March 1984
March 5 - Iran accuses Iraq of using chemical weapons; the U.N. condemns their use on March 30.
March 5 - Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders Operation Blue Star to flush out separatist militants from Harimandir Sahib, the most sacred shrine of Sikhism.
March 6 - A year-long strike action begins in the British coal industry (See UK Miners' Strike (1984-1985)).
March 14 - Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and 3 others are seriously injured in a gun attack by the UVF.
March 16 - The CIA station chief in Beirut, William Francis Buckley, is kidnapped by Islamic Jihad and later dies in captivity.
March 22 - Teachers at the McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the schoolchildren (the charges are later dropped as completely unfounded).
March 23 - General Rahimuddin Khan becomes the first man in Pakistan's history to rule over 2 of its provinces, after becoming interim Governor of Sindh.
March 27 - A brand new musical Starlight Express opens in the West End. The cast stars Ray Shell as Rusty the Steam Engine and Stephanie Lawrence as Pearl the Observation Car.
According to wikipedia postings..........interesting.
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