About the day » Monday July 30, 1984Calender converter

• Cervaas Arie MILORT (80), Krimpen aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adeline Mathilde Hoff (85)
• Adolf Cornelis Duijvelshoff (66), Den Helder
• Anthonij Jan van Kan (87), Chardon, Geauga, Ohio
• Antoon Pennings (75), Leiden
• Christina Johanna WICHGERS (85), Drempt
• Catharine Reintjes (78), Uedem (Deu)
• Cornelis Robbert Wilhelm van Ligten (74), Den Haag
• * Catharina Ludwina Rosa (Ludy) Greeve (33), Zoetermeer
• Albert Knottnerus (72), Zutphen

• 1982 » Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer
• 1983 » Seán Dillon, Irish footballer
• 1984 » Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer
• 1984 » Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player
• 1984 » Marko Asmer, Estonian race car driver
• 1984 » Trudy McIntosh, Australian artistic gymnast
• 1985 » Chris Guccione, Australian tennis player
• 1985 » Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer
• 1985 » Luca Lanotte, Italian ice dancer
• 1985 » Matthew Scott, Australian rugby league player

• 1975 » James Blish, American author and critic (b. 1921)
• 1977 » Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (b. 1885)
• 1983 » Howard Dietz, American songwriter and publicist (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)
• 1985 » Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (b. 1963)
• 1990 » Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA (b. 1937)
• 1992 » Brenda Marshall, Filipino-American actress and singer (b. 1915)
• 1992 » Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (b. 1903)

• 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 22 » The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial.
• February 7 » Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
• May 8 » Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour.
• May 17 » Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend", sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.
• July 17 » The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
• December 10 » United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.

The temperature on July 30, 1984 was between 15.9 °C and 30.5 °C and averaged 24.2 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.