Historical Events In 1985
Apr 10 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission
Apr 03 Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London
Apr 12 US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games
Apr 15 Challenger moves to launch pad
Apr 03 Players' Association agrees to expand LCS from 5 to 7 games
Nov 23 Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China
Nov 06 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) -Challenger 9- lands at Edwards AFB
Nov 10 Pelle Lindbergh Philadelphia Flyer's goalie, dies in drunk driving accident
Nov 23 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijacked Egyptair jet in Malta
Nov 06 General Jaruzelski elected Poland's head of state
Nov 27 Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland
Nov 22 Microsoft signed an agreement with Apple, allowing Microsoft to copy visual characteristics of Apple's Macintosh in its Microsoft Windows software.
Nov 12 STS 61-B vehicle moves to the launch pad
Nov 03 Two French agents found guilty of sinking the Greenpeace ship 'Rainbow Warrior'
Nov 07 Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice
Nov 08 Atlantis moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-B mission
Nov 22 Lee Iacocca, the CEO of the Chrysler Corporation, presided over the largest swearing-in ceremony for new U.S. citizens in American history
Nov 22 Columbia moves to the Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-C
Nov 12 The province of Ontario looses its Standard & Poors triple A credit rating
Nov 13 Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000
Nov 19 President Reagan andSoviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for first time
Nov 26 23rd Space Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-is launched
Nov 09 Gary Kasparov (USSR) becomes World Chess Champion at age of 22
Nov 06 Exploratory well at Ranger TX, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil
Sep 08 7 die in a car &train crash in San Jose Calif
Sep 01 After 73 years the wreck of the 'Titanic' is found by Dr Robert Ballard
Sep 11 Intl Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km
Sep 20 Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players
Sep 03 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth
Sep 17 Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
Sep 12 Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds
Sep 20 Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest
Sep 22 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes to become Heavyweight Boxing Champ
Sep 24 Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m)
Sep 13 John Williams introduces the new Today Show theme
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