April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of death February 15, 1984
The temperature on February 15, 1984 was between -4.5 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
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).
March 29 » The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.
September 20 » A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
November 2 » Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
December 1 » NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
December 10 » United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.
Day of burial February 20, 1984
The temperature on February 20, 1984 was between -4.6 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
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.
January 1 » Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
January 28 » Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
June 22 » Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
July 17 » The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
August 1 » Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
September 14 » Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
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