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| Born : | 12/29/1985 | Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley |
| Born : | 01/28/1985 | Athina Onassis, daughter of Christina |
| Born : | 12/24/1985 | Gregory Scott, director |
| Born : | 02/14/1985 | Jacob Parker, actor |
| Born : | 04/25/1985 | Jonathan Halyalkar, Ramsey NJ, actor (Billy-Who's the Boss) |
| Born : | 02/16/1985 | Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 |
| Born : | 04/22/1985 | Lauri Hendler, Ft Belvoir Va, actress (Julie-Gimme a Break) |
| Born : | 12/10/1985 | Raven-Symon‚ Pearman, actress (Cosby) |
| Born : | 12/15/1985 | Sheeba Reiter, Fla, illegitimate daughter of Jackie Mason |
| Born : | 09/07/1985 | Tatia Jayne Starkey, Ringo's 1st grandchild |
| Died : | 05/29/1985 | 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match |
| Died : | 12/02/1985 | Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice) |
| Died : | 09/10/1985 | Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23 |
| Died : | 02/22/1985 | Alexander Scourby, actor, dies at 71 |
| Died : | 12/12/1985 | Anne Baxter, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel), dies at 62 |
| Died : | 11/20/1985 | Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 06/10/1985 | Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 05/17/1985 | Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas |
| Died : | 12/06/1985 | Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92 |
| Died : | 12/06/1985 | Burr Tillstrom, puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 01/13/1985 | Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42 |
| Died : | 02/28/1985 | Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC |
| Died : | 02/06/1985 | Charles Briggs, actor, dies at 53 |
| Died : | 10/03/1985 | Charles Collingwood, newscaster (Chronicles), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 09/30/1985 | Charles F Richter, US seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 10/01/1985 | Charlotte White, US author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86 |
| Died : | 02/20/1985 | Clarence Nash, voice of Donald Duck, dies at 80 of leukemia, in Calif |
| Died : | 10/16/1985 | Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 02/06/1985 | Dandy Nichols, actress, dies at 78 |
| Died : | 05/07/1985 | Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54 |
| Died : | 12/27/1985 | Dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda |
| Died : | 05/08/1985 | Dolph Sweet, actor (Gimme a Break), dies of cancer at 64 |
| Died : | 05/08/1985 | Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies at 69 of Alzheimer's |
| Died : | 03/08/1985 | Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack |
| Died : | 02/22/1985 | Efrem Zimbalist, Russian/Us composer/violinist, dies at 94 |
| Died : | 02/19/1985 | Elizabeth Julesberg, author of "Dick & Jane" books, dies |
| Died : | 03/06/1985 | Eric Sloane, US artist, dies at 80 |
| Died : | 07/31/1985 | Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78 |
| Died : | 03/01/1985 | Eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66 |
| Died : | 03/12/1985 | Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarians/Us conductor, dies at 85 |
| Died : | 08/29/1985 | Evelyn Ankers, actress, dies at 67 |
| Died : | 08/02/1985 | Frank Faylen, vaudevillian, dies at 79 of pneumonia |
| Died : | 08/14/1985 | Gale Sondergaard, actress, dies at cerebral vascular thrombosis |
| Died : | 07/08/1985 | Gardner Cowles Jr., US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82 |
| Died : | 06/10/1985 | George Chandler, actor (Lassie), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87 |
| Died : | 02/19/1985 | George Holmes, actor, dies at 66 |
| Died : | 05/20/1985 | George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46 |
| Died : | 09/04/1985 | George O'Brien, actor, dies of a stroke at 85 |
| Died : | 04/30/1985 | George Pravada, actor (Felscher-Holocaust), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 12/25/1985 | George Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 10/02/1985 | George Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies at 58 |
| Died : | 03/07/1985 | George Schick, conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76 |
| Died : | 10/30/1985 | Grant Kirby, actor/singer, dies in an auto accident at 74 |
| Died : | 07/28/1985 | Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54 |
| Died : | 05/02/1985 | Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor, dies at 71 after cardiac surgery |
| Died : | 08/20/1985 | Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists |
| Died : | 05/25/1985 | Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer |
| Died : | 03/30/1985 | Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76 |
| Died : | 02/11/1985 | Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer, dies of pneumonia at 83 |
| Died : | 09/30/1985 | Heleb Macinnes, US spy writer (Affiliate in place), dies at 77 |
| Died : | 11/09/1985 | Helen Rose, costume designer, dies at 81 |
| Died : | 02/27/1985 | Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/diplomat, dies at 82 |
| Died : | 02/11/1985 | Henry Hathaway, director/actor, dies of a heart attack at 86 |
| Died : | 05/17/1985 | Hugh Burden, actor, dies at 72 |
| Died : | 02/21/1985 | Ina Claire, comedienne, dies following a stroke at 92 |
| Died : | 09/04/1985 | Isabel Jeans, actress, dies at 93 |
| Died : | 09/19/1985 | Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies at 61 |
| Died : | 03/18/1985 | Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 |
| Died : | 05/15/1985 | Jackie Curtis, playwright/actor, dies of a drug overdose at 38 |
| Died : | 06/28/1985 | James Craig, actor, dies of lung cancer at 74 |
