Page 4: Historical Events In 1985

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

Feb 21   In the year 1985 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 24   Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal on this day in history.   

Feb 24   On this day in history 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 in the year 1985.   

Feb 27   David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies in the year 1985.   

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

Feb 27   In the year 1985 mauritania's new constitutional charter published   

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 in the year 1985.   

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   Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter in the year 1985.   

Mar 02   In the year 1985 john B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57   

Mar 02   On this day in history uS approves screening test for AIDS   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 03   Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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" on this day in history.   

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

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

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 in the year 1985.   

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

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 in the year 1985.   

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

May 22   Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer was born on this day in history.   

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

May 22   Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player was born in the year 1985.   

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   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 in the year 1985.   

Jan 03   On this day in history lucien Cailliet, composer, dies at 93   

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

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 in the year 1985.   

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

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