Historical Events
- "Doonesbury" closes at Biltmore Theater, NYC, after 104 performances
- 1st brother combo to win Gold & Silver in same event at Olympics (Phil & Steve Mahre-Slalom)
Daytona 500
26th Daytona 500: Cale Yarborough wins for 2nd consecutive year and 4th time in career; last-lap pass to beat Darrell Waltrip
- Soviet Union wins its 6th Olympic ice hockey gold medal with a 2-0 win over silver medallists Czechoslovakia at the Sarajevo Winter Games
- Swedish cross country skier Thomas Wassberg wins 50k event at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; his second gold of the Games (4 x 10k relay) and 3rd of his career (15k Lake Placid 1980)
- USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- XIV Winter Olympic Games close in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Famous Birthdays
- Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist
Famous Deaths
- Claude Hopkins, American jazz stride pianist, arranger, bandleader, and musical director (Josephine Baker), dies at 80
- Ina Ray Hutton [Odessa Cowan], American singer and big band bandleader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies of complications from diabetes at 67
1984 Highlights
About February 19, 1984
Day of the Week: Sunday
How Long Ago? 40 years, 1 month and 28 days
Leap Year: Yes
Generation: Millennial
Chinese Zodiac: Rat
Star Sign: Pisces
Music Charts
#1 Song: Jump - Van Halen
#1 Song: Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
