Today in History for September 1985

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 73 of 73

1st - Cyclist Joop Zoetemelk becomes world champion
1st - US-French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland
2nd - Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
2nd - Jerry Lewis' 20th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $33,100,000
3rd - 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth
3rd - England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval
3rd - NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game
4th - Igor Paklin of USSR set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12
4th - NY Mets Gary Carter's 2 HRs ties record of 5 HRs in 2 games
6th - Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.
7th - 99th US Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats M Navratilova (76 16 76)
7th - Mary Decker Tabb Slaney runs US 3K female record (8:25.83)
8th - "USA Weekend's" 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers
8th - 105th US Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (76 63 64)
8th - 7 die in a car & train crash in San Jose Calif
8th - Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hr women swim record of 42.05 mi in 25 m pool
8th - Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
8th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship
8th - Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits
Tennis Great John McEnroe 9th - President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa
9th - Race riot in Birmingham England
11th - Flyby of Comet Giacobini-Zinner
11th - Intl Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km
11th - Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs v India
11th - Pete Rose of Cin Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record
12th - Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds
13th - 2nd MTV Awards: Bruce Springsteen
13th - John Williams introduces new Today Show theme
14th - Susan Akin (Miss), 21, crowned 59th Miss America 1986
15th - 26th Ryder Cup: Europe beat US, 16½-11½ at The Belfry, England
15th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
15th - Olof Palme forms Sweden minority government
15th - Senate judiciary committee begins Robert Bork confirmation hearings
15th - Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert
Country Singer Willie Nelson 15th - Yanks trade Jim Deshaies to Astros for 40-year-old Joe Niekro
17th - Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
18th - "Song & Dance" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 474 performances
18th - BBC Radio reports prime # 2^216091-1 found in Houston
19th - 12,000 die & 40,000 injured in Mexico's earthquake (8.1)
20th - Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players
20th - Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest
21st - Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 to become Heavyweight Boxing Champion
22nd - 37th Emmy Awards: Cagney & Lacey, Cosby Show & Tyne Daly win
22nd - Billy Martin's right arm is broken by pitcher Ed Whitson
22nd - Earthquake strikes Mexico, 2,000 killed
22nd - France premier confesses on attack of Rainbow Warrior
22nd - Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Illinois
22nd - Val Skinner wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
22nd - St Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man
22nd - The Plaza Accord was signed in New York City.
24th - Apollo Computer Inc lays off 300 employees
24th - Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m)
24th - Expos Andre Dawson joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 HRs in an inn twice
24th - Montreal Expo Andre Dawson is 9th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
25th - Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India
25th - Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus
25th - Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season
26th - Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Libya
27th - 8 killed as roof collapses in Brussel's supermarket
27th - Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast
28th - "Don't Lose My Number" by Phil Collins peaks at #4
28th - "Every Step Of The Way" by John Waite peaks at #25
28th - "Freedom" by Wham! peaks at #3
28th - "Janet" by Commodores peaks at #87
28th - NASA launches Intelsat VA
28th - Race riot in London area of Brixton
29th - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," returns to NBC-TV
Director Steven Spielberg 29th - "Amazing Stories," by Steven Spielberg, debuts on NBC-TV
29th - "MacGyver," starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV
29th - 1st of 5 cyanide-laced Tylenol victims dies
29th - Deron Cherry, Kansas City vs Seattle, has 4 interceptions!
29th - Houston QB Warren Moon sacked NFL tying record 12 times (by Cowboys)
30th - Howard Stern gets fired from WNBC AM (NY)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 36 of 36

1st - Camile Velasco, Filipino-American singer
3rd - Scott Carson, English footballer
3rd - Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
5th - Ryan Guy, American soccer player
6th - Webbie, American rapper
6th - Ali Ashfaq, Maldivian footballer
6th - Alberto Valerio, Brazilian racing driver
7th - Tatia Jayne Starkey, Ringo's 1st grandchild
7th - Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
8th - Yendi Phillips, Jamaican beauty pageant contestant
9th - Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer
9th - J.R. Smith, American basketball player
11th - Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
11th - Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player
12th - Jack Wilkinson, English footballer
13th - Keyunta Dawson, National Football League player
14th - Paolo Gregoletto, American bassist (Trivium)
14th - Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
14th - Delmon Young, American baseball player
16th - Madeline Zima, American actress
17th - Alexander Ovechkin, Russian hockey player
17th - Brendan Clarke, Irish Soccer Player with St. Patrick's Athletic
17th - Jon Walker, American musician (Panic at the Disco)
17th - Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player
17th - Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player
20th - David Allen, American composer and writer
21st - Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actor
22nd - Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer
23rd - Maki Goto, Japanese pop singer
23rd - Jared High, American victim of bullying (d. 1998)
23rd - Brian Brohm, American football player
23rd - Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player
23rd - Hossein Ka'abi, Iranian footballer
23rd - Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player
26th - Lenna Kuurmaa, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
29th - Calvin Johnson, American football player

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

18th - Comedian Jeff Foxworthy (27) weds Pamela Gregg at New York City's Central Park

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 27 of 27

1st - Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (b. 1957)
1st - Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)
2nd - Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64
2nd - Jay Youngblood, American professional wrestler
3rd - Joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73
3rd - John Herbert McDowell, composer, dies at 58
4th - George O'Brien, actor (Daniel Boone, Salute), dies of a stroke at 85
4th - Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93
6th - Jane Frazee, singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia
6th - Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies of cancer at 65
6th - Leon Orthel, composer, dies at 79
8th - John Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1887)
9th - Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
10th - Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23
11th - William Alwyn, composer, dies at 79
11th - Andrew C. Thornton II, American drug smuggler (b. 1945)
13th - Dane Rudhyar, composer, dies at 90
17th - Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, dies by accident
19th - Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies at 61
21st - Gu Long, Taiwanese writer of wuxia novels (b. 1937)
22nd - Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73
23rd - Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72
25th - Albert Moeschinger, composer, dies at 88
27th - Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83
30th - Charles F Richter, US seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85
30th - Heleb MacInnes, US spy writer (Affiliate in place), dies at 77
30th - Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64