March 1984

Tuesday 06:

Twelve-month-long strike in British coal industry begins.

Wednesday 07:

The United States attacks San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua.

Wednesday 14:

Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.

Friday 16:

William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists and later dies in captivity.

Thursday 22:

Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.

Thursday 29:

The Baltimore Colts of the NFL move to Indianapolis in the middle of the night.