Timeline May 1984

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• 1984 1984 World Snooker Championship Steve Davis Title 3 Winner: Steve Davis; Runner-up: Jimmy White. Score: 18–16.
• 1984 Publishes The Care of the Self Third volume examines Greco-Roman ethics of self-formation Le Souci de soi, the third volume of the History of Sexuality, extended Foucault's study of ancient ethics into the Greco-Roman world, exploring practices of self-cultivation, marriage, and friendship. Published alongside the second volume just weeks before his death, it completed his late turn from power and knowledge toward an "ethics of the self."
• 1984 Publishes The Use of Pleasure Second volume of History of Sexuality turns to Greek antiquity L'Usage des plaisirs, the long-delayed second volume of the History of Sexuality, shifted focus to ancient Greek ethics, examining how free men were expected to cultivate self-mastery over pleasure. The turn to antiquity reflected Foucault's late interest in "techniques of the self" through which individuals shape their own conduct.
• 1984 Stevie Ray Vaughan releases Couldn't Stand the Weather Voodoo Child With his take on Hendrix's Voodoo Child.
• 1984 Bob Marley's Legend released Best-selling reggae album The posthumous compilation becomes the best-selling reggae album ever.
• 1984 – present Andrés Iniesta The Illusionist Scored the winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final; a key architect of the tiki-taka era.
• 1984 First world record -- 5.85m, Bratislava, 26 May 1984 On 26 May 1984 in Bratislava, Bubka sets his first outdoor world record: 5.85m. It is the beginning of a decade-long habit of progressive record-setting that no other field athlete in history has matched. He will eventually set 17 outdoor and 18 indoor world records -- 35 in total -- between this day in Bratislava and his final record at Sestriere in July 1994. The incremental approach (usually raising the record by 1cm at a time, then stopping) is partly tactical: it maximises the bonus payments attached to each new record.