1 January 1984Death of Alexis KornerAlexis Korner
Death of Alexis Korner, a lifelong smoker, of lung cancer
Historical records for Great Britain in 1984, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Death of Alexis Korner, a lifelong smoker, of lung cancer
Takes part in Commons proceedings on the Ordnance Factories and Military Services Bill.
Defends Government cruise-missile policy during Commons questioning.
The NUM bans overtime
Thatcher visits Hungary, 1st Warsaw country visited as PM
Attends Andropovs funeral in the USSR
Margaret Thatcher meets Konstantin Chernenko
The NCB announce closure of Cortonwood in Yorkshire sparking off the Miners Strike
Miners strike in South Yorkshire and some Scottish pits
The National Coal Board announces plans to cut coal output by 4 million tons to stem annual loss of $340 million a year. National Union of Mineworkers say this will mean closing 20 pits and loss of 20,000 jobs
Dave Gilmour releases his second solo album, "About Face", co-written with Pete Townshend
Dave Gilmour releases his second solo album, "About Face", co-written with Pete Townshend
Answers a parliamentary question concerning the Statement on the Defence Estimates.
Cortonwood colliery strikes over closure plans
Faces the start of the national miners' strike.
Has a meeting with the NUM & announces there will be 20 pit closures
Miners strike in South Yorkshire and some Scottish pits
The National Coal Board announces plans to cut coal output by 4 million tons to stem annual loss of $340 million a year. National Union of Mineworkers say this will mean closing 20 pits and loss of 20,000 jobs
The NUM executive backs nationwide strikes
The NUM National Executive supports Yorkshire & Scotland without a national ballot
Durham and Kent coalfields join the strike
Makes and defends proposals concerning organisation of the Ministry of Defence.
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) chief Arthur Scargill unites various strikes into nationwide industrial action, without a ballot
The beginning of the Miners Strike, during the 1st day 100 pits are closed down
81 pits are out but 83 work normally
The National Coal Board says Britain has 23 million tons of coal in stock with another 24 million at the power stations
Union moderates call for a national strike ballot
Addresses Commons questions on defence expenditure.
Addresses Commons questions concerning defence of the Falkland Islands.
Addresses Commons questions concerning the Trident programme.
Nominated as Bishop of Durham
The High Court orders miners leaders to stop backing roving pickets
Violent picketing shuts down more mines. 132 pits shut. Some 136,000 of Britain's 175,000 miners now on strike
End of the flying pickets outside Ollerton colliery
The Government dispatches 3,000 extra police to the Midlands
The Midlands, Northeast and Northwest miners vote against strike
The Midlands, Northeast and Northwest miners vote against strike
Some 8,000 police guard mines roadblocks across Midlands in the biggest police operation in a labor dispute since the 1926 general strike
Some 8,000 police guard mines roadblocks across Midlands in the biggest police operation in a labor dispute since the 1926 general strike
An opening ceremony is held for Strawberry Fields, an area in New York Citys Central Park dedicated to John Lennon
An opening ceremony is held for Strawberry Fields, an area in New York Citys Central Park dedicated to John Lennon
Announces a further phase of plans to expand and reorganise the Territorial Army.
The Kent NUM loses its case against the Government. The Kent NUM challenge the Governments right to turn away pickets
Sets up a special committee to deal with the Miners Strike
London demonstration in support of the miners
Roger Waters releases his first solo single, "5.01 a.m. (The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking)"
Rick Wright releases a self-titled album of his collaboration with Dave Harris, "Zee"
Scargill vetoes a national ballot on the miners strike
Scargill vetoes a national ballot on the miners strike
The NUM Special Delegate Conference votes to reduce the majority needed for a strike
Rival groups of miners throw stones and hurl bricks at each other when 5,000 working miners stage a right-to-work march
Rival groups of miners throw stones and hurl bricks at each other when 5,000 working miners stage a right-to-work march
10,000 miners march through London to Parliament. Police arrest 110
The Opposition Labour Party accuses the Government of intervening directly to defeat the miners. The Government denies it interfere in any Coal Board settlement
Scargill insists pitts must close on the basis of exhaustion. Negotiations begin with the NUM
Negotiations begin with the NCB, Scargill says only exhausted pits should close
Miners try to force the closure of the Sheffield steel plant & confront the police
Scargill arrested on Orgreave picket line
Guides Liverpool to European Cup victory over Roma.
Scargill arrested on Orgreave picket line
Ball resumes his managerial career iwith Portsmouth and was a huge success
Roger Waters releases his first solo album, "The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking"
10,000 miners march through London to Parliament. Police arrest 110. Opposition Labor Party accuses Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives of intervening directly to defeat miners. Government affirms it will not interfere in any Coal Board settlement with miners
Releases Camouflage, featuring production and guitar work from Jeff Beck.
