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.

William " Bill " Boyd Watterson II ( born July 5, 1958 ) is an American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995.

It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 29 July 1985, and landed just under eight days later on 6 August.

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.

Challenger launched successfully on its second attempt at 29 July 1985, 17: 00 EDT, after a delay of one hour and 37 minutes due to a problem with the table maintenance block update uplink.

In July 1984 he bought the consumer side of Atari Inc. from Warner Communications which allowed him to strike back and release the Atari ST earlier in 1985 for about $ 800.

Elwyn Brooks White ( July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985 ), usually known as E. B.

The highest officially recorded temperature was on 26 July 1983 and the lowest was on 12 January 1985.

As President of the Republic, Cossiga was Head ( and also Knight Grand Cross with Grand Cordon ) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( from 3 July 1985 to 28 April 1992 ), Military Order of Italy, Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity, Order of Merit for Labour and Order of Vittorio Veneto and Grand Cross of Merit of the Italian Red Cross.

Conté had to suppress his first revolt in July 1985, by his immediate deputy, Colonel Diarra Traoré.

Janusz Andrzej Zajdel ( 15 August 1938 in Warsaw – 19 July 1985 in Warsaw ) was a prominent Polish science fiction author, second in popularity in Poland after Stanisław Lem.

Following graduation in June 1985, he was assigned to command the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st Marine Division, at Camp Pendleton, California, from July 1985 to July 1987.

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.

In 1985 Sergey Bubka became the first pole vaulter to clear 6 metres ; he also holds the outdoor world record at 6. 14 metres, set on 31 July 1994 in Sestriere.

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.

As early as July 1985, President Reagan had asserted that " we are not going to tolerate … attacks from outlaw states by the strangest collection of misfits, loony tunes, and squalid criminals since the advent of the Third Reich ," but it fell to the Clinton administration to elaborate this concept.

In July 1985, a military protocol was signed between the two countries, and Qaddafi was the first head of state to visit the new Khartoum government.

3, July 1985, pp. 207 – 226.

Sometimes regarded as an act of terrorism, was the peace-time sabotage of the Rainbow Warrior, a yacht owned by Greenpeace, which occurred while in port at Auckland, New Zealand on July 10, 1985.

While Section 4 has never been invoked, Section 3 has been invoked three times: on July 13, 1985 when Ronald Reagan underwent surgery to remove cancerous polyps from his colon, and twice more on June 29, 2002 and July 21, 2007 when George W. Bush underwent colonoscopy procedures requiring sedation.

The LTTE has been accused of hijacking several vessels and ships in waters outside Sri Lanka, including Ocean Trader ( in October 1994 ), Irish Mona ( in August 1995 ), Princess Wave ( in August 1996 ), Athena ( in May 1997 ), Misen ( in July 1997 ), Morong Bong ( in July 1997 ), MV Cordiality ( in September 1997 ), Princess Kash ( in August 1998 ), Newko ( in July 1999 ), Uhana ( in June 2000 ), Fuyuan Ya 225 ( Chinese trawler, in March 2003 ), MV Farah III ( in December 2006 ) and City of Liverpool ( in January 2007 ).

Rex Ingram ( 15 January 1892 – 21 July 1950 ) was an Irish film director, producer, writer and actor.

Back in office in early 1886, Gladstone proposed Irish Home rule but this was defeated in the House of Commons in July.

* July 27 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor

* July 9 – Irish racing driver Kaye Don breaks the world water speed record at Lake Garda, Italy.

* July 4 – Stephen Boyd, Irish actor ( d. 1977 )

* July 23 – John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician

* July 27 – Michael Longley, Irish poet

* July 16 – Victor Sloan, Irish artist

* July 1 – Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish language writer ( b. 1857 )

* July 30 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb kills former British politician and former Member of Parliament Ian Gow outside his home in England.

* July 17 – Joseph Maher, Irish actor ( b. 1933 )

* July 11 – David Kelly ( actor ), Irish actor

* July 21 – A bomb kills Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to the Irish Republic.

* July 15 – Iris Murdoch, Irish novelist ( d. 1999 )

* July 21 – Éamon de Valera is elected President of the Executive Council ( prime minister ) of the Irish Free State by the Dáil ( parliament ).

* July 28 – The Irish Republican Army attempts the assassination by bomb of George VI in Belfast.

* July 26 – John Field, Irish composer ( d. 1837 )

* July 7 – Eve Hewson, Irish actress

* July 31 – Roy Walker, Northern Irish comedian

* July 6 – Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne presents his first edition of The Late Late Show.

* July 11 – Pauline McLynn, Irish actress

* July 1 – George Walker, Irish soldier and Anglican priest ( b. 1645 )