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Historical Events

Results 1 - 60 of 60

1st - "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels
1st - US president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua
1st - William Hoffman's "As Is," premieres in NYC
2nd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
3rd - Date of $5 million check in "View to a Kill"
4th - 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2
5th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational
6th - 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards AFB
8th - 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win
8th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
10th - Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
11th - 40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
11th - Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
11th - Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1
11th - Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands
11th - Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die
11th - Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cin Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno
12th - Amy Eilberg is ordained in NY as 1st woman Conservative rabbi
12th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
13th - Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases
13th - Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
13th - Phila Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11
15th - Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
16th - Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year
16th - Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium
17th - Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska
18th - "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
18th - 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4
18th - 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)
19th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
20th - 1150 Lebanese/Palestinian prisoners exchanged for 3 Israelis
20th - Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time
20th - FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of spying for USSR
20th - Indians-Brewers game at Cleve Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out
20th - Israel exchanges 1,100+ Arab prisoners for 3 Israeli soldiers
20th - Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
20th - US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti
22nd - Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader
22nd - Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid
22nd - US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR
24th - "View to a Kill" premieres in US
24th - -25) cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die
25th - Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire)
25th - Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed
26th - Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin
26th - Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die
26th - Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
27th - Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
27th - Inaugural bands parade for Pres Reagan
28th - David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut Lebanon
28th - Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G
29th - Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot
29th - Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
30th - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 1
31st - 41 tornadoes hit Northeast US, killing 88
31st - Guatemala adopts constitution
31st - New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000
31st - Tornados in Penn, Ohio, NY & Canada kill 88 & injured more than 1,000
31st - 1985 United States-Canadian tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
31st - Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) became a Schedule I drug in the United States.

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 42 of 42

1st - Drew Sidora, American actress
2nd - Kyle Busch, American race car driver
2nd - Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter
2nd - Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
2nd - David Nugent, English footballer
2nd - Jarrod Saltalamacchia, American baseball player
3rd - Greg Raposo, American pop/rock singer
4th - Anthony Fedorov, American singer
4th - Ravinder Bopara, English cricketer
5th - Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer
5th - Terrence Wheatley, American Football player
5th - P. J. Tucker, American basketball player
6th - Chris Paul, All-Star NBA Point Guard
7th - Drew Neitzel, American college basketball player
8th - Mashio Miyazaki, Japanese actress
9th - Jake Long, American football player
10th - Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
11th - sifow, Japanese pop star and business woman
12th - Tally Hall, American soccer player
12th - Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer
13th - Travis Zajac, Canadian ice hockey player
14th - Sally Martin, American actress
15th - Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
16th - Anja Mittag, German footballer
16th - Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
16th - Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
17th - Matt Ryan, American football player
17th - Derek Hough, American dancer and singer
21st - Frustaci Septuplets, Calif, Patricia Frustaci gives birth to 7
21st - Andrew Miller, Major League Baseball player
21st - Kano, British rapper
21st - Mutya Buena, English singer (ex-Sugababes)
21st - Marco Carta, Italian singer
22nd - Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
22nd - Caridee English, American Model
22nd - Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
23rd - Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
24th - Tim Bridgman, British racing driver
25th - Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress
27th - Chien-Ming Chiang, Taiwanese baseball player
28th - Colbie Caillat, American folk singer-songwriter
31st - Ian Vouyoukas, Greek basketball player

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 33 of 33

2nd - Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery
2nd - Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85
2nd - Attilio Bettega, Italian rallydriver (b.1951)
2nd - Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)
4th - Clarence Wiseman, the 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907)
5th - Sir Donald Bailey, British civil engineer (b. 1901)
6th - Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (b. 1968)
7th - Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54
8th - Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74
8th - Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies of Alzheimer's at 69
8th - Karl Marx, German composer/conductor, dies at 87
9th - Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
11th - Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84
11th - Garmt Stuiveling, literatrary (Ego & Echo), dies at 77
11th - Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack
11th - Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies
12th - Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies
13th - Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91
13th - Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), dies of cancer at 64
14th - Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed
15th - Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38
16th - Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
17th - Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas
17th - Hugh Burden, actor (Night of Laughing Dead), dies at 72
17th - Abe Burrows, songwriter, composer, and writer (b. 1910)
18th - Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82
20th - George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46
21st - Julie Vega, Philippine Actress (b. 1968)
25th - Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer
25th - Robert Nathan, US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91
27th - Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80
29th - 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccer match
29th - Madge West, actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93