Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1985
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
May 08 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win on this day in history. 
May 08 Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74 on this day in history.
May 08 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island on this day in history.
May 09 On this day in history edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
May 10 On this day in history challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly Air Force Base
May 10 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 in the year 1985.
May 11 On this day in history 40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
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 in the year 1985.
May 11 On this day in history madonna's "Crazy For You" single goes #1
May 11 On this day in history pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands
May 12 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as first woman Conservative rabbi on this day in history.
May 12 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies on this day in history.
May 13 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA on this day in history.
May 13 In the year 1985 leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91
May 13 Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move", kills 11 in the year 1985.
May 14 On this day in history mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed
May 14 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 in the year 1985.
May 15 Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
May 16 Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year in the year 1985.
May 16 On this day in history pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium
May 16 In the year 1985 sinn Fein wins its first seats in the Northern Ireland local elections
May 17 On this day in history bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas
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 In the year 1985 tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82
May 18 In the year 1985 the first remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)
May 20 Dow Jones industrial average closes above 1300 for first time in the year 1985.
May 20 FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of spying for USSR in the year 1985.
May 20 George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46 in the year 1985.
May 20 On this day in history israel exchanges 1150 Lebanese/Palestinian prisoners for 3 Israeli soldiers
May 20 Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title in the year 1985.
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