1985

Year 1985 () was a (link displays 1985 ).

The year 1985 was declared  by the.

January



 * - The first British cell phone call is made (by to ).
 * - was founded as a "Different Kind of Car Company."
 * - is elected president of  by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule.
 * - announces it is going to phase out its famous es.
 * - U.S. President is privately sworn in for a second term in office (publicly sworn in, January 21).
 * - The win their 2nd  in 4 years by defeating the  38-16 in  at  in,.
 * - In, , the charity single "" is recorded by.

February

 * - broadcasting starts in.
 * - cancels its involvement in -led  tests.
 * - "" becomes the official city of.
 * - U.S. drug agent is kidnapped and murdered in  (his body is discovered ).
 * - rejects an offer of freedom from the n government.
 * - bowler  takes 10 wickets in his second  match, but  still wins.
 * - reporter Jeremy Levin is freed from captivity in.
 * - begins withdrawing troops from.
 * - becomes the first  patient to leave the.
 * - incident
 * - The carries out a  on the  police station at, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.

March

 * - The approves a  for, used since then to screen all s in the United States.
 * - makes his professional debut in Albany, New York, a match which he wins by a first round knockout.
 * - becomes the General Secretary of the  and  leader of the.
 * - buys the London-based department store company .
 * - Five esses at the are put on  after the lion population increases from 2 to 16.
 * - Vice-president took oath as the first civilian president of  in 21 years, as the elected president  had become severely ill on the day before.
 * - newsman  is taken hostage in . He is eventually released on,.
 * - win the English  at Wembley Stadium, beating Sunderland 1-0 in the final.
 * - debuts at

April

 * - ends its ban on s.
 * - The performs a  test at Eastern.
 * - Brazilian President dies, he is succeeded by.
 * - changes its formula and releases . (The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.)
 * - The n (NDP) splits.

May

 * - The 30th takes place in,.
 * - U.S. President joins German Chancellor  for a controversial funeral service at a cemetery in Bitburg, Germany, which includes the graves of 59 elite  troops from.
 * - The brings charges against the suspected heads of the 5  families in.
 * - in the  stadium in,  during a football match, killing 56.
 * - Mayor  orders police to storm the radical group 's headquarters to end a stand-off. The police drop an explosive device into the headquarters, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 61 city residents in the resulting fire.
 * - An explosive device sent by the injures John Hauser at.
 * - Thomas Patrick Cavanagh is sentenced to life in prison for attempting to sell secrets to the.
 * - RCMP officers capture the, seizing $238,000,000.00 in drugs, the largest drug bust in history.
 * - is hit by a  and, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
 * - : 38 spectators are killed in rioting on the terraces during the final between  and  at  in,.
 * - Forty-one es hit in, , and , leaving 76 dead.

June

 * - In, police defuse a bomb sent to.
 * -, carrying 153 passengers from to , is hijacked by a  fringe group. One passenger,  Petty Officer , is killed.
 * - launches the  in the.
 * -, a , blows up 31,000 feet (9,500 m) above the , south of , killing all 329 aboard.
 * - Irish police foil an -sponsored 'mainland bombing campaign' which targeted luxury vacationing resorts, arresting 13 suspects.
 * - Monorail Gold catches fire on the EPCOT beam around 9:00pm due to friction from a flat tire.
 * - is officially decommissioned.

July

 * -, 13, achieves a first in mathematics at , becoming the youngest person ever to earn a first-class  and the youngest known graduate of Oxford University.
 * - The vessel  is  in  harbour by French  agents.
 * -  pop concerts in and  raise over £50 million for famine relief in.
 * - U.S. Vice President served as  for eight hours, while President  underwent colon cancer surgery.
 * - U.S. Vice President announces that  teacher  will become the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the Space Shuttle .
 * - The main site of the  galleon  (which sank in ) is found 40 miles off the coast of  by treasure hunters who begin to excavate $400 million in s and.
 * - launches the  personal computer at the  in.

