Microsoft - Microsoft Windows
Time: Wednesday Nov 20, 1985
Place: Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Details: Microsoft released Microsoft Windows, a graphical extension for MS-DOS, on November 20.
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Ottoman Empire-Treaty of Nasuh Pasha
Tuesday Nov 20, 1612 - Ottoman Empire


First Sino-Japanese War-The Port Arthur massacre
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Mao Zedong-4th Marriage
Sunday Nov 20, 1938 - China


World War II-Final offer
Wednesday Nov 20, 1940 - Japan


Joe Biden-Birth
Friday Nov 20, 1942 - Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.


Martin Bormann-The Trial
Tuesday Nov 20, 1945 - Nuremberg, Germany


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Titles
Thursday Nov 20, 1947 - United Kingdom


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip and Elizabeth were married in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey
Thursday Nov 20, 1947 - Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Elizabeth's wedding
Thursday Nov 20, 1947 - London, England, United Kingdom


Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth and Philip were married
Thursday Nov 20, 1947 - London, United Kingdom


First Indochina War-Operation Castor
Friday Nov 20, 1953 - Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam


The Beatles-Harrison's deportation
Sunday Nov 20, 1960 - Hamburg, Germany


Che Guevara-Guevara left Congo
Saturday Nov 20, 1965 - Congo


Neil Armstrong-Announcing the New Apollo Crew assignment
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Juan Carlos I-Franco's Death
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Francisco Franco-Death
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Audrey Hepburn-They All Laughed
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Bill Gates-First retail version of Microsoft Windows
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Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal registered the first triple-double of his career
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George Weah-He Was Banned From Six European Matches
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Charles Antetokounmpo-Kostas Antetokounmpo (Third child)
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Nintendo-The Nintendo DS release
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Bank of America-Bank of America announced the purchase of The United States Trust Company
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Shimon Peres-Honorary Knighthood
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Carlos the Jackal-Chavez defended Carlos
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Nintendo-The Nintendo DSi XL release in Japan
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Dwayne Johnson-Survivor Series (2011)
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip celebrated his 70th wedding anniversary with the Queen
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Billie Eilish-Grammy Awards
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Artus Quellinus II Birth
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Thomas Fremantle Birth
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20 November 1985


Bill Gates-First retail version of Microsoft Windows
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Steven Spielberg-1st Marriage
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Colombian conflict-Storming The Colombian Palace of Justice
Wednesday Nov 6, 1985 - Bogota, Colombia


Disasters with highest death tolls-Armero Tragedy
Wednesday Nov 13, 1985 - Colombia


Margaret Thatcher-The Anglo-Irish Agreement
Friday Nov 15, 1985 - Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, UK


Bill Gates-First retail version of Microsoft Windows
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-The Chair of The Istanbul city branch of The Islamist Welfare Party
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Garry Kasparov-Kasparov played against thirty-two different chess computers
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1997 Asian financial crisis-Economic growth in Thailand
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Colombian conflict-The first Negotiated Cease-Fire with the M-19 ended
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Visa Inc.-Headquarters in San Francisco
1985 - San Francisco, California, U.S.


Warren Buffett-The Mills was Sold
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Microprocessor-The ARM First Appeared
1985 - Cambridge, UK


Cameras-The NMOS active-pixel Sensor
1985 - Tokyo, Japan


Virtual reality-VPL Research
1985 - U.S.


MacOS-The heritage of what would become macOS
1985 - Redwood City, California, U.S.


Windows-The first version of Windows
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Virtual reality-Ames Research Center
1985 - California, U.S.

Vodafone-Racal-Vodafone
Tuesday Jan 1, 1985 - Newbury, England, U.K.


Linux-Stallman started the Free Software Foundation
1985 - U.S.


Gary Webb- A series investigation "Doctoring the Truth"
1985 - Ohio, United States


Computer animation-Tony de Peltrie
1985 - Montreal, Canada


Christopher Paul Gardner-Second Child
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Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret had part of her left lung removed
Saturday Jan 5, 1985 - England, United Kingdom


Heysel Stadium Events-1984 European Super Cup
Wednesday Jan 16, 1985 - Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin, Italy


Ronald Reagan-Second Term as a President
Sunday Jan 20, 1985 - Washington D.C., U.S.


