May 1985 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1985 US President Ronald Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua.
• 02 May 1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 03 May 1985 Date of $5 million check in View to a Kill
• 04 May 1985 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2.
• 05 May 1985 U.S. President Ronald Reagan joins German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for a controversial funeral service at a cemetery in Bitburg, Germany, which includes the graves of 59 elite S.S. troops from World War II.
• 06 May 1985 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
• 08 May 1985 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Judds win.
• 09 May 1985 Edmond O'Brien, American actor (Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight), dies at age 69 of Alzheimer's disease (born 1915).
• 10 May 1985 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
• 11 May 1985 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
• 12 May 1985 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi
• 13 May 1985 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mayor Wilson Goode orders police to storm the radical group MOVE's headquarters to end a stand-off. The police drop an explosive device into the headquarters, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 61 city residents in the resulting fire.
• 15 May 1985 Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• 16 May 1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium
• 17 May 1985 Les Anderson catches record 97-pound 4-ounce Chinook Salmon, off Alaska.
• 18 May 1985 One Night In Bangkok by Murray Head hits #3
• 19 May 1985 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic.
• 20 May 1985 1150 Lebanese / Palestinian prisoners exchanged for 3 Israelis
• 22 May 1985 US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR.
• 24 May 1985 View to a Kill premieres in US
• 25 May 1985 Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed
• 26 May 1985 Danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin.
• 27 May 1985 Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.
• 28 May 1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G
• 29 May 1985 Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot
• 31 May 1985 Tornados in Penn, Ohio, New York and Canada kill 88 and injured more than 1,000

Famous Birthday

• Lily Allen

  English singer and songwriter.

• CariDee English

  American model.

• Carey Mulligan

  British actress.

• Colbie Caillat

  American singer-songwriter.

• Alexis Texas

  American porn actress.

• Odette Yustman

  American actress.

• Roman Reigns

  Wrestler.

• Audrina Patridge

  American actress.

• Derek Hough

  American dancer and singer.

• Iwan Rheon

  Welsh stage/television actor and singer.

• Jon Kortajarena

  Model.

• Chris Paul

  American basketball player.

• Stanislav Ianevski

  Bulgarian actor.

• Hillary Flora

  American mystical child called "the Albuquerque Powerhouse.

• Chris Froome

  English road cyclist racer, winner of the 100th Tour de France in 2013 after being second in 2012 .

• Mark Cavendish

  British road cyclist sprinter born in Man Isle, he won 2 stages in the Tour de France 2013, 5 stages in 2010, and a total of 26 between 2008...

• Baptiste Lecaplain
• Bojana Panic
• Ashley Harkleroad

  American tennis player.

• Ramón (singer)
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Famous Deaths

• Jean Dubuffet

  French painter, a sophisticated primitive, painting full time after 1942.

• Dawn Addams

  British actress on-screen from 1951 in international films with three years in Hollywood.

• Hal LeRoy

  Dancer / actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery.

• Dolph Sweet

  Actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74.

• Garmt Stuiveling

  Literatrary (Ego & Echo), dies at 77.

• Kay Campbell

  Actress (All My Children), dies at 80.

• 39 die

  at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccer match.

• Madge West

  Actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93.

• George Memmoli

  Actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46.

• Attilio Bettega

  Italian rallydriver (Born 1951).

• Milton S Eisenhower

  US diplomat, dies at age 85.

• Samuel Frith

  English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies.

• Jean Debuffet

  French painter/sculptor, dies (born 1901).

• Robert Nathan

  US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at age 91.

• Harold Hecht

  choreographer, dies at age 77 of cancer.

• Denise Robins (aka Francesca Wright

  Ashley French, Harriet Gray, Julia Kane) British romance novelist (Born 1897).

• Barbara Yung Mei-ling

  Hong Kong actress (Born 1959).

• Jackie Curtis

  American drag performer, Warholian superstar, actor, playwright, poet, and cabaret singer.

• Theodore Sturgeon

  American writer distinguished for science-fiction, the winner of the Nebula Award in 1970, the Hugo Award in 1971 and the International...

• Gaston Rebuffat
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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. USA for Africa - We Are The World
2. Madonna - Crazy For You
3. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
4. Wham! - Everything She Wants (Remix)
5. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
2. Paul Hardcastle - 19
3. USA For Africa - We Are The World
4. Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer
5. Philip Bailey With Phil Collins - Easy Lover