Page 17: Historical Events In 1985

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   

Dec 25   George Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66   

Dec 26   Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53.   

Dec 26   Ford introduced the Taurus line of auto's,, the product of years of engineering   

Dec 27   Dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), are discovered dead in Rwanda   

Dec 27   Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports. President Reagan blamed Libyan leader Momar Qadhafi.   

Dec 28   Warring Lebanese Moslem and Christian leaders sign peace agreement   

Dec 30   IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released.   

Dec 30   President Zia of Pakistan ends martial law.   

Dec 31   Alexander Matheson, cricketer (2 wickets/2 Tests for NZ 1930-31), dies.   

Dec 31   King Hussein of Jordan and President Assid hold talks.   

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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)