Page 4: Historical Events In 1985

Feb 21   In the year 1985 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   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   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   In the year 1985 birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal   

Feb 24   In the year 1985 yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I"   

Feb 26   27th Grammy Awards What's Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper win on this day in history.   

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

Feb 27   Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief in the year 1985.   

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

Feb 27   On this day in history uS dollar is worth ƒ3.9355 (Netherlands)   

Feb 28   In the year 1985 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 03   In the year 1985 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1985 war veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai"   

Mar 06   Eric Sloane, US artist, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Mar 06   On this day in history méxican authorities find body of US drug agent Enrique C Salaazar   

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

Mar 06   On this day in history yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "King &I"   

Mar 07   On this day in history george Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76   

Mar 07   In the year 1985 iBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released   

Mar 08   On this day in history edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack   

Mar 08   In the year 1985 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   On this day in history birth of ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl   

May 22   Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer was born in the year 1985.   

May 22   On this day in history birth of caridee English, American Model   

May 22   Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player was born on this day in history.   

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

Jul 08   On this day in history birth of jamie Cook, British musician (Arctic Monkeys)   

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

Jul 12   On this day in history birth of natasha Poly, Russian supermodel   

Jan 01   In the year 1985 death of kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (b. 1905)   

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   On this day in history death of robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906   

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

Jan 07   Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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)