| Died : | 07/29/1985 | James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69 |
| Died : | 09/06/1985 | Jane Frazee, singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia |
| Died : | 05/12/1985 | Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies |
| Died : | 01/14/1985 | Jetta Goudal, French actress, dies at 86 |
| Died : | 11/17/1985 | Jimmy Ritz, of Ritz brothers, dies of heart failure at 81 |
| Died : | 03/02/1985 | John B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57 |
| Died : | 11/16/1985 | John J Sparkmann, (Sen-D-Ala), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 09/06/1985 | Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies of cancer at 65 |
| Died : | 01/07/1985 | Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 10/12/1985 | Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75 |
| Died : | 05/11/1985 | Jorja Curtight, actress, dies of a heart attack |
| Died : | 07/27/1985 | Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95 |
| Died : | 08/01/1985 | Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92 |
| Died : | 06/11/1985 | Karen Ann Quinlan, dies in Morris Plains, NJ at 31 |
| Died : | 07/23/1985 | Kay Kyser (James King Kern Kyser), US bandleader, dies |
| Died : | 01/30/1985 | Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 08/10/1985 | Kenny Backer, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 72 |
| Died : | 04/23/1985 | Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 10/30/1985 | Kirby Grant, Butte Mont, actor (Sky King), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 03/10/1985 | Konstanin Cherneko, soviet leader, dies |
| Died : | 05/13/1985 | Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies at 91 in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC |
| Died : | 10/08/1985 | Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, throw him off the boat |
| Died : | 09/27/1985 | Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83 |
| Died : | 02/21/1985 | Louis Hayward, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at 75 |
| Died : | 08/08/1985 | Louise Brooks, actress, dies of a heart attack at 78 |
| Died : | 05/29/1985 | Madge West, actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93 |
| Died : | 03/28/1985 | Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97 |
| Died : | 05/16/1985 | Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82 |
| Died : | 07/17/1985 | Margo, actress, dies at 68 of a brain tumor |
| Died : | 07/05/1985 | Marion Byron, actress, dies at 73 |
| Died : | 08/13/1985 | Marion Martin, actress, dies at 67 |
| Died : | 02/08/1985 | Marvin Miller, actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire) dies at 71 |
| Died : | 11/09/1985 | Mary MacLaren, actress, dies at 85 of respiratory problems |
| Died : | 10/03/1985 | Maurice Copeland, actor (Ralph-Those Young Charmings), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 03/02/1985 | Michael Redgrave, actor/writer dies at 77 of Parkinson's disease |
| Died : | 07/21/1985 | Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 09/23/1985 | Mickey Simpson, actor, dies of a heart attack at 72 |
| Died : | 05/02/1985 | Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85 |
| Died : | 10/25/1985 | Morton Downey, singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83 |
| Died : | 04/25/1985 | Murray Matheson, actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72 |
| Died : | 02/12/1985 | Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61 |
| Died : | 10/10/1985 | Orson Welles, actor/director (Citizen Kane), dies at 70 |
| Died : | 02/27/1985 | Pat J O'Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at 83 |
| Died : | 03/23/1985 | Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), dies at 60 |
| Died : | 08/29/1985 | Patrick Barr, actor, dies at 77 |
| Died : | 07/07/1985 | Patti McCarty, actress, dies at 64 |
| Died : | 12/16/1985 | Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief shot dead by a NYC restaurant |
| Died : | 11/10/1985 | Pelle Lindbergh, Phila Flyer's Goalee, dies in drunk driving accident |
| Died : | 07/08/1985 | Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72 |
| Died : | 11/01/1985 | Phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sgt Bilko), dies at 73 in his sleep |
| Died : | 12/07/1985 | Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70 |
| Died : | 07/09/1985 | Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49 |
| Died : | 11/26/1985 | Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87 |
| Died : | 04/14/1985 | Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63 |
| Died : | 06/01/1985 | Richard Greene, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 04/25/1985 | Richard Haydn, British actor, dies at 80 |
| Died : | 12/31/1985 | Rick Nelson, singer/actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 45 |
| Died : | 01/06/1985 | Robert HW Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85 |
| Died : | 05/25/1985 | Robert Nathan, US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91 |
| Died : | 03/07/1985 | Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95 |
| Died : | 10/02/1985 | Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian & Wife), dies at 59 of aids |
| Died : | 12/14/1985 | Roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies at 51 of cancer |
| Died : | 03/16/1985 | Roger Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88 |
| Died : | 04/21/1985 | Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62 |
| Died : | 08/28/1985 | Ruth Gordon, actress, dies at 88 suffering a stroke in her sleep |
| Died : | 12/03/1985 | Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70 |
| Died : | 04/23/1985 | Sam J Ervin Jr, (Sen-D-NC), dies at 88 |
| Died : | 12/31/1985 | Sam Speigel, Academy Award winning producer dies at 84 |
