At A Glance

10 November 1984 at a glance

Day of the week
10 November 1984 was a Saturday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “I Feel for You” by Chaka Khan.
Top Film of 1984
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1984 was Ghostbusters.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 November 1984 fell in the Year of the Rat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 November 1984 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 10 November

  • 1975 Treaty of Osimo between Yugoslavia and Italy
  • 1975 Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.
  • 1983 Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.
  • 1989 Longtime Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.
  • 1989 Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall.

Famous people born on 10 November

  • Zoey Deutch, American actress (born 1994)
  • Drew Lock, American football player (born 1996)
  • Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (1977–2009)
  • Walton Goggins, American actor and producer (born 1971)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1984 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1984 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
  • 3 January – The FTSE 100 Index starts.
  • 12 March – Miners' strike begins and pits the National Union of Mineworkers against Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government intent on free market reform of the nationalised industries, which includes plans for the closure of most of Britain's remaining coal pits.

Life in 1984

Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

63p

Loaf of Bread

44p

Average House

£28,153

Weekly Wage

£165.00

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Famous Faces Born in the 1980s

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