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Movie history events from 1984
Ray Finkle added to Miami Dolphins roster mid-season; fired after shooting the kick that makes the Dolphins lose the Superbowl. (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
Buckaroo Banzai successfully travels through the eighth dimension. (Texas) (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension)
Student Todd Bowden recognises Kurt Dussander, an old man living in his home town, as being a hunted Nazi. (Apt Pupil)
Hotshot young detective, Axel Foley, leaves Detroit to follow the trail of his friend's murderer & busts a major cocaine ring. (Beverly Hills, Ca.) (Beverly Hills Cop)
Billy Elliot skips his boxing lessons for dance class. (England) (Billy Elliot)
Police Office Frank Murphy is chosen to test fly Blue Thunder over the skies of Los Angeles. (Los Angles) (Blue Thunder)
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers - the Cannibalistic Human Underground Dwellers. (New York) (C.H.U.D.)
Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler and Peter Venkman form the Ghostbusters. (Ghostbusters)
Godzilla returns more powerful after 30 years. (japan) (Gojira)
Gremlins on the loose. (Gremlins)
Victoria Lynn Riggs dies in a car accident, forced off the road by Pieter Vorstedt, who thought her husband Sgt Martin Riggs was in the car. (Los Angeles, Ca) (Lethal Weapon 2)
Andy Kaufman dies. (Man on the Moon)
'Pop' have their first number one hit. (Music and Lyrics)
The name 'Brandon' is popular. (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian)
Jenson vs Eveleth Mines lawsuit is fought, the first major successful sexual harassment case. (North Country)
A wormhole time opens from 1942. (The Philadelphia Experiment)
Russians invade the US. (Red Dawn)
Evertone forgets Samantha Baker's birthday because her sister is getting married the day after. After giving her panties away, she gets them back from the her "crush" Jake Ryan and also kisses him. (Illinois) (Sixteen Candles)
Joan Berkman has an affair with Otto's father. (New York City) (The Squid and the Whale)
Alvin Straight's wife dies. (The Straight Story)
In its mission to kill Sarah Connor, the T-800 Terminator kills 17 police officers. (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
The first T-800 Terminator arrives from the future to kill Sarah Conner; Kyle Reese follows him to help Sarah. (The Terminator)
British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 70s rocker Brian Slade. (Velvet Goldmine)
Happy Days is cancelled. (The Wedding Singer)
Young Samuel Lapp witnesses a murder. He goes back to Amish country with Detective John Book, who decides to protect him and his mother Rachel. (Pennsylvania) (Witness)
Randy 'The Ram' Robinson has his bicep torn open in a wrestling match with a piece of 2x4 wood. (The Wrestler)
Friday 16th March: John Reilly's bloated body is found face up in a tenement building right next to the bottle of boiler gin that killed him. (New York City) (Sleepers)
Saturday 24th March: John Bender, Claire Standish, Allison Reynolds, Brian Johnson and Andrew Clark become friends after a day in detention. (The Breakfast Club)
Wednesday 4th April: Winston Smith begins keeping a diary, charting his rebellion against Big Brother. (1984)
Saturday 12th May: Winston Smith writes in his diary: "Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.". (1984)
Saturday 19th May: Sarah Connor submits her time card at Big Jeff's Burgers. (Los Angeles, California) (The Terminator)
June: Danny McGrath graduates from Knibb High School. (Billy Madison)
Friday 22nd June: Twins Jerry and Ethan Shaw born. (USA) (Eagle Eye)
Tuesday 3rd July: A chemical spill at Uneeda Medical Supply results in the re-animation of corpses into flesh-eating zombies. (The Return of the Living Dead)
Saturday 7th July: The events of Friday the 13th Part 2 begin. (Friday the 13th Part 2)
Sunday 8th July: The events of Friday the 13th Part 2 begin. (Friday the 13th Part 2)
Monday 9th July: The events of Friday the 13th Part 3 begin. (Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D)
Wednesday 11th July: The events of Friday the 13th Part 3 finish. (Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D)
Wednesday 11th July: The events of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter begin. (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter)
Friday 13th July: The events of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter finish. (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter)
Friday 10th August: Marcy Franklin receives a prescription of Butesin for 2nd degree burns. (New York) (After Hours)
Saturday 25th August: Truman Capote dies of liver disease. (Los Angeles, California) (Capote)
Friday 7th September: Joe Cronin dies. (Osterville, Massachusetts) (Fear Strikes Out)
Friday 28th September: Dieter Pirmasens flees from East Germany to West Germany. (The Lives of Others)
October: Joel Goodson, U-Boat commander and dealer of human fulfillment, enters the Princeton School of Business. (Risky Business)
November: A prototype, almost silent, Typhoon class Soviet sub and its senior crew defect to the United States. (The Hunt for Red October)
November: Georg Dreyman's new play premieres. (East Germany) (The Lives of Others)