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Events in 1985 and 9-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Dash Star

• Soviet leader Chernenko dies at 73 and is replaced by Mikhail Gorbachev, 54 (March 11). Under the slogans of glasnost and Perestroika, Gorbachev initiates a broad program of reform and liberalization. Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
• Two Shi'ite Muslim gunmen capture TWA airliner with 133 aboard, 104 of them Americans (June 14); 39 remaining hostages freed in Beirut (June 30).
• PLO terrorists hijack Achille Lauro, Italian cruise ship, with 80 passengers, plus crew (Oct. 7); American, Leon Klinghoffer, killed (Oct. 8); Italian government toppled by political crisis over hijacking (Oct. 16).
• Reagan and Gorbachev meet at summit (Nov. 19); agree to step up arms control talks and renew cultural contacts (Nov. 21). Background: nuclear disarmament
• Terrorists seize Egyptian Boeing 737 airliner after takeoff from Athens (Nov. 23); 59 dead as Egyptian forces storm plane on Malta (Nov. 24).

Birthday Dash Star (9-10) in history

• Day 9-10 year 1635: Roger Williams, who founded the state of Rhode Island and supported the separation of church and state, was expelled from Massachusetts.
• Day 9-10 year 1888: For the first time the public was admitted to the Washington Monument.
• Day 9-10 year 1930: Aviator Laura Ingalls became the first woman to make a solo transcontinental flight across the United States.
• Day 9-10 year 1967: Che Guevara was executed in Bolivia.
• Day 9-10 year 1975: Soviet scientist Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end the nuclear arms race.