Timeline September 1984

Events in September 1984 6

• 1897 – 1984 Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984) Canadian-American actor, Greer Garson's partner in Mrs. Miniver and Madame Curie.
• 1906 – 1984 Janet Gaynor (1906-1984) American actress, winner of the first Academy Award for Best Actress.
• 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack Salmonella poisoning in The Dalles, Oregon Followers of the Rajneeshee religious community deliberately contaminated salad bars in The Dalles, Oregon, with salmonella bacteria, sickening hundreds of people. It was the largest bioterrorism attack in US history and was intended to influence a local election.
• 1984 Janet Gaynor dies in Palm Springs Janet Gaynor dies aged 77.
• 1984 The Cosby Show premieres NBC sitcom becomes a ratings phenomenon The Cosby Show, starring Bill Cosby as patriarch of an upper-middle-class Black family, premiered on NBC. It became the highest-rated American television series for much of the following five years.
• 1984 Walter Pidgeon dies in Santa Monica Walter Pidgeon dies aged 87.