1984 happenings

Do you know these major events of 1984?
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Apple introduces this PC
Macintosh
This charity supergroup is founded
Band Aid
The Winter Olympics are held in this city
Sarajevo
The Grand Hotel is bombed by the IRA in this British town
Brighton
This country faces civil war
Sri Lanka
This Indian prime minister is assassinated
Indira Gandhi
This space shuttle takes its first flight
Space Shuttle Discovery
The London embassy of this country is under siege
Libya
This epidemic begins in Los Angeles
Crack epidemic
This country becomes the last in Europe to let women vote
Liechtenstein
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This man resigns as prime minister of Canada
Pierre Trudeau
Upper Volta changes its name to this
Burkina Faso
This religious figure is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu
This country is the first to be booed at in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest
United Kingdom
This comedian tragically dies live on TV
Tommy Cooper
This US state is the only one not to give an electoral vote to Ronald Reagan in the US elections
Minnesota
This country suffers a dreadful famine
Ethiopia
This world's largest theatrical production company opens
Cirque du Soleil
Joe Kittinger is the first person to cross the Atlantic solo in one of these
Hot air balloon
This film based on an Orwell novel is released
Nineteen Eighty-Four
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