Today in History for 15th June 1985
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Historical Events
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- "Pryor's Place," children show last airs on CBS-TV
- En route to Halley's Comet, USSR's Vega 2 drops lander on Venus
- Pinklon Thomas KOs Mike Weaver in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
- Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man later judged insane; he threw sulfuric acid on the canvas and cut it twice with his knife.
- Russian space probe Vega 2 lands on Venus
Famous Birthdays
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- Nadine Coyle, Northern Irish singer (Girls Aloud)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 4 of 4
- Andy Stanfield, American athlete (b. 1927)
- Len Hopwood, cricketer (took 0-155 in two Tests Eng v Aust 1934), dies
- Percy Fender, cricketer (13 Tests for England, 380 runs 29 wkts), dies
- Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver murdered by terrorists on TWA Flight 847 (b. 1961)
