Page 17: Historical Events In 1985

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)