1984 Orange Bowl, Game summary
It was at this point that the familiar script everyone expected had again appeared, after Miami fumbled at the 23-yard line of their own territory and Nebraska added three points to tie 17–17, beginning in the third quarter. And it was at this point that Miami again decided not to cooperate with it. Two long touchdown drives of 75 and 73 yards took the score to 31–17, behind the passing of Kosar (who passed for exactly 300 yards on the night), and the running of backs Alonzo Highsmith and Albert Bentley, who each contributed rushing touchdowns to cap each drive. Rozier left the game with an injured ankle, after having rushed for 147 yards on 25 carries.


1984 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Nebraska had many opportunities to score without Rozier. Late in the third quarter, Gill ran to his left, initially keeping the ball and running into the grasp of a Miami defender before pitching the ball to backup I-back Jeff Smith, who came off the bench, ran for 40-yards before fumbling at the Miami 1-yard line, which Miami eventually recovered. Early in the 4th quarter, after Miami went three and out at their own end zone, Gill throws the ball to Scott Kimball at the end zone, but Rodney Bellinger broke up the pass. After Kevin Fagan sacked Gill at the Miami 31, Nebraska was forced to attempt a field goal, which they missed.


1984 Orange Bowl, Game summary
After Miami went three and out, Smith scored on a 1-yard run early in the fourth quarter on a 75-yard drive, which brought the margin back to 31–24. Then Nebraska caught a break, when Davis missed a 42-yard field goal attempt that would have made the margin 10 points in favor of the Hurricanes. Then Gill completed a long pass to Fryar which took the ball inside the Miami 35 with under 2 minutes to go, then an incomplete pass to Shane Swanson and he also completed a pass to Ricky Simmons down at the Miami 26.


1984 Orange Bowl, Game summary
After Smith ran for two yards, the Huskers called for their last timeout. On 2nd and 8 from the Miami 24, Gill found a wide open Fryar all alone in the end zone and threw a perfect pass, which Fryar dropped. On third down and 8, Gill dropped the football after Fagan tackled him. Confused, Steinkuhler picked up the ball for a few yards, but the officials ruled it an incomplete pass. Thus, setting up a 4th down and 8 from the Miami 24-yard line with the clock running down inside a minute.


1984 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Osborne called an option play, which Gill ran to his right, initially keeping the ball and running into the grasp of a Miami defender before pitching the ball at the last second to a streaking Smith, who sprinted in the rest of the way, making the score 31–30 Miami, with the extra point pending.


1984 Orange Bowl, Game summary, The decision
A successful kick would have tied the score at 31. Instead, Osborne went for the win, and with it, risked everything (the NCAA introduced overtime for Division I-A college football more than a decade later; so it would have ended in a tie). Miami's Kenny Calhoun broke up the conversion pass from quarterback Turner Gill to I-back Jeff Smith, leaving the inspired Hurricanes with a 31–30 upset victory over the top-ranked Cornhuskers.


1984 Orange Bowl, Game summary, The decision
"We were trying to win the game," Osborne said. "I don't think you go for a tie in that case. You try to win the game. We wanted an undefeated season and a clear-cut national championship." A tie would most likely have been enough to give the Huskers their 3rd national championship with a 12–0–1 record, their 1st for Tom Osborne, since second-ranked Texas also lost earlier in the day to Georgia in the Cotton Bowl Classic and third-ranked Auburn had won unimpressively. Regardless of the tie, they still would've been ranked as one of the greatest college football teams of all-time.


1984 Orange Bowl, Game summary, The decision
Coincidentally, Osborne had been asked earlier in the week by a reporter if he would ever consider going for two in just such a situation. "I hope it doesn't come up," Osborne said. "I'll be crucified one way or another on that one." When it did occur, Osborne had his mind made up. "I don't think any of our players would be satisfied backing into it with a PAT," Osborne said. "I don't think that's the way to do it."


1984 Orange Bowl, Legacy
The game has widely been listed among the most memorable college football games by various sources, including ABC Sports Online's five "classic Orange Bowl moments". An ESPN survey once voted it as the greatest college football game ever played.


1984 Orange Bowl, Legacy
It was named by ABC Sports as the tenth Greatest Sports Moment of the 1980s.


1984 Orange Bowl, Legacy
The game almost overnight established the University of Miami as a football power, and it went on to win two more national championships before the end of the decade, under head coaches Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson. The Hurricanes won a fourth with Erickson in 1991 by beating Nebraska in the Orange Bowl, which Miami shared with undefeated Washington, and beat Nebraska again for a fifth in 2001 under Larry Coker.


1984 Orange Bowl, Legacy
Nebraska head coach Osborne eventually won three national championships of his own (he defeated Miami in the 1995 Orange Bowl for his first), and retired after the 1997  season as one of the winningest coaches in college football history. But it was his decision to go for the win, rather than the tie, and his willingness to risk the national championship on one play which has come to define his legacy more than any single achievement, and has become a textbook case in game theory.


1984 Orange Bowl, Legacy
A simple extra point conversion would have tied the game and arguably given Nebraska the national championship. Economists Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff argue that Osborne would have had more options had he gone for two earlier in the fourth quarter: "Tom Osborne would have done better to first try the two-point attempt (at the score of 31–23), and then if it succeeded go for the one-point, while if it failed attempt a second two-pointer."


1984 Orange Bowl, Legacy
The game was placed in NCAA Football video games as a "College Classic," challenging players to recreate the ending. The scenario begins with Nebraska with the ball, with the decision to either go for the tie or the win entirely up to the player. Due to the game using modern rules when it was developed, it is entirely possible to take the game into overtime.


1984 Oregon Ducks football team
The 1984 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), the team was led by head coach Rich Brooks, in his eighth year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 3–5 in the Pac-10).


1984 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 1984 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Joe Avezzano, the Beavers were 2–9 overall, (1–7 in Pac-10, ninth). Five home games were played on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.


1984 Oregon State Beavers football team
In his five years as head coach, Avezzano posted a record of 6–47–2 (.127); he was fired after the season.


1984 Origins Award winners
The following are the winners of the 11th annual (1984) Origins Award, presented at Origins 1985:


1984 Orlando mayoral election
The 1984 Orlando mayoral election was held on September 4, 1984 to elect the mayor of Orlando, Florida. It saw the reelection of Bill Frederick.


1984 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1984 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 78th water polo championship in Hungary.


1984 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), First stage, Group II
Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.


1984 Ottawa Rough Riders season
The 1984 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in fourth place in the East Division with a 4–12 record. As such, the Rough Riders missed the playoffs for the first time since 1970.


1984 Overseas Final
The 1984 Overseas Final was the fourth running of the Overseas Final as part of the qualification for the 1984 Speedway World Championship Final to be held at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden. The 1984 Final was run on 8 July at Belle Vue in Manchester, England, and was the second last qualifying round for Commonwealth and American riders.


1984 Overseas Final
The top 10 riders qualified for the Intercontinental Final to be held at the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark. Lance King became the first American rider to win the Overseas Final, winning with an unbeaten 15 point maximum.


1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference
The 1984 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Filipino Conference was the first conference of the 1984 PBA season. It started on March 25 and ended on July 17, 1984.


1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference, Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:


1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference Finals
The 1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference Finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Crispa Redmanizers and Gilbey's Gin Tonics played for the 27th championship contested by the league.


1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference Finals
The Crispa Redmanizers won their 13th PBA title and retains the All-Filipino crown with a 4-1 series victory over Gilbey's Gin Tonics.


1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 1
The Redmanizers went on a rampage early in the third quarter with a runaway 22-point spread against the Gin Tonics, which played without Sonny Jaworski with a hamstring muscle injury and Romulo Mamaril with a left knee injury that came early in the semifinals.


1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 2
Gilbey's led by 14 points three times in the second quarter and were up 61-54 at halftime. The Redmanizers started the third period with a 9-0 run to take the upper hand, 63-61, after Joey Marquez tied the count, an 18-0 barrage by Crispa gave them an 81-63 lead. The overpowering 27-2 Crispa rampage which wiped out the Tonics' halftime edge took only five minutes and 20 seconds. The Redmanizers were up front by 12 points, 97-85, at the end of the third quarter. Crispa pulled away by as much as 26 points at 113-87 with time down to 7:32 in the final period.


1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 3
Sonny Jaworski, who sat out in the first two games of the series as he was nursing with an injured hamstring, return in the third game and the Gin Tonics had their spirits uplifted with Big J's leadership. Gilbey's roared to an 18-point lead twice in the second quarter.


1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 3
In the third period, Jaworski's basket makes it 65-53 for Gilbeys, but he committed his fourth personal foul on a driving Atoy Co with 7:57 in the third, coach Arturo Valenzona sent Alex Clarino for the Big J. With Jaworski on the bench on account of four personal fouls, the Redmanizers made a comeback and they knotted the count at 72-all with time down to 1:57. The third quarter ended with Crispa on top, 80-76.


1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 3
The fourth quarter resulted to eight deadlocks with the last at 98-all. With 1:53 left in the ballgame and Gilbey's up by a point, 102-101, a rare four-point play by Steve Watson enabled the Gin Tonics to break away, a lay-up by Willie Generalao on a fastbreak put Gilbey's lead to seven, 108-101, with 1:09 remaining.


1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 4
From a 56-42 halftime lead by Crispa, the Gin Tonics made a torrid comeback behind Francis Arnaiz and Steve Watson. With barely three minutes gone in the third quarter, Sonny Jaworski takes a crack at his three-point shot and scores as Gilbey's finally cut down Crispa's lead to a single digit, 62-54. The Gin Tonics tied the count at 73-all with 2:54 left in the third period.


