1985
year
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 change
- 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
- 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
- December 10 – Raven Symone, American actress
- Lindsay Hawker, British murder victim (d. 2007)
- Charlotte Lindström, Swedish criminal and model
Deaths change
January change
- 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
- February 20 – Clarence Nash, American voice actor (b. 1904)
- February 22 – Efrem Zimbalist Sr., Russian-American violinist (b. 1889)
March change
- 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 change
- April 11 – Enver Hoxha, Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1908)
- April 21 – Tancredo Neves, President of Brazil (b. 1910)
May change
- May 16 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
- May 18 – Penn Nouth, Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1908)
June change
- June 21 – Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1901)
- June 30 – Haruo Remeliik, President of Palau (b. 1933)
July change
- 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 change
- 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 change
- 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 change
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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 change
- 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 change
- 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
Hit songs change
- "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 change
Notes change
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1985.
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "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.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "The Hot 100 – 1985 Archive". Billboard. 2016. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.