Events from 1985 in
England
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Events
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* 6 October – PC
Keith Blakelock
Keith Henry Blakelock QGM, a London Metropolitan Police constable, was murdered on 6 October 1985 during rioting at the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, north London. The riot broke out after Cynthia Jarrett died of heart failur ...
is fatally stabbed during the
Broadwater Farm Riot
The Broadwater Farm riot occurred on the Broadwater council estate in Tottenham, North London, on 6 October 1985.
The events of the day were dominated by two deaths. The first was that of Cynthia Jarrett, an Afro-Caribbean woman who died the p ...
in
Tottenham
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Wal ...
,
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
. Two of his colleagues are treated in hospital for gunshot wounds, as are three journalists.
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Lewis Hamiton
7 January
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting.
* 1325 – Alfonso IV ...
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1985 in Northern Ireland
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1985 in Scotland
Events from the year 1985 in Scotland.
Incumbents
* Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – George Younger
Law officers
* Lord Advocate – Lord Cameron of Lochbroom
* Solicitor General for Scotland – Peter ...
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1985 in Wales
References
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Years of the 20th century in England
1980s in England