1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 4
In the fourth quarter, Arnaiz throws an outlet pass to Joey Marquez to forge the last tie at 109-all. Abet Guidaben breaks the deadlock and give Crispa a two-point lead, 111-109, Gilbey's calls for a timeout with one minute left. The inbound play of Gilbey's was a little shaky as Arnaiz use up so much time as possible and snaps off a premature shot far out, it bounces off the rim and lands into the hands of a Crispa defender. Joey Marquez seals the fate of the Gin Tonics by committing a foul on Bernie Fabiosa, who sinks both free throws for a four-point spread with 34 seconds left in the ballgame.


1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 5
Abet Guidaben and Atoy Co sparked Crispa's early breakaway in the first quarter, leading as much as 17 points, 34-17. The Gin Tonics rallied to within eight points twice in the third period, but from thereon, the Redmanizers were never seriously threatened for the rest of the game.


1984 PBA Invitational Championship
The 1984 PBA Invitational Championship was the third conference of the 1984 PBA season. It started on November 18 and ended on December 18, 1984. Imports return to action after two All-Filipino conferences.


1984 PBA Invitational Championship, Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the tournament:


1984 PBA Invitational Championship, Qualification
These are win-loss records from the two All-Filipino conferences' elimination rounds this season:


1984 PBA Invitational Championship, Finals
The Coffee Makers were ahead by only seven, 89-82, going into the final period, Ricardo Brown hit nine points in an 11-2 blast as their lead ballooned to 14 points, 100-86. Import Jeff Collins took over the scoring chores and came up with an eight-point run for Great Taste to decide the issue, 114-92.


1984 PBA Invitational Championship, Finals
The Redmanizers took a 75-71 lead in the third quarter, after trailing the Coffee Makers throughout the game. In the fourth period, after a three-point play by Freddie Hubalde to tie the count at 90-all, a 9-2 run by Great Taste, resulted to a seven-point spread with nine minutes left in the ballgame. Going into the last two minutes of play, Jeff Collins' reverse dunk gave the Coffee Makers a five-point lead but Freddie Hubalde's two unanswered baskets bring the Great Taste' lead to only one with 1:05 to go.


1984 PBA Invitational Championship, Finals
Ricardo Brown scored two-for-two from the stripe after being hacked by Carlton Willis, 117-114 for Great Taste. Willis then scored on a short drive with 35 seconds left, the Coffee Makers became a little too lax and Ricardo Brown snapped off a jumper that was too strong it bounced off the ring right into the hands of Abet Guidaben, a lead pass to Arturo Cristobal, who spotted Freddie Hubalde waiting in the frontcourt and scored with 4.4 seconds on the clock. Great Taste calls two timeouts and in the inbound play, Jeff Collins broke free and went for a three-pointer that was short, the Redmanizers evened up the series at one game each.


1984 PBA Invitational Championship, Finals
From a 51-49 halftime edge in favor of Crispa, the Coffee Makers started the third period on an 8-0 run for a 57-51 lead as the Redmanizers were held scoreless in the first 1:36 of the second half. Philip Cezar scored on a lay-up that set off Crispa's own 11-2 blast that pushed them ahead, 62-59. With 1:26 left in the third quarter, Crispa got their first double-digit lead at 79-69. The Redmanizers went up by 14 points in the fourth quarter, 90-76, but Great Taste rallied to within 94-98 with still 5:28 remaining. A three-point play by Abet Guidaben off Alejo Alolor's fourth foul seal the Coffee Makers' fate and Philip Cezar followed that up with a lay-up on a four on one fastbreak, 103-94 for Crispa.


1984 PBA Invitational Championship, Finals
The Coffee Makers took a 47-36 advantage in the second quarter but the Redmanizers came back and even lead at halftime, 57-54. In the fourth quarter from a precarious 103-97 six-point edge for Great Taste, Jeff Collins did the scoring for the Coffee Makers in a three-minute span to settle the issue, 112-99.


1984 PBA Invitational Championship, Finals
Jeff Collins sparked three devastating spurts that opened a commanding 56-40 lead for the Coffee Makers late in the second quarter, a finishing 15-6 third quarter run by Great Taste put the game's outcome beyond doubt. Abet Guidaben of Crispa fouled out with 1:58 left in the third quarter to hasten the Redmanizers' downfall. Great Taste raced to a 28-point margin, 108-80 with 4:54 left in the final period.


1984 PBA Second All-Filipino Conference
The 1984 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) 2nd All-Filipino Conference was the second conference of the 1984 PBA season. It started on August 5 and ended on November 4, 1984. This is the second All-Filipino tournament of the season.


1984 PBA Second All-Filipino Conference, Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:


1984 PBA Second All-Filipino Conference, Quarterfinals, (6) Beer Hausen vs. (8) Country Fair
Beer Hausen, Crispa and Tanduay won their respective series to enter the semifinal round.


1984 PBA Second All-Filipino Conference Finals
The 1984 PBA Second All-Filipino Conference Finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1984 PBA Second All-Filipino Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Great Taste Coffee Makers and Beer Hausen Brewmasters played for the 28th championship contested by the league.


1984 PBA Second All-Filipino Conference Finals
Great Taste Coffee Makers won their finals series against Beer Hausen via 3-0 sweep for their first-ever PBA title.


1984 PBA Second All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 1
The Coffee Makers went on to lead by as much as 16 points in the third quarter at 57-41. The Brewmasters rallied to within five, 76-81. A 13-6 flurry sparked by Manny Victorino and Arnie Tuadles settled the issue for Great Taste, 99-86, with 49 seconds left, from an 86-80 count.


1984 PBA season
The 1984 PBA season was the 10th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1984 PGA Championship
The 1984 PGA Championship was the 66th PGA Championship, held August 16–19 at Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama. Lee Trevino shot four rounds in the 60s to win his second PGA Championship and sixth and final major title, four strokes ahead of runners-up Gary Player and Lanny Wadkins.


1984 PGA Championship
Trevino, age 44, was tied for the lead after two rounds at 137 (−7) with Player and Wadkins. Despite a double bogey at 18 on Saturday, Trevino carded a 67 (−5) for 204 (−12) and a one shot lead. A 69 on Sunday led to a total of 273 (−15), which set a new record for under-par by five strokes for the championship, which was later broken by Steve Elkington in 1995.


1984 PGA Championship
Shoal Creek hosted the PGA Championship again in 1990 and the Regions Tradition, a senior major championship, from 2011 through 2015.


1984 PGA Tour
The 1984 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to October 30. The season consisted of 43 official money events. Denis Watson and Tom Watson won the most tournaments, three, and there were seven first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.


1984 PGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1984 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


1984 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 1984 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. 50 players earned their 1985 PGA Tour card through Q-School in 1984. The tournament was played over 108 holes at the La Quinta Hotel Golf Club, Dunes course, in La Quinta, California. The top 50 players split the $100,000 purse, with the winner earning $15,000. There was a six-man playoff among those that tied for 47th to determine the final four spots – Jim Hallet and Keith Parker were eliminated.


1984 PKK attacks
The 15 August 1984 PKK attacks, which were led by Mahsum Korkmaz (known as "Agit"), marked the start of the last phase of Kurdish–Turkish conflict.


1984 PKK attacks
Since the PKK's second party Congress, which was held from 20 to 25 August 1982 in Daraa, Syria, it was decided that the PKK would start preparing for an insurgency inside Turkey. Training camps were opened in Syria and in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley and propaganda teams were sent across the border to make contact with the local populations. After years of preparation, the PKK launched its first major attacks on 15 August 1984. The attack was led by the founder of the PKK's military wing.


1984 PKK attacks
PKK forces attacked the gendarmerie station in Eruh, Siirt and killed one gendarmerie soldier and injured six soldiers and three civilians. Simultaneously, PKK forces attacked a gendarmerie open-air facility, officer housings and a gendarmerie station in Şemdinli, Hakkâri and killed two police officers and injured one police officer and a soldier.


1984 PKK attacks
Initially, Turkish authorities did not take the attacks seriously, however the attacks were followed up by a raid on a police station in Siirt on 17 August, which was soon followed by an attack that killed three of General Kenan Evren's Presidential Guards in Yüksekova and an ambush which killed 8 Turkish soldiers in Çukurca, in Hakkâri province.


1984 PKK attacks
Insurgent violence in the predominantly Kurdish South-East of Turkey escalated heavily after the attacks. Around 2,500 people were killed during the conflict between 15 August 1984 and 1991. This number rose to 17,500 between 1991 and 1992 and the Turkish state puts the number of people killed by the insurgency at 44,000 as of September 2008.


1984 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1984 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 8–10 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.


1984 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament
Third-seeded Fresno State upset top-seeded, defending champions UNLV in the final, 51–49, thus capturing their third PCAA/Big West title (and third in four seasons).


1984 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament
The Bulldogs, in turn, received a bid to the 1984 NCAA Tournament, the program's third overall. UNLV, PCAA tournament runners-up, were also included in the NCAA field.


1984 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The tournament field remained the same as 1983, with eight total teams, despite the addition of one new team (New Mexico State, from the Missouri Valley) to the PCAA. Instead, only the top eight teams, out of ten, from the regular season standings qualified for the conference tournament.


1984 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All eight teams were placed into the first round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records. After the first round, teams were re-seeded so the highest-remaining team was paired with the lowest-remaining time in one semifinal with the other two teams slotted into the other semifinal.


