Page 15: Historical Events In 1985

Oct 10   Orson Welles actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 70 in the year 1985.   

Oct 10   On this day in history orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70   

Oct 10   On this day in history uS fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody   

Oct 10   In the year 1985 yul Brynner actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 70   

Oct 11   Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB in the year 1985.   

Oct 11   In the year 1985 pres Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands   

Oct 11   Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer in the year 1985.   

Oct 12   In the year 1985 challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission   

Oct 12   In the year 1985 intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize   

Oct 12   Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Oct 13   In the year 1985 jack Wilson, cricketer (Test for Australia, 0-39 & 1-25, DNB), dies   

Oct 14   On Mon Night football, Jets retire Joe Namath's #12, beat Miami 23-7 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72 in the year 1985.   

Oct 15   On this day in history shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds   

Oct 15   In the year 1985 shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit   

Oct 16   Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78 in the year 1985.   

Oct 16   In the year 1985 intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip(more power more power!!)   

Oct 18   Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30 on this day in history.   

Oct 25   On this day in history elsa Moranet, writer, dies at 67   

Oct 25   On this day in history kosmos 1700 communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit   

Oct 26   Montreal constable Jacinthe Fyfe is the first Canadian female police officer killed on duty in the year 1985.   

Oct 26   In the year 1985 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 & 2 Renoir's in the year 1985.   

Oct 29   In the year 1985 john Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82   

Oct 30   22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61-A)-Challenger 9-launched on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74 on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sgt Bilko), dies in his sleep at 73 in the year 1985.   

Nov 03   Two French agents found guilty of sinking the Greenpeace ship 'Rainbow Warrior' on this day in history.   

Nov 06   On this day in history 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) -Challenger 9- lands at Edwards AFB   

Nov 06   Exploratory well at Ranger TX, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil in the year 1985.   

Nov 06   General Jaruzelski elected Poland's head of state on this day in history.   

Nov 06   On this day in history joel Crothers, actor (Edge of Night), dies of a heart attack at 44   

Nov 07   On this day in history colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice   

Nov 08   In the year 1985 atlantis moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-B mission   

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Apr 30   Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl was born on this day in history.   

May 22   In the year 1985 birth of tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer   

May 22   Caridee English, American Model was born on this day in history.   

May 22   Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player was born on this day in history.   

Jun 07   On this day in history birth of charlie Simpson, British pop singer   

Jul 08   In the year 1985 birth of jamie Cook, British musician (Arctic Monkeys)   

Jul 12   On this day in history birth of luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer   

Jul 12   On this day in history birth of natasha Poly, Russian supermodel   

Jan 01   Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (b. 1905) died in the year 1985.   

Jan 03   On this day in history lucien Cailliet, composer, dies at 93   

Jan 04   Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1985 death of robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906   

Jan 06   In the year 1985 robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85   

Jan 07   In the year 1985 johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67   

Jan 09   In the year 1985 don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies   

Jan 10   Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906) died in the year 1985.