The New Zealand city, Christchurch, is first chartered as a city.

Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup in Montevideo.

The International Atomic Energy Agency comes into existence.

The 1984 Summer Olympics were officially opened in Los Angeles USA.

The Korean War Veterans Memorial is opened in Washington DC.

Over 5000 people are killed in Mumbai, India as it receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours.

The first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is laid.

The explorer, Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, which is known as “the Lost City of the Incas”.

The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86.

Sarawak is given independence by Great Britain.