1985

1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1985th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 985th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1980s decade.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1950s  1960s  1970s  – 1980s –  1990s  2000s  2010s
Years:	1982 1983 1984 – 1985 – 1986 1987 1988

Events

• January 20 - President Ronald Reagan is inaugurated for the second time.
• February 18 - NBA player Larry Bird barely misses a quadruple-double in a game against the Utah Jazz. He sits out the entire fourth quarter.
• March 11 – Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• April 1 - Cincinnati, OH-based Procter & Gamble removed the moon & stars symbol from its packaging.
• July 13 – Live Aid concerts take place in London and Philadelphia
• September 1 – The wreckage of the RMS Titanic was found.
• November 18 – Bill Watterson first publishes "Calvin and Hobbes".
• November 20 – Microsoft ships the first version of Microsoft Windows out to be sold.
• December 6 - The Boston Celtics pick up their only home loss of the 1985-86 NBA season, losing to the Portland Trail Blazers at Boston Garden. They establish the best single-season NBA home court record of all time.

Births

• January 14 – Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater
• February 5 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
• February 9 – David Gallagher, American actor
• February 18 - Lee Boyd Malvo, Jamaican-American spree killer
• February 19 – Haylie Duff, American actress and singer
• March 26 – Keira Knightley, English actress
• April 3 – Leona Lewis, English singer
• May 2 – Lily Allen, English singer
• May 2 – Kyle Busch, American NASCAR driver
• June 2 – Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
• June 4 – Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
• June 4 – Lukas Podolski, Polish-born German footballer
• June 30 – Charley Uchea, English Big Brother contestant
• June 30 – Cody Rhodes, American professional wrestler
• July 2 – Mario Gómez, German footballer
• July 6 – Naomi Nari Nam, American figure skater
• August 18 – Rachel Smith, Panamanian-born Miss USA 2007
• August 19 – Lindsey Jacobellis, American Olympic snowboarder
• August 26 – Christopher Mabee, Canadian figure skater
• September 14 – Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
• September 17 – Alexander Ovechkin, Professional ice hockey player for the Washington Capitals
• September 17 – Jon Walker, American guitarist
• September 21 – Reza Alinejad, Iranian criminal
• October 11 – Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
• October 23 - Lachlan Gillespie, Australian musician (The Wiggles)
• October 24 – Wayne Rooney, English footballer
• October 25 – Ciara, American R&B/Pop singer
• November 4 – Marcell Jansen, German footballer
• December 10 – Raven Symone, American actress
• Lindsay Hawker, British murder victim (d. 2007)
• Charlotte Lindström, Swedish criminal and model

Deaths

• March 10 – Konstantin Chernenko, leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1911)
• May 16 - Margaret Hamilton, American actress
• July 16 – Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel Prize in Literature winner (b. 1917)
• August 8 – Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (b. 1906)
• August 10 – Yul Brynner, Russian-born American actor (b. 1920)
• August 12 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (b. 1941)
• September 30 – Charles Richter, American scientist, creator of the Richter scale (b. 1900)
• October 1 – E. B. White, American writer (b. 1899)
• October 2 – Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
• October 10 – Orson Welles, American director, writer and actor (b. 1915)
• October 12 - Johnny Olson, American television announcer (b. 1910)
• October 21 – Dan White, American politician who assassinated Harvey Milk and George Moscone in 1978 (b. 1946)
• November 14 – Wellington Koo, Chinese diplomat (b. 1887)
• December 6 - Carroll Cole, American serial killer (b. 1938) (executed)
• December 14 – Roger Maris, American baseball player (b. 1934)
• December 26 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist (b. 1932)
• December 31 - Ricky Nelson, American singer (b. 1940)

Movies released

• Brewster's Millions
• Back to the Future
• The Breakfast Club
• Commando
• The Care Bears Movie
• The Goonies
• One Magic Christmas
• Runaway Train
• Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
• Rambo: First Blood Part II
• Rocky IV
• Return to Oz
• St. Elmo's Fire

Hit songs

• "Glory Days" – Bruce Springsteen
• "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" – Judas Priest
• "Crazy for You" – Madonna
• "Reviens-moi" – Dalida
• "C'était mon ami" – Dalida
• "Le temps d'aimer" – Dalida
• "Le Vénitien de Levallois" – Dalida
• "Find A Way" – Amy Grant
• "Wise Up" – Amy Grant
• "Say You, Say Me" – Lionel Richie
• "We Are the World" – USA for Africa
• "Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore" – REO Speedwagon
• "I'm Going Down" – Bruce Springsteen
• "Freeway of Love" – Aretha Franklin

New books

• Forrest Gump – Winston Groom