NEWS
• Ronald Regan was just starting his second term in office
• Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader.
• The Achille Lauro cruise ship is hijacked.
• Leaded Gas is officially banned in the US.
• President Reagan and Soviet Leader Gorbachev meet for the first time in Switzerland.
FADS and ENTERTAINMENT
• MOVIES: “Rocky IV,” “Back to the Future,” “Cocoon” and “Rambo: First Blood Part II”
• T.V.: “The Cosby Show,” “Cheers,” “Murder She Wrote” and “Growing Pains”
• Nintendo releases the Nintendo Entertainment System in the USA.
• Christi Brinkley married Billy Joel.
• David Lee Roth leaves Van Halen and The Police call it quits.
• “Project Kansas" secretly tested a new formula for Coca-Cola that became "New Coke." Old coke was gone, and New Coke sold poorly for three months. ABC's Peter Jennings interrupted General Hospital to announce the return of "Coke Classic." New Coke was actually available until 1992.
• “Live Aid” was beamed across the world in the hopes of helping eliminate hunger in Ethiopia; it raised $65 million for famine relief efforts.
• Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's record with his 4,192nd hit.
• Boris Becker becomes youngest winner at 17 to win the men's Wimbledon championships.
AZ HISTORY
• For many years Arizona had seen its water diverted to California. In 1985, however, the state acted to bring water from the Colorado River to its own citizens by building the Central Arizona Project.
DEAD
• Rock Hudson: November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985
• Yul Brenner: July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985
• Orson Wells: May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985
• Phil Silvers: May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985
#1@1
• This band is from Glasgow Scotland.
• From the soundtrack of the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club.
• The song is written by Keith Forsey. He asked Cy Curnin from The Fixx, Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol to record the song, but all three declined; Simple Minds, initially refused as well, but then agreed under the encouragement of their label.
• Here’s “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”…Your #1 @ 1 from May 1985.
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