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Articles in Business Day on Monday and yesterday about surcharges on credit card purchases misstated the expiration date for the prohibition on such charges. It ended at 12:01 A.M. yesterday.
American Airlines is expected to announce today an order for 67 or more McDonnell Douglas MD-80 142- passenger airliners at a cost of more than $1.3 billion. The deal would reflect an impressive surge in fortunes for the Dallas- based carrier and would restore McDonnell Douglas to a solid position in a business from which many experts thought it was inexorably withdrawing. The airliner, previously called the DC-9 Super 80, is a larger version of early-model DC-9's. More than 1,000 of all its versions are in use around the world.
When I say the word 'Pittsburgh,' '' Mayor Richard Caliguiri said yesterday to a Manhattan luncheon assemblage, ''tell me what comes into your mind.'' After a moment of silence, he reconsidered: ''No, please, don't say it. I know what you must be thinking.'' Most of those in the audience of advertising-agency media buyers and corporate executives would later admit to visions of smog, soot and steel mills, although one man said, ''Nothing comes to mind when you say 'Pittsburgh,' absolutely nothing.''
A jetliner with 163 passengers aboard skidded off the end of a rain-slicked runway at Kennedy International Airport yesterday and came to a halt with its nose in a marshy channel off Jamaica Bay. Officials of the airline, Scandinavian Airlines Systems, said that there were no major injuries among the passengers - Americans and Scandinavians - and the crew of 14, but that eight passengers were treated for exposure. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear, but S.A.S. officials said the plane, a DC-10, ''hydroplaned,'' or skidded, as it touched down at 4:16 P.M. on a flight from Stockholm via Oslo. ''We were skidding down the runway and you could see the mud flying by the side of the windows,'' said one passenger, Donna Davison of Newport Beach, Calif. ''We knew something was wrong.'' .
''We're not prepared to claim a position of front-runner, but I know in New Hampshire tonight, we buried the label of dark horse.''
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 29, 1984, covering February 29, 1984.
Michael Jackson
Culture Club
Van Halen
Lionel Richie
Pretenders
1984Darren Ambrose, English footballer[†]
Darren Paul Francis Ambrose is an English retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
1984Rica Imai, Japanese model and actress[†]
Rica Imai is a Japanese model, entertainer, and actress.
1984Cullen Jones, American swimmer[†]
Cullen Andrew Jones is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who specializes in freestyle sprint events. As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won silver medals in the 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay and the 50-meter freestyle, as well as the gold in the 4 x 100-metre medley.
1984Nuria Martínez, Spanish basketball player[†]
Nuria Martínez Prat is a Spanish professional basketball player for Spar CityLift Girona.
1984Lena Raine, American video game composer and producer[†]
Lena Raine, also known as Lena Chappelle or Kuraine, is an American and Canadian composer, producer, and video game developer. Raine is best known for her work on the soundtracks of Minecraft, Celeste, and Guild Wars 2. She has composed music for various other video games, including Deltarune and Chicory: A Colorful Tale.
1984Rakhee Thakrar, English actress[†]
Rakhee Thakrar is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Shabnam Masood in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders (2014–2016) and Emily Sands in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education (2019–2023). She also voices the Eighth Doctor's companion Bliss in Big Finish's Doctor Who: The Time War audio dramas.
1984Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Cameron Kenneth Ward is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played the majority of his 15-year professional career for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played his final season for the Chicago Blackhawks before retiring in 2019.
1984Mark Foster, American singer, songwriter and musician[†]
Mark Derek Foster is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the band Foster the People. After struggling to create a successful band in his early twenties, Foster finally had his big break as the founder and frontman of Foster the People in 2009, which he formed alongside his two friends Mark Pontius and Cubbie Fink. The band has since released four studio albums: Torches in 2011, Supermodel in 2014, Sacred Hearts Club in 2017 and Paradise State of Mind in 2024.
1984Ludwik Starski, Polish screenwriter and songwriter (born 1903)[†]
Ludwik Starski was a Polish Jewish lyricist, sound engineer and screenwriter of the twentieth century. He was the father of the set designer Allan Starski, who often worked with movie director Andrzej Wajda and received the Academy Award for "Best Set Design" for Schindler's List in 1994. Ludwik worked with Eugeniusz Bodo, Władysław Szpilman and with Tadeusz Sygietyński.
1984Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.[†]
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau was a Canadian politician, statesman, and lawyer who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Between his non-consecutive terms as prime minister, he served as the leader of the Opposition from 1979 to 1980.
In 1984, the world population was approximately 4,782,175,519 people[†]