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A LOOK
AT THE WORLD IN 1985 |
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The News In 1985
"Live Aid," a 17-hour rock concert broadcast worldwide
from London and Philadelphia, raises $70 million for the
starving peoples of Africa.
8.1 magnitude earthquake hits Mexico City and results in an
estimated 25,000 deaths.
4 hijackers seize an Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro,
with more than 400 passengers aboard and kill an American, Leon
Klinghoffer.
Volcano "Nevada del Ruiz" erupts near Bogota, Columbia
causing mud slides that bury two towns killing 25,000.
American Jew Jonathan Pollard is arrested for giving military
secrets to Israel. |
Entertainment
in 1985
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Claude Simon - France
* Best Selling Fiction - The Mammoth Hunters, Jean M. Auel
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Iacocca: An Autobiography, Lee
Iacocca with William Novak
* Best Picture - Out of Africa, Universal
* Best Director - Sidney Pollack, Out of Africa
* Best Actress - Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful
* Best Actor - William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman |
Sport
champions in 1985
* MLB - Kansas City Royals
* NFL - San Francisco 49ers
* NBA - Los Angeles Lakers
* NHL - Edmonton Oilers
* NCAA-Basketball - Villanova
* KY Derby - Spend a Buck
* U.S. Open Golf - Andy North
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Ivan Lendl
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Hana Mandlikova |
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