Page 4: Historical Events In 1985

Feb 21   Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skating race on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)   

Feb 21   Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator in the year 1985.   

Feb 23   Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Feb 23   On this day in history 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   Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal in the year 1985.   

Feb 24   Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I" on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 27   On this day in history farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief   

Feb 27   Mauritania's new constitutional charter published on this day in history.   

Feb 27   US dollar is worth ƒ3.9355 (Netherlands) in the year 1985.   

Feb 28   On this day in history charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC   

Feb 28   In the year 1985 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   

Mar 01   On this day in history eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66   

Mar 01   In the year 1985 liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center   

Mar 01   Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter on this day in history.   

Mar 02   John B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57 in the year 1985.   

Mar 02   US approves screening test for AIDS in the year 1985.   

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   In the year 1985 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   

Mar 03   In the year 1985 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   War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai" on this day in history.   

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

Mar 06   Méxican authorities find body of US drug agent Enrique C Salaazar on this day in history.   

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

Mar 06   Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "King &I" in the year 1985.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl   

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

Jun 07   In the year 1985 birth of charlie Simpson, British pop singer   

Jul 08   In the year 1985 birth of jamie Cook, British musician (Arctic Monkeys)   

Jul 12   In the year 1985 birth of luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer   

Jul 12   In the year 1985 birth of natasha Poly, Russian supermodel   

Jan 01   Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (b. 1905) died on this day in history.   

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

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   Robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies in the year 1985.   

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