April 1985 calendar

Events

• 02 Apr 1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 03 Apr 1985 French government adopts equal electoral system.
• 04 Apr 1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal.
• 06 Apr 1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
• 07 Apr 1985 New Jersey Generals' Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards.
• 08 Apr 1985 Leader of the Pack opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 120 performances
• 10 Apr 1985 Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT) - Patrick Division Semifinals - Caps hold 1-0 lead
• 11 Apr 1985 Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT) - Patrick Division Semifinals - Caps hold 2-0 lead
• 12 Apr 1985 16th Shuttle Mission (51D) - Discovery 4 launched with Senator Jake Garn
• 13 Apr 1985 TASS denounced US boycott of Moscow Olympics
• 14 Apr 1985 Take Me Along! opens / closes at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
• 15 Apr 1985 Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B missing
• 16 Apr 1985 Grind opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 79 performances
• 18 Apr 1985 Flyers 3-Isles 0 - Patrick Division Finals - Flyers hold 1-0 lead
• 19 Apr 1985 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D) - Discovery 4 returns to Earth
• 20 Apr 1985 Karyn Marshall of New York City, New York lifts 303 pounds in a clean-and-jerk lift.
• 21 Apr 1985 Flyers 5-Isles 2 - Patrick Division Finals - Flyers hold 2-0 lead
• 23 Apr 1985 Flyers 5-Isles 3 - Patrick Division Finals - Flyers hold 3-0 lead
• 24 Apr 1985 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for Yin
• 25 Apr 1985 Flyers 2-Isles 6 - Patrick Division Finals - Flyers hold 3-1 lead
• 28 Apr 1985 Billy Martin named New York Yankees' manager for fourth time.
• 29 Apr 1985 17th space shuttle mission (51-B) - Challenger 7 launched
• 30 Apr 1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail / Sunday Express in South Africa

Famous Birthday

• Leona Lewis

  British singer and songwriter.

• Gal Gadot

  Movie Actress.

• Rooney Mara

  Movie Actress.

• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

  French athlete, a professional tennis player nicknamed Mohammad Ali of tennis.

• Camille Lacourt

  French swimmer, a co-winner of the 100M backstroke in the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai.

• Stéphane Lambiel

  Swiss Olympic athlete, an ice skater, he holds several titles including two world championships and nine Swiss National Championships as of...

• Jérémy Ferrari
• Joséphine Jobert
• Jemima Kirke
• KC Concepcion

  World Music Singer.

• Tomohisa Yamashita

  Japanese actor and singer (NEWS Kitty GYM and Shūji to Akira).

• Ty Dolla Sign
• Taio Cruz

  Pop Singer.

• John Isner

  American tennis player.

• Miriam Leone

  Italian television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Italia 2008 beauty contest.

• Anaïs Laurendon
• Lacrim
• Jeisa Chiminazzo
• Marie Garet
• Lina Jacques-Sébastien
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Famous Deaths

• Jacques Ferron

  Canadian physician, author and politician (Born 1921).

• Tancredo Neves

  Brazilian politician, lawyer, public attorney, Secretary of Justice, Senator, P.M.

• Richard Haydn

  British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 80.

• Sergei Yutkevich

  Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80.

• George Pravada

  Actor (Felscher-Holocaust), dies at 66.

• Murray Matheson

  Actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72.

• Tancredo de Almeida Neves

  Brazil banker and elected president (Born 1910).

• Reginald Beane

  pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at age 63.

• Sam J Ervin Jr

  American politician (Senator-Democrat-North Carolina) dies at age 88.

• Carl Schmitt

  German jurist, the nation's most renowned constitutional theorist and the Third Reich's Crown Jurist until his fall in 1936.

• Scott Brady [Gerald Tierney]

  Actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60.

• Douglass Wallop

  American novelist and playwright (Born 1920).

• Takis Miliadis

  Greek actor (Born 1922).

• Sam Ervin

  American soldier and politician (d. 1985).

• Bunny Ahearne

  Irish-English ice hockey player and manager (d. 1985).

• Foster Hewitt

  Canadian radio pioneer (Born 1902).

• Noele Gordon

  English actress (Born 1919.

• Kate Roberts

  Welsh nationalist and writer (Born 1891).

• Ilona Bodden

  Writer.

• Kent Smith

  Actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Phil Collins - One More Night
2. USA for Africa - We Are The World
3. Madonna - Crazy For You
4. Madonna - Material Girl
5. Commodores - Nightshift

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Philip Bailey With Phil Collins - Easy Lover
2. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
3. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome
4. USA For Africa - We Are The World
5. Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles-Kingston - Pie Jesu