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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