| Died : | 08/25/1985 | Samantha Smith, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies in plane at 13 |
| Died : | 03/03/1985 | Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86 |
| Died : | 04/16/1985 | Scott Brady, [Gerald Tierney], actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60 |
| Died : | 05/13/1985 | Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), dies of cancer at 64 |
| Died : | 10/02/1985 | Sidney Clute, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey), dies at 69 |
| Died : | 07/08/1985 | Simon Kuznets, US economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84 |
| Died : | 03/23/1985 | Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium |
| Died : | 11/15/1985 | Spencer W Kimball, US head of mormon chuch, dies at 90 |
| Died : | 12/14/1985 | Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, US, sci-fi author (Red Peri) dies at 85 |
| Died : | 11/19/1985 | Stepin Fetchit, [Lincoln Penny], 1st black star, dies of pneumonia 83 |
| Died : | 05/18/1985 | Tex Terry, actor, dies at 82 |
| Died : | 10/11/1985 | Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer |
| Died : | 08/05/1985 | Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 03/08/1985 | Thomas Creighton, US heart patient (3 implants in 46 hrs), dies at 33 |
| Died : | 02/08/1985 | Tom Greenway, actor dies of a heart attack at 75 |
| Died : | 07/21/1985 | Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney) |
| Died : | 03/07/1985 | Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies |
| Died : | 02/17/1985 | Wanda Perry, actress, dies at 67 |
| Died : | 07/16/1985 | Wayne King, orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84 |
| Died : | 02/18/1985 | Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbruggen], singer, dies |
| Died : | 10/10/1985 | Yul Brynner, [Taidje Khan], actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 70 |
| Special : | 03/03/1985 | "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis premiers |
| Special : | 08/03/1985 | "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ |
| Special : | 08/31/1985 | "Prakas" sets trotting mile record of 1:53.4 at Du Quoin, Ill |
| Special : | 03/19/1985 | "Spin Magazine" begins publishing |
| Special : | 04/13/1985 | "TASS" denounced US.boycott of Moscow Olympics |
| Special : | 09/08/1985 | "USA Weekend's" 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers |
| Special : | 05/24/1985 | "View to a Kill" premiers in US |
| Special : | 01/25/1985 | "We are the World" is recorded |
| Special : | 01/21/1985 | -19ø F (-28ø C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record) |
| Special : | 05/24/1985 | -25) cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die |
| Special : | 01/22/1985 | -30ø F (-34ø C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record) |
| Special : | 01/21/1985 | -34ø F (-37ø C), Mt Mitchell, North Carolina (state record) |
| Special : | 02/10/1985 | -61ø F (-52ø C), Maybell, Colorado (state record) |
| Special : | 02/01/1985 | -61ø F (-52øC) at Maybell, Colorado: state record |
| Special : | 02/01/1985 | -69ø F (-56ø C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record) |
| Special : | 07/05/1985 | 117ø F (47ø C), St George, Utah (state rec) (103ø spread, UT 1985) |
| Special : | 08/01/1985 | 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record) |
| Special : | 02/19/1985 | 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain |
| Special : | 01/24/1985 | 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched |
| Special : | 01/27/1985 | 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth |
| Special : | 01/14/1985 | 16 indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees |
| Special : | 04/12/1985 | 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn |
| Special : | 04/19/1985 | 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth |
| Special : | 05/06/1985 | 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards AFB |
| Special : | 04/29/1985 | 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched |
| Special : | 06/17/1985 | 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched |
| Special : | 06/24/1985 | 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth |
| Special : | 07/29/1985 | 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched |
| Special : | 08/06/1985 | 19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AFB |
| Special : | 08/20/1985 | 1st NL pitcher to strike out 200+ in 1st 2 seasons (Dwight Gooden) |
| Special : | 02/17/1985 | 1st class postage rises from 20› to 22› |
| Special : | 06/27/1985 | 1st hotel strike in NY |
| Special : | 05/18/1985 | 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa) |
| Special : | 02/04/1985 | 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture |
| Special : | 08/27/1985 | 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched |
| Special : | 09/03/1985 | 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth |
| Special : | 10/03/1985 | 21st Shuttle Mission (51J)-Atlantis 1-all-military flight launched |
| Special : | 10/07/1985 | 21st Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB |
| Special : | 10/30/1985 | 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61-A)-Challenger 9-launched |
| Special : | 11/06/1985 | 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) -Challenger 9- lands at Edwards AFB |
| Special : | 12/03/1985 | 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB |
| Special : | 11/26/1985 | 23rd Space Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-is launched |
| Special : | 12/12/1985 | 248 US soldiers & 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash |
| Special : | 05/29/1985 | 35 die in rioting between British & Italians at European Cup soccer |
