Today in History for December 1985

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 55 of 55

1st - Noraly Beyer becomes Neth's 1st black TV newscaster
1st - STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad
1st - South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms
2nd - "Mystery of Edwin Drood" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 608 perfs
2nd - Philipine Chief staff Gen Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder
2nd - Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in NYC
3rd - 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB
4th - "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London
4th - French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski
4th - Pres Reagan appoints Vice Adm John Poindexter as security adviser
5th - Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time
5th - Great Britain performs nuclear test
5th - Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind," premieres in NYC
7th - 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB)
7th - Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
8th - 60th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (62 46 62)
8th - Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (NY Jet record) to Wesley Walker
8th - Laurie Rinker/Larry Rinker wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
9th - 74th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Mats Wilander (64 63 63)
9th - Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
9th - Phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow
10th - Bill to balance the federal budget passed by Congress
10th - Junta leaders Videla & Massera sentenced in Buenos Aires
11th - Computer store owner in Sacramento California killed by package bomb
11th - Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for 1st time (1,511.70)
11th - General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary, NBC
11th - NHL Record 62 points scored, Edmonton (36) beats Chicago (26) 12-9 & ties record of 21 goals
12th - 248 US soldiers & 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash
12th - DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die
12th - NASA launches space vehicle S-207
13th - David Boon's 1st Test century, 123 v India at Adelaide
13th - Test debut of Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh & Bruce Reid (v India)
14th - US Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin
Actor/Director Sylvester Stallone 15th - Sylvester Stallone & Brigitte Nielson wed
16th - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission
18th - "Jerry's Girls" opens at St James Theater NYC for 139 performances
18th - UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"
19th - "Wind in the Willows" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 4 perfs
19th - Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart
19th - STS 61-C scrubbed at T -13s because of SRB auxiliary power problem
20th - Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)
20th - Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
20th - Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st)
21st - ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA
21st - Alice Miller/Don January wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
21st - Heart's "Heart," album goes #1
22nd - "Wind in the Willows" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 4 perfs
22nd - 74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2)
22nd - STS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B
26th - Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, v India at the MCG
27th - Terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi
28th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
28th - Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement
30th - IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released
30th - Pakistan restores constitution

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 42 of 42

2nd - Dorell Wright, American basketball player
3rd - Mike Randolph, American soccer player
3rd - Amanda Seyfried, American actress
3rd - László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
3rd - Marcus Darrell Williams, American basketball player
4th - Andrew Brackman, American baseball player
4th - Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
5th - Frankie Muniz, American actor
5th - Nico Verdonck, Belgian racing driver
5th - Josh Smith, American basketball player
6th - Dulce María, Mexican actress and singer
6th - Rudra Pratap Singh, Indian Cricketer
8th - Dwight Howard, American basketball player
10th - T. J. Hensick, American ice hockey player
10th - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer
14th - Jakub Błaszczykowski, Polish footballer
14th - Paul Rabil, professional lacrosse player
14th - Julio Pimentel, Dominican baseball player
14th - Tom Smith, Welsh rugby union footballer
14th - Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress
14th - Ren Yagami, Japanese actor and singer
15th - Sheeba Reiter, Fla, illegitimate daughter of Jackie Mason
16th - Keita Tachibana, member of Japanese boy band w-inds.
17th - Ryuichi Ogata, member of Japanese boy band w-inds.
18th - Tara Conner, 2006 Miss USA
18th - Hana Soukupová, Czech supermodel
19th - Gary Cahill, English footballer
19th - Neil Kilkenny, English-born Australian footballer
19th - Lady Sovereign, English musician
21st - James Stewart Jr., American motorcycle racer
23rd - Harry Judd, British drummer (McFly)
23rd - Luke O'Loughlin, Australian actor
24th - David Ragan, American race car driver
25th - Leon Pisani, Welsh singer
25th - Perdita Weeks, British actress
26th - Steven Hartman, Westlake CA, actor (Rick Forrester-Bold & Beautiful)
26th - Yuu Shirota, Japanese Idol
27th - Logan Bailly, Belgian football goalkeeper
27th - Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player
28th - Kamani Hill, American footballer
29th - Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley
30th - Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

14th - "The Cosby Show" actress Phylicia Rashad (37) weds former NFL wide receiver and sportscaster Ahmad Rashad (36)
15th - Action star actor Sylvester Stallone (39) weds "Rocky IV" actress Brigitte Nielsen (22) in Beverly Hills, California

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 30 of 30

2nd - Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies
2nd - Philip Larkin, [hermit of Hull], English poet, dies at 63
2nd - Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (b. 1914)
3rd - Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70
4th - Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83
6th - Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92
6th - Burr Tillstrom, puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie), dies at 68
7th - Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70
7th - Robert Graves, English writer/poet (King Jesus), dies at 90
12th - Anne Baxter, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel), dies at 62
12th - Ian Stewart, keyboardist/road mgr (Rolling Stones), dies at 47
12th - Ian Stewart, Scottish musician (b. 1938)
14th - Roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 51
14th - Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, US, sci-fi author (Red Peri), dies at 85
14th - Catherine Doherty, social justice activist (b. 1896)
16th - Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies
16th - Merv Waite, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust 1938, 1 wkt avg 190), dies
16th - Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a NYC restaurant
16th - Thomas Bilotti, American mafioso (b. 1940)
American Baseball Player Roger Maris (14th) 17th - Otto Gotsche, writer, dies
18th - Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (b. 1916)
22nd - D. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958)
23rd - James Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages
25th - George Rhodes, orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66
26th - Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53
26th - Harold P. Warren, American movie director (d. 1928)
27th - Dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda
31st - Alexander Matheson, cricketer (2 wickets/2 Tests for NZ 1930-31), dies
31st - Rick Nelson, singer/actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 45
31st - Sam Spiegel, Academy Award winning producer (Betrayal), dies at 84