Page 4: Historical Events In 1985

Feb 21   Largest NBA crowd to date 44970 (Atlanta at Detroit).   

Feb 21   Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator.   

Feb 23   Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71.   

Feb 23   Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game   

Feb 23   US Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as Attorney General   

Feb 24   Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal   

Feb 24   Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King and I".   

Feb 26   27th Grammy Awards What's Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper win   

Feb 27   David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies   

Feb 27   Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief.   

Feb 27   Mauritania's new constitutional charter published.   

Feb 27   US dollar is worth ƒ3.9355 (Netherlands).   

Feb 28   Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC   

Feb 28   In Toronto Ontario, publisher Ernst Zundel convicted for distributing hate literature in a book that said the mass extermination of Jews in Germany in World War II never occurred   

Mar 01   Eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66   

Mar 01   Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center   

Mar 01   Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter.   

Mar 02   John B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57   

Mar 02   US approves screening test for AIDS   

Mar 03   "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard and Bruce Willis, premieres   

Mar 03   National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike   

Mar 03   Near Coast of Central Chile a 7.8earthquate killed at least 177 people killed, 2575 injured and extensive damage in central Chile, including the cities of San Antonio, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Santiago and Rancagua   

Mar 03   Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86.   

Mar 04   Virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA.   

Mar 04   War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai".   

Mar 06   Eric Sloane, US artist, dies at 80   

Mar 06   Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his inaugural pro fight.   

Mar 06   Yul Brynner appears in his 4500th performance of "King and I".   

Mar 07   George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76.   

Mar 07   IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released.   

Mar 08   Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack.   

Mar 08   The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taxed themselves to discover that 407700 Americans were millionaires -- more than double the total of just five years before.   

Mar 09   Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) and Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed.   

Mar 09   The most requested movie in history,"Gone With The Wind", went on sale in video stores across the U.S. for the inaugural time   

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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)