* 1984 – Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1984 – Shawn Roberts, Canadian actor

* 1984 – Charles Hamelin, Canadian speed skater

Thompson's own haunting recitation of his 1950 poem of " apocalyptic expectation, " The Place Called Choice ," appeared on the 1984 vinyl recording, " The Apocalypso ," by Canadian pop group, Singing Fools, released by A & M Records.

* 1984 – Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1984 – Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1984 – Nanyak Dala, Canadian Rugby union player

* 1984 – Corey Sevier, Canadian actor

* 1984 – Marie-Mai, Canadian singer

* 1905 – Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey referee and businessman ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Hedley )

* 1984 – Tyler Kyte, Canadian actor, singer, and drummer ( Sweet Thing )

* 1984 – Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1984 – Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1984 – Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician ( Left Spine Down and Front Line Assembly )

* 1984 – Andrea Libman, Canadian actress and singer

* 1984 – Ryan O ' Byrne, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1920 – Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Wade MacNeil, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Alexisonfire, Gallows, and Black Lungs )

* 1984 – Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor

* 1908 – Paul Dozois, Canadian politician ( d. 1984 )

* 1911 – Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Dave Moffatt, Canadian singer and actor ( The Moffatts )

* 1984 – Ernest Buckler, Canadian novelist ( b. 1908 )

* 1984 – David Clarkson, Canadian ice hockey player

The Cowboys are the only NFL team to record 20 straight winning seasons ( 1966 – 85 ), in which they only missed the playoffs twice ( 1974 and 1984 ), an NFL record that remains unchallenged.

He played for the Romanian national team in three World Cups in 1990, 1994 and 1998, as well as in three European Football Championships in 1984, 1996 and 2000.

He first played for the England national team against Scotland in 1984.

Hassium was first synthesized in 1984 by a German research team led by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenberg at the Institute for Heavy Ion Research ( Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung ) in Darmstadt.

In the official discovery of the element in 1984, the team at GSI studied the reaction using the alpha decay genetic correlation method.

Further disappointment followed in the 1983 – 1984 season when the team again reached the Coppa Italia final, only to lose the Cup in the final minutes of the return match against defending Serie A champions Roma.

Although the 1984 – 1985 squad was made up of a healthy mix of emerging players and mature stars, at the beginning of the season no one would have regarded the team as having the necessary ingredients to make it to the end.

The team made its first European appearance in 1983 – 1984 in the UEFA Cup and were knocked out in the second round of the tournament by Sturm Graz.

The team was officially founded as the Baltimore Colts in 1953 and were based in Baltimore, Maryland until the team relocated to Indianapolis in 1984.

During the 1984 season, the first in Indianapolis, the team went 4 – 12 and accounted for the fewest offensive yardage in the league that season.

The National Stadium, which was used by Wales national rugby union team, was officially opened on 7 April 1984, however in 1997 it was demolished to make way for the Millennium Stadium in 1999, which hosted the 1999 Rugby World Cup and became the national stadium of Wales.

Fellow English team Williams offered the most consistent challenge during this period, the two winning every constructors ' title between 1984 and 1994.

When Feldstein retired in 1984, he was replaced by the team of Nick Meglin and John Ficarra, who co-edited Mad for the next two decades.

* KKS Lech Poznań – men's football team ( Polish Champion: 1983, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2010 ; Polish Cup winner 1982, 1984, 1988, 2004, 2009 ; Polish SuperCup winner 1990, 1992, 2004, 2009 )

From 1984 through 1992, the Summer Olympic Games featured solo and duet competitions, but they both were dropped in 1996 in favor of team competition.

Before 2005, Seattle had the longest drought of playoff victories of any NFL team, dating back to the 1984 season.

In 1996, under new owner John Moores ( a software tycoon who purchased controlling ownership in the team in 1994 from Tom Werner, who subsequently formed a syndicate that purchased the Boston Red Sox ) and team president Larry Lucchino, and with a team managed by former Padres catcher Bruce Bochy ( a member of the 1984 NL championship squad ), the team won the NL West in an exciting race, sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in the final series of the regular season.

Abdullah, by Donauwind, is particularly famous for his show jumping team gold and individual silver medals at the 1984 Olympics and 1985 World Cup win.

* Abdullah ( horse ) ( 1970 – 2000 ), in the USA's gold medal-winning show jumping team at the 1984 Olympics

* Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky's rise to fame in the NHL would coincide with the Edmonton Oilers ' first 4 Stanley Cup championships ( 1984, 1985, 1987, & 1988 ) and becoming the second NHL dynasty team of the 1980s.