June 1985 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1985 Weird Al Yankovic released his Dare To Be Stupid LP
• 02 Jun 1985 31st LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
• 03 Jun 1985 Brewers draft B J Surhoff #1
• 04 Jun 1985 STS 51-G vehicle moves to launch pad
• 06 Jun 1985 55th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Navratilova (63 67 75)
• 08 Jun 1985 117th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Creme Fraiche wins in 2:27
• 09 Jun 1985 39th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
• 10 Jun 1985 19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, B Mandrell
• 11 Jun 1985 Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus
• 13 Jun 1985 In Auburn, Washington, police defuse a Unabomber bomb sent to Boeing.
• 14 Jun 1985 Michael Nesmith In Television Parts premieres on NBC-TV
• 15 Jun 1985 Pinklon Thomas KOs Mike Weaver in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
• 16 Jun 1985 85th US Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 279 at Oakland Hills Country Club - Michigan
• 17 Jun 1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G) - Discovery 5 launched
• 18 Jun 1985 Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs
• 19 Jun 1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th home run to move into 10th place.
• 21 Jun 1985 American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr Josef Mengele
• 22 Jun 1985 Grind closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 79 performances
• 23 Jun 1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
• 24 Jun 1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G) - Discovery 5 - returns to Earth. Payload Specialist Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud completes being the first Arab and first Muslim in space.
• 25 Jun 1985 Fireworks factory near Hallett, Oklahoma explodes (21 die).
• 26 Jun 1985 Walt Disney World Resort Monorail Gold catches fire on the EPCOT beam around 9:00pm due to friction from a flat tire.
• 27 Jun 1985 1st hotel strike in New York
• 28 Jun 1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Texas
• 29 Jun 1985 STS 51-F vehicle moves to launch pad
• 30 Jun 1985 King & I closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 performances

Famous Birthday

• Lana Del Rey

  American singer-songwriter.

• Bar Refaeli

  Model.

• Michael Phelps

  Retired American swimmer, most decorated olympian of all time with a total of 22 medals.

• Amel Bent

  French singer, she was born on 21st June, the day of the music festival.

• Dave Franco

  Movie Actor.

• Kendra Wilkinson

  American television personality and glamour model.

• Lukas Podolski

  Soccer Player.

• Kayleigh Pearson

  Model.

• Sonam Kapoor

  Indian actress.

• Svetlana Kuznetsova

  Russian tennis player.

• Nico Rosberg

  Race Car Driver.

• Karima Charni
• Nadine Coyle

  Northern Irish singer (Girls Aloud).

• Max Spielberg

  American noted family, the son of director Steven Spielberg and actress Amy Irving.

• Kris Allen

  American singer.

• Cody Rhodes

  American wrestler.

• Joël Dicker
• Ogyen Trinley Dorje
• Marcos Baghdatis

  Cypriot tennis player.

• Faïza Guène
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Famous Deaths

• Karen Ann Quinlan

  American right-to-die activist, dies in Morris Plains, New Jersey at age 31 (born 1954).

• Siem Devout

  Dutch actor, dies at 54.

• Bob Prince

  Sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68.

• Sapfo Notara

  Greek actress (Born 1907).

• Paul Colin

  French poster designer (Born 1892).

• Ettore Boiardi

  Italian chef, founder of Chef Boyardee (Born 1897).

• Craig James

  Actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74.

• Lambros Konstantaras

  Greek actor (Born 1913).

• Morris Mason

  American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985).

• Haruo Remeliik

  Palauan politician 1st President of Palau (d. 1985).

• Tage Erlander

  Swedish lieutenant and politician 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1985).

• Robert Stethem

  U.

• John Boulting

  English director producer and screenwriter (d. 1985).

• Andy Stanfield

  American sprinter (Born 1927).

• Piet De Somer

  Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67.

• Richard Greene

  Plymouth, England -- Composer / actor (Adventures of Robin Hood).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Wham! - Everything She Wants (Remix)
2. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
3. Bryan Adams - Heaven
4. Phil Collins - Sussudio
5. Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Paul Hardcastle - 19
2. The Crowd - You'll Never Walk Alone
3. Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer
4. Sister Sledge - Frankie
5. Bronski Beat & Marc Almond - I Feel Love (Medley)