Historical Events In 1985
Oct 16 Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip(more power more power!!)
Oct 14 On Mon Night football, Jets retire Joe Namath's #12, beat Miami 23-7
Oct 02 Sidney Clute actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey), dies at 69
Oct 11 Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
Oct 15 Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds
Oct 26 The Mutijuli Aboriginal Community is granted freehold title to Ayers Rock and the Uluru National Park in the Northern Territory.
Oct 04 Shite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley
Oct 12 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission
Oct 07 First Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB
Oct 11 Pres Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands
Oct 10 US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody
Oct 12 Intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize
Oct 04 Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia
Oct 05 Grambling's Eddie Robinson wins record 324th football game
Oct 10 Orson Welles actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 70
Oct 27 Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's & 2 Renoir's
Oct 02 George Savalas actor (Kojak), dies at 58
Oct 25 Kosmos 1700 communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit
Oct 10 Yul Brynner actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 70
Oct 07 PLO terrorists seize Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro
Jul 02 Proto launched to Halley's Comet
Jul 05 Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of the globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
Jul 13 The Live Aid concerts held to raise money for famine victims in Africa
Jul 25 Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirmed he had AIDS
Jul 02 European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet
Jul 16 Wayne King orch leader, dies at 84
Jul 12 STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown
Jul 09 Rafael Campos actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49
Jul 07 Patti McCarty actress, dies at 64
Jul 12 Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's colon
Jul 27 Milton Obote, the President of Uganda, is overthrown by the military
Jul 21 South African government declares State of Emergency
Jul 10 Explosion sinks Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor
Jul 20 Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha
Jul 10 Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke
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