What Happened In April 1985 In History

Historical Events for April, 1985

• 7th » Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declares a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe.
• 19th » FBI siege on the compound of The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSAL) in Arkansas.
• 19th » Soviet Union or U.S.S.R performs nuclear weapon called nuclear tests at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalatinsk.
• 20th » The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms or ATF raids The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
• 23rd » Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1985

• 1st » Daniel Murphy (baseball) or Daniel Murphy, American baseball player
• 1st » Beth Tweddle, English gymnast
• 1st » Josh Zuckerman (actor) named Josh Zuckerman, American actor
• 2nd » Barry Corr, Irish footballer
• 2nd » Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
• 2nd » Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
• 3rd » Jari-Matti Latvala, Finnish race car driver
• 3rd » Leona Lewis, English singer-songwriter
• 4th » Rudy Fernández (basketball) e.g Rudy Fernández, Spanish basketball player
• 4th » Ricardo Vilar, Brazilian footballer
• 5th » Daniel Congré, French footballer
• 5th » Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean model and actor (d. 2008)
• 5th » Lastings Milledge, American baseball player
• 6th » Clarke MacArthur, Canadian ice hockey player
• 6th » Ali Mukaddam, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 6th » Frank Ongfiang, Cameroonian footballer
• 6th » Sinqua Walls, American basketball player and actor
• 7th » KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer
• 7th » Ariela Massotti, Brazilian actress
• 8th » Patrick Schliwa, German rugby player
• 9th » Antonio Nocerino, Italian footballer
• 9th » David Robertson (baseball) known as David Robertson, American baseball player
• 9th » Tomohisa Yamashita, Japanese actor and singer (News (band) known as NEWS, Kitty GYM, and Shūji to Akira)
• 10th » Willo Flood, Irish footballer
• 10th » Jesús Gámez, Spanish footballer
• 10th » Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player
• 10th » Paula Reca, Argentinian actress
• 11th » Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer
• 11th » Will Minson, Australian footballer
• 12th » James Alexandrou, English actor
• 12th » Brennan Boesch, American baseball player
• 12th » Jeísa Chiminazzo, Brazilian model
• 12th » Ted Ginn, Jr., American football player
• 12th » Anna-Katharina Samsel, German actress
• 12th » Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer-songwriter (Serebro)
• 12th » Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume, Dream Morning Musume, and Hangry & Angry)
• 13th » Anna Jennings-Edquist, Australian actress, director, and playwright
• 13th » Algo Kärp, Estonian skier
• 14th » Grant Clitsome, Canadian ice hockey player
• 15th » Chris Cates, American baseball player
• 15th » John Danks, American baseball player
• 15th » Ryan Hamilton (ice hockey player) e.g Ryan Hamilton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 15th » Aaron Laffey, American baseball player
• 15th » Amy Ried, American porn actress
• 15th » Diana Zubiri, Filipino actress
• 16th » Mark Baker (author) called Mark Baker, Welsh author
• 16th » Luol Deng, Sudanese-English basketball player
• 16th » Nate Diaz, American mixed martial artist
• 16th » Rhiana Griffith, Australian model and actress
• 16th » Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player
• 16th » Benjamín Rojas, Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (Erreway)
• 16th » Taye Taiwo, Nigerian footballer
• 16th » JC Tiuseco, Filipino model, actor, and basketball player
• 17th » Rooney Mara, American actress
• 17th » Luke Mitchell, Australian actor
• 17th » William Snape, English actor
• 17th » Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, French tennis player
• 18th » Łukasz Fabiański, Polish footballer
• 18th » Sasa Handa, Japanese model and actress
• 18th » Sukollawat Kanarot, Thai actor and model
• 18th » Jessica Lu, American actress
• 18th » Karl Reindler, Australian race car driver
• 18th » Rachel Smith, Panamanian-American model, Miss USA 2007
• 18th » Elena Temnikova, Russian singer (Serebro)
• 19th » Valon Behrami, Swiss footballer
• 19th » Jan Zimmermann, German footballer
• 20th » Amanda Fahy, English actress
• 20th » Curt Hawkins, American wrestler
• 20th » Ehsan Jami, Dutch-Iranian activist and politician
• 20th » Billy Magnussen, American actor
• 20th » Jadyn Maria, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
• 20th » Brent Seabrook, Canadian ice hockey player
• 22nd » Matt Ballinger, American singer and actor (Dream Street)
• 22nd » Blake Fitzpatrick, American director and screenwriter
• 22nd » Pablo Cáceres Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
• 22nd » Kseniya Simonova, Ukrainian painter and sculptor
• 23rd » Taio Cruz, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 23rd » Angel Locsin, Filipino actress and producer
• 24th » Mike Rodgers, American sprinter
• 25th » Jadyn Maria, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
• 25th » Giedo van der Garde, Dutch race car driver
• 26th » Nam Gyu-ri, South Korean singer and actress (SeeYa)
• 26th » John Isner, American tennis player
• 26th » Andrea Koch Benvenuto, Chilean tennis player
• 27th » José António de Miranda da Silva Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• 27th » Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopian runner
• 28th » Lucas Jakubczyk, German sprinter and long jumper
• 29th » Jean-François Jacques, Canadian ice hockey player
• 29th » Jay Lethal, American wrestler
• 30th » Brandon Bass, American basketball player
• 30th » Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American prostitute and singer
• 30th » Gal Gadot, Israeli model and actress, Miss Israel named Miss Israel 2004

Famous Deaths for April 1985

• 1st » Douglass Wallop, American author and playwright (b. 1920)
• 4th » Kate Roberts (author) known as Kate Roberts, Welsh author (b. 1891)
• 7th » Carl Schmitt, German jurist, philosopher, and theorist (b. 1888)
• 8th » John Frederick Coots, American songwriter (b. 1897)
• 11th » Bunny Ahearne, Irish-English businessman (b. 1900)
• 11th » Enver Hoxha, Albanian dictator (b. 1908)
• 14th » Noele Gordon, English actress (b. 1919)
• 16th » Scott Brady, American actor (b. 1924)
• 17th » Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (b. 1922)
• 17th » Evadne Price, Australian-English author and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 21st » Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer (b. 1922)
• 21st » Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1902)
• 21st » Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (b. 1910)
• 22nd » Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and educator (b. 1900)
• 22nd » Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician and author (b. 1921)
• 23rd » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
• 25th » Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologist (b. 1909)

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