1984 Pacific Tigers football team
The 1984 Pacific Tigers football team represented the University of the Pacific (UOP) in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.


1984 Pacific Tigers football team
The team was led by head coach Bob Cope, in his second year, and played their home games at Pacific Memorial Stadium in Stockton, California. On the field, they finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 2–5 PCAA). The Tigers were outscored by their opponents 209–280 over the season.


1984 Pacific Tigers football team
After the season was over, it was discovered that the UNLV Rebels had used multiple ineligible players during both the 1983 and 1984 seasons. As a result, Pacific's loss to UNLV turns into a forfeit win and their record is adjusted to 5–6, 3–4 PCAA.


1984 Pacific Tigers football team, Team players in the NFL
The following UOP players were selected in the 1985 NFL Draft.


1984 Pacific hurricane season
The 1984 Pacific hurricane season was a very active season, producing 21 named storms. When Fausto became a tropical storm on July 3, it was the earliest the sixth-named storm on record at the time. This record would be tied in 1985 and broken 34 years later. The season produced 26 tropical cyclones, of which 21 developed into named storms; 13 cyclones attained hurricane status, of which three reached major hurricane status. The season officially started on May 15, 1984, in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1984, in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1984. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when the vast majority tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The strongest hurricane of the season was Hurricane Douglas, which attained Category 4 status on the Saffir–Simpson scale in the open Pacific.


1984 Pacific hurricane season
Only four tropical systems made landfall during the season. In September, Hurricane Norbert took an erratic path before making landfall on Baja California as a tropical storm, bringing flooding rains. Hurricane Odile also made landfall on Mexico during September as a tropical storm, killing 21 at sea and severely damaging crops. Additionally, Hurricanes Genevieve and Polo struck Mexico as tropical depressions. Hurricane Douglas also threatened Hawaii.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
There were 18 tropical storms in the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center's (EPHC) area of responsibility (AOR) this season. Twelve became hurricanes. Of those, six became major hurricanes by reaching Category 3 intensity or higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale. In the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's (CPHC) AOR, there was a major hurricane and two tropical storms. There was one tropical depression that did not strengthen into a storm.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
The first storm of the season formed on May 17 and the last storm dissipated on November 5, spanning 173 days. While this was much shorter than 1983, it was still two weeks longer than the 10 year average. During the season, there were a total of 1187 storm hours and 1048 hurricane hours, both of which were well above normal. A total of 585 advisories were issued by the EPHC, nearly 200 above normal.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Alma
Alma, a short-lived storm, developed from a tropical disturbance that later was upgraded to Tropical Depression One-E on May 17. It continued strengthening until May 19, when it strengthened into Tropical Storm Alma, the first tropical cyclone and named storm of the season. Alma hit its peak intensity of a strong tropical storm of 60 mph (95 km/h) later that day. Moving due west, On May 21, it was downgraded into a depression. Later that same day, Alma was declared dissipated as it degenerated into an open trough.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Boris
On May 28, a tropical depression formed 345 mi (555 km) south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Moving west, the storm was located underneath 88 °F (31 °C) waters. The depression strengthened into a tropical storm the next day. On May 30, Boris strengthened into a hurricane, the first of the season, and reached its peak intensity with 75 mph (120 km/h) winds. The next day the hurricane weakened into a tropical storm and began executing a loop in response to a building ridge. Boris soon weakened to a tropical depression.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Boris
After traversing cooler waters of 78 °F (26 °C), the depression dissipated into a remnant low on June 5. However, on June 12, its remnants redeveloped into a tropical storm. In response to an upper-level trough, Boris began to move to the north. However the trough weakened and Boris subsequently began moving to the west, over cooler waters, and dissipated on June 18.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Cristina
Hurricane Cristina formed from a tropical disturbance 345 mi (555 km) southwest of Acapulco on June 17. Moving west due to a combination of a weak westerly-moving upper-level low and a subtropical ridge, the storm intensified into a tropical storm on the same day. Cristina continued to gradually intensify before reaching peak intensity with 105 mph (170 km/h) winds on June 19, a mid-level Category 2 hurricane. The hurricane began moving to the northwest in response to a high-pressure area and weakened into a tropical storm on June 22. Cristina intensified to become a hurricane for a second time on June 24. Cristina eventually dissipated June 26 after bring high clouds to the Baja California Peninsula for a few days.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Douglas
A disturbance off the coast of Mexico had no significant convection until June 25, when it strengthened into Tropical Depression Four-E. As it strengthened into a tropical storm, it received the name Douglas. It strengthened into a hurricane the next day. It hit its peak intensity of a Category Four on the SSHS on June 28. The next day, Douglas weakened into a category 3, then a category 2 late the same day. It later weakened into a tropical storm on July 5, then on July 6, the storm met its demise as it dissipated. Douglas was the strongest storm of the season. Its remnants brought rain to Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Elida
A tropical disturbance developed roughly 350 mi (565 km) south of Salina Cruz several hundred miles southwest of Acapulco. The disturbance became a tropical depression on June 28. Moving northwestward, the depression was upgraded into Tropical Storm Elida 24 hours later. Rapidly intensifying, Elida eventually peaked as a powerful category 4 hurricane. Shortly after its peak, Elida moved over 76 °F (24 °C) waters as its motion slowed. Hurricane Elida later began to turn southwest, then south, and then east as it interacted with Hurricane Fausto and Genevieve. By that time, Elida was only a tropical depression. On July 9, Elida dissipated as a tropical cyclone.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Six-E
A poorly defined area of thunderstorms developed about 506 miles (815 km) southeast of the Gulf of Tehuantepec on June 29. The system developed a cyclonic circulation the next morning and became Tropical Depression Six-E. Despite warm waters beneath it, the outflow of Hurricane Elida prevented strengthening, and the depression dissipated by 00:00 UTC on July 2.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Fausto
A weak tropical disturbance entered the Pacific on July 1. Moving over a pocket of 90 °F (32 °C) waters, it rapidly intensified into a tropical storm on July 3. Fausto slowly turned northwest into an area between two strong troughs. Late on July 8, Fausto reached hurricane intensity. Continuing to rapidly intensify, Fuasto attained peak intensity of 110 miles per hour (175 km/h) 686 km (426 mi) south of La Paz. Hurricane Fuasto continued to move northwest, weakening as it encountered progressively cooler waters. During the afternoon of July 8, the EPHC downgraded Fausto into a tropical storm. Fuasto turned west on July 9 in response to a ridge north of the cyclone. Shortly thereafter, Fuasto was downgraded into a tropical depression, and the system dissipated the next day. Fausto brought high clouds to southern Baja California Sur for four days.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Genevieve
A disturbance about 460 miles (741 km) south of Mexico developed into Tropical Depression Eight at 6:00 UTC on July 7. Heading northwest over very warm waters of 29-30 °C, the depression became a tropical storm, was named Genevieve, and rapidly intensified to a hurricane at 18:00 UTC on July 8. It reached peak intensity about 48 hours later as a Category 3 major hurricane with 115 mph (185 km/h) winds. Continual northwestward movement brought Hurricane Genevieve over colder waters, and it weakened over the following days. Genevieve dropped to tropical depression strength again around 00:00 UTC on July 14, and moved ashore the Baja California Peninsula nine hours later about 92 miles (148 kilometers) northwest of Cabo San Lucas. The cyclone dissipated shortly thereafter.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Nine-E
A tropical disturbance crossed into the basin over Costa Rica and Nicaragua from July 13–14. It gradually separated from the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), and finally became a depression around 00:00 UTC on July 23. The depression peaked in intensity as it moved to the west-northwest, with 30 mph (50 km/h) maximum sustained winds. It dissipated over marginal waters on July 25 at 00:00 UTC.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hernan
Tropical Depression Ten-E developed about 460 miles (741 km) south of the southern tip of Baja California Sur. Over 29 °C waters, the depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Hernan around 00:00 UTC on July 28 as it moved west-northwest. Turning west around an upper-level high to its northwest, Hernan gradually strengthened and achieved peak intensity at 12:00 UTC on July 29 with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h). Afterward, the storm weakened as it moved over cooler waters of 26 °C. A ridge pushing south of the high forced Hernan to the west-southwest, and a trough digging south over Baja California caused shear to increase over Hernan. Moving into even colder waters, Hernan then rapidly weakened, and its center dissipated around 00:00 UTC on August 1.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Iselle
A new disturbance entered the Gulf of Tehuantepec from Mexico from August 2–3, and it rapidly developed into Tropical Depression Eleven-E on August 3, around 12:00 UTC. Moving west-northwest around the south side of a high over Mexico, the depression encountered very warm waters and strengthened into a tropical storm around 18:00 UTC the next day. Quickly intensifying, the storm strengthened into a hurricane by 6:00 UTC on August 6. Hurricane Iselle peaked as a low-end Category 4 hurricane around 18:00 UTC on August 8, with winds of 130 mph (210 km/h). A vigorous trough moving southeast off of the California coast forced Iselle to turn northwest. Cooling waters caused Iselle to steadily weaken. It dropped below hurricane strength by 6:00 UTC on August 11, and weakened even more rapidly afterward. Iselle dissipated at 12:00 UTC on August 12.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Julio
Tropical Depression Twelve-E developed about 172 miles (278 km) south of Acapulco on August 15. It moved westward for twelve hours before turning more west-northwestward around a sharp upper-level ridge over the Gulf of Mexico and the mainland. It became a tropical storm at 15:00 UTC that day strengthened over the following day. Julio also exhibited a bursting pattern over its circulation that extended its rainbands over central Mexico. During this time Julio reached peak intensity with 60 mph (95 km/h) winds. Despite continued warm waters, increasing vertical wind shear caused Julio to rapidly weaken. It dissipated at about 12:00 UTC on August 20, about midway between Socorro Island and Cabo Corrientes.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Keli
Tropical Depression One-C developed well southwest of the Big Island of Hawaii on August 16. It strengthened into a tropical storm six hours later and was named Keli. Favorable conditions allowed Keli to quickly intensify. It became a hurricane on August 18 and briefly peaked as a Category 3 major hurricane the next day. Shortly after, intense wind shear and cooler waters caused Keli to weaken rapidly. It dissipated on August 22 near the International Date Line.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Keli
Hurricane Keli threatened Johnston Atoll enough to prompt an evacuation. However, the aforementioned wind shear quickly disintegrated Keli, and no damage was reported.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kenna
A tropical disturbance crossed Panama on August 7. Traveling westward under a large deep-layer ridge to its north, the disturbance became increasingly organized near its center on August 15, and became a tropical depression at 15:30 UTC the next day. The depressions strengthened into Tropical Storm Kenna the next day. Kenna moved west with little change in intensity and entered the Central Pacific around 12:00 UTC on August 18.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Lala
Tropical Depression Fourteen-E crossed the 140 longitude, and became Tropical Storm Lala. Lala, along with Iniki of 1992, Li of 1994, Lana of 2009, Ela of 2015, Ulika of 2016 & Akoni of 2019 are the only seven Tropical Storms to be named in the Central Pacific, but form in the Eastern Pacific.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Moke
Moke had uncertain beginnings, as it developed from a cold-core low that eventually became a tropical storm just east of the dateline. It passed close to Kure Atoll, encountered shear, and lost tropical characteristics.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Marie
Hurricane Marie was a weak storm that dissipated off the coast of Baja California. Its remnants recurved and brought minor levels of rain to California.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Eighteen-E
This tropical depression formed along the coast near Zihuatanejo, Mexico from the remnants of the Atlantic tropical storm Edouard.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Norbert
A tropical depression first developed on September 14 over the Pacific Ocean west of the Mexican coast. Six hours later, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Norbert. Norbert reached hurricane status on September 16, and shortly thereafter Norbert became a hurricane. On September 17, Norbert was upgraded to a major hurricane (Category 3 or higher). Meanwhile, Norbert meandered. At 0000 UTC, September 21, Norbert reached its peak intensity of 130 mph (210 km/h). Shortly after its peak, Hurricane Norbert began to turn to the northwest.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Norbert
Norbert fluctuated in intensity over the next few days. On September 23, a Hurricane Hunter aircraft intercepted Norbert, marking the first time that the core of a hurricane was completely mapped in 3-D. The aircraft was also equipped with Doppler weather radar. Although the hurricane's motion accelerated, by September 25, Norbert was only a Category 2 hurricane. After weakening back into a tropical storm early on September 26 and subsequently ashore near Point Abreojos in the central portion of the Baja California Peninsula while a high-end tropical storm. Norbert eventually became one of the eight tropical cyclones to survive into Arizona.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Norbert
Described as "big and ugly" by meteorologists, a combination of Norbert and several other storms left many people without a home and hotels nearly empty. Scattered and light rainfall fell across portions of Baja California Norte and Sonora Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph (30 to 50 km/h) were recorded in the Tucson metropolitan area, but only moderate rainfall occurred throughout south-central to northeast Arizona.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Odile
A tropical disturbance was noted about 150 mi (240 km) south of Acapulco on September 16 and was classified as a tropical depression the next day. About 24 hours after developing into a tropical cyclone, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Odile. By the afternoon of September 19, Odile became a hurricane while meandering south of the Mexican coast.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Odile
Late on September 21, Hurricane Odile reached its peak intensity of 105 miles per hour (170 km/h). While maintaining peak intensity for a half of a day, the cyclone began to turn more northwestward and weaken over cooler waters. The hurricane weakened to tropical storm status while approaching the coast of Mexico. By late on September 22, Odile made landfall about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Zihuatanejo, as a weak tropical storm, with winds of 50 mph (80 km/h). Less than six hours later, Odile became an extratropical cyclone, which was at 0000 UTC on September 23. The remnants of Odile moved northwest to the east of Manzanillo before weakening as it re-curved towards Texas.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Odile
Heavy rainfall was recorded across Southern Mexico, with the maximum rainfall totals in Costa Azul and Acapulco,. Due to an extended period of heavy rainfall, flooding resulted in damage to about 900 homes, inundation of about 30 miles (50 km) of highways, triggered an evacuation of 7,000 people, and left 20,000 families without any water service. About eighty percent of the crops in the state of Guerrero were damaged. Commercial flights in Acapulco were suspended for two daybecuase airline terminal was flooded by more than 3 ft (910 mm) of water. In addition, Hurricane Odile knocked down two high-tension towers. Overall, the hurricane killed 40 people, and hundreds more were missing, and left thousands homeless.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Polo
As a tropical depression, Polo made landfall in the extreme southern part of the Baja California Peninsula on October 3.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Rachel
A tropical depression formed on October 7, several hundred miles south of Mexico. It was upgraded to Tropical Storm Rachel on October 9, as it continued westward into the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. Rachel was downgraded to a tropical depression on October 11, as it began to turn northwest. The depression then dissipated in open waters on October 16.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Simon
Simon was a moderately strong tropical storm which did not affect land.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Twenty-Four-E
This tropical depression quickly formed and dissipated over cool water.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the eastern Pacific in 1984. This was the first time all of these names were used since the modern lists began. No names were retired, so the list of names was used again in the 1990 season. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.


