Page 16: Historical Events In 1985

Nov 27   Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland.   

Nov 28   Fernand Braudel, French historian, dies at 83.   

Nov 29   Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71   

Dec 02   Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies.   

Dec 03   23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB   

Dec 03   Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70.   

Dec 04   Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83   

Dec 04   President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser.   

Dec 05   Beverly McLachlin is the inaugural woman appointed to the B.C. Court of Appeal, the province's highest court.   

Dec 05   Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above the 1500 level for inaugural time   

Dec 06   Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92   

Dec 06   John Cougar Mellencamp promised 24000 people at a New York City concert that he would refund their $17.50 tickets. A power outage had caused a 20-minute interruption during this, his debut concert   

Dec 06   UK joins US Star Wars project.   

Dec 07   Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB.   

Dec 07   Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70.   

Dec 09   Phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow   

Dec 11   General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC   

Dec 11   The most expensive non-oil acquisition in U.S. history took place. General Electric Company agreed to buy RCA Corporation for $6.3 billion.   

Dec 12   248 US soldiers and 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash in Newfoundland.   

Dec 12   Anne Baxter, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel), dies at 62.   

Dec 14   NY Yankees great Roger Maris dies of cancer at age 51.   

Dec 14   Roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 51.   

Dec 15   Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielson wed.   

Dec 16   Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission   

Dec 16   Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies.   

Dec 16   Paul Castellano Organized-crime chief shot dead by a NYC restaurant.   

Dec 17   Otto Gotsche, writer, dies   

Dec 18   UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking".   

Dec 19   ABC Sports announced that it was severing ties with Howard Cosell and released ‘The Mouth’ from all TV commitments   

Dec 19   ABC Sports announces that sportscaster Howard Cosell will no longer be providing television commentary.   

Dec 19   NFL kicker Jan Stenerud announces his retirement, leaving behind a record of most career field goals (373)   

Dec 21   ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA   

Dec 22   STS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B   

Dec 23   James Vance (20) and Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages.   

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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)