Page 4: Historical Events In 1985

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

Feb 21   On this day in history largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)   

Feb 21   In the year 1985 tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator   

Feb 23   On this day in history alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71   

Feb 23   In the year 1985 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   Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 27   On this day in history david Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies   

Feb 27   On this day in history farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief   

Feb 27   Mauritania's new constitutional charter published in the year 1985.   

Feb 27   US dollar is worth ƒ3.9355 (Netherlands) in the year 1985.   

Feb 28   Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 01   In the year 1985 eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66   

Mar 01   Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center in the year 1985.   

Mar 01   On this day in history pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter   

Mar 02   John B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57 in the year 1985.   

Mar 02   In the year 1985 uS approves screening test for AIDS   

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

Mar 03   National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike in the year 1985.   

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   In the year 1985 sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86   

Mar 04   On this day in history virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA   

Mar 04   War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai" in the year 1985.   

Mar 06   In the year 1985 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   On this day in history mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his first pro fight   

Mar 06   Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "King &I" on this day in history.   

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   Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack on this day in history.   

Mar 08   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 on this day in history.   

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Apr 30   Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl was born on this day in history.   

May 22   On this day in history birth of tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer   

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

May 22   In the year 1985 birth of marc-Antoine Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player   

Jun 07   Charlie Simpson, British pop singer was born on this day in history.   

Jul 08   In the year 1985 birth of jamie Cook, British musician (Arctic Monkeys)   

Jul 12   On this day in history birth of luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer   

Jul 12   On this day in history 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   Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89 in the year 1985.   

Jan 05   Robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906 died on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85   

Jan 07   In the year 1985 johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history death of anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)