* Saltini A. Storia delle scienze agrarie, 4 vols, Bologna 1984 – 89, ISBN 978-88-206-2412-5, ISBN 978-88-206-2413-2, ISBN 978-88-206-2414-9, ISBN 978-88-206-2414-9

* 1984 – Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.

* 1900 – Leo Robin, American songwriter and composer ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Max Bemis, American singer, musician, and songwriter ( Say Anything, Two Tongues, and Max Bemis and the Painful Splits )

* 1984 – Michaël Ciani, French footballer

* 1984 – Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager

* 1984 – Lee Roache, English footballer

* 1896 – Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress ( d. 1984 )

* 1906 – Ed Gein, American serial killer ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – David Bentley, English footballer

* 1984 – Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer

* 1906 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Sofia Essaïdi, French-Moroccan singer, dancer, and actress

* 1984 – Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer

* 1984 – Paul Gallagher, Scottish footballer

* 1984 – L ' Aura, Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer

* 1984 – Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer

* 1984 – Lidi Lisboa, Brazilian actress

* 1984 – Boone Logan, American baseball player

* 1984 – James Morrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bodyline, a fictionalised television miniseries based on the " Bodyline " Ashes series of 1932 – 33, screened in Australia in 1984, to significant public interest and critical acclaim.

* 1907 – Mary Hamman, American writer ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer

* 1984 – Marvin Gaye, American singer ( The Moonglows ) ( b. 1939 )

* 1984 – Neil Dexter, South African cricketer

* 1984 – Lee Da Hae, South Korean actress

Spain, Portugal ( 1974 ), and several of the military dictatorships in South America returned to civilian rule in the late 1970s and early 1980s ( Argentina in 1983, Bolivia, Uruguay in 1984, Brazil in 1985, and Chile in the early 1990s ).

* Dong Yi Yang ( born 1984 ), South Korean mixed martial arts fighter

* 1984 – A major clash between about 5, 000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-1985 UK miners ' strike.

* 1984 – Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales.

In 1984, Mozambique negotiated the Nkomati Accord with P. W. Botha and the South African government, in which Mozambique was to expel the African National Congress in exchange for South Africa stopping support of Renamo.

The 1984 Nkomati Accord, while failing in its goal of ending South African support to RENAMO, opened initial diplomatic contacts between the Mozambican and South African governments.

By the time the final South Stand had been completed and the Stadium officially opened on 7 April 1984, the South Stand had cost £ 4. 5M.

* 1904 – Louis Duffus, South African cricketer ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Park Bom, South Korean singer ( 2NE1 )

* 1984 – Seven, South Korean singer

* 1984 – Sandara Park, South Korean actor, singer / rapper of ( 2NE1 )

* 1984 – Park Han-byul, South Korean actress

Examples of the expansion of China's capabilities were the 1980 recovery of an intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM ) in the Western Pacific by a twenty-ship fleet, extended naval operations in the South China Sea in 1984 and 1985, and the visit of two naval ships to three South Asian nations in 1985.

There were 502, 000 South Koreans sterilized in 1984, as compared with 426, 000 in the previous year.

By the late 1980s, the capacity of the South Korean motor industry had increased more than fivefold since 1984 ; it exceeded 1 million units in 1988.

Breakwater Construction in Seosan coast ( 1984 ) The result was that South Korean construction companies concentrated on the rapidly growing domestic market in the late 1980s.

The first stage was between 1972 and 1973 ; the second stage was P ' yongyang's delivery of relief goods to South Korea after a typhoon caused devastating floods in 1984 ; and the third stage was the exchange of home visits and performing artists in 1985.

* 1984 – Seo In-Young, South Korean singer, dancer, and model ( Jewelry )