1984 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names
Three names from the Central Pacific list were used – Keli, Lala, and Moke. This was the first usage for all of these names.


1984 Pacific typhoon season
The 1984 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.


1984 Pacific typhoon season
A total of 30 tropical depressions formed in 1984 in the Western Pacific, of which 27 became tropical storms, 16 reached typhoon intensity, and two reached super typhoon strength. Eight tropical cyclones moved into mainland China, four struck Vietnam, four moved through the Philippines, and one cyclone moved into South Korea. The second consecutive typhoon season with a late start, all of the season activity was contained between June and December, with August and October the most active months, contributing to half of the seasonal tropical cyclone count.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Season summary
Despite its late start, a total of 30 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 27 became tropical storms. A total of 16 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 2 reached super typhoon strength. Three of the systems formed in June, four in July, seven in August, four in September, eight in October, three in November, and one in December. Eight tropical cyclones moved into mainland China, four struck Vietnam, four moved through the Philippines, and one cyclone moved into South Korea.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Season summary
The most damaging and deadly typhoon this season was Ike, which led to significant damage and two-thirds of the overall seasonal death toll, mainly from the Philippines. The longest lived cyclone was Bill, which persisted for two weeks during mid November. Despite the eight tropical cyclones moving into China, Hong Kong received only 18 percent of its annual rainfall from tropical cyclones, which was 35 percent below the annual average.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Vernon
Tropical Storm Vernon, the first of the year, developed in the South China Sea on June 6. It moved northwest, and then westward in an environment of strong vertical wind shear, Vernon moved inland into Vietnam on June 10. Flooding of rice, sweet potato, and sesame crops in Quảng Nam-Da Nang province was caused by Vernon. Combined with 1983's late formation of Tropical Storm Sarah in June, this is only known time that two consecutive years had their first storm develop as late as June.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Wynne (Asiang)
The monsoon trough established itself across the South China Sea eastward into the Philippine Sea on June 14. A tropical disturbance formed within this trough on June 16 in the northern Philippine Sea. Moving westward for much of its existence to the south of a narrow subtropical ridge, an upper level high developed over the strengthening low level circulation early on June 19, which became a tropical depression that day. By that evening, the cyclone had strengthened into a tropical storm. Strong upper level ridging over mainland China led to easterly vertical wind shear, which limited intensification.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Wynne (Asiang)
The cyclone passed by the southern coast of Taiwan, which caused slight weakening as it entered the South China Sea. Passing south of Hong Kong, a U. S. Naval ship and Hong Kong both reported winds of 60 knots (110 km/h), with gusts to 82 knots (152 km/h) reported at Tate's Cairn and 70 knots (130 km/h) noted out at sea. Southwest flow to the south of Wynne led to flooding in Luzon, where 100 square kilometres (25,000 acres) of riceland was destroyed. Three fisherman drowned north of Luzon. Late on June 25, Wynne made landfall in China near the Luichow Peninsula, and then weakened rapidly inland.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Alex (Biring)
On June 28, a surface circulation formed in the Philippine Sea. Development of the system began in earnest on June 30, and a tropical depression had formed early on July 1, with tropical storm status attained later in the day. A ridge to its north eroded, allowing Alex to move north-northwest towards Taiwan. Alex became the first typhoon of the season shortly before moving across the mountainous island. On July 5, extratropical transition of Alex had begun. By late in the day, it was an extratropical cyclone along a frontal zone in the Sea of Japan.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Betty (Konsing)
Development of this system was slow within the eastern portion of the monsoon trough. By midday on July 2, the disturbance was first noted about 1,020 kilometres (630 mi) southwest of Guam. The system moved northwest for much of its life cycle, initially following Alex and then the southwest side of the subtropical ridge. A broad tropical depression formed on the afternoon on July 5 within the disturbed weather area, weakening as it passed over Luzon. Late on July 7, ship reports indicated the system had become a tropical storm.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Betty (Konsing)
The cyclone moved within the radar fence of Hong Kong near its peak intensity before making landfall 250 kilometres (160 mi) to its west-southwest during the early afternoon of July 9. Winds gusted to 70 knots (130 km/h) at Green Island. Weakening over the topography of China was rapid thereafter, and the system dissipated by early on July 10.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Cary
Initiated by the tropical tropospheric trough (TUTT), an area of convection was first noted southeast of the upper trough in an area with favorable upper level divergence on July 2 near 18N 168E. The disturbance moved west-southwest and evolved into a tropical depression late on July 6 and a tropical storm soon after. The cyclone moved northwest towards a break in the subtropical ridge and reached typhoon status late on July 9 forming a large eye about 55 kilometres (34 mi) in diameter. Rapid development continued for another 12 hours as it slowly moved through the ridge axis.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Cary
The cyclone turned northeast late on July 10 as it began to be sheared significantly from the northwest. Shearing relented on July 11 allowing the eye to reform, this time 75 kilometres (47 mi) wide. As the typhoon progressed more poleward, increased vertical wind shear and the entrainment of cooler and drier air began its extratropical transition. By late on July 14, Cary had become an extratropical cyclone. The nontropical system then moved westward, eventually dissipating south of Japan.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Dinah
For two weeks after Betty and Cary, a high pressure dominated the northwest Pacific, with no sign of a monsoon trough. A cold front dropped into the area from the north, and remained stationary across much of the central North Pacific just north of Wake Island for nearly a week. An area of convection along the tail of the old frontal boundary formed on July 21, and closed off a wind circulation just northwest of Wake Island. Drifting westward, the system did not develop considerably until July 23. By late on July 24, it became a tropical depression. Intensifying while moving west-southwest, the system became a typhoon late on July 25 with a 55 kilometres (34 mi) wide eye.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Dinah
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Ed was approaching from the northwest and the ridge north of Dinah moved east, which turned the typhoon northwest. For 48 hours between July 26 and July 28, Dinah and Ed were between 1,165 kilometres (724 mi) and 1,670 kilometres (1,040 mi) from one another, and fujiwhara interaction did impart a slight change onto Dinah's track. On July 27, while the cyclones were at their closest approach, Dinah weakened due to the more dominant outflow from Ed. The westerly shear led to a change in track to the east-northeast for Dinah.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Dinah
On July 28, once the cyclones moved farther apart, Dinah restrengthened rapidly and reached its maximum intensity by noon on July 29. Moving north-northeast around the western fringe of the subtropical ridge, Dinah's motion accelerated, moving close to Marcus Island late that afternoon, causing extensive vegetation damage. The coast guard station on the island sustained US$30,000 in damage (1984 dollars) when sustained winds reached 63 knots (117 km/h), with gusts to 89 knots (165 km/h). Weakening as it continued to move north-northeast, Dinah regained tropical storm status on July 31. Veering more northeast and interacting with a nearby upper trough in the Westerlies, Dinah became an extratropical cyclone late on August 1. The nontropical cyclone moved off the east, eventually crossing the International Date Line.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ed
Ed formed along the tail of a weakening cold front just south of Japan on July 23. It took a day to become detached on satellite pictures, and become a tropical disturbance. On the morning of July 25 a surface circulation had formed and the cyclone became a tropical depression. By July 26, it became a tropical storm. Initially it moved southeast during this period of strengthening as it approached Typhoon Dinah. As a shortwave trough in the Westerlies approached Ed, the cyclone turned north and moved away from Dinah.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ed
Ridging built in quickly behind the shortwave, and the cyclone turned west-northwest; a course it would maintain until landfall in mainland China. Strengthening continued, and Ed became an intense typhoon just south of Kyūshū. As it moved across the East China Sea, cooler waters and drier air led to weakening. Late on July 31, Ed made landfall 110 kilometres (68 mi) north of Shang-Hai as a strong tropical storm. Turning northwest after landfall, Ed moved along the Chinese coast and gradually weakened. By late on August 1, it had dissipated as a tropical cyclone. The Korean ship Ishlin Glory sank in the Korea Strait on July 29, which led to one death and 11 others declared missing. The launch of the weather satellite GMS-3 was delayed by this typhoon's passage nearby Japan.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Freda (Ditang)
The tail end of a trough extending southwest of Dinah west of Guam led to the development of this system. A tropical disturbance formed there on August 2 and developed a surface cyclone in the Philippine Sea later that day. A broad surface cyclone, the system tracked northwest and slowly developed. By late on August 5, it became a tropical depression. During the morning of August 6, it strengthened into a tropical storm while maintaining its broad center and a pair of circulation centers. The new northern center became dominant overnight.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Freda (Ditang)
The system jumped northwest and quickly moved through the Formosa Straits before striking mainland China very early on August 8. Two died in Taiwan due to Freda. After two days inland, Freda finally dissipated as a tropical cyclone, but its cloud pattern remained identifiable for an additional day or two thereafter.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 09W (Edeng)
A broad surface low formed in the near equatorial trough on August 7 about 1,225 kilometres (761 mi) south of Guam. Moving northwest, the disturbance slowly organized as it moved into the southeast portion of the monsoon trough. On August 10, the low jogged northward for a day towards an upper-level low northwest of Taiwan. Late on August 11, the low became a tropical depression, which was named Edeng by PAGASA and designated 09W by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 09W (Edeng)
It then moved west-northwest along the northern side of the monsoon trough as a sheared system due to moderate southerly flow aloft. A new circulation center developed, which led to PAGASA renaming the system Gloring as it neared the southern coast of Taiwan. The depression ultimately merged with a low-pressure area over the South China Sea, which would develop into Tropical Storm Gerald.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Gerald (Huaning)