Donald Trump-Trump acquired the Mar-a-Lago estate
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Donald Trump-Trump Castle
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Alister McIntyre (Officer-in-Charge)
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Nelson Mandela-The Release Offer
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Ted Kaczynski-A bomb in Sacramento
1985 - California, United States


Cristiano Ronaldo-Birth
Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal


Nuclear Power-The overall failure of the U.S. nuclear power program
Monday Feb 11, 1985 - U.S.A


Popeyes-500th restaurant
1985 - U.S.


Stuart Long -Long won the Golden Gloves
1985 - Montana, U.S


Mikhail Gorbachev-Chernenko died
Sunday Mar 10, 1985 at 12:00:00 AM - Russia


Iran–Iraq War-Operation Badr
Monday Mar 11, 1985 - Al Qurnah, Iraq


Dissolution of the Soviet Union-General Secretary
Monday Mar 11, 1985 - Moscow, Russia


Mikhail Gorbachev-General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Monday Mar 11, 1985 - Moscow, Russia


Iran–Iraq War-Breaking Through North of Qurna
Thursday Mar 14, 1985 - Al Qurnah, Iraq


Iran–Iraq War-The second "war of the cities"
Thursday Mar 21, 1985 - Tehran - Tabriz - Shiraz - Isfahan, Iran


Brexit-The second Margaret Thatcher government
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Prince Harry-The First Overseas Tour
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Pablo Escobar: Narcos-Palace of Justice siege
Friday Apr 19, 1985 - Colombia


Freddie Mercury-Mercury began another long-term relationship with Irish-born hairdresser Jim Hutton
1985 - England, United Kingdom


Freddie Mercury-Mercury and Everett had fallen out
1985 - England, United Kingdom


Freddie Mercury-Mr. Bad Guy
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Iran–Iraq War-Anti-war demonstrations
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Johan Cruyff-Back to Ajax
May, 1985 - Amsterdam, Netherlands


James Bond-A View to a Kill premiere
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Colombian conflict-the creation of the Patriotic Union (Unión Patriótica)
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Heysel Stadium Events-1985 European Cup Final
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Heysel Stadium Events-The trouble started
Wednesday May 29, 1985 at 05 PM - Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium


Heysel Stadium Events-The Result
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Heysel Stadium Events-The Blame
Thursday May 30, 1985 - England, United Kingdom


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Heysel Stadium Events-UEFA banned English clubs for "...An indeterminate period of time"
Saturday Jun 1, 1985 - England, United Kingdom


Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA extended the ban
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Plane Accidents-Air India Flight 182
Sunday Jun 23, 1985 - Near Watervill, Ireland


Michael Phelps-Birth
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Plane Accidents-Tupolev Tu-154B-2, Aeroflot Flight 7425
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Ronald Reagan-Colon Surgery
Saturday Jul 13, 1985 - Bethesda, Maryland, U.S


Freddie Mercury-Live Aid
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Wednesday Jul 17, 1985 - Iran


Trivial Pursuit-Northern Plastics produced 30,000,000 games
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Zara-New system and instant fashion
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Plane Accidents-JAL flight123
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Heysel Stadium Events-Memorial was presented to the victims
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Severo Ochoa-Spanish science policy authorities
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David Cameron-Entering Oxford University
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1985 - England, United Kingdom


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Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Gardner resumed contact with Jackie and had a second child
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Xerox-Xerox sold all of its publishing subsidiaries
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Margaret Thatcher-The Anglo-Irish Agreement
Friday Nov 15, 1985 - Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, UK


Bill Gates-First retail version of Microsoft Windows
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Warren Buffett-The Insurance Sector
1985 - U.S.


Cinnabon-Opening The First Cinnabon
Wednesday Dec 4, 1985 - Federal Way, Washington, U.S.


Jacintha Darlene Gardner-Jacintha Darlene Gardner spend her childhood with her mother
Saturday Dec 7, 1985 - U.S.


Plane Accidents-Douglas DC-8, Arrow Air Flight 1285
Thursday Dec 12, 1985 - Newfoundland, Canada


Chernobyl disaster-The third test to Chernobyl nuclear power plant
1985 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R


Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA announced that English clubs were also free to play friendly games in Europe
Dec, 1985 - Zurich, Switzerland


Dissolution of the Soviet Union-First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party (Yeltsin)
Monday Dec 23, 1985 - Moscow, Russia