The battle of Orgreave, 5,000 riot police took on 5,000 protestors, who pelted officers with bricks and stones
Scargill knocked unconscious in Orgreave violence. Police deny he was hit by a truncheon
Steel union leaders reject call for steel strike as 'completely unacceptable.'
The TGWU begins a Dock Strike over breaches of the National Dock Labour Scheme
The TGWU calls off the National Dock Strike
Walter Marshall estimates power stations can run until Nov 1985
Death of James Mason
South Wales miners assets seized and fined $55,000 for contempt of court over picketing
Death of Richard Burton
NUM assets are sequestrated. 2 Miners begin Court action against the Yorkshire NUM for striking without a ballot
Miners & police clash at Kellingley
Releases Blue Jean, one of the major singles from Tonight.
Re-interred in a Russian orthodox chapel at Brookwood cemetery, Surrey
Edwards bones are returned to the custody of the Midland Bank where they remain
Miners & police clash at Maltby
A Judge rules that the miners strike is illegal
A Judge rules that the miners strike is illegal
Howe & Thatcher sign the Joint Declaration handover to China by 1st July 1997
Howe & Thatcher sign the Joint Declaration handover to China by 1st July 1997
Howe & Thatcher sign Declaration handing over Hong Kong to China by 1st July 1997
Union fined $200,000 for contempt of court
Tebbits wife is paralysed. Injured by an IRA bomb at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party Conference
An IRA bomb explodes at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party conference. 4 are killed but the conference continues
Injured by an IRA bomb at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party Conference
An IRA bomb explodes at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party conference
Government record concerning the IRA: Tebbits wife is paralysed. Injured by an IRA bomb at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party Conference
Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: Tebbits wife is paralysed. Injured by an IRA bomb at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party Conference
IRA context for Norman Tebbit: Tebbits wife is paralysed. Injured by an IRA bomb at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party Conference
Government record concerning the IRA: An IRA bomb explodes at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party conference. 4 are killed but the conference continues
Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: An IRA bomb explodes at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party conference. 4 are killed but the conference continues
IRA context for Margaret Hilda Thatcher: An IRA bomb explodes at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party conference. 4 are killed but the conference continues
Pit supervisors vote to strike
Pit supervisors call off their strike
The High Court orders seizure of union funds
The Sunday Times discloses the miners asked Libya for money
Appointed Lord Commissioner
Appointed Treasury Whip
Union funds of $3 million seized in Dublin
Appointed Junior Treasury spokesman
1,200 miners go back to work
The Government begins the public share sale transferring British Telecom into private ownership.
British Telecom is floated on the stock exchange
A growing number of miners decide to return to work as Christmas looms
Special union conference votes to fight on
A court fines Scargill for obstruction
A court fines Scargill for obstruction
Margaret Thatcher is visited by the Gorbachevs
Signs the Hong Kong agreement in Peking, Hong Kong will return to China by 1997
Appointed Poet Laureate
Signs the Hong Kong agreement in Peking, Hong Kong will return to China by 1997
Nottinghamshire miners vote to defy union rules
Appointed Chairman of the 1922 Committee
Publishes a collection of short stories entitled "Horses Neck"
Starts in "A Passage to India"
Returns to feature direction with A Passage to India after a fourteen-year gap between theatrical films.
Appears in A Private Function
Appears as Tommy Judd in Another Country, one of his earliest major film roles.
Duran Durans 4th album, " Arena", is released
Best receives a three-month prison sentence for drunk driving, assaulting a police officer and failing to answer bail, he spent Christmas of 1984 behind bars and turned out as a player for Ford Open Prison
Releases Aural Sculpture as the band adds brass textures and a more accessible production style.
Winner of Best Actress BAFTA Award for her role as Joyce Chilvers in A Private Function
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, A Private Function
After his expulsion from The Clash, Jones forms Big Audio Dynamite (often shortened to BAD) with film director Don Letts who directed various Clash videos and Westway to the World
After his expulsion from The Clash, Jones forms Big Audio Dynamite (often shortened to BAD) with film director Don Letts who directed various Clash videos and Westway to the World
An IRA bomb at the party conference hotel kills Wakenhams wife & injures his legs
The 1984 budget lowers corporate taxes by a combination of reduced rates and reduced allowances. Abolishes Investment Income Surcharge & National Insurance Surcharge
Nigel Lawson presents the 1984 Budget to the House of Commons as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The 1984 Budget under Nigel Lawson sets out the Government's taxation, expenditure and borrowing plans.
Wins best Actress for her role in the film Cal at the Cannes Film Festiva
Releases the studio album Civilized Man.