Gerald formed within the monsoon trough in the northern South China Sea, where it meandered for its existence. The initial surface low formed on August 12 near 18N 117E. Slow development continued, and when the remains of Tropical Depression 09W/Gloring became absorbed by this cyclone, thunderstorm activity increased significantly. The system was a monsoon depression, with a central pressure of 997 hectopascals (29.4 inHg) and winds of up to 30 knots (56 km/h) a bit to the south of the circulation center.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Gerald (Huaning)
The storm's maximum sustained winds began to migrate closer to the center, and it became a tropical storm on the morning of August 16. Drifting west, Gerald slowly intensified for the next couple days. As Holly developed east of Taiwan, its outflow sheared Gerald, keeping the system from becoming a typhoon. Holly's proximity led to Gerald completing a small cyclonic loop on August 17. As Holly turned northwest, Gerald drifted westward once again. By August 20, Holly's large circulation over the East China Sea lured Gerald northeast. Shearing again increased, weakening Gerald. The cyclone made landfall 95 kilometres (59 mi) east-northeast of Hong Kong as a tropical depression. Winds gusted to 62 knots (115 km/h) at Tate's Cairn. Once inland, it turned to the north and weakened rapidly.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Holly (Isang)
This system formed in the eastern end of the monsoon trough that spawned Gerald. A very large cyclone, it did not close off a wind circulation until it achieved tropical storm strength on the morning of August 16. Like Freda and TD 09W, it had a broad center with light winds for much of its life cycle. Kadena Air Force Base, on Okinawa, measured 425 millimetres (16.7 in) of rainfall from this cyclone, and two periods of winds exceeding 50 knots (93 km/h) on August 18, and then again late August 19 and early August 20.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Holly (Isang)
The cyclone moved westward under the base of the subtropical ridge and reached typhoon strength on the morning of August 18. The system turned northwest and then north around the ridge's periphery at a relatively slow speed. As the system turned northeast and accelerated out of the East China Sea into the Korea Strait, it led to considerable damage in the Korean peninsula and across Kyūshū. One perished, eleven were injured, and nine went missing. Miyazake, on Kyūshū, measured 381 millimetres (15.0 in) of rainfall in a 24‑hour period during Holly's passage. This rainfall led to flooding and landslides. Interaction with nearby landmasses began to weaken Holly, and interaction with a mid-level trough led to its extratropical transition. Holly became an extratropical cyclone as it approached Hokkaidō early on August 23.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 12W (Lusing)
Convection formed in the eastern end of the monsoon trough just north of Guam on August 20, leading to the formation of a weak low-pressure area by late morning August 21. The system slowly consolidated as it moved northwest, and was separating from the monsoon trough on August 23. Although convection increased in organization, the surface wind field did not respond. Nevertheless, it was deemed a tropical depression on the morning of August 24. By the next morning, the surface circulation became exposed as upper-level conditions worsened due to strong southerlies aloft. The cyclone was no longer deemed tropical at that time. The surface cyclone moved northwest, crossing the Ryūkyū Islands before it merged with a frontal zone in the northern East China Sea late on August 26.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ike (Nitang)
This tropical cyclone formed on August 27 in the Philippine Sea, and strengthened as it moved westward into the southern Philippines, becoming a typhoon on August 31. Typhoon Ike caused extreme wind and flooding damage when it crossed the Philippines, resulting in 1492 fatalities, one of the Philippines' worst natural disaster in modern times, and its worst typhoon since Amy struck the archipelago in 1951. A total of 200,000 to 480,000 were left homeless. Emerging from the Philippines as a strong tropical storm, Ike restrengthened as it tracked northwest through the South China Sea across northeast Hainan Island.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ike (Nitang)
Weakening back into a tropical storm, Ike moving inland into mainland China. In Hong Kong, winds gusted to 49 knots (91 km/h) at Tate's Cairn. Extensive crop damage was experienced in southern China, with Ike becoming the most significant tropical cyclone to strike Guangxi since 1954. Total damage was reportedly US$111 million (1984 dollars). The name Ike was retired after this season.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon June (Maring)
A surface low formed within the monsoon trough on August 25. The low drifted westward as convection tried to consolidate around the center. Strong upper level wind shear inhibited development for the next couple of days. It took until late on August 28 for a single circulation center to consolidate, and when it did, gale-force winds around the center forced an upgrade from a monsoon depression to a tropical storm about 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Luzon. Moving westward, it struck Luzon early on August 29.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon June (Maring)
By late morning, the system turned west-northwest over the mountainous island, emerging into the South China Sea. A total of 121 lives were taken by June across the Philippines, and damage totaled US$5 million (1984 dollars.) A weakness in the subtropical ridge to its north led to a turn to the northwest, and the system made landfall 240 kilometres (150 mi) east of Hong Kong. Winds gusted to 38 knots (70 km/h) at Tate's Cairn, and total rainfall at Cheung Chau reached 187.3 millimetres (7.37 in). When Tropical Storm June hit southeast China on August 30, 67 people were reported dead due to extensive flooding from June's broad circulation.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Moke
JMA declared that a depression formed from a cold-core low on September 2. Moving eastwards, it crossed the International Date Line on the next day. Just after crossing it strengthened into a tropical storm, thus receiving the name Moke from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kelly
Developing at the southern end of a shear line, a low level circulation formed on September 13 with increasing convective organization to the south of a cold core cyclone. Completing a cyclonic loop, the cyclone continued to develop despite cool air becoming entrained within its circulation. Approaching the upper-level low, Kelly slowed down its northward motion and reached its maximum intensity. Soon afterwards, it rapidly accelerated northeast. Losing its tropical character late on September 17, it became an extratropical cyclone on the morning of September 18. This cyclone continued moving northeast for another few days, past the International Date Line and into the Gulf of Alaska.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Lynn
First noted as an area of poorly organized thunderstorms near Guam on September 19, the disturbance moved westward across the northern Philippine Sea. As an upper tropospheric cyclone weakened east of Luzon on September 22, upper-level conditions improved, but no reflection at the surface was yet witnessed. The thunderstorms entered the South China Sea on September 23 while a lee side surface low formed along the monsoon trough west of Luzon due to the strong easterly low-level flow. The disturbance rapidly consolidated, and it became a tropical depression early on September 24.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Lynn
Slowly intensifying as it moved west-northwest, Lynn became a tropical storm on September 25. At this point, the storm track became west-southwesterly and upper-level winds began to shear thunderstorms north of the center. Weakening ensued, and Lynn struggled to maintain tropical storm intensity as it made landfall about 95 kilometres (59 mi) southeast of Da Nang, Vietnam. The depression then turned northwest and dissipated near the Vietnam/Laos border early on September 28.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Maury
The system formed near the intersection of the northeast end of the monsoon trough with a frontal boundary near Marcus Island just as Nina was developing 1300 km to its west on September 27. By early on September 28, it had become a tropical depression with tropical storm strength reached by noon as Maury moved north around Nina. Instead of recurving quickly around the subtropical ridge to its east and southeast, Maury slowed as it entered Nina's larger circulation. Nina absorbed Maury's circulation on October 1 as it overtook the storm from the southwest.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Nina
Like Maury, Nina formed near the intersection of a frontal zone and the monsoon trough. On September 27, a circulation formed about 925 kilometres (575 mi) north-northwest of Guam. An upper level high north of Guam allowed for further development. Moving north, the system detached from the monsoon trough, and it became a tropical depression on September 28. Southerly shear across the system led to an initially subtropical appearance, as thunderstorms moved away from the center. This also prevented significant development.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Nina
On September 29, the main belt of the Westerlies captured the cyclone, displacing thunderstorms even farther east of the center. With the low level circulation exposed, Nina weakened into a tropical depression. By late on September 30, the low level circulation moved back under the convection, which resulted in reintensification back to a tropical storm at the same time Maury was absorbed into its circulation. By late morning October 1, Nina reached its maximum intensity, but extratropical transition was already underway. Central convection decreased, and Nina became an extratropical cyclone by October 2.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ogden
A weak surface low formed west of Truk on October 3, which contained little thunderstorm activity. Moving northwest, it joined the eastern section of the monsoon trough. Following the flow around the east side of the trough towards the north, poorly organized convection became associated with the persistent low. Once it neared the northeast fringe of the trough, convective organization improved. Although still a very broad system, it became a tropical depression on the morning of October 7. Moving around the southwest part of a retreating subtropical ridge, Ogden sharply recurved.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ogden
By early October 8, it strengthened into a tropical storm and passed just east of Marcus Island. The cyclone attained typhoon intensity partially due to translational motion as it began to undergo extratropical transition on October 9. Southwest shear began to significantly impact the system thereafter, which weakened the system into a tropical storm on October 10. By noon, the system had fully evolved into an extratropical cyclone. The nontropical storm continued northeast towards the International Date Line.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Phyllis
Phyllis formed within a surface trough left behind by Ogden. By late on October 7, a surface low had formed east of Guam. The system drifted northeast. A compact system, the system became a tropical depression late on October 10 and a tropical storm on the morning of October 11. Northward acceleration had begun, and Phyllis became a typhoon the morning of October 12. A cut off low south of Honshū helped lead to strong southerly flow over Phyllis, which weakened the storm. The shear vector changed from southerly to easterly as the main belt of the Westerlies impacted the cyclone, which caused faster weakening. By the morning of October 14, Phyllis became a wave along the cold front approaching the system from the west.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Roy
