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December 4, 1984

On December 4, 1984, sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar. The year's #1 song was "When Doves Cry" by Prince. Gilberto Macena, Faustina Agolley, Jeremy Barrett would arrive in the same year.

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The year in brief

1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 984th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1980s decade.

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On December 4, 1984

  1. 1984 Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar.

    1983–2009 Sri Lankan internal conflict

    The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam led by Velupillai Prabhakaran. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north-east of the island in response to continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the predominantly Sinhalese government of Sri Lanka.

Arrivals

Born on December 4, 1984

Lindsay Felton 1984– American actress
Anna Petrakova 1984– Russian basketball player
Jelly Roll 1984– American rapper (born 1984)
Joe Thomas 1984– American football player (born 1984)

Farewells

Died on December 4, 1984

Jack Mercer American voice actor (1910–1984)

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The class of 1984

Others born in 1984

Gilberto Macena 1984– Brazilian footballer
Faustina Agolley 1984– Australian television host
Jeremy Barrett 1984– American figure skater
Mandy Moore 1984– American singer-songwriter and actress
David Obua 1984– Ugandan footballer
Damien Perquis 1984– French-Polish footballer

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