18 June 1984

Monday 18 June

1984-06-18

Events

 * The Battle of Orgreave takes place between pickets and officers of the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and other police forces, including the Metropolitan Police, at a British Steel Corporation (BSC) coking plant at Orgreave, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It was a pivotal event in the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike, and one of the most violent clashes in British industrial history (read more on Wikipedia).
 * See also Orgreave: The battle that's not over - BBC, 2016
 * Cricket: First Test England v. West Indies ends. West Indies win by an innings and 180 runs.
 * The Human League release new single Life On Your Own, taken from their album Hysteria.Life On Your Own ad.jpg

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