Developing southwest of Guam as Phyllis was forming to its northeast, a weak circulation developed on October 9. Upper level wind shear from Ogden slowed development into October 10. Thereafter, convection became better organized with the system and it became a tropical depression by October 11. A compact system, it became a tropical storm later that morning. Strong upper level easterlies halted development due to vertical wind shear. The low-level monsoon flow became diverted from Roy to Phyllis, which removed a potential source of low-level vorticity. Roy was an exposed circulation center on October 12 with decreasing convection when its lowest central pressure was reached. By the morning of October 13, it lost its defined circulation center and had dissipated as a tropical cyclone.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Susan
On October 10, a circulation had formed in the central South China Sea. Slow to consolidate, the low accelerated west along the axis of the monsoon trough as it became a tropical depression late on October 11. Developing as it veered west-northwest, Susan became a minimal tropical storm as it made landfall just north of Nha Trang, Vietnam. The system turned northwest up the Mekong river valley, maintaining its identity as a convective area for the next three days. Extreme flooding struck eastern and central Vietnam on October 12 and caused 33 casualties and moderate crop damage.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 23W
Developing within the monsoon trough, convection increased near Truk on October 16. A central convective feature formed, and the system became a tropical depression that afternoon. Moving northwest, the depression weakened as it became sheared from the north and a larger circulation formed to its southeast, which evolved into Thad.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Thad
Developing southeast of Guam as Tropical Depression 23W was dissipating, this convective cluster moved north-northwest. Forming a circulation center near Truk, Thad became a tropical storm as it approached Guam on October 19. Moving east of the island, Thad became an intense typhoon very early on October 22. Recurving into the Westerlies thereafter, the cyclone slowly weakened as it accelerated northeast and became an extratropical cyclone by October 24.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Vanessa (Toyang)
This system formed in the near equatorial trough southeast of Ponape a few days after Thad on October 20. The system moved northwest to just north of Ponape as it slowly developed. The disturbance strengthened into a tropical depression by October 22 and a tropical storm October 23 despite some northwesterly shear from Thad. As a minimal typhoon, Vanessa moved about 165 kilometres (103 mi) south of Guam, where winds gusted to 59 knots (109 km/h) on Nimitz Hill. Damage on the island totaled US$1.7 million (1984 dollars), mainly to the banana crop.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Vanessa (Toyang)
Moving west-northwest, Vanessa continued to strengthen, becoming a super typhoon. Super Typhoon Vanessa was the strongest typhoon of the season, reaching maximum sustained wind speeds of 190 miles per hour (310 km/h) over the open waters of the West Pacific. At its peak, it had a pressure of 880 mb, only 10 millibars higher than the record-setting Typhoon Tip of 1979. Its central pressure fell 100 mb in 48 hours. The intense cyclone recurved on October 27 and October 28 as a cold front approached from the northwest. Vanessa slowly merged with the frontal boundary, becoming a storm-force extratropical cyclone late on October 30.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Vanessa (Toyang)
Though the storm did not directly impact the Philippines, its outer bands triggered flooding that killed 63 people.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Warren (Reming)
The initial disturbance formed at the end of a shear line about 555 kilometres (345 mi) northeast of Mindanao. Embedded within the monsoon trough, it was a broad depression. It slowly weakened as it moved west-southwest through the Philippines into the South China Sea on October 22. Due to strengthening northeasterly low level flow, the circulation became better defined and conditions aloft favored strengthening. The system formed into a tropical depression late on October 23 despite easterly vertical wind shear. By early on October 24, Warren became a tropical storm which then turned to the north. Between October 24 and October 26, the cyclone performed a small cyclonic loop. On October 26, Warren strengthened into a typhoon.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Warren (Reming)
The steering flow weakened around Warren at that time as Vanessa was moving to its northeast. Warren became entrained into Vanessa's southwestern circulation, and turned east-northeast. As Vanessa moved away from Warren, the cyclone performed an anticyclonic loop and turned back to the west on October 28. Clark Air Force Base recorded 222 millimetres (8.7 in) of rainfall on October 28 and October 29 due to Warren. The heavy rains over the Philippines led to landslides which killed 42 people. The passenger ferry MV Venus capsized on October 28, which led to an additional 36 deaths. The 930-ton ship Lorenzo Container VIII sank that day, which led to eight missing crew members.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Warren (Reming)
Another surge in the low-level northeast flow to Warren's north led to an expansion of its wind field. This cooler and drier air was also weakening the cyclone. On October 30, the storm turned west-southwest and continued weakening. By October 31 Warren had weakened to a tropical depression and it dissipated as a tropical cyclone over water. Its remaining convection moved into central Vietnam on November 1. Its weakening center led to gales along the coast. By November 2, Warren's circulation center dissipated.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Agnes (Undang)
This system began as an area of convection along the equator on October 28. Moving northwest, the system developed. On November 1, the system became a tropical depression and then strengthened into a tropical storm. The storm turned west-northwest due to a broad ridge to its north. Intensifying into a typhoon, Agnes became an intense typhoon as it approached the Philippines. Two months after Typhoon Ike hit the central Philippines, 140 miles per hour (230 km/h) Typhoon Agnes struck just south of Borongan on November 4. It crossed the islands and briefly weakened. Strengthening began as it moved through the South China Sea. It hit Quinhon, Vietnam as a 115 miles per hour (185 km/h) typhoon on November 7. Once onshore, Anges weakened rapidly before dissipating on November 8.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Agnes (Undang)
Across the Philippines, Agnes wrought catastrophic damage. A total of 201,014 homes were destroyed and another 163,506 were damaged, with losses amounting to 1.9 billion pesos (US$96.6 million). At least 895 people perished in the storm while 275 others were reported missing. Another 2,526 people were injured by the storm. Altogether, approximately 1.9 million people were affected by the typhoon. Extensive damage also took place in Vietnam where at least 134 people were killed. At least 30,000 homes were destroyed and another 120,000 were flooded or damaged.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Bill (Welpring)
An area of convection organized into a tropical depression on November 8 while east of Guam. It executed a small loop, reached tropical storm strength later on the 8th, and reached typhoon intensity on the 11th. Bill continued to strengthen as it tracked westward, reaching maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour (240 km/h) on the 14th. Strong upper-level winds weakened the storm, and as a break in the subtropical ridge brought the storm northward, upper-level winds from Typhoon Clara weakened Bill to a tropical storm on the 18th. It looped southeastward while just east of Luzon, and looped again to the southwest on the 20th. Bill dissipated as a tropical cyclone on the November 22, after causing minor damage on its path.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Clara (Yoning)
A large, low-latitude disturbance formed in the eastern Caroline islands on November 11. By November 13, the surface low was gaining significant amounts of convection. Its circulation was aided by a tropical disturbance to its south in the Solomon islands which enhanced westerly flow between the two systems, increasing the low level vorticity within the northern hemisphere system. Consolidation of the system began, and the system became a tropical depression on November 14. Further development of this system into a tropical storm and typhoon was accompanied by an expansion in the size of its circulation.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Clara (Yoning)
As Clara recurved east of 132E, it passed within 930 kilometres (580 mi) of Bill, which radically changed Bill's course and weakened both cyclones. Once Bill moved farther away, Clara reintensified into a strong typhoon by November 20. Recurvature of Clara continued, and it became an extratropical cyclone along an approaching frontal zone, and was able to be followed through November 22. Iwo-Jima reported 40 knots (74 km/h) winds with gusts to 63 knots (117 km/h) as Clara passed by to the north.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Doyle (Aring)
Its initial tropical disturbance was first noted near 5N 156E on December 1. The system moved west-northwest, slowly developing. A low-level circulation in the Coral Sea helped enhance westerly flow to its south, which developed into a tropical depression late on December 4 and a tropical storm early on December 5. Intensification continued, and typhoon strength was reached late on December 6. Turning more northwest, the typhoon became intense early on December 8. As it recurved northward, the cyclone weakened quickly late on December 9 and early on December 10. The cyclone became an exposed circulation, and dissipated as a tropical cyclone over water late on December 11.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names
During the season 27 named tropical cyclones developed in the Western Pacific and were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, when it was determined that they had become tropical storms. These names were contributed to a revised list which started on 1979.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Philippines
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility. PAGASA assigns names to tropical depressions that form within their area of responsibility and any tropical cyclone that might move into their area of responsibility. Should the list of names for a given year prove to be insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list, the first 6 of which are published each year before the season starts. Names not retired from this list will be used again in the 1988 season. This is the same list used for the 1980 season. PAGASA uses its own naming scheme that starts in the Filipino alphabet, with names of Filipino female names ending with "ng" (A, B, K, D, etc.). Names that were not assigned/going to use are marked in gray.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Retirement, International
Due to a high death toll caused by Typhoon Ike, the name Ike was later retired and was replaced by Ian and was first used in the 1987 season.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Retirement, Philippines
PAGASA retired the names Nitang and "Undang", and was replaced with Ningning and "Unsang" for the 1988 season.


