What Happened on August 16, 1985

Historical Events

Death of A Salesman

CBS' premiere of its TV adaptation of "Death of A Salesman", starring Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich

Famous Birthdays

Agnes Bruckner, American actress, born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Taylor Goldsmith, American folk-rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Dawes), born in Los Angeles, California

Born in 1985

Famous Weddings

Madonna & Sean Penn

American pop singer Madonna (27) weds actor Sean Penn (24) at a clifftop mansion in Malibu, California on her, and the day before his, birthday; divorce in 1989