Page 11: Historical Events In 1985

Jul 16   Wayne King orch leader, dies at 84   

Jul 16   Wayne King, orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84.   

Jul 17   Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93   

Jul 18   Shahnawaz Bhutto, son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.   

Jul 19   Christa McAuliffe chosen inaugural schoolteacher to fly the space shuttle.   

Jul 20   Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha   

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

Jul 21   South African government declares State of Emergency   

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

Jul 23   Kay Kyser, bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), dies at 79.   

Jul 24   France leads international campaign for sanctions against South Africa.   

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

Jul 25   Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirmed he had AIDS   

Jul 27   Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95   

Jul 27   Milton Obote, the President of Uganda, is overthrown by the military   

Jul 28   Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54   

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

Jul 29   James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69.   

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

Jul 31   Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78.   

Aug 01   5 die in a train crash in Westminster Colo   

Aug 01   Frank Faylen vaudevillian, dies at 79 of pneumonia   

Aug 01   Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92.   

Aug 01   NASA launches space vehicle S-209.   

Aug 02   Frank Faylen, vaudevillian, dies of pneumonia at 79.   

Aug 04   Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65   

Aug 05   Flexible-wing glider altitude record set.   

Aug 05   Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67   

Aug 06   19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AFB.   

Aug 07   Grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58.   

Aug 08   Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet.   

Aug 08   Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78.   

Aug 10   Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72   

Aug 10   Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million.   

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Apr 30   Ashley alexandra dupré: American singer and call girl   

May 22   Tranquillo barnetta: Swiss footballer   

May 22   Caridee english: American model   

May 22   Marc-antoine pouliot: Canadian ice hockey player   

Jun 07   Charlie simpson: British pop singer   

Jul 08   Jamie cook: British musician (arctic monkeys)   

Jul 12   Luiz ejlli: Albanian singer   

Jul 12   Natasha poly: Russian supermodel   

Jan 01   Kamatari fujiwara: Japanese actor (b. 1905)   

Jan 03   Lucien cailliet: Composer,   

Jan 04   Brian gwynne horrocks: English lt-general (a full life),   

Jan 05   Robert l. surtees: American oscar-winning cinematographer (ben-hur) (b. 1906   

Jan 06   Robert h w welch jr: Us founder/leader john birch society,   

Jan 07   Johnny guarnieri: Jazz pianist (morey amsterdam show),   

Jan 09   Don brennan: Cricket wicketkeeper (england in 2 tests 1951),    

Jan 10   Anton karas: Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)