Timeline Monday 3 December 1984

Events on Monday 3 December 1984 2

• 1984 Bhopal gas disaster Toxic gas leak at Union Carbide pesticide plant A leak of methyl isocyanate gas from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, killed thousands of people within days and injured hundreds of thousands more. It remains the worst industrial disaster in history, with long-term health and environmental effects still measured decades later.
• 1984 Kuwait Airways Flight 221 hijacked Six-day hostage crisis in Tehran Hijackers seized a Kuwait Airways flight and forced it to Tehran, killing two American passengers during a six-day standoff. The hijacking was linked to demands for the release of prisoners held in Kuwait over the 1983 Kuwait bombings.