1984 Pacific typhoon season, Season effects
This is a table of all of the storms that have formed in the 1984 Pacific typhoon season. It includes their duration, names, affected areas, damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 1984 USD. Names listed in parentheses were assigned by PAGASA.


1984 Pakistani Islamisation programme referendum
A referendum on the Islamisation policy of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was held in Pakistan on 19 December 1984. Voters were asked whether they supported Zia-ul-Haq's proposals for amending several laws in accordance with the Quran and Sunnah, whether they wanted this process to continue, and whether they supported the Islamic ideology of Pakistan. The referendum also served as  way of extending Zia-ul-Haq's presidential term by five years. Official results declared it approved by 98.5% of voters, with a turnout of 62.2%. Independent observers questioned whether voter participation had reached 30% and noted that there had been "widespread irregularities".


1984 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1984 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).


1984 Palauan Compact of Free Association referendum
A second referendum on the Compact of Free Association was held in Palau on 4 September 1984, after the previous referendum had failed to achieve the 75% in favour necessary. Voters were asked two questions:


1984 Palauan Compact of Free Association referendum
The first question was approved by 67.1% of voters, making the outcome of the second question  (in which 3,378 blank ballots had been cast, more than either of the choices given) irrelevant. Voter turnout was 71.3%.


1984 Palauan general election
General elections were held in Palau on 30 November 1984 to elect a President, Vice-President, Senate and House of Delegates. All candidates ran as independents. Incumbent Haruo Remeliik won the election for President with 50.9% of the vote, whilst Alfonso Oiterong was re-elected to the post of Vice-President.


1984 Palauan general election
In the parliamentary elections, only five incumbent Senators were re-elected, while 11 of the 16 members of the House of Delegates were returned. Voter turnout was 83.9%.


1984 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
The 3rd Pan American Junior Athletics Championships were held in Nassau, Bahamas, on August 23–25, 1984.


1984 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History"website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 219athletes from about 14 countries:  Argentina (3), Bahamas (33), Bermuda (2),Brazil (14), Canada (59), Colombia (2), Ecuador (3), Jamaica (14), Martinique(2), Mexico (11), Panama (5), Puerto Rico (2), United States (68), Venezuela(1).


1984 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Medal summary
Medal winners are published. Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History"website.


1984 Pan American Race Walking Cup
The inaugural 1984 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia, on 3–4 November. The track of the Cup runs in the Carrera 27, between Calle 11 and 22.


1984 Pan American Race Walking Cup
Complete results, medal winners until 2011, and the results for the Mexican athletes were published.


1984 Pan American Race Walking Cup, Participation
The participation of 61 athletes from 11 countries is reported.


1984 Pan Pacific Open
The 1984 Pan Pacific Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from 10 December through 16 December 1984. Second-seeded Manuela Maleeva won the singles title and earned $40,000 first-prize money.


1984 Pan Pacific Open, Finals, Doubles
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Helena Suková defeated  Elizabeth Smylie /  Catherine Tanvier 6–4, 6–1


1984 Panamanian general election
The Republic of Panama held a general election on 6 May 1984, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new Legislative Assembly.


1984 Panamanian general election, Background
Under October 1978 legislation, eight parties had met quotas of 30,000 valid signatures by 1 April 1983, in order to legally nominate candidates in future elections.


1984 Panamanian general election, Background
On 24 April 1983, the electorate overwhelmingly approved by popular referendum a number of amendments to the 1972 Constitution. Among the changes proposed is the replacement of the existing 505-member National Assembly of Municipal Representatives by a national legislature of 70 members, and empowering this body to appoint high-ranking government officials, which until now was left to the President of the Republic.


1984 Panamanian general election, Background
In August 1983 law created an Electoral Tribunal consisting of one each member appointed by the executive, legislative and judicial branches. The tribunal was given ultimate authority to interpret and implement electoral rules. A national vote-counting board was formed to process election returns and report to the Electoral Tribunal.


1984 Panamanian general election, Background
General Paredes, in keeping with the new constitutional provision that no active Guard member could participate in an election, reluctantly retired from the Guard on 12 August 1983. He was succeeded immediately by Noriega, who was promoted to brigadier general. During the same month, Paredes was nominated as the PRD candidate for president. National elections were only five months away, and Paredes appeared to be the leading presidential contender. Nevertheless, in early September, President de la Espriella purged his cabinet of Paredes loyalists, and Noriega declared that he would not publicly support any candidate for president.


