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18 October 1984 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 October 1984 was a Thursday.
- Kent Music Report No. 1
- The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “I Just Called to Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder.
- 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 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 18 October 1984 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 18 October 1984 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 18 October
- 1967 The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
- 1978 Based on the world's first children's art museum, the Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics opened in Yerevan.
- 1979 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
- 1989 The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-34 to deploy the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe.
- 1991 The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
Famous people born on 18 October
- Zohran Mamdani, American politician, mayor of New York City (born 1991)
- Milo Yiannopoulos, British journalist and public speaker (born 1984)
- Zac Efron, American actor and singer (born 1987)
- Barry Keoghan, Irish actor (born 1992)
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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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