What Happened In August 1985 In History

Historical Events for August, 1985

• 2nd » Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
• 12th » Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Mount Osutaka e.g Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
• 22nd » British Airtours Flight 28M or Manchester Air Disaster sees 55 people killed when a fire breaks out on a commercial aircraft at Manchester Airport.
• 23rd » Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
• 27th » The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1985

• 1st » Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player
• 1st » Adam Jones (baseball) called Adam Jones, American baseball player
• 1st » Hyun Jyu-ni, South Korean singer and actress
• 1st » Cole Kimball, American baseball player
• 1st » Gegard Mousasi, Iranian-Dutch mixed martial artist and kick-boxer
• 1st » Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player
• 1st » Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer
• 1st » Dušan Švento, Slovak footballer
• 2nd » Stephen Ferris, Irish rugby player
• 2nd » Britt Nicole, American singer-songwriter
• 2nd » David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler
• 3rd » Ats Purje, Estonian footballer
• 3rd » Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby player and boxer
• 4th » Crystal Bowersox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 4th » Robbie Findley, American soccer player
• 4th » Kina Grannis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 4th » Mark Milligan, Australian footballer
• 4th » Ha Seung-Jin, South Korean basketball player
• 4th » Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer
• 5th » Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
• 5th » Jake Hurwitz, American comedian and actor
• 5th » Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
• 5th » Gil Vermouth, Israeli footballer
• 5th » Erkan Zengin, Swedish footballer
• 6th » Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
• 6th » Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
• 6th » Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
• 6th » Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
• 8th » Toby Flood, English rugby player
• 8th » Ryan Koolwijk, Dutch footballer
• 8th » James Morgan (actor) e.g James Morgan, Welsh actor
• 8th » Brett Ratliff, American football player
• 9th » Luca Filippi, Italian race car driver
• 9th » Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer
• 9th » Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer
• 9th » JaMarcus Russell, American football player
• 9th » Chandler Williams, American football player (d. 2013)
• 10th » Melissa Barrera, American television host
• 10th » Enrico Cortese, Italian footballer
• 10th » Julia Matojan, Estonian tennis player
• 10th » Julia Melim, Brazilian-American actress
• 10th » Jared Nathan, American actor (d. 2006)
• 11th » J-Boog, American rapper, producer, and actor (B2K)
• 11th » Asher Roth, American rapper
• 11th » Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan model and actress
• 12th » Franck Moutsinga, German rugby player
• 12th » Charlotte Salt, English actress
• 13th » Grega Bole, Slovenian cyclist
• 13th » Lacey Brown, American singer-songwriter
• 13th » Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach
• 14th » Ashlynn Brooke, American porn actress, dancer, and model
• 14th » Christian Gentner, German footballer
• 14th » Shea Weber, Canadian ice hockey player
• 15th » Cogie Domingo, Filipino actor
• 15th » Leah Hackett, English actress
• 15th » Andrea Lewis, Canadian actress and singer
• 15th » Santiago Stieben, Argentinian actor
• 17th » Yū Aoi, Japanese actress
• 17th » Brock Kelly, American actor
• 18th » Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer
• 18th » Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (d. 2006)
• 18th » Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer
• 19th » J. Evan Bonifant, American actor
• 19th » Lindsey Jacobellis, American snowboarder
• 20th » Glen Buttriss, Australian rugby player
• 20th » Brant Daugherty, American actor
• 20th » Blake DeWitt, American baseball player
• 20th » Thomas Domingo, French rugby player
• 20th » Josh Flagg, American real estate agent
• 20th » Matt Hague, American baseball player
• 20th » Jack King (footballer) named Jack King, English footballer
• 20th » Álvaro Negredo, Spanish footballer
• 20th » Willie Ripia, New Zealand rugby player
• 20th » Joe Vitale (ice hockey) named Joe Vitale, American ice hockey player
• 20th » Stephen Ward (footballer) called Stephen Ward, Irish footballer
• 20th » Mark Washington (linebacker) or Mark Washington, American football player
• 21st » Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player
• 21st » Aleksandra Kiryashova, Russian pole vaulter
• 21st » Melissa M, French singer
• 21st » Kevin Nee, American strongman
• 22nd » Kether Donohue, American actress
• 22nd » Luke Russert, American journalist
• 25th » Hendra Setiawan, Indonesian badminton player
• 26th » Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete
• 26th » Brandon McDonald (American football) called Brandon McDonald, American football player
• 26th » David Price (baseball) named David Price, American baseball player
• 27th » Kevan Hurst, English footballer
• 27th » Nikica Jelavić, Croatian footballer
• 27th » Daniel Küblböck, German singer and actor
• 27th » Alexandra Nechita, Romanian-American painter
• 28th » Ashlyne Huff, American singer-songwriter
• 29th » Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Greek trombonist (Canadian Brass)
• 29th » Jeffrey Licon, American actor
• 29th » Marc Rzepczynski, American baseball player
• 29th » Héctor Sanabria (footballer, born 1985) called Héctor Sanabria, Argentinian footballer (d. 2013)
• 31st » Rolando (footballer) known as Rolando, Portuguese footballer
• 31st » Andrew Foster (Australian rules footballer) known as Andrew Foster, Australian footballer

Famous Deaths for August 1985

• 4th » Don Whillans, English mountaineer (b. 1933)
• 5th » Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1898)
• 6th » Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (b. 1923)
• 7th » Grayson Hall, American actress (b. 1923)
• 8th » Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (b. 1906)
• 8th » Louis Meeuwessen, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
• 9th » Clive Churchill, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1927)
• 10th » Nate Barragar, American football player and sergeant (b. 1906)
• 12th » Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1941)
• 12th » Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. 1951)
• 14th » Gale Sondergaard, American actress (b. 1899)
• 24th » Paul Creston, American composer (b. 1906)
• 25th » Samantha Smith, American actress and activist (b. 1972)
• 28th » Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 29th » Evelyn Ankers, Chilean-English actress (b. 1918)
• 31st » Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

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