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  • Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.
    Tuesday Oct 2, 1984
    Papa John's Pizza

    Foundation

    Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.
    Tuesday Oct 2, 1984

    The Papa John's restaurant was founded in 1984 when "Papa" John Schnatter knocked out a broom closet in the back of his father's tavern, Mick's Lounge, in Jeffersonville, Indiana. He then sold his 1971 Camaro Z28 to purchase US$1,600 worth of used pizza equipment and began selling pizzas to the tavern's customers out of the converted closet.




  • Florida, U.S.
    Oct, 1984
    Ted Bundy

    Green River Killer

    Florida, U.S.
    Oct, 1984

    Shortly thereafter, he was charged with a disciplinary infraction for unauthorized correspondence with another high-profile criminal, John Hinckley Jr. In October 1984, Bundy contacted Robert Keppel and offered to share his self-proclaimed expertise in serial killer psychology in the ongoing hunt in Washington for the "Green River Killer", later identified as Gary Ridgway. Keppel and Green River Task Force detective Dave Reichert interviewed Bundy, but Ridgway remained at large for a further 17 years. Keppel published detailed documentation of the Green River interviews, and later collaborated with Michaud on another examination of the interview material. Bundy coined the nickname "The Riverman" for Gary Ridgway, which was later used for the title of Keppel's book, The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer.




  • Brighton, England
    Friday Oct 12, 1984
    Margaret Thatcher

    The Assassination Attempt

    Brighton, England
    Friday Oct 12, 1984

    Thatcher narrowly escaped injury in an IRA assassination attempt at a Brighton hotel early in the morning on 12 October 1984. Five people were killed, including the wife of minister John Wakeham. Thatcher was staying at the hotel to prepare for the Conservative Party conference, which she insisted should open as scheduled the following day.




  • Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
    Wednesday Oct 17, 1984
    Iran–Iraq War

    Operation Dawn 7

    Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
    Wednesday Oct 17, 1984

    Iran launched (Dawn 7) took place from 18–25 October 1984, when they recaptured the Iranian city of Mehran, which had been occupied by the Iraqis from the beginning of the war.




  • California, United States
    Oct, 1984
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix secured the role of geeky boy-scientist

    California, United States
    Oct, 1984

    In October 1984, Phoenix secured the role of geeky boy-scientist Wolfgang Müller in Joe Dante's big-budget science-fiction film Explorers alongside Ethan Hawke, and production began soon after.




  • Chicago, U.S.
    Friday Oct 26, 1984
    Michael Jordan

    Debut

    Chicago, U.S.
    Friday Oct 26, 1984

    Jordon made his debut in Old Chicago Stadium.




  • U.S.
    Oct, 1984
    Trivial Pursuit

    $300 million lawsuit

    U.S.
    Oct, 1984

    In October 1984, Fred L. Worth, author of The Trivia Encyclopedia, Super Trivia, and Super Trivia II, filed a $300 million lawsuit against the distributors of Trivial Pursuit. He claimed that more than a quarter of the questions in the game's Genus Edition had been taken from his books, even to the point of reproducing typographical errors and deliberately placed misinformation. One of the questions in Trivial Pursuit was "What was Columbo's first name?" with the answer "Philip". That information had been fabricated to catch anyone who might try to violate his copyright.


  • Orissa, India
    Monday Oct 29, 1984
    Indira Gandhi

    Her Last Speech

    Orissa, India
    Monday Oct 29, 1984

    On 30 October 1984, Gandhi visited Orissa where she gave her last speech at the then Parade Ground in front of the Secretariat of Orissa. In that speech, she strikingly associated her blood with the health of the nation: "I am alive today, I may not be there tomorrow...I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it...Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic."


  • New Delhi, India
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1984
    Indira Gandhi

    Assassination

    New Delhi, India
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1984

    On 31 October 1984, two of Gandhi's bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, shot her with their service weapons in the garden of the Prime Minister's residence at 1 Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. The shooting occurred as she was walking past a wicket gate guarded by Satwant and Beant. She was to be interviewed by the British actor Peter Ustinov, who was filming a documentary for Irish television. Beant Singh shot her three times using his side-arm and Satwant Singh fired 30 rounds. Beant Singh and Satwant Singh dropped their weapons and surrendered. Afterwards, they were taken away by other guards into a closed room where Beant Singh was shot dead. Kehar Singh was later arrested for conspiracy in the attack. Both Satwant and Kehar were sentenced to death and hanged in Delhi's Tihar Jail.


  • India
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1984
    Indira Gandhi

    1984 anti-Sikh riots

    India
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1984

    Following her cremation, millions of Sikhs were displaced and nearly three thousand were killed in anti-Sikh riots. Rajiv Gandhi on a live TV show said of the carnage, "When a big tree falls, the earth shakes."


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