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1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar.
Events
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- 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
- May 18 – Joseph Roisman, American former navy sailor
- 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
- November 16 – Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland
- December 10 – Raven Symone, American actress
Deaths
[change | change source]January
[change | change source]- January 2 – Gabriel Elorde, Filipino professional boxer (b. 1935)
- January 3 – Tadeusz Pełczyński, Polish general (b. 1892)
- January 4 – Lovro von Matačić, Croatian conductor (b. 1899)
- January 4 – Brian Horrocks, British Army officer (b. 1895)
- January 7 – Jules Vandooren, French footballer (b. 1908)
- January 10 – Anton Karas, Austrian musician (b. 1906)
- January 10 – André Bjerke, Norwegian writer (b. 1918)
- January 15 – Salvador Cardona, Spanish cyclist (b. 1901)
- January 21 – Luise Ullrich, Austrian actress (b. 1910)
- January 22 – Paul Harteck, German chemist (b. 1902)
- January 22 – Mikhail Gromov, Russian aviator (b. 1899)
- January 26 – Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer (b. 1914)
February
[change | change source]- February 20 – Clarence Nash, American voice actor (b. 1904)
- February 22 – Efrem Zimbalist Sr., Russian-American violinist (b. 1889)
March
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- March 10 – Konstantin Chernenko, Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1911)
- March 21 – Michael Redgrave, English stage actor (b. 1908)
- March 28 – Marc Chagall, Russian-French artist (b. 1887)
- March 29 – Gerhard Stöck, German olympic athlete (b. 1911)
April
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May
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- May 16 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
- May 18 – Penn Nouth, Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1908)
June
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- June 21 – Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1901)
- June 30 – Haruo Remeliik, President of Palau (b. 1933)
July
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- July 4 – Jan de Quay, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1901)
- July 8 – Simon Kuznets, American economist (b. 1901)
- July 16 – Heinrich Böll, German writer (b. 1917)
August
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- August 6 – Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana (b. 1923)
- August 8 – Louise Brooks, American film actress (b. 1906)
- August 12 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer (b. 1941)
- August 25 – Samantha Smith, American peace activist (b. 1972)
- August 31 – Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist (b. 1899)
September
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- September 6 – Rodney Robert Porter, British biochemist (b. 1917)
- September 9 – Paul Flory, American chemist (b. 1910)
- September 19 – Italo Calvino, Italian writer (b. 1923)
- September 30 – Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist (b. 1900)
October
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- October 1 – E. B. White, American writer (b. 1899)
- October 2 – Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
- October 9 – Emílio Garrastazu Médici, President of Brazil (b. 1905)
- October 10 – Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor (b. 1920)
- October 10 – Orson Welles, American actor (b. 1915)
- October 12 – Johnny Olson, American radio personality (b. 1910)
- October 21 – Dan White, American politician (b. 1946)
November
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- November 14 – Wellington Koo, Acting President of the Republic of China (b. 1888)
- November 17 – Lon Nol, President of the Khmer Republic (b. 1913)
December
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- December 12 – Anne Baxter, American actress (b. 1923)
- December 14 – Roger Maris, American baseball athlete (b. 1934)
- December 26 – Dian Fossey, American Researcher (b. 1932)
- December 27 – Harold Whitlock, British olympic athlete (b. 1903)
- December 31 – Ricky Nelson, American musician (b. 1940)
Movies released
[change | change source]Hit songs
[change | change source]- "Glory Days" – Bruce Springsteen[7]
- "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" – Judas Priest
- "Crazy for You" – Madonna[8]
- "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[8]
- "We Are the World" – USA for Africa[8]
- "Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore" – REO Speedwagon[7]
- "I'm Going Down" – Bruce Springsteen
- "Freeway of Love" – Aretha Franklin[7]
New books
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[change | change source]Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1985.
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 "Swearing-In Ceremony for President Ronald W. Reagan: Fiftieth Inaugural Ceremonies, January 21, 1985". The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ↑ "On This Day: 11 March – 1985: Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader". On This Day: 1950–2005. BBC. 11 March 1985. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ↑ McHugh, Catherine (July 13, 2015). "Live Aid 30th Anniversary: The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World". Bio. A&E Television Networks LLC. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. 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.
- ↑ Lee Salem (November 18, 2005). "Spiffy: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes" (mp3). Morning Edition (NPR) (Radio interview). Interviewed by Renee Montagne. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ↑ "A History of Windows: 1982–1985: Introducing Windows 1.0". Microsoft Windows. Microsoft. 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "The Top 100 Songs of 1985 – Billboard Year-End Charts". Bob Borst. 2016. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "The Hot 100 – 1985 Archive". Billboard. 2016. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
