What Happened In September 1985 In History

Historical Events for September, 1985

• 1st » A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS called Titanic.
• 4th » The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
• 6th » Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.
• 13th » 'Super Mario Bros.' is released in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System called NES, which starts the 'Super Mario (series) called Super Mario' series of platforming games.
• 14th » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
• 19th » 1985 Mexico City earthquake or A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
• 19th » Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at United States Congress or U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
• 20th » Capital gains tax is introduced in Australia, one of a number of tax reforms by the Hawke/Keating government.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1985

• 1st » Larsen Jensen, American swimmer
• 1st » Camile Velasco, Filipino-American singer
• 3rd » Scott Carson, English footballer
• 3rd » Yūki Kaji, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 3rd » Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
• 4th » Raúl Albiol, Spanish footballer
• 4th » Ri Kwang-chon, North Korean footballer
• 4th » Walid Mesloub, Algerian footballer
• 5th » Ryan Guy, American soccer player
• 6th » Webbie, American rapper
• 6th » Ali Ashfaq, Maldivian footballer
• 6th » Tom Ransley, English rower
• 6th » Alberto Valerio, Brazilian race car driver
• 7th » Rafinha (footballer, born 1985) known as Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
• 7th » Alyssa Diaz, American actress
• 7th » Adam Eckersley (footballer) named Adam Eckersley, English footballer
• 8th » Yendi Phillips, Jamaican model, Miss Jamaica World or Miss Jamaica World 2007
• 9th » Yung Berg, American rapper and producer
• 9th » Martin Johnson (musician) named Martin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Boys Like Girls)
• 9th » Sacha Kljestan, American soccer player
• 9th » Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer
• 9th » Lilyana Natsir, Indonesian badminton player
• 9th » J. R. Smith, American basketball player
• 10th » Aleksandrs Čekulajevs, Latvian footballer
• 10th » James Graham (rugby league) called James Graham, English rugby player
• 10th » Aya Kamiki, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 10th » Laurent Koscielny, French footballer
• 10th » Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
• 10th » Shota Matsuda, Japanese actor
• 11th » Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer
• 11th » Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
• 11th » Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player
• 12th » Jonatan Cerrada, Belgian singer
• 13th » David Jordan (singer) called David Jordan, English singer-songwriter
• 13th » Emi Suzuki, Chinese-Japanese model and actress
• 14th » Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player (Trivium (band) or Trivium)
• 14th » Trevis Smith, American football player
• 14th » Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer (Z-1 (band) named Z-1)
• 14th » Delmon Young, American baseball player
• 15th » Kayden Kross, American porn actress and author
• 15th » François-Olivier Roberge, Canadian speed skater
• 16th » Madeline Zima, American actress
• 17th » Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player
• 17th » Brendan Clarke, Irish footballer
• 17th » José Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
• 17th » Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player
• 17th » Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player
• 17th » Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala of Tonga
• 17th » Jon Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Panic! at the Disco and The Young Veins)
• 18th » Tarah Gieger, Puerto Rican motocross racer
• 19th » Gio Gonzalez, American baseball player
• 19th » Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player
• 19th » Renee Paquette, American journalist
• 20th » Ian Desmond, American baseball player
• 21st » Justin Durant, American football player
• 21st » Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actress
• 22nd » Matteo Cavagna (footballer born 1985) or Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
• 22nd » Rima Fakih, Lebanese-American model and wrestler, Miss USA 2010
• 22nd » Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer
• 22nd » Jamie Mackie, Scottish footballer
• 22nd » Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress
• 22nd » Ibragim Todashev, Russian-American mixed martial artist (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Brian Brohm, American football player
• 23rd » Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player
• 23rd » Maki Goto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress (Morning Musume, Nochiura Natsumi, Petitmoni, Gomattō, and Def.Diva)
• 23rd » Chris Johnson (running back) named Chris Johnson, American football player
• 23rd » Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player
• 24th » Eric Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian sculptor and carpenter
• 24th » Eleanor Catton, Canadian-New Zealand author
• 24th » Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress and singer
• 25th » Marvin Matip, German footballer
• 26th » Lenna Kuurmaa, Estonian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (Vanilla Ninja)
• 26th » Talulah Riley, English actress
• 27th » Massimo Bertocchi, Canadian decathlete
• 27th » Grace Helbig, American actress and blogger
• 27th » Daniel Pudil, Czech footballer
• 27th » Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (d. 2014)
• 28th » Shindong, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Super Junior)
• 28th » Alina Ibragimova, Russian-English violinist
• 29th » Calvin Johnson, American football player
• 29th » Niklas Moisander, Finnish footballer
• 29th » Dani Pedrosa, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 30th » T-Pain, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 30th » Adam Cooney, Australian footballer
• 30th » Téa Obreht, Serbian-American author
• 30th » Cristian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer

Famous Deaths for September 1985

• 1st » Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (b. 1957)
• 2nd » Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
• 2nd » Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)
• 3rd » Johnny Marks, American songwriter (b. 1909)
• 6th » Johnny Desmond, American singer (b. 1919)
• 6th » Franco Ferrara, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
• 7th » Jacoba van Velde, Dutch author (b. 1903)
• 7th » José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (b. 1911)
• 8th » John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 9th » Neil Davis (cameraman) named Neil Davis, Australian photographer and journalist (b. 1934)
• 9th » Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 9th » Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (b. 1896)
• 10th » Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1893)
• 10th » Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 11th » William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1905)
• 11th » Eleanor Dark, Australian author (b. 1901)
• 13th » Dane Rudhyar, French-American author, composer, astrologer (b. 1895)
• 15th » Cootie Williams, American trumpet player (b. 1910)
• 17th » Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1925)
• 19th » Italo Calvino, Italian journalist and author (b. 1923)
• 20th » Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author (b. 1907)
• 20th » Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter and bağlama player (b. 1912)
• 21st » Gu Long, Chinese author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 27th » Lloyd Nolan, American actor and singer (b. 1902)
• 30th » Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (b. 1900)
• 30th » Simone Signoret, German-French actress (b. 1921)

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