August

 * - crashes near, killing 137 people.
 * - In, tens of thousands mark the 40th anniversary of the ing of the city.
 * -, and  are chosen to be 's first s.
 * - crashes in, killing 520 people: the worst single-aircraft disaster in history.

September

 * - locates the wreck of the.
 * - replaces  as n Federal Opposition Leader.
 * -, a , crashes just after takeoff from , killing 31.
 * - An 8.1  strikes . More than 9,000 people are killed, 30,000 injured, and 95,000 left homeless.
 * - The of Dorothy 'Cherry' Groce by the  sparks race riots in, an area of ,.
 * - is fired from

October

 * - The i air force  Headquarters near.
 * - The is founded in,.
 * - The cruise ship  is hijacked in the Mediterranean Sea by 4 heavily armed Palestinian terrorists. One passenger, American, is killed.
 * - The is released on US shores.

November

 * -  erupts, killing an estimated 23,000 people, including 21,000 killed by s in the town of,.
 * - In separate events, s kill two people in ; a third bomb explodes the next day, injuring career . The ensuing police investigation leads to the arrest of Hoffman for the two murders.
 * - : In, U.S. President and  leader  meet for the first time.
 * - Microsoft Corporation releases the first version of Windows,.
 * - U.S. President sells the rights to his  to  for a record US$3 million.
 * - Gerard Hoarau, exiled political leader from the, is assassinated in.

December

 * - The and  are released for sale to the public.
 * -, and ,  are declared as.
 * -, a , crashes after takeoff in , , killing 256, 248 of whom were servicemen returning to  from overseeing a peacekeeping force in.
 * - In, bosses  and  are shot dead in front of Spark's Steak House, making hit organizer  the leader of the powerful  organized crime family.
 * - Work begins on 's first album Revolution at the.
 * - extremist  murders   Charles Goldmark as well as Goldmark's wife and 2 children in . Rice suspected the family of being  and  and claimed his dedication to the  movement drove him to the crime.
 * - : terrorists open fire in the s of  and, leaving 18 dead and 120 injured.
 * - American naturalist is found murdered in.
 * - The last issue of  is circulated.

Undated

 * The n state of celebrates its 150th anniversary.
 * introduced to.
 * s discovered by, and.
 * first written by.
 * is admitted to the ;, which claims Western Sahara, leaves in protest.
 * , space age real estate game, first published by Golden.
 * founded.
 * elected president of.
 * is founded.
 * is founded by after resigning from.
 * Tommy Hilfiger Brand established
 * Tetris released

Ongoing

 * (none)

Fictional
The following are references to year 1985 in fiction:
 * Film:
 * In the, the  is 1985. The events depicted in 1985 occur on th,  and  of that year, which the films accurately portray as a  and the following.
 *  is set in 1985.


 * Literature:
 * ' (1978) and ' (1982) by Sir : The Soviet Union invades Western Europe over three weeks in August.
 *  by is set in an alternate-reality 1985.


 * Computer/video games:
 * (2001)
 * (2006)

January-February

 * -, Brazilian er who plays for
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, US Women's national soccer player
 * -, American football quarterback,
 * -, British Formula 1 Driver
 * -, Minor League Baseball player
 * -, Japanese Singer and Songwriter
 * -, Dutch singer
 * -, Korean singer, member of
 * -, Japanese singer and host of television and radio programs
 * -, Dutch supermodel
 * -, American murder victim (d. )
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, American football player
 * -, American actor
 * -, Portuguese footballer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Norwegian ski jumper
 * -, American singer
 * -, Hong Kong singer and actress
 * -, Japanese gravure idol
 * -, American serial killer
 * -, American actress and singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, Russian singer
 * -, er
 * -, Australian NRL player
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, Japanese singer and actress
 * -, Canadian singer
 * -, Serbian tennis player

March-April

 * -, American football player
 * -, American actor
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, French footballer
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, Australian soccer player
 * -, American actor
 * -, Finnish snowboarder
 * -, Japanese actress and model
 * -, English actress
 * -, British singer
 * - Japanese singer
 * -, Japanese singer,actor
 * -, Brazilian male model
 * -, Polish footballer
 * -, American actress
 * -, Japanese (voice actress)

