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    • Election campaign in the United States. A 32-second-long Republican election advertisement for Ronald Reagan is shown on US television.

      A frightening brown bear is padding through the woods. The commentary runs: "There is a bear in the woods. For some people, the bear is easy to see. Others don't see it at all. Some people say the bear is tame. Others say it's vicious and dangerous. Since no one can really be sure who's right, isn't it smart to be as strong as the bear? If there is a bear...."

      On 6 November, Ronald Reagan is reappointed. less
    • 4 October

      1984

      After more than 150 GDR citizens who want to migrate stay in the West German embassy in Prague, the embassy is temporarily closed because of overcrowding. GDR citizens seeking to migrate have also sought refuge in diplomatic missions of Western states in Warsaw, Budapest and Bucharest.
    • 30 October

      1984

      The body of the priest Jerzy Popieluszko, who is a known "Solidarity" sympathiser, is found in a reservoir near the polish city of Wloclawek. The priest of Warsaw’s St. Stanislaus Kostka Church was abducted and murdered by the Polish intelligence service. Hundreds of thousands bid farewell to the priest at his funeral on 3 November; he becomes a martyr figure.
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