Historical Events In 1985

Oct 10   On this day in history orson Welles actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 70  

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

Oct 10   US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody in the year 1985.  

Oct 10   Yul Brynner actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 70 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 12   Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission on this day in history.  

Oct 12   Intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize in the year 1985.  

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

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

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

Oct 15   In the year 1985 meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72  

Oct 15   In the year 1985 shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds  

Oct 15   Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit on this day in history.  

Oct 16   In the year 1985 claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78  

Oct 16   Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip(more power more power!!) in the year 1985.  

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   In the year 1985 montreal constable Jacinthe Fyfe is the first 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 on this day in history.  

Oct 27   In the year 1985 thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's & 2 Renoir's  

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

Oct 30   In the year 1985 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61-A)-Challenger 9-launched  

Oct 30   Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74 in the year 1985.  

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

Nov 03   On this day in history two French agents found guilty of sinking the Greenpeace ship 'Rainbow Warrior'  

Nov 06   22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) -Challenger 9- lands at Edwards AFB in the year 1985.  

Nov 06   In the year 1985 exploratory well at Ranger TX, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil  

Nov 06   On this day in history general Jaruzelski elected Poland's head of state  

Nov 06   Joel Crothers, actor (Edge of Night), dies of a heart attack at 44 in the year 1985.  

Nov 07   Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice on this day in history.  

Nov 08   On this day in history 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 in the year 1985.  

May 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1985 birth of charlie Simpson, British pop singer  

Jul 08   Jamie Cook, British musician (Arctic Monkeys) was born in the year 1985.  

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

Jul 12   Natasha Poly, Russian supermodel was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1985 death of kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (b. 1905)  

Jan 03   In the year 1985 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   Robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906 died on this day in history.  

Jan 06   On this day in history robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85  

Jan 07   Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67 in the year 1985.  

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

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