Page 14: Historical Events In 1985

Oct 02   George Savalas actor (Kojak), dies at 58   

Oct 02   Rock Hudson actor (MacMillian and Wife), dies at 59 of aids.   

Oct 02   Sidney Clute actor (Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey), dies at 69   

Oct 03   Charles Collingwood, newscaster (Chronicles), dies at 68.   

Oct 04   Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14021 mile bicycle tour of Australia.   

Oct 04   Shite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley.   

Oct 05   In this year, Grambling's Eddie Robinson claims record 324th football game.   

Oct 07   inaugural Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB.   

Oct 07   Lynette Woodward, chosen as inaugural woman on the Harlem Globetrotters   

Oct 07   PLO terrorists seize Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro.   

Oct 08   Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat.   

Oct 09   Hijackers of the cruise liner Achille Lauro surrender after the ship arrives in Port Said, Egypt   

Oct 10   Orson Welles actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 70.   

Oct 10   Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70.   

Oct 10   US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody   

Oct 10   Yul Brynner actor (King and I), dies of cancer at 70   

Oct 11   Pres Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands   

Oct 11   Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer   

Oct 12   Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission.   

Oct 12   Intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize.   

Oct 12   Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75   

Oct 13   Jack Wilson, cricketer (Test for Australia, 0-39 and 1-25, DNB), dies.   

Oct 14   On Mon Night football, Jets retire Joe Namath's #12, beat Miami 23-7   

Oct 15   Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72   

Oct 15   Shelley Taylor of Australia makes quickest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds.   

Oct 15   Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit   

Oct 16   Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78   

Oct 16   Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip(more power more power!!).   

Oct 18   Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30.   

Oct 25   Elsa Moranet, writer, dies at 67   

Oct 25   Kosmos 1700 communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit.   

Oct 26   Montreal constable Jacinthe Fyfe is the inaugural Canadian female police officer killed on duty.   

Oct 26   The Mutijuli Aboriginal Community is granted freehold title to Ayers Rock and the Uluru National Park in the Northern Territory.   

Oct 27   Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's and 2 Renoir's.   

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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)