| Special : | 06/30/1985 | 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut |
| Special : | 02/17/1985 | 3rd person to recieve an artificial heart (Murray Haydon) |
| Special : | 01/19/1985 | 4 die in a car & train crash in Buda Ill |
| Special : | 05/31/1985 | 41 tornadoes hit Northeast US, killing 88 |
| Special : | 08/02/1985 | 5 die in a train crash in Westminster Colo |
| Special : | 11/23/1985 | 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta |
| Special : | 09/08/1985 | 7 die in a car & train crash in San Jose Calif |
| Special : | 09/19/1985 | 9,500 die in Mexico's earthquake (6.9) |
| Special : | 01/02/1985 | 90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter |
| Special : | 01/13/1985 | 99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course |
| Special : | 05/21/1985 | A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3305 |
| Special : | 03/23/1985 | A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3563 |
| Special : | 03/20/1985 | A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3326 |
| Special : | 10/20/1985 | A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3395 |
| Special : | 12/21/1985 | ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA |
| Special : | 01/01/1985 | Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) gets married |
| Special : | 06/23/1985 | Air India jet crashes near Ireland, 329 killed |
| Special : | 09/25/1985 | Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India |
| Special : | 09/08/1985 | Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hr women swim record of 42.05 mi in 25 m pool |
| Special : | 06/09/1985 | American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped & held hostage in Lebanon |
| Special : | 08/31/1985 | Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M |
| Special : | 10/27/1985 | Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions |
| Special : | 09/24/1985 | Apollo Computer Inc lays off 300 employees |
| Special : | 03/21/1985 | Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame |
| Special : | 03/16/1985 | Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut |
| Special : | 07/11/1985 | Astros' Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep) |
| Special : | 04/10/1985 | At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game |
| Special : | 04/06/1985 | Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale |
| Special : | 04/13/1985 | Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas |
| Special : | 11/08/1985 | Atlantis moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-B mission |
| Special : | 08/29/1985 | Atlantis moves to launch pad for 51-J mission |
| Special : | 12/07/1985 | Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB |
| Special : | 09/18/1985 | BBC Radio reports prime # 2^216091-1 found in Houston |
| Special : | 08/26/1985 | Balt Oriole Eddie Murray knocks in 9 RBIs in a game vs Calif Angels |
| Special : | 08/07/1985 | Barbra Striesand records "Broadway Album" |
| Special : | 08/07/1985 | Baseball players end a 2 day strike |
| Special : | 08/05/1985 | Baseball players go on strike for 2 days |
| Special : | 08/08/1985 | Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993 |
| Special : | 03/03/1985 | Bill Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million |
| Special : | 07/16/1985 | Bill to abolish Greater London Council recieves royal assent |
| Special : | 04/28/1985 | Billy Martin named Yankee manager for 4th time |
| Special : | 02/24/1985 | Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal |
| Special : | 01/13/1985 | Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders |
| Special : | 03/21/1985 | Bloodbath at Longa (Uitenhage) South-Africa |
| Special : | 12/07/1985 | Bo Jackson of Auburn wins Heisman Trophy |
| Special : | 04/14/1985 | Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Wash Caps 1st playoff penality shot |
| Special : | 06/06/1985 | Body of Nazi criminal, Dr Josef Mengele located & exhumed |
| Special : | 01/15/1985 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Ashbery |
| Special : | 06/23/1985 | Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die |
| Special : | 05/11/1985 | Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India |
| Special : | 07/07/1985 | Boris Becker at 17 beats Kevin Curren for Wimbledon title |
| Special : | 06/18/1985 | Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs |
| Special : | 04/23/1985 | Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational |
| Special : | 02/08/1985 | Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5¬" basketball shot |
| Special : | 01/05/1985 | Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot |
| Special : | 04/23/1985 | C Shoemaker & E Shoemake discovers asteroid #3581 Alvarez |
| Special : | 10/11/1985 | C Shoemaker & E Shoemake discovers asteroid #3640 Gostin |
| Special : | 05/14/1985 | C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3553 Mera |
| Special : | 10/14/1985 | C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3709 |
| Special : | 07/03/1985 | CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover |
| Special : | 08/04/1985 | Calif Angel Rod Carew gets his 3,000th hit |
| Special : | 03/18/1985 | Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC |
| Special : | 04/13/1985 | Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead |
| Special : | 04/16/1985 | Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isle win series 3-2 |
| Special : | 04/11/1985 | Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead |
| Special : | 04/10/1985 | Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead |
| Special : | 04/14/1985 | Caps 4-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2 |
| Special : | 05/13/1985 | Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases |
