July 1985 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1985 The Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons enters into force.
• 02 Jul 1985 Andrei Gromyko is appointed the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
• 03 Jul 1985 CBS announces a 21 percent stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover.
• 05 Jul 1985 Premier Mugabe wins Zimbabwe elections
• 07 Jul 1985 92nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (46 63 62)
• 08 Jul 1985 99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64)
• 09 Jul 1985 The Liberty-Ellis Island Commemorative Coin Act and Silver Bullion Coin Act of 1985 become law, authorizing a one-ounce 0.999 fine silver bullion coin.
• 10 Jul 1985 Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke
• 11 Jul 1985 Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden
• 12 Jul 1985 STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown
• 13 Jul 1985 Live Aid concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief
• 14 Jul 1985 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Offutt AFB, Neb
• 15 Jul 1985 Deborah Carthy-Deu, of Puerto Rico, crowned 34th Miss Universe
• 16 Jul 1985 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minnesota
• 19 Jul 1985 Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle
• 20 Jul 1985 Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha
• 21 Jul 1985 Leader of the Pack closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 120 performances
• 23 Jul 1985 Commodore International introduces the Amiga 1000 computer. It features a Motorola 68000 processor, custom color graphics and stereo sound processors, a multitasking, windowing operating system, 256 kB RAM, and 880 kB 3.5-inch disk drive. Price is US$1300.
• 24 Jul 1985 Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai.
• 25 Jul 1985 Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirmed he had AIDS
• 28 Jul 1985 13th du Maurier Golf Classic: Pat Bradley
• 29 Jul 1985 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F) - Challenger 8-launched
• 30 Jul 1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-I mission
• 31 Jul 1985 Liberia recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).

Famous Birthday

• Léa Seydoux

  French actress, granddaugther of Jerôme Seydoux, prominent French businessman and chairman of Pathé.

• Ashley Tisdale

  American actress and singer.

• Chace Crawford

  American actor.

• James Lafferty

  American actor and athlete.

• Ancilla Tilia
• François Arnaud (actor)
• Natasha Poly

  Russian supermodel.

• Eufrat Mai
• Mario Gómez

  German footballer.

• Stanley Weber
• Ivette Blanche
• Lou Taylor Pucci

  American actor.

• Audrey Kitching

  American fashion blogger, model, and fashion designer.

• Gaël Clichy

  French footballer.

• Hopsin

  Rapper.

• Vanessa Lengies

  Canadian actress.

• Ranveer Singh

  Movie Actor.

• LaMarcus Aldridge

  American basketball player.

• Nelsinho Piquet
• Yulianna Avdeeva
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Famous Deaths

• Marion Byron

  Actress (Steamboat Bill Jr), dies at 73.

• John de Quay

  Dutch Premier (1959-63), dies at 83.

• Gerard Schmook

  Flemish literature Historian / custodian, dies at 86.

• Eugene Carson Blake

  Secretary General World Council of Churches, dies at 78.

• Gardner Cowles Jr

  US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82.

• Rafael Campos

  Actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49.

• Fernando Pereira

  Portuguese-Dutch photographer and victim of the Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior (Born 1950).

• Czeslaw Josef Marek

  Composer, dies at 93.

• Vicki Vola

  Actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney).

• Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood

  Pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95.

• Patti McCarty

  Actress (Gangster of the Frontier), dies at 64.

• Grant Williams

  Actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54.

• Jimmy Kinnon

  Scottish-born American founder of Narcotics Anonymous (Born 1911).

• Shahnawaz Bhutto

  son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (Born 1958).

• Father Ezechiele Ramin MCCJ

  Italian Comboni missionary priest and martyr (Born 1953).

• Smoky Joe Wood

  American baseball player (Born 1889).

• Charlotte

  Prussian-German royalty, the second child born to Prince Friedrich of Prussia and Princess Victoria, younger sister to Kaiser Wilhelm II.

• Johnny Wardle

  English cricketer (Born 1923).

• David Purley

  British Formula 1 driver (Born 1945).

• Margo

  Actress (Rumba, Viva Zapata), dies at 68 of a brain tumor.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Phil Collins - Sussudio
2. Duran Duran - A View To A Kill
3. Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away
4. Prince - Raspberry Beret
5. Tears For Fears - Shout

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Sister Sledge - Frankie
2. Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F
3. Madonna - Crazy For You
4. Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
5. Kool & The Gang - Cherish