13 February 1984

Monday

1984-02-13

Events

 * Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Chernenko was already 72 years old when elected, and with rapidly failing health. He died 13 months later, succeeded by Mikhail Gorbachev on 11 March 1985. Chernenko, together with Ronald Reagan, would be later the subject of parody in the promo video for the single Two Tribes by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

TV

 * BBC One
 * 1.00 pm Olympic Grandstand. David Coleman introduces today's action from the XIV Winter Olympic Games taking place in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
 * 5.10 Blue Peter. with Simon Groom, Peter Duncan and Janet Ellis. 'Sit' and 'Stay'! Two top dogs from Crufts, the Obedience Champion bitch and dog, put on a special studio display of their award-winning skills.
 * 11.00 pm Film 84. with Barry Norman. Under Fire, To Be Or Not To Be.
 * BBC Two
 * 7.40 pm The Stateless Nations. A series of six films on the growth of the new nationalism in Europe. 1:The Catalans
 * 8.10 pm Leo. Leo's guests tonight are Kit Hain, Marilyn and special guest Justin Hayward.