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In 1985, Sir Edmund Hillary ( the first man to stand on the summit of Mount Everest ) and Neil Armstrong ( the first man to stand on the moon ) landed at the North Pole in a small twin-engined ski plane.
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1984 — The country's first coalition government, between Sir Thomas and Geoffrey Henry, is signed in the lead up to hosting regional Mini Games in 1985.
* Sir Mark Evelyn Heath-Diplomat, British Ambassador to Chad ( 1975 – 1978 ), the first British Ambassador to Holy See ( 1982 – 1985 ) and Head of Protocol for the Hong Kong Government ( 1985 – 1988 ).
* 1899 – Sir Arthur Bryant, British historian ( d. 1985 )
* Sir Percy Craddock, 1985 – 92
* September 15 – Sir Donald Bailey, British civil engineer ( died 1985 )
* September 7 – Sir Brian Horrocks, British general ( d. 1985 )
* Sir Chris Clarke – county councillor for Wells from 1985 to 2005.
After Menuhin gained British citizenship in 1985, his knighthood was upgraded to a substantive one, and he became Sir Yehudi Menuhin KBE.
" She has taught at the University of British Columbia ( 1965 ), Sir George Williams University in Montreal ( 1967 – 68 ), the University of Alberta ( 1969 – 70 ), York University in Toronto ( 1971 – 72 ), the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa ( 1985 ), where she was visiting M. F. A.
The Sinclair Research C5 is a battery electric vehicle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair and launched by Sinclair Vehicles Ltd in the United Kingdom on 10 January 1985.
According to the DVD extras documentary for the movie The Shooting Party ( 1985 ), in the very first shot of the very first day of filming, all the male lead actors, including Paul Scofield who was playing Sir Randolph Nettleby, were to come into shot on a horse-drawn shooting brake driven by the well-known film horse-master George Mossman.
The duo would use characters similar to Richie and Eddie in The Young Ones ( Rick and Vyvyan, 1982 – 1984 ); The Dangerous Brothers ( Richard Dangerous and Sir Adrian Dangerous, 1985 ); Filthy, Rich and Catflap ( Richie Rich and Eddie Catflap, 1987 ); Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door ( names not mentioned, 1988 ); and finally in their adaptation of Waiting for Godot ( 1991 ).
* Sir Joseph Wesley Flavelle, 1st Baronet, of Toronto, in the Dominion of Canada ( 1917 ), extinct 1985
* 1981 – 1985: Sir John Jones ( b. 1923 – d.
* 1985 – 1988: Sir Antony Duff ( b. 1920 – d.
However, during his tenure as Chief of the General Staff ( 1985 – 89 ) General Sir Nigel Bagnall directed that British Military Doctrine was to be prepared, and tasked Colonel ( later General ) Timothy Granville-Chapman ( an artillery officer who had been his Military Assistant in Headquarters 1st British Corps ) to prepare it.
The building is commonly known as " The GAB ", after being named after the diplomat Sir Geoffrey Arthur — a former master of the college ( 1975 – 1985 ).
" Principal guest conductors in the 1970s and 80s included Sir Charles Mackerras ( 1977 – 79 ), Michael Gielen ( 1978 – 81 ), Günter Wand, Mark Elder ( 1982 – 85 ) and Peter Eötvös ( 1985 – 88 ).
The use of period instruments quickly became the norm on record, although conductors such as Sir Georg Solti ( 1985 ) and Sir Neville Marriner ( 1993 ) continued to favour modern instruments.
Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, CBE ( 20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985 ) was an English stage and film actor, director, manager and author.
* 1985 Arnold Schoenberg: Moses und Aron – Franz Mazura & Philip Langridge, principal soloists ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor ; James Mallinson, producer ( London )
It includes all the items originally published in Sir Philip Sidney: An Annotated Bibliography of Texts and Criticism, 1554 – 1984 ( New York: G. K. Hall, Macmillan 1994 ) as well updates from 1985 to the present.
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Vanier Hall ( residence ) was added in 1965 ; Edmund Casey Hall ( classrooms and faculty offices ) in 1969 ; a new wing to Edmund Casey Hall in 1985 ; Sir James Dunn Hall ( student area, classrooms ) in 1994, and the J. B. O ' Keefe Fitness Centre and the Forest Hill Residence ( now Harry Rigby Hall ) in 1999.
