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Died on Monday April 23, 1984



Born on April 23

Died on April 23
  • 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
  • 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
  • 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
  • 1985 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
  • 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
  • 1986 » Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
  • 1986 » Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1922)
  • 1986 » Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)
  • 1990 » Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
  • 1991 » Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)

Names that were popular for boys in 1984
  1. Mark
  2. Jeroen
  3. Jan
  4. Peter
  5. Michael
  6. Martijn
  7. Wouter
  8. Johannes
  9. Robert
  10. Pieter
  11. David
  12. Hendrik
  13. Bart
  14. Thomas
  15. Erik
  16. Vincent
Names that were popular for girls in 1984
  1. Linda
  2. Maria
  3. Jessica
  4. Anna
  5. Kim
  6. Wendy
  7. Esther
  8. Johanna
  9. Laura
  10. Sarah
  11. Maaike
  12. Sandra
  13. Nicole
  14. Suzanne
  15. Jennifer
  16. Bianca

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1984
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • January 24 » Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
  • April 19 » Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
  • June 22 » Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
  • August 15 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh
  • September 5 » STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
  • December 22 » "Subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, United States.
Weather April 23, 1984

The temperature on April 23, 1984 was between 3.9 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.

Source: KNMI