Category Archives: 1980s

Shockingly gaunt Rock Hudson appears at news conference 40 years ago today (July 15 1985)


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(Monday, July 15, 1985) — A shockingly gaunt Rock Hudson appeared at a news conference today with actress Doris Day to promote her new TV cable show Doris Day’s Best Friends in which Hudson was videotaped visiting Day’s ranch in Carmel, California, a few days earlier. Continue reading Shockingly gaunt Rock Hudson appears at news conference 40 years ago today (July 15 1985)

‘A View to a Kill’ by Duran Duran peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (July 13 1985)

(Saturday, July 13, 1985) — “A View to a Kill” by Duran Duran peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (July 13/20, 1985). Continue reading ‘A View to a Kill’ by Duran Duran peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (July 13 1985)

‘Would I Lie to You?’ by Eurythmics peaks at #5 in USA 40 years ago today (July 13 1985)

(Saturday, July 13, 1985) — “Would I Lie to You?” by Eurythmics peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Would I Lie to You?’ by Eurythmics peaks at #5 in USA 40 years ago today (July 13 1985)

Live Aid benefit concert turns global spotlight on Ethiopia’s famine crisis 40 years ago this hour (July 13 1985)


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(Saturday, July 13, 1985, 12 noon-4:00 a.m. British Summer Time/7:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. EDT; during Live Aid) — In a groundbreaking display of global unity through music, the world came together today for Live Aid, a transatlantic concert broadcast live to an estimated 1.9 billion people in more than 150 countries — nearly 40% of the planet’s population. Continue reading Live Aid benefit concert turns global spotlight on Ethiopia’s famine crisis 40 years ago this hour (July 13 1985)

‘Old’ Coke coming back after outcry by faithful 40 years ago today (July 10 1985)


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(Wednesday, July 10, 1985) — In one of the most stunning about-faces in the history of marketing, the Coca-Cola Company yielded to thousands of irate consumers and said today it would resume selling old-formula Coke that it scrapped three months ago, while continuing to sell New Coke.

French intelligence agents sink Greenpeace protest ship in Auckland, New Zealand 30 years ago this hour (July 10 1985)


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(Wednesday, July 10, 1985, 11:38 p.m. NZST) — The Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk tonight with explosives in Auckland, New Zealand, by the “action” branch of the French foreign intelligence services.