Page 4: Historical Events In 1985

Feb 21   On this day in history evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skating race   

Feb 21   Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 23   Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71 in the year 1985.   

Feb 23   Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game in the year 1985.   

Feb 23   In the year 1985 uS Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as Attorney General   

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" on this day in history.   

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

Feb 27   David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies on this day in history.   

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

Feb 27   Mauritania's new constitutional charter published on this day in history.   

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

Feb 28   On this day in history charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC   

Feb 28   In the year 1985 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   In the year 1985 eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66   

Mar 01   In the year 1985 liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center   

Mar 01   Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter on this day in history.   

Mar 02   On this day in history 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   "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis, premieres in the year 1985.   

Mar 03   On this day in history 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, 2,575 injured and extensive damage in central Chile, including the cities of San Antonio, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Santiago and Rancagua in the year 1985.   

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   On this day in history war veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai"   

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 in the year 1985.   

Mar 06   In the year 1985 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 in the year 1985.   

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

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

May 22   In the year 1985 birth of caridee English, American Model   

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   Jamie Cook, British musician (Arctic Monkeys) was born in the year 1985.   

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

Jul 12   Natasha Poly, Russian supermodel was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (b. 1905) died in the year 1985.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies in the year 1985.   

Jan 10   Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906) died in the year 1985.