| Special : | 11/11/1985 | Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB |
| Special : | 08/11/1985 | Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz |
| Special : | 04/10/1985 | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission |
| Special : | 02/10/1985 | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission |
| Special : | 06/24/1985 | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-F |
| Special : | 12/16/1985 | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission |
| Special : | 10/12/1985 | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission |
| Special : | 04/15/1985 | Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B missing |
| Special : | 05/10/1985 | Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB |
| Special : | 10/16/1985 | Challenger vehicle moves to launch pad for STS 61A mission |
| Special : | 08/05/1985 | Chic White Sox Tom Seaver wins #300 over Yanks at Yankee Stadium |
| Special : | 06/06/1985 | Chris Evert wins a grand slam title for 13th straight year (French) |
| Special : | 07/19/1985 | Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle |
| Special : | 06/10/1985 | Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife |
| Special : | 06/10/1985 | Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula |
| Special : | 07/10/1985 | Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke |
| Special : | 01/20/1985 | Cold front strikes US, at least 40 die (-33øC in Chicago) |
| Special : | 01/22/1985 | Cold wave damages 90% of Florida's citrus crop |
| Special : | 11/07/1985 | Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogot 's Palace of Justice |
| Special : | 11/22/1985 | Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-C |
| Special : | 07/14/1985 | Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Offutt AFB, Neb |
| Special : | 09/20/1985 | Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players |
| Special : | 12/12/1985 | DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die |
| Special : | 03/10/1985 | Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games |
| Special : | 07/19/1985 | Dam in Fiemme Valley Italy bursts; 200 die |
| Special : | 01/10/1985 | Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua |
| Special : | 05/26/1985 | Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin |
| Special : | 05/03/1985 | Date of $5 million check in "View to a Kill" |
| Special : | 08/17/1985 | Dave Kingman hits his 400th HR |
| Special : | 05/28/1985 | David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut Lebanon |
| Special : | 08/02/1985 | Delta L-1011 crashes at Dallas/Ft Worth, 133 die |
| Special : | 12/20/1985 | Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points) |
| Special : | 01/21/1985 | Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals |
| Special : | 03/16/1985 | Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs |
| Special : | 06/28/1985 | Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx |
| Special : | 09/08/1985 | Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB |
| Special : | 03/23/1985 | Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-D mission |
| Special : | 05/28/1985 | Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G |
| Special : | 07/30/1985 | Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-I mission |
| Special : | 01/05/1985 | Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission |
| Special : | 07/20/1985 | Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha |
| Special : | 07/12/1985 | Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's colon |
| Special : | 12/05/1985 | Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time |
| Special : | 05/20/1985 | Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time |
| Special : | 11/13/1985 | Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award |
| Special : | 08/14/1985 | E Bowell discovers asteroid #3327 Campins |
| Special : | 08/22/1985 | E Bowell discovers asteroid #3368 Duncombe, #3672 & #3673 |
| Special : | 03/22/1985 | E Bowell discovers asteroid #3713 |
| Special : | 04/15/1985 | E Bowell discovers asteroids #3527 McCord & #3663 |
| Special : | 08/15/1985 | E F Helin & M Barucci discovers asteroid #3752 |
| Special : | 12/11/1985 | Edm Oilers (36) & Chic Black Hawks (26) score NHL record 62 points |
| Special : | 01/26/1985 | Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzy scores 50th goal in 49th game of season |
| Special : | 05/30/1985 | Edmonton Oilers beat Flyers 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 03/25/1985 | Edwin Meese III becomes US Attorney General |
| Special : | 06/15/1985 | En route to Halley's Comet, USSR's Vega 2 drops lander on Venus |
| Special : | 11/18/1985 | Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport |
| Special : | 07/02/1985 | European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet |
| Special : | 09/15/1985 | European team beats US team for golf's Ryders Cup (1st since 1957) |
| Special : | 11/06/1985 | Exploratory well at Ranger Tx, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil |
| Special : | 01/13/1985 | Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428 |
| Special : | 07/16/1985 | F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1152 kph (716 mph) |
| Special : | 05/20/1985 | FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of spying for USSR |
| Special : | 10/03/1985 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) adopts constitution |
| Special : | 02/27/1985 | Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief |
| Special : | 09/24/1985 | Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m) |
| Special : | 04/28/1985 | Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season |
| Special : | 06/25/1985 | Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes (21 die) |
