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July 25, 1984

On July 25, 1984, salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk. 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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What happened

On July 25, 1984

  1. 1984 Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.

    Soviet space station (1982–1991)

    Salyut 7, also known as DOS-6, was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15. Various crew and modules were used over its lifetime, including 12 crewed and 15 uncrewed launches in total.

Arrivals

Born on July 25, 1984

Loukas Mavrokefalidis 1984– Greek basketball player (born 1984)
Robert Clardy 1984– American football coach (born 1984)

Farewells

Died on July 25, 1984

Bryan Hextall Canadian ice hockey player (1913–1984)
Big Mama Thornton American blues singer (1926–1984)

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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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