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Sam Saad
Ithaca, New York USA
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January 24 - The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale. (1984)
March 16 - The CIA station chief in Beirut, William Buckley, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists Islamic Jihad and later dies in captivity. (1984)
June 8 - A deadly F5 tornado nearly destroys the town of Barneveld, Wisconsin, killing nine people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over $25m in damage. (1984)
October 12 - The IRA attempts to assassinate the British Cabinet in the Brighton hotel bombing. (1984)
November 6 - Ronald Reagan defeats Walter F. Mondale in the U.S. presidential election with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since Richard Nixon's 61% victory in 1972. Reagan carries 49 states and Mondale manages to win only his home state of Minnesota by a mere 3,761 vote margin and the District of Columbia, an automatic given.(1984)
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