1985

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
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Years:	1982 1983 1984 – 1985 – 1986 1987 1988

1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

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 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