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Historical Event(s)
– Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
– The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York.
– Heysel Stadium disaster: At the European Cup final in Brussels, Belgium, 39 association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses after Liverpool F.C. fans breach a fence separating them from Juventus F.C. fans.
– TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece.
– The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.
– The Nintendo Entertainment System, the best-selling game console of its time, is released in Japan.
– Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
– United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
Who Were Born On ?
– Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
– Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer
– Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
– Whitney Port, American reality television personality
– Jake Long, American football player
– Phil Bardsley, English footballer
– Brett Ratliff, American football player
– Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer
– Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, Brazilian racing driver
– Michel Butter, Dutch long-distance runner