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Year-end 1984
September 3 South Africa adopts constitution
September 8 98th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris E L Mills (46 64 64)
September 9 104th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl (63 64 61)
September 10 Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across U.S. (24 days)
September 14 1st MTV awards-Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd host
September 15 Sharlene Wells (Utah), 20, crowned 58th Miss America 1985
September 16 "Miami Vice" premieres
September 20 "Cosby Show" premieres on NBC-TV
September 20 Suicide car bomb attacks U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23
September 23 36th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, John Ritter and Tyne Daly
September 23 SF 49er Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games
September 26 President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa
September 29 "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama peaks at #9
September 29 "Drive" by Cars peaks at #3
September 29 "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and Revolution peaks at #1
September 29 "When You Close Your Eyes" by Night Ranger peaks at #14
October 2 Richard Miller, becomes 1st (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage
October 4 US government closes down due to budget problems
October 11 VP candidate debate-Graldine Ferraro (D) and George Bush (R)
October 12 IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die
October 16 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
October 16 Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 22 NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires
October 23 NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine
October 24 Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match
October 25 Hepatitis virus is discovered
October 26 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days
October 29 Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win New York Marathon
November 3 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India
November 4 Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%
November 6 President Reagan (R) landslide (won 49 states) re-election over Mondale (D)
November 8 Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit
November 19 New York Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year
November 26 US and Iraq regain diplomatic relations
December 1 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB)
December 3 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
December 4 Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
December 9 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends
December 10 1st planet outside our solar system discovered
December 14 Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football December 19 UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
December 20 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library
December 22 Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black muggers on New York City subway train
December 22 Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks
December 28 Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India
December 31 Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash
December 31 Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th PM succeeds his mom, Indira
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1985 to end of school year
January 1 US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
January 1 VH-1 made its broadcasting debut
January 2 Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions January 7 Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
January 20 Superbowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16 in Stanford Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
January 25 "We are the World" is recorded
February 4 20 countries (but not U.S.) sign United Nations treaty outlawing torture
February 13 Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier
February 14 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut
February 17 1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents February 19 Mickey Mouse welcomed in China
February 23 Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game
February 23 U.S. Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general
February 27 Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief
March 1 Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center
March 2 U.S. approves screening test for AIDS
March 4 Virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA
March 7 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 update released
March 11 Mikhail S. Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader
March 16 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut
March 19 "Spin Magazine" begins publishing
March 21 Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame
March 23 Billy Joel weds supermodel Christie Brinkley
March 25 57th Academy Awards - "Amadeus," F Murray Abraham and Sally Field win
March 29 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
April 1 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75
April 4 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
April 12 U.S. Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games
April 23 Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula, “New Coke” debuts
April 24 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for "Yin"
April 28 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 4th time
May 1 U.S. president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua
May 4 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero, Jr. on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2
May 8 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Judds win
May 11 Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1
May 12 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi
May 13 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
May 16 Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year
May 19 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
May 20 Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time
May 20 FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of spying for U.S.S.R.
May 22 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader
May 30 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 1
June 2 39th Tony Awards: Biloxi Blues and Big River win
June 2 RJ Reynolds Company proposed a merger with Nabisco
June 9 39th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
June 9 Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France
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