1984 in the Philippines

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1984 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1984.

Incumbents

January 27 – National plebiscite and local plebiscites for the approval of the proposed constitutional amendments and local bills made by the Interim Batasang Pambansa was held.
May 14 – Parliamentary elections were held. The opposition ran for the Regular Batasang Pambansa under the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) and the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) against the ruling Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) of Ferdinand Marcos. The KBL won a majority with 114 seats, but markedly down from 163 seats last election.
July 28-August 2 – The Philippines participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.^[1]
September 1 – Typhoon Nitang struck the Philippines. It killed 1,492 people and 1,856 more were injured. Roughly 1.6 million people were affected in the country. A total of 108,219 homes were destroyed and 142,653 more were damaged.^[2] However, President Ferdinand Marcos declared a state of calamity only after Nitang's onslaught.
December 1 – Manila LRT Line 1 opened as the Southeast Asia's first rail line.

January 20 – Toni Gonzaga, Filipina singer, television host and actress
January 21 – Richard Gutierrez,^[3] Filipino actor and commercial model and his twin brother Raymond Gutierrez, actor and television host
February 11 - Jeffrei Chan
March 11 - Bernard Cardona, television host and actor
May 23 – Sam Milby, Filipino-American actor, commercial model, and recording artist
July 9 - LA Tenorio
July 16 – Ginger Conejero
July 19 – Alessandra De Rossi
August 10 – Mariel Rodriguez, Filipina commercial model, television host and actress
August 12 – Marian Rivera,^[4] Filipina commercial model and actress
September 22 - Marcelito Pomoy
September 27 - Macky Escalona
November 28 – Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
November 29 – Sitti Navarro,^[5] Filipina bossa nova singer
December 10 – Krista Ranillo, Filipina actress
December 20 – Liezel Garcia, Filipina singer-songwriter and actress
December 30 – Rico Barrera

February 10 - Claudia Zobel, Filipino actress
February 18 – Alejo Santos, Filipino soldier and World War II hero (b. 1911)
May 24 – Gen. Tomas B. Karingal,^[6] Former chief of Quezon City Police Department. (b. 1915)
November 14 – Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (d. 1916)

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^ "Richard Gutierrez". Retrieved March 4, 2012.
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^ "When the city falls in love with Sitti this Valentine's". The Freeman. The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-21. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "QCPD COMMEMORATES GEN. KARINGAL'S 31ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY". Metro Manila Today. May 26, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2016.