| Special : | 09/29/1985 | First of 5 cyanide-laced Tylenol victims dies |
| Special : | 01/09/1985 | Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out |
| Special : | 09/12/1985 | Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds |
| Special : | 04/25/1985 | Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead |
| Special : | 04/18/1985 | Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead |
| Special : | 04/21/1985 | Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead |
| Special : | 04/23/1985 | Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead |
| Special : | 04/28/1985 | Flyers ?-Isles 1-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers win series 4-1 |
| Special : | 04/25/1985 | For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game |
| Special : | 06/10/1985 | French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near NZ |
| Special : | 07/10/1985 | French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand |
| Special : | 05/21/1985 | Frustaci Septuplets, Calif, Patricia Frustaci gives birth to 7 |
| Special : | 03/13/1985 | Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) |
| Special : | 07/24/1985 | Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai |
| Special : | 12/11/1985 | General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary, NBC |
| Special : | 04/15/1985 | Geoff Smith wins his 2nd straight Boston Marathon |
| Special : | 10/05/1985 | Grambling's Eddie Robinson wins record 324th football game |
| Special : | 05/31/1985 | Guatemala adopts constitution |
| Special : | 02/13/1985 | H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3365 |
| Special : | 09/05/1985 | H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3456 & #3457 |
| Special : | 09/07/1985 | H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3458 |
| Special : | 12/21/1985 | Heart's "Heart," album goes #1 |
| Special : | 10/04/1985 | Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia |
| Special : | 02/14/1985 | Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut |
| Special : | 08/11/1985 | Hubert Green wins PGA championship |
| Special : | 09/27/1985 | Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast |
| Special : | 10/27/1985 | Hurricane Juan ravages US Gulf states & east coast, 49 die |
| Special : | 03/07/1985 | IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released |
| Special : | 12/30/1985 | IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released |
| Special : | 09/04/1985 | Igor Paklin of USSR set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12 |
| Special : | 05/27/1985 | Inaugural bands parade for Pres Reagan |
| Special : | 04/08/1985 | India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster |
| Special : | 02/23/1985 | Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game |
| Special : | 04/21/1985 | Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06 |
| Special : | 10/16/1985 | Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip |
| Special : | 03/28/1985 | International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley |
| Special : | 01/01/1985 | International Youth Year begins |
| Special : | 10/12/1985 | Intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize |
| Special : | 01/03/1985 | Israel govt confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews |
| Special : | 03/01/1985 | It is reported that Liza Minnelli entered Betty Ford Drug Center |
| Special : | 08/08/1985 | Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet |
| Special : | 01/08/1985 | Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet |
| Special : | 08/19/1985 | Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei |
| Special : | 08/12/1985 | Japanese Boeing 747SR crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll) |
| Special : | 01/29/1985 | Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th pt of season in game 39 |
| Special : | 12/09/1985 | Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions |
| Special : | 02/24/1985 | Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yds |
| Special : | 09/13/1985 | John Williams introduces new Today Show theme |
| Special : | 03/23/1985 | Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas) |
| Special : | 01/15/1985 | K Suzuki & T Urata discovers asteroid #3733 |
| Special : | 10/27/1985 | KC Royals beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 3 in 82nd World Series |
| Special : | 01/07/1985 | KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ) |
| Special : | 10/07/1985 | KHQ-AM in Spokane Wash's final transmission |
| Special : | 04/20/1985 | Karyn Marshall of NYC lifted 303 lbs in a clean-and-jerk lift |
| Special : | 07/14/1985 | Kathy Baker beats Judy Clark to win golf's US Women's Open |
| Special : | 12/08/1985 | Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (NY Jet record) to Wesley Walker |
| Special : | 10/25/1985 | Kosmos 1700 communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit |
| Special : | 06/30/1985 | LA Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 HRs in June |
| Special : | 06/09/1985 | LA Lakers beats Boston Celtics in 6 games for NBA title |
| Special : | 06/23/1985 | Laffit Pincay Jr becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million |
| Special : | 02/21/1985 | Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit) |
| Special : | 02/16/1985 | Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia at Detroit |
| Special : | 03/12/1985 | Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points |
| Special : | 05/20/1985 | Larry Holmes wins a decision over Carl Williams |
| Special : | 07/14/1985 | Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24 |
| Special : | 03/09/1985 | Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed |
