Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In 1985
Sunday, 14 September 2025
May 08 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win in the year 1985. 
May 08 In the year 1985 dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74
May 08 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island in the year 1985.
May 09 On this day in history edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
May 10 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly Air Force Base in the year 1985.
May 10 In the year 1985 in the New Britian Region a7.3 quake resulted in one person killed. Damage in the Bialla-Hoskins area. Extensive landslides, debris flows and fallen trees in the Nakanai Mountains
May 11 40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground in the year 1985.
May 11 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India on this day in history.
May 11 Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84 on this day in history.
May 11 Madonna's "Crazy For You" single goes #1 on this day in history.
May 11 Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands on this day in history.
May 12 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as first woman Conservative rabbi in the year 1985.
May 12 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies in the year 1985.
May 13 On this day in history laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
May 13 Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91 in the year 1985.
May 13 On this day in history philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move", kills 11
May 14 Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed in the year 1985.
May 14 On this day in history northwest of Madagascar a6.4 quake was felt at Mtwara and Newala, Tanzania and in the Mocimbao da Praia area, Mozambique. Believed to be the largest instrumentally located hypocenter in this area
May 15 On this day in history jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38
May 16 Actress Margaret Hamilton, who portrayed the Wicked witch of the West in the MGM film The Wizard of Oz, dies of a heart attack at age 82 on this day in history.
May 16 Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82 in the year 1985.
May 16 In the year 1985 michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year
May 16 Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium in the year 1985.
May 16 On this day in history sinn Fein wins its first seats in the Northern Ireland local elections
May 17 Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas in the year 1985.
May 17 Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska on this day in history.
May 18 "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3 in the year 1985.
May 18 Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82 on this day in history.
May 18 The first remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa) on this day in history.
May 20 On this day in history dow Jones industrial average closes above 1300 for first time
May 20 FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of spying for USSR on this day in history.
May 20 George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46 on this day in history.
May 20 In the year 1985 israel exchanges 1150 Lebanese/Palestinian prisoners for 3 Israeli soldiers
May 20 Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.
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