Page 15: Historical Events In 1985

Oct 10   On this day in history orson Welles actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 70   

Oct 10   Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70 on this day in history.   

Oct 10   On this day in history uS fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody   

Oct 10   On this day in history yul Brynner actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 70   

Oct 11   Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB in the year 1985.   

Oct 11   On this day in history pres Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands   

Oct 11   Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission in the year 1985.   

Oct 12   On this day in history intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize   

Oct 12   In the year 1985 johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75   

Oct 13   Jack Wilson, cricketer (Test for Australia, 0-39 & 1-25, DNB), dies in the year 1985.   

Oct 14   On Mon Night football, Jets retire Joe Namath's #12, beat Miami 23-7 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   On this day in history shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds   

Oct 15   In the year 1985 shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit   

Oct 16   Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Oct 16   On this day in history intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip(more power more power!!)   

Oct 18   On this day in history benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30   

Oct 25   Elsa Moranet, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Oct 25   Kosmos 1700 communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Montreal constable Jacinthe Fyfe is the first Canadian female police officer killed on duty in the year 1985.   

Oct 26   The Mutijuli Aboriginal Community is granted freehold title to Ayers Rock and the Uluru National Park in the Northern Territory on this day in history.   

Oct 27   Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's & 2 Renoir's on this day in history.   

Oct 29   On this day in history john Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82   

Oct 30   22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61-A)-Challenger 9-launched in the year 1985.   

Oct 30   Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74 on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sgt Bilko), dies in his sleep at 73   

Nov 03   On this day in history two French agents found guilty of sinking the Greenpeace ship 'Rainbow Warrior'   

Nov 06   22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) -Challenger 9- lands at Edwards AFB on this day in history.   

Nov 06   Exploratory well at Ranger TX, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil on this day in history.   

Nov 06   General Jaruzelski elected Poland's head of state in the year 1985.   

Nov 06   Joel Crothers, actor (Edge of Night), dies of a heart attack at 44 in the year 1985.   

Nov 07   Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice on this day in history.   

Nov 08   Atlantis moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-B mission on this day in history.   

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

May 22   On this day in history birth of tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer   

May 22   On this day in history 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 in the year 1985.   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history death of kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (b. 1905)   

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   Robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906 died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67   

Jan 09   Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies on this day in history.   

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