| Special : | 06/14/1985 | Lebanese Shiite Moslem gunmen hijack TWA 847 after Athens' takeoff |
| Special : | 05/17/1985 | Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska |
| Special : | 11/02/1985 | Life's Magic wins Breeder's Cup |
| Special : | 07/13/1985 | Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Phila, Moscow & Sydney |
| Special : | 03/01/1985 | Liza Minelli enters a drug-alcohol treatment center |
| Special : | 10/17/1985 | Lou Pinella named Yankee manager |
| Special : | 10/07/1985 | Lynette Woodward, chosen as 1st woman on Harlem Globetrotters |
| Special : | 02/16/1985 | M Mahrova discovers asteroid #3492 |
| Special : | 02/09/1985 | Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks |
| Special : | 08/06/1985 | Major League Baseball Players Assn go on strike |
| Special : | 07/08/1985 | Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Red |
| Special : | 10/06/1985 | Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m woman's record (47.6) in Australia |
| Special : | 01/27/1985 | Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25) |
| Special : | 02/07/1985 | Marshall U's Bruce Morris scores a basket from 92'5¬" |
| Special : | 08/21/1985 | Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71 |
| Special : | 03/17/1985 | Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623' |
| Special : | 02/27/1985 | Mauritania's new constitutional charter published |
| Special : | 08/25/1985 | Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d) |
| Special : | 08/10/1985 | Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47« million |
| Special : | 03/13/1985 | Michael Secrest (US) begins 24hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards |
| Special : | 03/14/1985 | Michael Secrest (US) completes 24hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards |
| Special : | 09/22/1985 | Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes to become Heavyweight Boxing Champ |
| Special : | 10/--/1985 | Microsoft release MS-DOS 2.25 |
| Special : | 03/06/1985 | Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight |
| Special : | 03/11/1985 | Mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader |
| Special : | 03/01/1985 | Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks |
| Special : | 09/24/1985 | Montreal Expo Andre Dawson is 9th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th) |
| Special : | 03/06/1985 | M‚xican authorities find body of US drug agent Enrique C Salaazar |
| Special : | 06/29/1985 | NASA launches Intelsat VA |
| Special : | 12/12/1985 | NASA launches space vehicle S-207 |
| Special : | 08/02/1985 | NASA launches space vehicle S-209 |
| Special : | 02/16/1985 | NJ Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds |
| Special : | 07/16/1985 | NL beats AL 6-1 in th All Star Game (HHH Metrodome, Minn) |
| Special : | 02/07/1985 | NY Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals |
| Special : | 11/17/1985 | NY Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28 |
| Special : | 09/03/1985 | NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game |
| Special : | 09/04/1985 | NY Mets Gary Carter's 2 HRs ties record of 5 HRs in 2 games |
| Special : | 06/02/1985 | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA tournament |
| Special : | 03/03/1985 | National Union of Mineworkers in England end a 51 week strike |
| Special : | 02/04/1985 | Naval exercises canceled when US refuses to tell NZ of nuclear weapons |
| Special : | 01/02/1985 | Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score |
| Special : | 11/13/1985 | Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000 |
| Special : | 04/23/1985 | New Coke debuts |
| Special : | 05/31/1985 | New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000 |
| Special : | 08/31/1985 | Night Stalker suspect that terrorized S Calif captured in East LA |
| Special : | 10/16/1985 | Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Herbert Hauptman & Jerome Karle |
| Special : | 11/01/1985 | Nostalgia Television begins on cable |
| Special : | 10/14/1985 | On Mon Night football, Jets retire Joe Namath's #12, beat Miami 23-7 |
| Special : | 10/18/1985 | P Jensen & K Augustesen discovers asteroid #3369 Freuchen |
| Special : | 11/14/1985 | P Jensen & K Augustesen discovers asteroid #3596 Meriones |
| Special : | 04/23/1985 | P Jensen discovers asteroid #3318 Blixen |
| Special : | 09/12/1985 | P Wild discovers asteroid #3329 |
| Special : | 10/07/1985 | PLO terrorists sieze Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro |
| Special : | 12/30/1985 | Pakistan restores constitution |
| Special : | 05/22/1985 | Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader |
| Special : | 09/08/1985 | Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits |
| Special : | 08/04/1985 | Phil Rizzuto Day, Yanks retire #10 |
| Special : | 05/13/1985 | Phila Police bomb a house held by group "Move", kills 11 |
| Special : | 12/09/1985 | Phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow |
| Special : | 11/19/1985 | Pres Reagan & Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time |
| Special : | 12/04/1985 | Pres Reagan appoints Vice Adm John Poindexter as security adviser |
| Special : | 10/11/1985 | Pres Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands |
| Special : | 09/09/1985 | President Reagan proclaims sanctions against South-Africa |
| Special : | 04/24/1985 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for "Yin" |
| Special : | 08/17/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India |
| Special : | 11/26/1985 | Random House buys Richard Nixons memoires for $3,000,000 |
| Special : | 07/11/1985 | Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden |
| Special : | 06/19/1985 | Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place |
