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June 22, 1984

On June 22, 1984, virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark. 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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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 June 22, 1984

  1. 1984 Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.

    Airline of the United Kingdom

    Virgin Atlantic, a trading name of Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited and Virgin Atlantic International Limited, is a British airline with its head office in Crawley, West Sussex, England. The airline was established in 1984 as British Atlantic Airways, and was originally planned by its co-founders Randolph Fields and Alan Hellary to fly between London and the Falkland Islands. Soon after changing the name to Virgin Atlantic Airways, Fields sold his shares in the company to Richard Branson in return for unlimited free travel.

Arrivals

Born on June 22, 1984

Dustin Johnson 1984– American professional golfer (born 1984)
Rubén Iván Martínez 1984– Spanish footballer
Jerome Taylor 1984– Jamaican cricketer (born 1984)
Janko Tipsarević 1984– Serbian tennis player (born 22 June 1984)

Farewells

Died on June 22, 1984

Joseph Losey American theatre and film director (1909–1984)

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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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