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* 1985 – On November 19, Pennzoil ( represented by famous Houston litigator Joe Jamail ) won a US $ 10. 53 billion verdict against Texaco in the largest civil verdict in US history ( Texaco established a signed contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Gordon Getty ).
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* 1985 – Clarke MacArthur, Canadian hockey player
* 1985 – Al Mukadam, Canadian director, producer, screenwriter and actor
* 1985 – Frank Ongfiang, Italian footballer
* 1985 – James Alexandrou, English actor
* 1985 – Brennan Boesch, American baseball player
* 1985 – Jeísa Chiminazzo, Brazilian model
* 1985 – Ted Ginn, Jr., American football player
* 1985 – Anna-Katharina Samsel, German actress
* 1985 – Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer-songwriter ( Serebro )
* 1985 – Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer ( Morning Musume and Hangry & Angry )
* 1901 – Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian economist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1985 )
* 1985 – Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American call girl, columnist, and singer
* 1985 – Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model
* 1985 – The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
* 1908 – Kurt Wegner, German artist ( d. 1985 )
* 1985 – Nikica Jelavić, Croatian footballer
* 1985 – Alexandra Nechita, Romanian-American painter
* 1985 – Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
* 1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
* 1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
* 1922 – Philip Larkin, English poet ( d. 1985 )
* 1985 – Luca Filippi, Italian race car driver
* 1985 – Anna Kendrick, American actress
* 1985 – Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer
* 1985 – JaMarcus Russell, American football player
1985 and On
On March 3, 1923, in Havana, Cuba, Nin married her first husband, Hugh Parker Guiler ( 1898 – 1985 ), a banker and artist, later known as " Ian Hugo " when he became a maker of experimental films in the late 1940s.
On July 12, 1985, in conjunction with a credit card fraud investigation, the Middlesex County, NJ Sheriff's department raided and seized The Private Sector BBS, which was the official BBS for grey hat hacker quarterly 2600 Magazine at the time.
On November 6, 1985, the M-19 stormed the Colombian Palace of Justice and held the Supreme Court magistrates hostage, intending to put president Betancur on trial.
On television, the actor Freddie Jones portrayed Claudius in the 1968 British television series The Caesars while the 1985 made-for-television miniseries A. D. features actor Richard Kiley as Claudius.
On May 1, 1985 President Reagan announced that his administration perceived Nicaragua to be " an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States ," and declared a " national emergency " and a trade embargo against Nicaragua to " deal with that threat.
On 1 January 1983 the Falkland Islanders gained British citizenship under the British Nationality ( Falkland Islands ) Act 1983, and on 3 October 1985 the Constitution of the Falkland Islands was established.
On September 6, 1985 Fellini was awarded the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 42nd Venice Film Festival.
On May 30, 1985, after nine months of debate, the Constituent Assembly finished drafting a new constitution, which took effect immediately.
On June 5, 1993, Congress, pursuant to the 1985 constitution, elected the Human Rights Ombudsman, Ramiro de León Carpio, to complete Serrano's presidential term.
On May 12, 1985, the New York City Herman Melville Society gathered at 104 East 26th Street to dedicate the intersection of Park Avenue south and 26th Street as Herman Melville Square.
On February 16, 1985, Sheik Ibrahim al-Amin issued Hezbollah's manifesto.
On 11 March 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev was chosen by the Politburo as the new General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
On 2 November 1985 Gorbachev replaced Turdakun Usubaliyev the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kirghizia, who had been in power for 24 years, with Absamat Masaliyev.
On 28th February 1985, Chernenko appeared once more on television to receive parliamentary credentials and read out a brief statement on his electoral victory: the election campaign is over and now it is time to carry out the tasks set for us by the voters and the Communists who have spoken out.
On 12 November 1985, former Army Commanding General Thomas Quiwonkpa invaded Liberia by way of neighboring Sierra Leone and almost succeeded in toppling the government of Samuel Doe.
On 13 July 1985, Page, Plant and Jones reunited for the Live Aid concert at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, playing a short set featuring drummers Tony Thompson and Phil Collins and bassist Paul Martinez.
On January 19, 1985, he introduced Rich Little at the nationally-televised 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, the day before the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
On January 6, 1986, following the 1985 season, Bud Grant re-retired as head coach of the Vikings.
On May 1, 1985, Reagan issued an executive order that imposed a full economic embargo on Nicaragua, which remained in force until March 1990.
On an inflation adjusted return, the average equity fund investor earned $ 13, 835 on a $ 100, 000 investment made in 1985, while the inflation adjusted return of the S & P 500 would have been $ 591, 337 or 43 times greater.
On July 25, 1985, the European Economic Community adopted the Product Liability Directive 85 / 374 / EEC.
On July 13, 1985, the band made a stop in Philadelphia ( en route to a show in Milwaukee ) to play at the US Leg of Live Aid, which broke a record for number of viewers.
* The Last Place On Earth 1985 serial depicting the race between Amundsen ( played by Sverre Anker Ousdal ) and Scott.
The recurring " Acorn Antiques " skit on the UK's Victoria Wood As Seen On TV ( 1985 – 87 ) was modeled on Crossroads and other British soap operas of the 1970s.
On April 24, 1985, in the midst of presidential elections, it tried to assassinate Domingo García Rada, the president of the Peruvian National Electoral Council, severely injuring him and mortally wounding his driver.
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