| Special : | 11/27/1985 | Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland |
| Special : | 11/23/1985 | Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China |
| Special : | 08/11/1985 | Rudolf Povarnitsin of USSR sets new high jump world record (7'10"12) |
| Special : | 01/31/1985 | S Afr pres PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence |
| Special : | 03/--/1985 | SEA releases 1st edition of ARC |
| Special : | 03/28/1985 | STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad |
| Special : | 02/15/1985 | STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad |
| Special : | 03/04/1985 | STS 51-E vehicle rolls back to Vandenberg AFB; mission cancelled |
| Special : | 07/12/1985 | STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown |
| Special : | 06/29/1985 | STS 51-F vehicle moves to launch pad |
| Special : | 06/04/1985 | STS 51-G vehicle moves to launch pad |
| Special : | 08/24/1985 | STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather |
| Special : | 08/25/1985 | STS 51-I scrubbed at T -9m because of an onboard computer problem |
| Special : | 08/06/1985 | STS 51-I vehicle moves to launch pad |
| Special : | 12/22/1985 | STS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B |
| Special : | 11/12/1985 | STS 61-B vehicle moves to launch pad |
| Special : | 12/19/1985 | STS 61-C scrubbed at T -13s because of SRB auxiliary power problem |
| Special : | 12/01/1985 | STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad |
| Special : | 08/17/1985 | Sara Trollinger forms House of Hope in Orlando |
| Special : | 09/15/1985 | Senate judiciary committee begins Robert Bork confirmation hearings |
| Special : | 10/04/1985 | Shite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley |
| Special : | 08/16/1985 | Singer Madonna marries actor Sean Penn in Malibu Beach Calif |
| Special : | 10/03/1985 | South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands adopts constitution |
| Special : | 06/06/1985 | Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station |
| Special : | 09/17/1985 | Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station |
| Special : | 05/04/1985 | Spend a Buck wins Kentucky Derby |
| Special : | 07/25/1985 | Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirmed he had AIDS |
| Special : | 07/25/1985 | Steve Cram runs world record 1 mile (3:46.32) |
| Special : | 10/10/1985 | Sudan adopts interim constitution |
| Special : | 04/06/1985 | Sudan suspends constitution after coup |
| Special : | 01/20/1985 | Super Bowl XIX-San Francisco 49'ers-38, Miami Dolphins-16 |
| Special : | 06/04/1985 | Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law |
| Special : | 12/15/1985 | Sylvester Stallone & Brigitte Nielson wed |
| Special : | 06/16/1985 | T C Chen, ahead by 4 strokes in final round of US Open |
| Special : | 08/21/1985 | T Schildknecht discovers asteroid #3328 |
| Special : | 09/12/1985 | T Schildknecht discovers asteroid #3330 |
| Special : | 01/15/1985 | Tancredo Neves becomes 1st elected president of Brazil in 21 years |
| Special : | 10/27/1985 | Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's & 2 Renoir's |
| Special : | 07/04/1985 | Tinker Bell's nightly flight begins |
| Special : | 04/29/1985 | Tony Tubbs KOs Greg Page to win WBA heavyweight boxing championship |
| Special : | 04/04/1985 | Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal |
| Special : | 12/18/1985 | UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking" |
| Special : | 04/12/1985 | US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games |
| Special : | 02/23/1985 | US Senated confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general |
| Special : | 05/20/1985 | US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti |
| Special : | 02/27/1985 | US dollar is worth Ÿ39355 (Netherland) |
| Special : | 01/18/1985 | US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise |
| Special : | 05/22/1985 | US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR |
| Special : | 09/01/1985 | US-French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland |
| Special : | 06/09/1985 | USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus |
| Special : | 07/25/1985 | Uganda suspends constitution following coup |
| Special : | 01/02/1985 | Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions |
| Special : | 08/10/1985 | Uno Lindstron of Sweden, juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles |
| Special : | 04/03/1985 | Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London |
| Special : | 04/01/1985 | Villanova beats Georgetown for NCAA basketball title |
| Special : | 06/11/1985 | Von Hayes becomes 21st to hit 2 HRS in an inning (Phils-26, Mets-7) |
| Special : | 06/11/1985 | WJW-AM/TV in Cleveland Ohio change call letters to WRMR |
| Special : | 09/20/1985 | Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest |
| Special : | 12/28/1985 | Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement |
| Special : | 03/29/1985 | Wayne Gretsky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist |
| Special : | 08/04/1985 | White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees |
| Special : | 04/09/1985 | White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game |
| Special : | 02/15/1985 | World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23 |
| Special : | 11/20/1985 | Yankee Don Mattingly named AL MVP |
| Special : | 07/13/1985 | Yankees retire Roger Maris (#9) & Elston Howard (#32) uniforms |
| Special : | 11/11/1985 | Yonkers is found guilty of segregating schools & housing |
| Special : | 01/22/1985 | Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) marries Sarah Menikides |
| Special : | 01/14/1985 | œ sinks to record low-$1.11 |
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