Historical Events In 1985

Feb 21   Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skating race in the year 1985.  

Feb 21   In the year 1985 largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)  

Feb 21   On this day in history tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator  

Feb 23   Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Feb 23   On this day in history indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game  

Feb 23   US Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as Attorney General on this day in history.  

Feb 24   In the year 1985 birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal  

Feb 24   Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I" in the year 1985.  

Feb 26   In the year 1985 27th Grammy Awards What's Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper win  

Feb 27   In the year 1985 david Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies  

Feb 27   Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief on this day in history.  

Feb 27   On this day in history mauritania's new constitutional charter published  

Feb 27   US dollar is worth ƒ3.9355 (Netherlands) on this day in history.  

Feb 28   Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC in the year 1985.  

Feb 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66  

Mar 01   Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center on this day in history.  

Mar 01   In the year 1985 pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter  

Mar 02   In the year 1985 john B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57  

Mar 02   US approves screening test for AIDS in the year 1985.  

Mar 03   On this day in history "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis, premieres  

Mar 03   National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike on this day in history.  

Mar 03   In the year 1985 near Coast of Central Chile a 7.8earthquate killed at least 177 people killed, 2,575 injured and extensive damage in central Chile, including the cities of San Antonio, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Santiago and Rancagua  

Mar 03   On this day in history sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86  

Mar 04   In the year 1985 virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA  

Mar 04   War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai" on this day in history.  

Mar 06   On this day in history eric Sloane, US artist, dies at 80  

Mar 06   Méxican authorities find body of US drug agent Enrique C Salaazar on this day in history.  

Mar 06   Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his first pro fight on this day in history.  

Mar 06   In the year 1985 yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "King &I"  

Mar 07   George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Mar 07   IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released on this day in history.  

Mar 08   In the year 1985 edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack  

Mar 08   On this day in history the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taxed themselves to discover that 407,700 Americans were millionaires -- more than double the total of just five years before.  

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Apr 30   In the year 1985 birth of ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl  

May 22   In the year 1985 birth of tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer  

May 22   Caridee English, American Model was born in the year 1985.  

May 22   Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player was born in the year 1985.  

Jun 07   Charlie Simpson, British pop singer was born in the year 1985.  

Jul 08   Jamie Cook, British musician (Arctic Monkeys) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 12   Luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer was born on this day in history.  

Jul 12   In the year 1985 birth of natasha Poly, Russian supermodel  

Jan 01   Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (b. 1905) died on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Lucien Cailliet, composer, dies at 93 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1985 brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89  

Jan 05   In the year 1985 death of robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906  

Jan 06   Robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85 in the year 1985.  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies  

Jan 10   In the year 1985 death of anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)