February 1984

Friday 03:

Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on the tenth space shuttle mission.

Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk.

1984 Winter Olympics open in Sarajevo.

Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announces he will retire as soon as the Liberals can elect another leader.

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