8 January 1985Chief of StaffDonald Regan
Appointed Chief of Staff
Historical records for United States of America in 1985, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Appointed Chief of Staff
Agrees to negotiate for nuclear disarmament with Moscow
Agrees to negotiate for nuclear disarmament with Moscow
Reagan says the US will not take part in World Court ruling on Nicaraguan charges
Inaugurated President of the USA, 2nd term
The US records a record trade defecit of $123 billion in 1984
Records with USA for Africa on We Are the World, the famine relief charity single.
CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.
CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.
CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.
CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.
CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.
This record states: As a result of obtaining depositions from David Atlee Phillips, Richard Helms, G.
This record states: Gordon Liddy, Stansfield Turner, and Marita Lorenz, plus a skillful cross-examination by Mark Lane of E.
This record states: Howard Hunt, the jury decides that Marchetti had not been guilty of libel when he suggested that John F.
This record states: It emerged that Marchetti had also consulted James Angleton and Alan J.
This record states: Kennedy had been assassinated by people working for the CIA.
This record states: Mark Lane discovered Marchettis sources.
This record states: The main source was William Corson.
This record states: Weberman before publishing his article.
The US halts its loan to Chile due to human rights abuse
The US halts its loan to Chile due to human rights abuse
The first successful observation of a predicted Pluto-Charon mutual event occurs within about forty minutes of Harrington's forecast.
Reagan says his goal is to topple the Sandanista Government
An IAU circular reports confirming mutual-event observations, after which Pluto's large satellite is officially named Charon.
Death of Henry Cabot Lodge
The US charges Israel with violating the Geneva Convention for deporting Shiites
The US announces that Reagan will visit a Nazi cemetery
Reagan stands by his plans to lay a wreath on the graves of Nazi SS soldiers
Reagan visits the Bitburg Nazi cemetery with Chancellor Helmut Khol
Reagan speaks to the European Parliament on 40th anniversary of V-E Day
Lionel Richie receives an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, marries actress/model Julianne Phillips in ceremonies in Lake Oswego, OR
Visits a German military ceremony, 47 Waffen SS are buried there
House votes for sanctiona against South Africa
Chris Evert-Lloyd wins the French Open
The United Airlines strike ends after 29 days
The United Airlines strike ends after 29 days
Reagan cals for unconditional release of hostages on TWA jet
Appears near the climax of Live Aid at JFK Stadium.
The US Congress votes to stop Reagan from supplying arms to the Contras
Rock Hudson is hospitalized with AIDS
Testifies before a United States Senate committee against proposed record-labelling and rating measures promoted by the PMRC.
Death of Rock Hudson
Death of George Orson Welles
Voyager 2 begins long-range scientific observations of Uranus before the January 1986 flyby.
Walken plays a James Bond villain, Max Zorin, in A View to a Kill
Winner of the Acadremy Award for Best Director, "Out of Africa"
Presented an Academy Honorary Award, "for his fifty years of memorable performances, for his high ideals both on and off the screen, with respect and affection of his colleagues"
Directs, New York, After Hours
Enhances the immediate photograph area of the "Badge Man" in contrast and brightness, then he enhanced further with what White has described as "clear photographic colored oils" to illustrate the "Badge Man"
Wins best best screenplay for "Broadway Danny Rose"
Cimino publishes his first novel, "Big Jane"
Completes a major world tour that confirms his stadium-level popularity.
Harrington's orbital calculations predict a series of mutual Pluto-Charon eclipses and occultations beginning in 1985.
Mather leads instrument and mission planning for COBE to test the spectrum of the microwave background
Publication of "Contact"
Stars in "Golden Girls" (1985-1992)
Records and releases the album Empire Burlesque.
Cimino publishes his first novel, "Big Jane"
Releases Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention, incorporating material connected with his anti-censorship campaign.
Cimino publishes his first novel, "Big Jane"
Releases, "Im on Fire"
Appears in the fantasy film Legend directed by Ridley Scott
Mark Lane, author of the best-selling "Rush to Judgment," successfully defends Liberty Lobby in a second trial in 1985, overturning the original libel award of 1981
Mark Lane, author of the best-selling "Rush to Judgment," successfully defends Liberty Lobby in a second trial in 1985, overturning the original libel award of 1981
De Lorean & his model wife Christina Ferrare are divorced
Publication of "No More Vietnams"
Directs and stars in Pale Rider, reviving the western at the mid-1980s box office.
Identifies Puck in Voyager 2 images during the spacecraft's approach to Uranus.
Publication of "The Blood of Abraham"
Cimino wrote an adaptation of the French bicycle marathon novel The Yellow Jersey with Dustin Hoffman committed and slated to go into production at Lorimar in 1985 but is dropped
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