Jul 03 In the New Britian Region a 7.4 quake damage (VII), landslides and ground cracks on New Ireland and in the Rabaul area, New Britain. A 1.3-meter tsunami was observed in Rabaul's harbor

Jul 07 Robert Mugabe becomes the first President of the newly named Zimbabwe

Jul 13 Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Phila, Moscow & Sydney

Jul 07 Boris Becker at 17 beats Kevin Curren for Wimbeldon title

Jul 21 Mickey Shaughnessy actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65

Jul 29 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched

Jul 05 117ø F (47ø C), St George, Utah (state rec) (103ø spread, UT 1985)

Jul 03 CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover

Jul 24 Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai

Jul 21 Vicki Vola actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney)

Jul 24 France leads international campaign for sanctions against South Africa

Jul 11 Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden

Jul 14 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Offutt AFB, Neb

Jul 04 Tinker Bell's nightly flight begins

Jul 19 Christa McAuliffe chosen first schoolteacher to fly the space shuttle

Jul 10 French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand

Jul 30 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-I mission

Mar 19 New South Wales wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket

Mar 23 Billy Joel weds supermodel Christie Brinkley

Mar 25 Edwin Meese III becomes US Attorney General

Mar 17 IBM surprised the computer industry by announcing the termination of its PC Jr., a watered-down version of its popular IBM PC

Mar 22 NASA launches Intelsat VA

Mar 06 Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his first pro fight

Mar 14 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards

Mar 15 Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

Mar 16 Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years

Mar 15 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Mar 20 Libby Riddles is first woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race

Mar 27 Billy Dee Williams receives a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Mar 29 Christos Sartzetakis elected President of Greece

Mar 26 In Ottawa Ontario Brian Mulroney 1939- announces that his government is ending the National Energy Program, Alberta starts singing "Happy Days are Here Again"

Mar 16 In the Leeward Islands a 6.8 earthquake injured 6 and damage (VI) on Guadeloupe. Minor damage on Montserrat. Also felt on Antigua, St. Kitts and Puerto Rico.

Mar 08 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taxed themselves to discover that 407,700 Americans were millionaires -- more than double the total of just five years before.

Mar 19 Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile

Mar 10 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Elena Valova &Oleg Vasiliev (USSR)

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