Philip William Edmund Sidney ( b. 1985 )
In November 1985, a slate memorial was unveiled in Poet's Corner commemorating 16 poets of the Great War: Richard Aldington, Laurence Binyon, Edmund Blunden, Rupert Brooke, Wilfrid Gibson, Robert Graves, Julian Grenfell, Ivor Gurney, David Jones, Robert Nichols, Wilfred Owen, Herbert Read, Isaac Rosenberg, Siegfried Sassoon, Charles Sorley and Edward Thomas.
Kemper was the middle child and only son born to Edmund Emil Kemper, Jr. ( 1919 – 1985 ) and Clarnell E. Strandberg ( 1921 – 1973 ).
Edmund recorded a solo album for Arista in 1985, but it was never released in the United States, although a single from the set, " I Love the Streets ," was a minor hit in Japan.
" Edmund Gosse: A Literary Landscape " ( Duff Cooper Prize, 1985 ) was described by John Carey as " magnificent-one of the finest literary biographies of our time ".
* Edmund Gosse ( 1985 )
In 1985 the Nilsen family sold 3UZ for $ 9. 2 million to Launceston ( Tasmania ) media company ENT Ltd., associated with the controversial figure Edmund Rouse.
* Edmund Osmańczyk " Wisła i Kraków to Rodło " Nasza Księgarnia Warszawa 1985 ISBN 83-10-08675-X
Edmund Weiner ( born 1950 in Oxford, England ) was co-editor ( with John A. Simpson ) of the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary ( 1985 – 1989 ) and Deputy Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary ( 1993 – present ).
First elected to the Faroese parliament in 1980 and consecutively since then, Kallsberg served as Fisheries Minister from 1983 to 1985 and for 5 months in Jógvan Sundstein's first coalition government in 1989, and as Economics and Finance Minister from 1996 to 1998 in a coalition led by Edmund Joensen ( Union Party ).
Brian Edmund Peter Keenan ( January 28, 1943 – October 5, 1985 ) was an American musician, best known as the drummer for The Chambers Brothers.
" Lightfoot himself performed the ballad at the tenth memorial service for the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1985.
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It was first put forward by Huber in 1977 and later taken up in the Dahlgren system of 1985.
A draw in the final Test gave England victory in an Ashes series for the first time in 18 years and their first Ashes victory at home since 1985.
* 1985 – Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
The Amiga 1000 ( 1985 ) was the first model released
The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities.
The first model was released in 1985 as simply " The Amiga from Commodore ", later to be retroactively dubbed the Amiga 1000.
Age to Age became the first Christian album by a solo artist to be certified gold ( 1983 ) and the first Christian album to be certified platinum ( 1985 ).
In 1984, she released another pop-oriented Christian hit, Straight Ahead, earning Grant her first appearance at the Grammy Awards show in 1985.
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.
" Calvin and Hobbes was first published on November 18, 1985.
By 1985, construction was completed and the World Financial Center saw its first tenants.
The band played in this style on their first four albums: Bathory ( 1984 ), The Return of the Darkness and Evil ( 1985 ), Under the Sign of the Black Mark ( 1987 ) and Blood Fire Death ( 1988 ).
STS-51-F's first launch attempt on 12 July 1985 was halted with the countdown at T-3 seconds after main engine ignition, when a malfunction of the number two Space Shuttle Main Engine ( SSME ) coolant valve caused the shutdown of all three main engines.
* Andreas Gruentzig ( 1939 – 1985 ), first developed balloon angioplasty
The first reforms were implemented in three rounds – 1974 – 1983, 1985, and 1990.
In 1985, the TRNC adopted a constitution and held its first elections.
The first negotiated cease-fire with the M-19 ended when the guerrillas resumed fighting in 1985, claiming that the cease-fire had not been fully respected by official security forces, saying that several of its members had suffered threats and assaults, and also questioning the government's real willingness to implement any accords.
Ironically, " Nightshift " won The Commodores their first Grammy for Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals in 1985.
The first artist to sell a million copies on CD was Dire Straits, with its 1985 album Brothers in Arms.
The first major artist to have his entire catalogue converted to CD was David Bowie, whose 15 studio albums were made available by RCA Records in February 1985, along with four Greatest Hits albums.
Chaosium, from 1979 to 1985, published the thirty-eight first ones and Sleuth Publications, from 1985 to 1987, the nine last ones.
Since EastEnders began in 1985, the two programmes have constantly battled it out for first place in the ratings.
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