Sep 21 Michael Spinks becomes first light heavyweight to defeat the reigning heavyweight champion, he defeats Larry Holmes

Sep 22 Rock & country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Ill

Sep 25 Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India

Sep 27 Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits the Atlantic coast

Sep 08 "USA Weekend's" 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers

Sep 01 US-French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland

Sep 19 9,500 die in Mexico's earthquake (6.9)

Sep 02 A joint US-French expedition locates the wreckage of the ill-fated HMS Titanic.

Feb 07 "New York, New York" became the official anthem of New York NY

Feb 01 -61ºF (-52ºC), Maybell CO (state record)

Feb 23 US Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as Attorney General

Feb 04 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture

Feb 15 World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23

Feb 24 Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal

Feb 01 Azharuddin scores 3rd Test century in 3rd Test Cricket (122 vs England)

Feb 11 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, New Zealand still wins

Feb 19 ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy

Feb 01 -69ºF (-56ºC), Peter's Sink UT (state record)

Feb 21 Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator

Feb 12 Defence Minister Robert Coates resigns news reports reveal he visited a nightclub featuring nude dancers and prostitutes while on ministry business in West Germany

Feb 08 Bruce Morris, Marshall University, makes a 92' 5¼" basketball shot

Feb 03 "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances

Feb 21 Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)

Feb 14 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut

Feb 13 Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders

Feb 16 Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champion

Feb 08 First-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica vs Barbados

Feb 24 Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I"

Feb 23 Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game

Feb 02 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano

Feb 10 -61ºF (-52ºC), Maybell CO (state record)

Feb 01 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tiffany Chin

Feb 19 Mickey Mouse welcomed in China

Feb 27 US dollar is worth ƒ3.9355 (Netherlands)

Feb 15 STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad

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