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| Award Doctor of Music Ritchie, Lionel |  |
| 12th May Alabama Lionel Richie receives an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama |
| Chief of Staff Regan, Donald | |
| 8th Jan Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| Composition of Springstein Springstein, Bruce | |
| Releases, "I'm on Fire" |
| Death of Lodge, Henry Cabot Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| 26th Feb Beverly Death of Henry Cabot Lodge |
| French Open Evert-Lloyd, Chris | |
| 8th June Chris Evert-Lloyd wins the French Open |
| Government Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| 8th Jan Washington Agrees to negotiate forNuclear disarmament with Moscow |
| 18th Jan Reagan says the USAwill not take part in World Court ruling on Nicaraguan charges |
| 20th Jan Washington Inaugurated President of the USA, 2nd term |
| 25th Jan The USArecords a record trade defecit of $123 billion in 1984 |
| 5th Feb The USAhalts its loan to Chile due to human rights abuse |
| 21st Feb Reagan says his goal is to topple the Sandanista government |
| 3rd April The USAcharges Israel with violating the Geneva Convention for deporting Shiites |
| 11th April Bitburg The USAannounces that Reagan will visit a Nazi cemetery |
| 29th April Bitburg Reagan stands by his plans to lay a wreath on the graves of Nazi SS soldiers |
| May Bitburg Visits a German military ceremony, 47 Waffen SS are buried there |
| 5th May Bitburg Reagan visits the Bitburg Nazi cemetery with Chancellor Helmut Khol |
| 8th May Strasbourg Reagan speaks to the European Parliament on 40th anniversary of V-E Day |
| 5th June House votes for sanctiona against Sth Africa |
| 15th June The United Airlines strike ends after 29 days |
| 18th June Reagan cals for unconditional release of hostages on TWA jet |
| Health Hudson, Rock | |
| 25th July Paris Rock Hudson is hospitalized with AIDS |
| Libel Hunt Hunt, Everette Howard | |
| Mark Lane, author of the best-selling "Rush to Judgment," successfully defends Liberty Lobby in a second trial in 1985, overturning the original libel award of 1981 |
| Libel Hunt Lane, Mark | |
| Mark Lane, author of the best-selling "Rush to Judgment," successfully defends Liberty Lobby in a second trial in 1985, overturning the original libel award of 1981 |
| Marriage of De Lorean, John De Lorean, John | |
| De Lorean & his model wife Chris tina Ferrare are divorced |
| Marriage of Springstein, Bruce Springstein, Bruce | |
| 13th May Lake Oswego 'The Boss', Bruce Springsteen, marries actress/model Julianne Phillips in ceremonies in Lake Oswego, OR |
| Military Aid Contras Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| 18th July The USACongress votes to stop Reagan from supplying arms to the Contras |
| Nuclear Warfare Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| 8th Jan Agrees to negotiate forNuclear disarmament with Moscow |
| Publication of Carter Carter, Jimmy | |
| Publication of, "The Blood of Abraham" |
| Publication of Nixon Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Publication of, "No More Vietnams" |
| Publication of Sagan Sagan, Carl Edward | |
| Publicatio of, "Contact" |
| Secretary Treasury Baker, James Addison | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of the Treasury |
| US Open Navratilova, Martina | |
| Winner of the women's USAtennis open |
