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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.[a][1]
- 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.[2]
- 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[3]
- September 1 – The wreckage of the RMS Titanic was found.[4]
- November 18 – Bill Watterson first publishes "Calvin and Hobbes".[5]
- November 20 – Microsoft ships the first version of Microsoft Windows out to be sold.[6]
- 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)[7]
- August 10 – Yul Brynner, Russian-born American actor (b. 1920)[7]
- 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)[7]
- October 2 – Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)[7]
- October 10 – Orson Welles, American director, writer and actor (b. 1915)[7]
- 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)[8]
- 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)[7]
- December 26 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist (b. 1932)[7]
- 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[9]
- "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" – Judas Priest
- "Crazy for You" – Madonna[10]
- "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[10]
- "We Are the World" – USA for Africa[10]
- "Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore" – REO Speedwagon[9]
- "I'm Going Down" – Bruce Springsteen
- "Freeway of Love" – Aretha Franklin[9]
New books
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Swearing-In Ceremony for President Ronald W. Reagan: Fiftieth Inaugural Ceremonies, January 21, 1985". http://www.inaugural.senate.gov/swearing-in/event/ronald-reagan-1985. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ↑ "On This Day: 11 March – 1985: Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/11/newsid_2538000/2538327.stm. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ↑ McHugh, Catherine (July 13, 2015). "Live Aid 30th Anniversary: The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World". A&E Television Networks LLC. http://www.biography.com/news/live-aid-30th-anniversary. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ↑ Ward, Greg (2012). The Rough Guide to the Titanic. London: Rough Guides Ltd. pp. 171-172. ISBN 978-1-4053-8699-9.
Template-specific style sheet:
- ↑ Lee Salem, Editor, "Calvin and Hobbes". Radio interview with Renee Montagne. Spiffy: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (mp3 (Transcript available here)). Morning Edition (NPR). November 18, 2005. Assessed on April 15, 2016.
- ↑ "A History of Windows: 1982–1985: Introducing Windows 1.0". Microsoft. 2016. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows/history#T1=era1. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 "Famous People Who Died in 1985". A&E Television Networks LLC. 2016. http://www.biography.com/people/groups/died-1985. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Biography: Dan White, Government Official (1946–1985)". A&E Television Networks LLC. 2016. http://www.biography.com/people/dan-white-17169664. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "The Top 100 Songs of 1985 – Billboard Year-End Charts". Bob Borst. 2016. http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-of-the-year/?year=1985. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "The Hot 100 – 1985 Archive". Billboard. 2016. http://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1985/hot-100. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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