J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is published. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit’]

A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_United_States_embassy_annex_bombing_in_Beirut’]

A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Mexico_City_earthquake’]

– The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8888_Uprising’]

The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies’]

The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol’]

The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws’]

President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachir_Gemayel’]

Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.’]

President Kennedy delivers his “We choose to go to the Moon” speech at Rice University. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon’]