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Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
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Ferraro was the first female vice-presidential nominee of a major U.S. party when Walter Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination. (Photo by © Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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In a This Day in History video, learn that on July 23, 1984, Miss American pageant winner Vanessa Williams was forced to turn in her tiara. Williams had made history by being the first African American woman to receive the Miss America title, but when Pent House magazine published racy photos that had been taken two years earlier, Williams was asked to abdicate. Williams stated that she regretted the photos, but that she planned to focus on her future and her career; and she did.
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Three men in suits and coats standing in a doorway, with a window visible in the background.
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Aug
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The American gymnast Mary Lou Retton taking part in a competition at Los Angeles Olympics. Los Angeles, 1984 (Photo by Nino Leto/Mondadori via Getty Images)
Mondadori via Getty Images
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