1984 in England

Events from the year1984 in England.

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Further information:Politics of England

Events

March

• 23 March –Hilda Murrell,78-year-old rose grower and anti-nuclear campaigner, is found dead near her home inShropshire,five days after being reported missing.West Mercia Policelaunch a murder investigation.
• 27 March –Starlight Expressopens atApollo Victoria TheatreinLondon.

April

• 2 April – Youth gangs run riot inWolverhampton,looting from shops.
• 4 April – Peace protesters evicted from theGreenham Common Women's Peace Camp.
• 17 April –WPCYvonne Fletcheris shot and killed by a secluded gunman during asiegeoutside theLibyanEmbassyin London in the event known as the1984 Libyan Embassy Siege.11 other people are also shot but survive.

May

• 2 May – TheLiverpool International Garden Festivalopens inLiverpool.
• 8 May – TheThames Barrier,designed to protectLondonfrom floods, is opened byThe Queen.
• 12 May –Liverpool F.C.secure a third consecutive league title and the 15th in the club's history, despite being held to a 0–0 draw away atNotts County.
• 19 May –Evertonwin theFA Cup,their first major trophy for 14 years, with a 2–0 win overWatfordin the final atWembley Stadium.The goals are scored byAndy GrayandGraham Sharp.Everton's last FA Cup triumph came in 1966, and they have now won the trophy four times.
• 29 May – Fighting at Orgreave colliery between police and striking miners leaves 64 injured.
• 30 May
  • The Queen officially opens a new terminal atBirmingham Airport.The terminal has been in use since the start of last month, replacing the original terminal that opened in 1939.
  • Liverpoolwin theEuropean Cupfor the fourth time with a penalty shoot-out victory overAS RomaofItalyafter a 1–1 draw in the final atStadio OlimpicoinRome.Liverpool, who have also won theFootball League First DivisionandFootball League Cupthis season, are the first English club to win three major trophies in the same season.

June

• 1 June – Seven year old British boyMark Tildesleydisappears from his home inWokingham,Berkshireafter visiting a local fairground after being abducted and murdered by a paedophile group led by ring leaderSidney Cooke,his body has never been found.
• 7 June – 120 people are arrested when fighting breaks out outside theHouses of Parliamentduring a mass lobby by striking miners.
• 15 June – A miner picketing aYorkshirepower station is killed by a lorry.
• 18 June –Battle of Orgreaveconfrontation between picketing miners and police.
• 19 June –Austin Roverlaunches theRover 200saloon, the replacement for theTriumph Acclaim,which means the end of theTriumphbrand after 61 years. Like its predecessor, the new car is the result of a venture withHonda.
• 22 June – The inaugural flight of the firstVirgin Atlanticplane takes place.
• 29 June – Control ofLondon Transportis removed from theGreater London Counciland transferred toLondon Regional Transport(reporting to theSecretary of State for Transport) under terms of theLondon Regional Transport Act 1984.

July

• 6 July
  • David Jenkinsconsecrated asBishop of Durham,despite strong objections from conservative Christians.
  • Murder of Isabel Schwarz, a psychiatric social worker, in South London.
• 9 July – A fire in the roof ofYork Minster,probably caused by an electrical storm, causes extensive damage which is expected to cost millions of pounds to repair.

August

• 2 August – ASurreybusiness man wins a case in theEuropean Court of Human Rightsover illegal phone tapping by the police.

September

• 7 September – An outbreak offood poisoningin twoYorkshirehospitals has so far claimed 22 lives in the space of two weeks.
• 15–16 September – Bones believed to be those of StEdward the Martyr(King of England, 975–978) are enshrined in theChurch of St. Edward the Martyr, Brookwood,Surrey.
• 24 September – Four pupils and their teacher die and a further six pupils are injured when a roll of steel from a lorry crushes their minibus nearStuart Bathurst RC High SchoolinWednesbury,West Midlands.

October

• 1 October –David Jenkins,Bishop of Durham,launches an attack onMargaret Thatcher's social policies. TheDurhamarea has been particularly hard hit by factory and mine closures since her election as Prime Minister five years ago.
• 3 October – Plans to expand theUrban Enterprise ZoneinDudley,West Midlands,are approved; developers Don and Roy Richardson get the go-ahead to build aretail park and shopping mallon the main part of the site. The first tenants will move to the site next year and the development is expected in the next 18 months, with scope for further service sector developments in the future.
• 5 October – Police inEssexmake the largest cannabis seizure in British criminal history when a multimillion-pound stash of the drug is found on aschoonermoored on theRiver CrouchnearNorth Fambridgevillage.
• 12 October – TheProvisional Irish Republican Armyattempts to assassinate the Conservativecabinetin theBrighton hotel bombing.Margaret Thatcher escapes unharmed, butMPAnthony Berryand four other people are killed, whilstNorman Tebbitis trapped among the rubble and his wife Margaret is seriously injured.

November

• 5 November – 800 miners end their strike and return to work.
• 15 November – TheGeneral Synodof theChurch of Englandsupport the ordination of women asdeacons,but not as full priests.
• 23 November – TheOxford Circus firetraps around 1,000 passengers on theLondon Undergroundbut no-one is killed.

December

• 12 December –Bucks Fizz,the highly successful pop group, are involved in a road accident nearNewcastle upon Tynewhen theirtour buscrashes in icy road conditions after aconcert.Bobby Gee,Cheryl BakerandJay Astonescape with relatively minor injuries, butMike Nolanis in a serious condition.
• 31 December –Rick Allen,drummer ofDef Leppard,loses his left arm in a car accident on theA57 roadatSnake Pass.

Undated

• Chatham DockyardinMedwayis closed after being used a shipbuilding yard for over 400 years since the reign ofHenry VIII.
• Non-diocesanBishop at Lambethfirst appointed within the Church of England.