1984 Panamanian general election, Background
These events convinced Paredes that he had no official government or military backing for his candidacy. He withdrew from the presidential race on 6 September 1983, less than a month after retiring from the Guard. Although Paredes subsequently gained the support of the Popular Nationalist Party (PNP) and was able to appear on the 1984 ballot, he was no longer a major presidential contender. Constitutional reforms notwithstanding, the reality of Panamanian politics dictated that no candidate could become president without the backing of the National Guard and, especially, its commander.


1984 Panamanian general election, Background
President Ricardo de la Espriella resigned on 13 February 1984 and his vice-president Jorge Illueca assumes the presidency. The resignation of President and his cabinet was barely noticed during the intense election campaign. De la Espriella was forced out by Noriega. "De la Espriella had opposed the military's manipulation of the election and strongly advocated free elections for 1984".


1984 Panamanian general election, Background
The two primary candidates in the presidential race were opposition candidate Arnulfo Arias and Noriega's selection, Ardito Barletta. Due to the near total media control of Noriega's Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD), the only media outlet to endorse Arias was the independent newspaper La Prensa.


1984 Panamanian general election, Election Day
"Preelection reports suggested that the procedures enacted during 1982-1984 to ensure a free and fair national election would achieve that result. Events on and after election day, however, were tainted with fraud. The vote count was stopped early and then suspended three days later, on 9 May. On 12 May, the tallies stood at 319,671 for Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino and 314,714 for Arnulfo Arias, but the trend, with challenges, was favoring Arias. On 16 May, the Tribunal declared Barletta's victory. Of some 640,000 votes cast, they found Barletta the winner by 1,713 votes. The process looked suspicious: the announcement came ten days after the election, and one of the three members of the Tribunal abstained".


1984 Panamanian general election, Aftermath
On 13 September 1985, a long-time opponent of Manuel Noriega, Hugo Spadafora, was murdered by Panamanian Defense Forces officers. President Barletta called for an investigation of Spadafora's death and allegations of Panamanian Defense Forces complicity. These actions, in conjunction with a power struggle between Roberto Díaz Herrera and Noriega, caused the Panamanian Defense Forces to oust this increasingly unpopular president.


1984 Panamanian general election, Aftermath
Barletta resigned on 27 September 1985, and was replaced by First Vice-President Eric Arturo Delvalle who promised to return to "Torrijista principles".


1984 Panamanian general election, Aftermath
"In 1987, the situation grew more critical, producing paralysis within the Panamanian Defense Forces. The crisis came to a head in June 1987 when Colonel Roberto Díaz Herrera, recently retired head of the Panamanian Defense Forces High Command, denounced the internal management of General Noriega's military organization. Díaz Herrera's act was the first public manifestation of a breach. In the face of the Panamanian Defense Forces's demonstrated weakness, the political sector began to mobilize and call for a confrontation with the military. Following the leadership of groups that appeared to have little political experience, they formed the 'Cruzada Civilista' for the purpose of overthrowing the Eric Arturo Delvalle government and convening a 'constituyente' assembly to draw up a new constitution".


1984 Panamanian general election, Aftermath
"By late February 1988 the crisis further deepened as Eric Arturo Delvalle attempted to fire Noriega from the Panamanian Defense Forces. Instead, Eric Arturo Delvalle was sacked by the Panamanian Defense Forces-controlled National Assembly and Manuel Solis Palma was elected 'minister in charge of the presidency'".


1984 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 1984 season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top category of Paraguayan football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Guaraní.


1984 Paris–Dakar Rally
1984 Dakar Rally also known as the 1984 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 6th running of the Dakar Rally event. The course was extended through Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Mauritania. 427 competitors started. René Metge and Dominique Lemoyne won the car class with a Porsche 953, which was often called the 911 SC/RS 4x4, and Gaston Rahier won the motorcycles class.


1984 Paris–Nice
The 1984 Paris–Nice was the 42nd edition of the Paris–Nice cycle race and was held from 7 March to 14 March 1984. The race started in Issy-les-Moulineaux and finished at the Col d'Èze. The race was won by Sean Kelly of the Skil team.


1984 Paris–Roubaix
The 1984 Paris–Roubaix was undertaken in extremely muddy conditions, reducing the speed of the riders and making the race even harder than usual.


1984 Paris–Roubaix
The race was characterised by a great deal of action early on, but the deciding move came with 45 kilometres to go. At this point Sean Kelly went after two La Redoute riders who were out in front, Gregor Braun and Alain Bondue. Rudy Rogiers came up to Kelly and they chased and caught the La Redoute pair. Braun was soon dropped and  Bondue then crashed, and despite chasing hard, could not regain contact with the front two. At the finish on the Roubaix velodrome, Rogiers had no chance against the dominant Kelly who easily won the sprint for his first Paris–Roubaix win.


1984 Paris–Roubaix
This win came in the middle of an amazing stretch of results for Kelly who later described this period in the first half of 1984 as the best of his career.


1984 Paris–Roubaix
Below, the results for the 1984 edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycling classic.


1984 Pau Grand Prix
The 44th Grand Prix Automobile de Pau (Pau Grand Prix), was the sixth round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This race was held around the streets of the city of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, south-western France, on 11 June.


1984 Pau Grand Prix, Report, Entry
For this round, the entry was down to just 19 cars. Prior to qualifying, the Minardi Team withdrawn an entry, no driver was available.


1984 Pau Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Mike Thackwell took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of 89.922 mph.


1984 Pau Grand Prix, Report, Race
The race was held over 73 laps of the Circuit de Pau-Ville. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 29:39.73mins., averaging a speed of 86.024 mph. Second place went to Frenchman, Philippe Streiff aboard the AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre) entered AGS-BMW JH19C, who was over 40 seconds adrift. The podium was completed by the second works Ralt-Honda of Brazilian, Roberto Moreno.


1984 Peach Bowl
The 1984 Peach Bowl featured the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten against the Virginia Cavaliers of the ACC. Virginia defeated Purdue 27–24 in the first bowl game in school history.


1984 Peach Bowl
Purdue jumped out to a 24–14 halftime lead, but Virginia scored the only points of the second half with a touchdown and two field goals in order to pull out the win. Purdue quarterback Jim Everett passed for 253 yards and three touchdowns, but the Boilermakers gained just 75 yards rushing and committed four turnovers in their first bowl loss. Purdue finished the season 7–5 and tied for second place in the Big Ten. Virginia finished 8–2–2.


1984 Penn Quakers football team
The 1984 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. After two years of shared championships, Penn won the Ivy League outright in 1984.


1984 Penn Quakers football team
In their fourth year under head coach Jerry Berndt, the Quakers compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 286 to 152. Lal Heneghan and Kevin Bradley were the team captains.


1984 Penn Quakers football team
Penn's undefeated (7–0) conference record topped the Ivy League standings. The Quakers outscored Ivy opponents 254 to 90. It was the first time since 1970 that any team had gone undefeated in Ivy League play.


1984 Penn Quakers football team
The Quakers' only loss came in an away game against a non-league, Division I-A opponent, Army. Despite beating every Division I-AA opponent it faced, Penn did not appear in the weekly top 20 national rankings.


1984 Penn Quakers football team
Penn played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


1984 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1984 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.


1984 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season, NFL Draft
Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1985 NFL Draft.


1984 People's Republic of the Congo parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the People's Republic of the Congo on 23 September 1984. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Congolese Party of Labour as the sole legal party. As such, it won all 153 seats in the People's National Assembly, with a voter turnout of 93.64%.


1984 People's Republic of the Congo parliamentary election
Only 153 candidates were put forward for the election, of which 68 were party representatives, 55 were from mass organisations, 20 represented regions and Brazzaville and 10 were members of the armed forces.


1984 Philadelphia Eagles season
The 1984 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 52nd in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved upon their previous output of 5–11, winning six games. Despite the improvement, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight season.


1984 Philadelphia Eagles season
Whatever outside chance the Birds had to make the playoffs was sunk on November 25 at St. Louis, when starting quarterback Ron Jaworski suffered a broken leg and missed the remainder of the season. It was the most serious injury the "Polish Rifle" ever suffered in his long career. Joe Pisarcik took over under center for the final three-plus games.


1984 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason, NFL draft
The 1984 NFL Draft was held May 1–2, 1984. It was 12 rounds held over two days and televised by ESPN in great detail. A month later a draft was held for college seniors who already signed with either the CFL or USFL prior to the May 1984 draft. While the Eagles finished the 1983 NFL season with a record of 5–11 and in fourth place in the NFC East Division they would always get the 4th pick in the 12 rounds of the draft. Only the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Oilers at 2–12 and the New York Giants at 3–13 would have a worse record. It would be one of the most power balanced years.


1984 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason, NFL supplemental draft
This draft was held on June 5, 1984. These were players that were not drafted by an NFL team. In an attempt to head off a bidding war in its own ranks for USFL and CFL players. NFL teams chose 84 players from 224 available during the three-round selection meeting. Many of the big name USFL players were ineligible for the draft because their rights were already owned by NFL clubs. Still 3 of the first 4 players selected would become NFL Hall Of Famers. These players signed with the USFL before the NFL could draft them. Some teams took a chance and drafted players still so they had their NFL rights, The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League, suspecting that the USFL was not going to last, acquired Walker's NFL rights by drafting him in the fifth round of the 1985 NFL Draft.


1984 Philadelphia Phillies season
The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia in the United States of America. Below are details about their 1984 playing season.


1984 Philadelphia Phillies season, Offseason, Spring training
The Phils went 13 and 16 in spring training exhibition play. The Phillies closed spring training with two games against the St. Louis Cardinals at the Louisiana Superdome on March 31, 1984, and April 1, 1984.


1984 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1984 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in