May - June

 * -, American actress
 * -, American figure skater
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, British singer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, New Zealand actress
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Portuguese singer and actress
 * -, Taiwanese baseball player
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor


 * -, Prince Ernst of Hanover's son
 * -, Ethiopian long distance track athlete
 * -, Brazilian fashion model (d.)
 * -, English musician
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Canadian singer/guitarist
 * -, American software developer
 * -, American model
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, British singer
 * -, Cypriot tennis player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Japanese gravure idol
 * -, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader
 * -, Russian tennis player
 * -, German Formula One driver
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American swimmer

July - August

 * -, American actress
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, British musician
 * -, British musician
 * -, American actor
 * -, Norwegian biathlete
 * -, British musician
 * -, American actor
 * -, American rugby player
 * -, American porn star
 * -, American actor and athlete
 * -, Japanese actress
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, American singer
 * - Rugby League Player
 * -, British actor
 * -, Ivory Coast footballer
 * -, American swimmer
 * -, Welsh actress
 * -, American artist
 * -, American actor

September-October

 * -, Japanese actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Russian hockey player
 * -, American musician
 * -, Dutch actress
 * -, Japanese singer and actress
 * -, Korean singer, member of
 * -, British singer
 * -, professional baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, Belgian professional cyclist
 * -, former contestant and singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, Mexican actress
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, American alpine skier
 * -, American actress
 * -, American musician
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American singer

November-December

 * -, Australian Idol 2005
 * -, English television personality
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian singer
 * -, Portuguese singer and actress
 * -, Indian cricketer
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Hungarian swimmer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Mexican actress
 * -, American actress and singer
 * -, Japanese actress
 * -, British rapper
 * -, American
 * -, American motorcycle racer
 * -, English drummer
 * -, Australian actor

January - March

 * -, British general (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )


 * -, Soviet politician (b. )
 * -, Hungarian conductor (b. )
 * - Sir, English actor (b. )
 * -, Russian-born painter (b. )
 * -, Belgian nun and singer (b. )

April - June

 * -, American songwriter (b. )
 * -, Albanian dictator (b. )
 * -, Brazilian elected president (b. )
 * -, American chemical engineer (b. )
 * -, Czechoslovakian actor (b. )
 * -, the 10th General of (b. )
 * -, British civil engineer (b. )
 * -, Filipino child actress and singer (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American cartoonist (b. )
 * -, French artist (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American songwriter, composer, and writer (b. )
 * -, American animator (b. )


 * -, American right-to-die cause célèbre (b. )
 * -, Chinese mathematician (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )

July - September

 * -, British race car driver (b. )
 * -, Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. )
 * -, German writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, Polish writer (b. )
 * -, American magician and card expert (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, German race car driver (b. )
 * -, Japanese singer, well known by his most famous song, "", killed in the crash of (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American schoolgirl activist (b. )
 * -, Australian biologist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, race car driver and 1984 World SportsCars Champion (b. )
 * -, wife of Canadian prime minister Arthur Meighen (b. )
 * -, American musician
 * -, English biochemist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American scientist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, Welsh designer (b. )
 * -, Italian writer (b. )

October - December

 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American actor, brother of (b. )
 * -, American bandleader (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American film director (b. )
 * -, American game show announcer (b. )
 * -, American scientist (b. )
 * -, Danish actor (b. )


 * -, American professional wrestler (b. )
 * -, president of (b. )
 * -, Georgian linguist (b. )
 * -, American architect (b. )
 * -, American sound recording pioneer (b. )
 * -, American blues singer (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Scottish rock musician (b. )
 * -, American singer and guitarist (b. )
 * -, Algerian nationalist (b. )
 * -, American biologist (b. )
 * -, American singer and actor (b. )

Unknown dates

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Environmental

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 * - The volcano erupts in, killing an estimated 23,000 people.
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Right Livelihood Award

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