1984
From top to bottom, left to right: Indira Gandhi is assassinated in India, sparking the 1984 anti-Sikh riots; the worst gas leak disaster in history occurs in Bhopal; almost 4,000 are killed; the 1984 Summer Olympics are held in Los Angeles; 23 are killed, including the perpetrator, in a mass shooting at a McDonald's in San Ysidro; the 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike begins; the Brighton hotel bombing targets Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom; the Anti-Duvalier protest movement grows in Haiti against Jean-Claude Duvalier; the 1984 US embassy bombing in Beirut kills over 60 people; and the original Macintosh is released, revolutionizing computers for a generation.
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1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 984th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1980s decade.