Page 6: Historical Events In 1985

Mar 24   Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah).   

Mar 25   57th Academy Awards "Amadeus", F Murray Abraham and Sally Field win   

Mar 25   Edwin Meese III is recorded as becoming US Attorney General   

Mar 26   In this year, In Ottawa Ontario Brian Mulroney 1939- announces that his government is ending the National Energy Program, Alberta starts singing "Happy Days are Here Again".   

Mar 27   Billy Dee Williams receives a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.   

Mar 28   International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley's Comet.   

Mar 28   Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97.   

Mar 28   Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues", premieres in New York NY   

Mar 28   STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad   

Mar 29   Christos Sartzetakis elected President of Greece   

Mar 29   Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist   

Mar 30   Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76   

Mar 30   Sally Anne Atkinson is recorded as becoming Lord Mayor of Brisbane, the inaugural Liberal and inaugural woman to do so   

Mar 31   El Salvador's President Duartes Christian-Democrats win election   

Apr 03   In this year, French government formally adopts equal electoral system.   

Apr 03   Players' Association agrees to expand LCS from 5 to 7 games.   

Apr 03   Vic Elliot pocketed 15780 pool balls in 24 hours in London   

Apr 04   Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal   

Apr 05   Tyrell Johnson, cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies   

Apr 06   Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale   

Apr 09   India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster   

Apr 09   Near Coast of Central Chile a 7.5 quake occurred one person died from a heart attack, several people injured.   

Apr 10   Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission.   

Apr 11   Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76.   

Apr 12   16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn.   

Apr 12   US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games   

Apr 13   "TASS" denounced US.boycott of the Moscow Olympics.   

Apr 13   Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas.   

Apr 14   Enver Hoxha, Albanian leader (1944-85), dies.   

Apr 15   Challenger moves to launch pad.   

Apr 15   E Bowell discovers asteroids #3527 McCord and #3663.   

Apr 15   In this year, Geoff Smith claims his 2nd straight Boston Marathon.   

Apr 16   Scott Brady, [Gerald Tierney], actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60   

Apr 17   Ilona Bodden, writer, dies   

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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)