Timeline June 1984

Events in June 1984 8

• 1926 – 1984 Michel Foucault French philosopher, historian of ideas, and social theorist Michel Foucault was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, producing genealogical histories of madness, medicine, punishment, and sexuality that exposed how knowledge and power jointly construct the categories through which societies understand themselves. Trained in philosophy and psychology in postwar Paris, he moved between clinical psychiatry, diplomatic teaching posts abroad, and the highest academic chair in France, the Collège de France. His major works — History of Madness, The Birth of the Clinic, The Order of Things, Discipline and Punish, and the multi-volume History of Sexuality — reshaped fields from history and sociology to literary theory and law. He was also a committed activist, co-founding a prison-information group and speaking out on behalf of refugees and dissidents. He died in Paris in 1984 of an AIDS-related illness, the first prominent French public figure known to have died of the disease.
• 1984 French Open 1984 Men: Ivan Lendl · Women: Martina Navratilova Lendl won his first Grand Slam after losing four previous finals.
• 1984 Operation Blue Star Indian army storms the Golden Temple The Indian Army launched an assault on the Golden Temple in Amritsar to remove armed Sikh militants led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. The operation caused heavy casualties and severe damage to the temple complex, provoking outrage among Sikhs worldwide. It set in motion the chain of events leading to Indira Gandhi's assassination five months later.
• 1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Kirk and crew steal the Enterprise to recover Spock's body from the Genesis Planet, where his mind — transferred to Dr. McCoy — can be reunited with a regenerated body. Christopher Lloyd plays Klingon commander Kruge. The Enterprise is destroyed — a landmark moment for the franchise. Directed by Leonard Nimoy. Budget: $16 million. Gross: $87 million.
• 1984 Bruce Springsteen releases Born in the U.S.A. Seven top-ten singles One of the best-selling albums ever — the title track is widely misread as patriotic.
• 1984 Drafted third overall by Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls select Jordan with the third pick, after Hakeem Olajuwon and Sam Bowie.
• 1984 Michel Foucault dies in Paris Succumbs to an AIDS-related illness at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital Michel Foucault died on 25 June 1984 at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris from complications of AIDS, becoming the first prominent French public figure known to have died of the disease at a time when it carried enormous stigma and was barely understood. His death, at 57, came just as the final two volumes of the History of Sexuality reached bookstores.
• 1984 Prince releases Purple Rain Album and film With When Doves Cry — number one for 24 weeks.