After his expulsion from The Clash, Jones forms Big Audio Dynamite (often shortened to BAD) with film director Don Letts who directed various Clash videos and Westway to the World
The Clash pick Nick Sheppard, formerly of the Bristol-based Cortinas, and Vince White as the bands new guitarists
The Clash pick Nick Sheppard, formerly of the Bristol-based Cortinas, and Vince White as the bands new guitarists
An IRA bomb at the party conference hotel kills Wakenhams wife & injures his legs
Weller puts together his own charity ensemble, the Council Collective, to make a record ("Soul Deep") to raise money for the striking miners
Death of Arthur Travers Harris
Butler leaves Black Sabbath during 1984 after prolonged instability within the group.
Mortimer adapts John Fowles The Ebony Tower, starring Laurence Olivier for Granada
MacGregors approach to turning the NCB into a profitable concern is similar to the line he had taken at British Steel, cut jobs and close unprofitable pits, this leads to the protracted and increasingly bitter 1984-1985 miners strike
Publication of "Empire of the Sun"
Publishes European Diary, drawing on his years at the European Commission.
Gift, Andy Cox and David Steele form Fine Young Cannibals in Birmingham.
Jimmy Page & Paul Rogers create The Firm
Jimmy Page & Paul Rogers create The Firm
FWA Footballer of the Year
Butler forms the Geezer Butler Band after leaving Black Sabbath.
Produces music for Give My Regards to Broad Street, combining film and McCartney recordings.
The GLC allocated a small percentage of its expenditure on funding minority community groups, including the London Gay Teenage Group, English Collective of Prostitutes, Women Against Rape, Lesbian Line, A Womans Place, and Rights of Women & believing these groups can initiate social change, the GLC increases its annual funding of voluntary organisations from pounds 6 million in 1980 to pounds 50 million in 1984
Appointed Governor of St Helena
Stars in "Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes"
Page records with Robert Plant in the guise of The Honeydrippers
Page records with Robert Plant in the guise of The Honeydrippers
Publishes a collection of short stories entitled "Horses Neck"
The Human League release the Album, "Hysteria"
An IRA bomb at the party conference hotel kills Wakenhams wife & injures his legs
Government record concerning the IRA: An IRA bomb at the party conference hotel kills Wakenhams wife & injures his legs
Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: An IRA bomb at the party conference hotel kills Wakenhams wife & injures his legs
IRA context for John Wakenham: An IRA bomb at the party conference hotel kills Wakenhams wife & injures his legs
Awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction
Joins The Kinks as drummer.
Releases the album Lady Of The Stars
Awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival in 1984 for The Aspern Papers
Leaves The Kinks after two decades on drums.
Appointed Manager of Al Al of Cairo Football Team
MacGregors approach to turning the NCB into a profitable concern is similar to the line he had taken at British Steel, cut jobs and close unprofitable pits, this leads to the protracted and increasingly bitter 1984-1985 miners strike
Public attention returns strongly to Orwell's dystopian novel.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.
Ferguson is awarded the OBE in the 1984 honours list
Created Earl of Stockton, 1st
Returns to Deep Purple for Perfect Strangers, reviving the classic Mark II line-up.
Rejoins Deep Purple for the Mark II reunion and records Perfect Strangers.
Returns to Deep Purple as bassist and helps restore the classic Mark II sound on Perfect Strangers.
Performs on Pink Floyd member Roger Waters's solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 reforms police powers, detention, interviews, and criminal evidence rules
Completes the privatization of British Telecom
Jaguar Motors is sold to private investors. Jaguar is sold for 294 million. Enterprise Oil is sold for 392 million. British Telecom is sold for 3,916 million
Keegan announces his retirement prior to the end of the 1984 season
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 consolidates traffic regulation law
Appointed President of the Royal Academy
Aberdeen win the Scottish league and retained the Scottish Cup
Brown helps shape Labour's Scottish political strategy after the 1983 defeat.
Aberdeen win the Scottish league and retained the Scottish Cup
Appointed Private Secretary to Margaret Thatcher
Simple Minds release "Sparkle in the Rain", UK no 1 Album
Simple Minds release "Sparkle in the Rain", UK no 1 Album
From 1984 to 1996 he was the lead guitarist for The Stone Roses, one of the most influential acts of its era
MacGregors approach to turning the NCB into a profitable concern is similar to the line he had taken at British Steel, cut jobs and close unprofitable pits, this leads to the protracted and increasingly bitter 1984-1985 miners strike
Forbids trades union membership at GCHQ, 1,000 pounds is given for each union card
The Government agrees a miners redundancy deal of 1,000 pounds per year of service
Wins his case for fighting the Miners Strike using Criminal Law rather than Civil Law
Telecommunications Act 1984 restructures telecommunications and enables British Telecom privatisation
Publication of "The 4th Protocol"
Produces The Other Side of Life, including the hit Your Wildest Dreams.
PIL release, "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get"
Releases the album Tonight.
Trade Union Act 1984 requires ballots for union elections and industrial action decisions
Revives his career with a move to Arsenal for œ250,000
Oversees defence policy while planning proceeds for the Vanguard-class submarines intended to carry Trident missiles.
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