Page 11: Historical Events In 1985

Jul 08   Gardner Cowles Jr, US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82   

Jul 09   Rafael Campos actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49.   

Jul 09   Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49.   

Jul 10   Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke.   

Jul 10   Explosion sinks Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor   

Jul 10   Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered   

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

Jul 11   Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden.   

Jul 12   Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's colon   

Jul 12   STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown   

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

Jul 13   The Live Aid concerts held to raise money for famine victims in Africa.   

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

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   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.   

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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)