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1984 in Germany

Explore 8 historical events and records for Germany in 1984.

Historical records for Germany in 1984

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April

The NeverEnding Story

Petersen, Wolfgang ยท West Germany ยท Director ยท Arts / Cinema

Directs The NeverEnding Story.

May

Paris, Texas

Wenders, Wim ยท Cannes ยท Director ยท Arts / Cinema

Paris, Texas wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Election

Weizsacker ยท President of Germany ยท Government / Government of Germany

Elected President of Germany

June

Fontainebleau European Council

Kohl, Helmut ยท Fontainebleau ยท Chancellor of Germany ยท Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Represents Germany as leaders seek a durable settlement of Community budget disputes and institutional reform.

Dooge Committee Initiative

Genscher, Hans-Dietrich ยท Fontainebleau ยท Foreign Minister of Germany ยท Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Supports creation of the Dooge Committee to propose improvements in Community institutions and political cooperation.

July

Inauguration

Weizsacker ยท Bonn ยท President of Germany ยท Government / Government of Germany

Innuagurated as the President of the Federal Republic of Germany

Other events (month unknown)

Nobel Prize

Kรถhler, Georges Jean Franz ยท Stockholm ยท Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.

Women in a River Landscape

Boll, Heinrich Theodor ยท Arts / Literature

Bรถll completed work on Frauen vor FluรŸlandschaft, his final novel.

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