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Other last-minute changes brought equestrian back to Santa Anita, which hosted the Olympic competitions in 1984.

The city hosted several events during the 1984 Games, including sailing, which will return to Belmont Shore in 2028.

We were incredibly lucky that night in 1984, when I was seven, because a satellite came into view.

The 277 square miles of sea around Machias Seal Island has been under dispute since the late 1700s – and in 1984, an international court ruling gave both the US and Canada the right to fish in the waterway.

“The impact of these writers was immediate and overwhelming,” wrote British literary critic Gerald Martin in a 1984 essay.