Topic summary
January 1984
Extracted from the Wikipedia article 1984.
January
- January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
- January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
- January 9 – Van Halen releases their sixth studio album 1984 (MCMLXXXIV), which debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and will go to sell over 10 million copies in the United States.
- January 10
- The United States and the Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations.
- The Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission.