Helena Appointed Governor of St Helena |
| Honeydrippers, The Page, James Patrick "Jimmy" | |
| Page records with Robert Plant in the guise of The Honeydrippers |
| Honeydrippers, The Plant, Robert Anthony | |
| Page records with Robert Plant in the guise of The Honeydrippers |
| Lord Commissioner Major, John Roy | |
| Oct Appointed Lord Commissioner |
| Manager Revie, Donald George "Don" | |
| Cairo Appointed Manager of Al Al of Cairo Football Team |
| Manager Venables, Terrry | |
| Barcelona Appointed Manager of Barcelona |
| OBE Ferguson, Alexander Chapman | |
| Ferguson is awarded the OBE in the 1984 honours list |
| Olympic Gold Medal Coe, Sebastian Newbold | |
| Los Angeles Wins the 1500m Olympic Gold Medal |
| Peerage Greville | |
| Warwick Created Earl of Warwick |
| Peerage MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| Stockton Created Earl of Stockton, 1st |
| Pit Closures MacGregor, Ian | |
| 6th Mar London Has a meeting with the NUM & announces there will be 20 pit closures |
| President Grey, Roger de | |
| Appointed President of the Royal Academy |
| Private Secretary Powell, Charles | |
| London Appointed Private Secretary to Margaret Thatcher |
| Privatization Lawson, Nigel | |
| London Completes the privatization of British Telecom |
| Privatization Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| British Telecom is sold for œ3,916 million |
| Enterprise Oil is sold for œ392 million |
| Jaguar is sold for œ294 million |
| Jaguar Motors is sold to private investors |
| 20th Nov British Telecom is floated on the stock exchange |
| Publication Forsyth, Frederick | |
| Publication of, "The Fourth Protocol" |
| Publication Hughes, Ted | |
| 19th Dec Appointed Poet Laureate |
| Retirement Keegan, Joseph Kevin | |
| Newcastle Keegan announces his retirement prior to the end of the 1984 season |
| Rule of Hong Kong Howe, Geoffrey | |
| Sep Hong Kong Howe & Thatcher sign the Joint Declaration handover to China by 1st July 1997 |
| Rule of Hong Kong Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Sep Hong Kong Howe & Thatcher sign Declaration handing over Hong Kong to China by 1st July 1997 |
| 19th Dec Hong Kong Signs the Hong Kong agreement in Peking, Hong Kong will return to China by 1997 |
| Scottish Cup Winners Ferguson, Alexander Chapman | |
Aberdeen Aberdeen win the Scottish  league and retained the Scottish Cup |
| Scottish League Winners Ferguson, Alexander Chapman | |
| Aberdeen Aberdeen win the Scottish league and retained the Scottish Cup |
| Shadow Cabinet Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| 7th Nov Appointed Junior Treasury spokesman |
| Stone Roses Squire, John | |
| From 1984 to 1996 he was the lead guitarist for The Stone Roses, one of the most influential acts of its era |
| Strawberry Fields Lennon, John Winston | |
| 21st Mar New York An opening ceremony is held for Strawberry Fields, an area in New York City's Central Park dedicated to John Lennon |
| Strike MacGregor, Ian | |
| 23rd May London Negotiations begin with the NUM |
| 23rd May London Scargill insists pitts must close on the basis of exhaustion |
| Strike Scargill, Arthur | |
| Jan The NUM bans overtime |
| 1st Mar Cortonwood The NCB announce closure of Cortonwood in Yorkshire sparking off the Miners Strike |
| 8th Mar Yorkshire The NUM National Executive supports Yorkshire & Scotland without a national ballot |
| 12th Mar London The beginning of the Miners Strike, during the 1st day 100 pits are closed down |
| April The NUM Special Delegate Conference votes to reduce the majority needed for a strike |
| 12th April Scargill vetoes a national ballot on the miner's strike |
| 23rd May London Negotiations begin with the NCB, Scargill says only exhausted pits should close |
| 29th May Orgreave Miners & police clash at Orgreave |
| 6th Sep Kellingley Miners & police clash at Kellingley |
| 21st Sep Maltby Miners & police clash at Maltby |
| 28th Sep A Judge rules that the miner'sstrike is illegal |
| 14th Dec A court fines Scargill for obstruction |
| Strike Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Cheltenham Forbids trades union membership at GCHQ, œ1,000 is given for each union card |
| London TheGovernment agrees a miners' redundancy deal of œ1,000 per year of service |
| Mar Kent The Kent NUM challenge the government's right to turn away pickets |
| Mar Kent The Kent NUM loses its case against the government |
| Mar London Sets up a special committee to deal with the Miners Strike |
| 5th Mar Cortonwood Cortonwood colliery strikes over closure plans |
| 15th Mar Ollerton End of the flying pickets outside Ollerton colliery |
| 7th April London London demonstration in support of the miners |
| 12th April Scargill vetoes a national ballot on the miner's strike |
| 29th May Orgreave Miners try to force the closure of the Sheffield steel plant & confront the police |
| 9th July London The TGWU begins a Dock Strike over breaches of the National Dock Labour Scheme |
| 20th July London The TGWU calls off the National Dock Strike |
| 25th July London Walter Marshall estimates power stations can run until Nov 1985 |
| 7th Aug Yorkshire 2 Miners begin Court action against the Yorkshire NUM for striking without a ballot |
| 7th Aug Yorkshire NUM assets are sequestrated |
| 28th Sep A Judge rules that the miner'sstrike is illegal |
| 14th Dec A court fines Scargill for obstruction |
| Strike Walker, Peter | |
| London Wins his case for fighting the Miners Strike using Criminal Law rather than Civil Law |
| UEFA Cup Hoddle, Glenn | |
| Hoddle proves to be the architect behind Spurs' UEFA Cup triumph despite missing the Final due to fitness concerns |
| Whip Major, John Roy | |
| Oct London Appointed Treasury Whip |
