October 1985 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1985 Israeli air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis, 68 killed
• 02 Oct 1985 Russian party leader Gorbatsjov visits Paris
• 03 Oct 1985 21st Shuttle Mission (51J) - Atlantis 1-all-military flight launched
• 04 Oct 1985 Henry G Perry completes 157-day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia.
• 06 Oct 1985 PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
• 07 Oct 1985 21st Space Shuttle Mission (51-J) - Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB
• 08 Oct 1985 Rembrandt & Hitler or Me premieres in Amsterdam
• 09 Oct 1985 Tango Argentino opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 198 performances
• 10 Oct 1985 Sudan adopts interim constitution
• 11 Oct 1985 US intercepts Egyptian Boeing with Achille Lauro terrorists
• 12 Oct 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission
• 13 Oct 1985 Sunday in the Park with George closes at Booth NYC after 604 performances
• 14 Oct 1985 19th Country Music Association Award: Ricky Skaggs wins
• 15 Oct 1985 Nobel prize for economics awarded to Franco Modigliani
• 16 Oct 1985 Challenger vehicle moves to launch pad for STS 61A mission
• 17 Oct 1985 French Author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature
• 18 Oct 1985 Nintendo releases the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the United States, in New York City. Special displays are set up in department, toy, and electronics stores. The NES comes with the Robotic Operating Buddy and the Zapper light gun. Price is US$125. Seventeen game cartridges are available with the launch of the game system.
• 19 Oct 1985 The first Blockbuster Video store opens in Dallas, Texas.
• 22 Oct 1985 Bret Saberhagen gives Kansas City Royals their 1st World Series win
• 25 Oct 1985 Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract
• 26 Oct 1985 On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Saint Louis Cardinals the 82nd World Series.
• 27 Oct 1985 16th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:11:34
• 28 Oct 1985 Ravi Ratnayeke takes 8-83 for Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan
• 29 Oct 1985 Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
• 30 Oct 1985 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61-A) - Challenger 9-launched

Famous Birthday

• Bruno Mars

  American singer, songwriter, record producer, voice actor, and choreographer.

• Ciara (singer)
• Marina Lambrini Diamandis
• Michelle Trachtenberg

  American actress.

• Miguel (singer)
• Wayne Rooney

  English footballer.

• Jennifer Freeman

  TV Actress.

• Troian Bellisario

  American actress and singer, best known for playing Spencer Hastings in the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars.

• Chelsy Davy
• Zac Hanson

  American musician.

• Soko (singer)
• Marina (Star Academy)
• Nemanja Radulovic
• Casey Stoner

  Australian professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in 2007 and 2011.

• Max Irons

  Movie Actor.

• Nicola Roberts

  Pop Singer.

• Asin (actress)
• Dizzee Rascal

  Rapper.

• Lionel Beauxis
• Sammy Winward

  Soap Opera Actress.

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Famous Deaths

• Orson Welles

  American actor, director, producer and writer who presented his sensational drama, "War Of The Worlds," by radio on 10/31/1938.

• Rock Hudson

  American actor, a matinee idol whose name stood for the Hollywood Golden Age of wholesome heroics and light hearted romance.

• Yul Brynner

  Russian-American actor who was dynamic, slightly mysterious and famous for his shaven head and piercing gaze.

• Dan White

  American homicide, a disgruntled former City of San Francisco employee who shot Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk on 11/27/1978,...

• John Lodge

  English singer-songwriter bass player and producer (The Moody Blues).

• Emil Gilels

  Soviet pianist.

• E B White

  American author (Born 1899).

• George Savalas

  American actor, dies at age 58 (born 1924).

• Emilio Garrastazu Medici

  president of Brazil (Born 1905).

• Ricardo Bacchelli

  Italian writer.

• Maurice Roy

  Archbishop of Quebec, (Born 1905).

• Ricky Wilson

  American musician (The B-52's) (Born 1953).

• Viorica Ursuleac

  Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985).

• Anton Christoforidis

  Turkish-Greek boxer (d. 1985).

• Richie Evans

  American race car driver (d. 1985).

• Malcolm Ross

  Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Josef K and Orange Juice).

• Alfred Rouleau

  French Canadian businessman and administrator (Desjardins Group) (d. 1985).

• Tex Williams

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985).

• Nikos Engonopoulos

  Greek painter and poet (Born 1907).

• Maurice Copeland

  Actor (Ralph-Those Young Charmings), dies at 74.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
2. Ready For The World - Oh Sheila
3. A-Ha - Take On Me
4. Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
5. Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street
2. Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love
3. Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
4. Midge Ure - If I Was
5. Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover