2

Jessie Marlene Snow (Lowe) 79
Mada Elizabeth Peck (Peterson) 83

1

Lynn Thomas Lowe 46
Peggy LaNae Peterson (Lowe) 42

0

Peggy Lynette Lowe 19
Sandra LaNae Lowe 18
Debra Eileen Lowe 12
Michelle Ann Lowe 10
Lori Ellen Lowe 8

General

Population: 4.86 Billion
(Estimate) Population now over 4.5 billion

• Business: New Coke released to public dismay
• Entertainment: "Les Miserables" debuts in London
  "Sunday in the Park With George" by Sondheim and Lapine
  "We Are the World" recorded by Live Aid including dozens of artists for drought relief
• Science: Halley's Comet to 1986
• Terrorism: Kidnap of TWA passengers - released 17 days later
• Deaths: Miniskirt designer Rudi Gernich, Marc Chagall, silent film actress Louise Brooks, Frank Oppenheimer,

Africa

• Ethiopia: Height and start of decline of famine in Sahel
• Ivory Coast: Proposal of name standardisation of Cote d'Ivoire
• Libya: US bombings
• South Africa: start of relaxation of Apartheid - Marriages between races legal

Americas

• Canada: Quake
• Colombia: Nevada del Ruiz erupts killing 23,000 - 4th deadliest
• Mexico: Earthquake of 8.0 in Mexico City kills 9500

Asia

• Philippines: Typhoon Dot
• Thailand: Tuberculosis

Europe

• France: Cote D'Azur fire accompanied by hot, dry winds
• Greece: Egyptian forces storm plane on Malta as terrorists take Egyptian Boeing 737 and 59 die
• Italy: PLO terrorists Italian cruise ship and Italian government topples in following political crises
• Soviet Union: Start of Chernobyl problems (see 86)
  Gorbachev becomes head of Communist Party as Chernenko dies - introduces reforms of Glasnost and Perestroika
• Switzerland: Hosts US-Soviet summit

Middle East

• Iran: Continuation of Iran-Iraq War
• Israel: Agreement to withdraw from Lebanon
• Lebanon: Israel agrees to withdraw
  Shi'ite Muslims capture TWA airliner - hostages later freed in Beruit

Pacific

• General: South Pacific Forum passes Treaty of Raratonga which sets up nuclear-free zone in Pacific
  French agents blow up Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior
• New Zealand: Nuclear weapons banned

President:

Pres: Ronald Reagan starts second term

General

• Crime: Arthur James Walker convicted of being a Soviet spy with his brother John
• Entertainment: Madonna launches first road show "Virgin Tour"
  PG13 ratings issued
• Law: Two cases deal with separation of church and state
  General Westmoreland settles libel action against CBS
• Medicine: Rock Hudson dies of AIDS age 59 starting awareness of the diesase
• Military: Pentagon starts "Star Gate" project regarding psychic research
• Politics: Reagan undergoes surgery for colon polyps
  US budget-balancing bill enacted
• Religion: Graduation prayers banned in US
• Technology: Atlantis shuttle flight
  Discovery completes military mission
  Laser printers enables desktop publishing

East

• Pennsylvania: Deadliest tornado in the state
• Virginia: Temperatures drop low enough cable wires shrink

Midwest

• Okilahoma: Three storms force legislature to close

South

• Texas: Richard Ramirez "Night Stalker" kills 13

West and Pacific

• Arizona: Rain for first time in 78 days in Phoenix
• Utah: Sharlene Wells wins Miss America
• Wyoming: 6 inches of rain - terrible flooding

President

Pres: Spencer W. Kimball
Pres: Ezra Taft Benson

Membership: 5,919,483

Temples: 37

33. Freiberg Germany
34. Stockholm Sweden
35. Chicago Illinois
36. Johannesburg South Africa
37. Seoul South Korea

Other

• Church-wide fast held to benefit Ethiopian famine victims
• Senator Jake Garn goes into space
• Church Genealogical Library dedicated
• New Church Hymnbook
• BYU Football become national champions for 1984 season
• 10,000th ward
• Former President Nixon speaks at funeral of W. Willard Marriott near Washington Temple
• Christmas message includes "Come Back"
• Mark Hoffman "Salamander letter" bombings
• Charlene Wells serves as Miss America