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18 March 1984 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 March 1984 was a Sunday.
- Kent Music Report No. 1
- The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “Love Is a Battlefield” by Pat Benatar.
- Top Film of 1984
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1984 was Ghostbusters.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 1984
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 1984 was the Ford Falcon.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 18 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 18 March 1984 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 18 March 1984 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 18 March
- 1970 Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
- 1974 Güzel İstanbul, a nude sculpture by Gürdal Duyar in Istanbul, is torn down in the middle of the night.
- 1990 Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
- 1990 In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
- 1994 Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Famous people born on 18 March
- Queen Latifah, American rapper, producer, and actress (born 1970)
- Lily Collins, English-American actress (born 1989)
- Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1975)
- Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality (born 1979)
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Events of 1984 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1984 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 17 January – Ian Sinclair is elected leader of the National Party of Australia following Doug Anthony's retirement.
- 1 February – Medicare comes into effect in Australia.
- 6 March – High Court Judge, Justice Lionel Murphy is named in Parliament as the judge referred to in The Age tapes published on 2 February.
Life in Australia in 1984
Prime Minister
Bob Hawke
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.44
Loaf of Bread
$0.80
Average House
$60,000
Weekly Wage
$330.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 1980s
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Chris Hemsworth11 August 1983ActorView their day →Delta Goodrem9 November 1984Singer & songwriterView their day →Ruby Rose20 March 1986Actor & modelView their day →Sam Reid19 February 1987ActorView their day →Rebel Wilson2 March 1980Actress & writerView their day →Teresa Palmer26 February 1986Actress & modelView their day →Alexander Volkanovski29 September 1988Mixed martial artist & kickboxerView their day →Abbie Cornish7 August 1982ActressView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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