23. marraskuuta 1985 oli lauantaina tähtimerkin ♐ alla. Se oli 326 päivä vuodesta. Yhdysvaltain presidentti oli Ronald Reagan.
Jos olet syntynyt tänä päivänä, olet 40 vuotta vanha. Viimeisin syntymäpäiväsi oli sunnuntaina 23. marraskuuta 2025, 217 päivää sitten. Seuraava syntymäpäiväsi on maanantaina 23. marraskuuta 2026, 147 päivän kuluttua. Olet elänyt 14 827 päivää tai noin 355 848 tuntia tai noin 21 350 883 minuuttia tai noin 1 281 052 980 sekuntia.
Date: 23 November 1985
By Albert Scardino, Special To the New York Times
Albert Scardino
Jerry DeHimer had a problem. He needed to replace the worn-out presses at The Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin, the daily morning and afternoon newspapers here. And he wanted presses that could print a paper faster and cheaper - and maybe even end the problem of ink rubbing off on readers' hands.
Date: 24 November 1985
International A ''blow-up scenario'' for Geneva was quickly devised by American officials who feared early Thursday morning that the summit meeting might collapse at the final ceremony. ''We had a nightmare vision with world headlines saying, 'Summit Breaks Up Over Star Wars,' '' one official said. [Page 1, Column 1.] Terrorists seized an Egyptair jetliner carrying more than 100 people and forced it to land in Malta, where the Government radio station reported that five people had been killed. One American was reported injured. In Washington, a State Department spokesman said officials had received reports that the body of one person from the plane was at a Malta hospital. [1:3.] Many people trapped by mud in Armero, Colombia, last weekend died because of bungled rescue operations, according to frustrated volunteers. They said the rescue efforts were hampered by shortages of manpower, helicopters, expertise, medicine and such basics as shovels. [1:4.] A nine-stanza love lyric attributed in the manuscript copy to Shakespeare has been discovered in Oxford University's Bodleian Library by an American scholar. It appears to be the first addition to the canon of Shakespeare's works since the 17th century. It is untitled. [1:1.] Nelson Mandela was transferred from the South African hospital, where he was recovering from surgery, back to prison. The black nationalist leader is serving a life sentence for sabotage. [15:1.] Remarkably candid comments about priestly celibacy were made by Bishop James W. Malone, the head of the American Roman Catholic delegation to an extraordinary synod that starts today in Rome.
Date: 24 November 1985
''I didn't actually plan to discover this poem when I started looking for work,'' said Gary Taylor. But only days after making his discovery - a nine-stanza love lyric that appears to be the first addition to Shakespeare's canon since the 17th century -he already knows he will always be identified with it, and it with him.
Date: 24 November 1985
By Richard Haitch
Richard Haitch
CALIFORNIA said that surveyors had made a mistake in 1868-69, and that as a result its border with Oregon should be a quarter of a mile north of where it is now drawn.
Date: 24 November 1985
By Richard Haitch
Richard Haitch
TO help elderly people in New York City ''combat loneliness,'' the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals offered a year ago in August to give them pets.
Date: 24 November 1985
By Richard Haitch
Richard Haitch
THE 15-year-old boy settled into the orthodontist's chair in a suburb outside of Detroit and demanded that the braces on his teeth be removed. The orthodontist replied that he would first have to get the permission of the youth's parents.
Date: 24 November 1985
By States News Service
States Service
THE Federal Environmental Protection Agency has not chosen the best method for cleaning up the Lipari Landfill in Gloucester County, the nation's worst toxic-waste site, according to a report by Congress's Office of Technology Assessment.
Date: 24 November 1985
By Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
White City: Pete Townshend Vestron MusicVideo 60 minutes. $29.95. ''White City: Pete Townshend'' is a brave attempt, but only partly by the former leader of the Who, to fuse video and rock music into a semi-autobiographical memory play.
Date: 24 November 1985
By Anna Kisselgoff
Anna Kisselgoff
The Children of Theater Street An Earle Mack Film. Narration by Princess Grace of Monaco Kultur 92 minutes. $59.95 Filmed in 1977, this documentary about the famous ballet school in Leningrad that produced Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov, not to mention Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky and George Balanchine, is still the best of its genre.
Date: 24 November 1985
By Tim Page
Tim Page
Handel's 'Messiah' Starring Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Elliott and David Thomas. The Academy of Ancient Music and Choir of Westminster Abbey conducted by Christopher Hogwood.