January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Day of death July 23, 1985
The temperature on July 23, 1985 was between 10.5 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
June 17 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
August 7 » Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
October 4 » The Free Software Foundation is founded.
November 6 » In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
December 27 » Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.
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