1985

1985 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1985 ; MCMLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	2738
Armenian calendar	1434 ; ?? ????
Assyrian calendar	6735
Baha'i calendar	141?142
Balinese saka calendar	1906?1907
Bengali calendar	1392
Berber calendar	2935
British Regnal year	33 Eliz. 2 ? 34 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2529
Burmese calendar	1347
Byzantine calendar	7493?7494
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat ) ; 4681 or 4621 ; ? to ? ; 乙丑年 (Wood Ox ) ; 4682 or 4622
Coptic calendar	1701?1702
Discordian calendar	3151
Ethiopian calendar	1977?1978
Hebrew calendar	5745?5746
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2041?2042
- Shaka Samvat	1906?1907
- Kali Yuga	5085?5086
Holocene calendar	11985
Igbo calendar	985?986
Iranian calendar	1363?1364
Islamic calendar	1405?1406
Japanese calendar	Sh?wa 60 ; (昭和６０年)
Javanese calendar	1917?1918
Juche calendar	74
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4318
Minguo calendar	ROC 74 ; 民國74年
Nanakshahi calendar	517
Thai solar calendar	2528
Tibetan calendar	?木鼠年 ; (male Wood- Rat ) ; 2111 or 1730 or 958 ; ? to ? ; ?木牛年 ; (female Wood- Ox ) ; 2112 or 1731 or 959
Unix time	473385600 ? 504921599

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

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. Super mario Bros. was released in this year. Also the NES was released (an American version of the Famicom (1983))in this year.

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 Gomez , 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 Lindstrom , Swedish criminal and model

Deaths [ change | change source ]

January [ change | change source ]

January 2 ? Gabriel Elorde , Filipino professional boxer (b. 1935 )
January 3 ? Tadeusz Pełczy?ski , Polish general (b. 1892 )
January 4 ? Lovro von Mata?i? , 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 ? Andre 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 )

October [ change | change source ]

October 1 ? E. B. White , American writer (b. 1899 )
October 2 ? Rock Hudson , American actor (b. 1925 )
October 9 ? Emilio Garrastazu Medici , 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 | change source ]

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 | change source ]

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'etait mon ami" ? Dalida
"Le temps d'aimer" ? Dalida
"Le Venitien 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 | change source ]

Forrest Gump ? Winston Groom

Notes [ change | change source ]

↑ "January 20th fell on Sunday, so Reagan was privately sworn in that day at the White House; public Inauguration on January 21st took place in the Capitol Rotunda, due to freezing weather." ^[1]

References [ change | change source ]

↑ ^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 .

[2] "January 20th fell on Sunday, so Reagan was privately sworn in that day at the White House; public Inauguration on January 21st took place in the Capitol Rotunda, due to freezing weather." ^[1]

[rr-1] 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 .

[3] "On This Day: 11 March ? 1985: Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader" . On This Day: 1950?2005 . BBC . 11 March 1985 . Retrieved April 15, 2016 .

[4] 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 .

[5] Ward, Greg (2012). The Rough Guide to the Titanic. London : Rough Guides Ltd. pp. 171-172. ISBN 978-1-4053-8699-9 .

[6] 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 .

[7] "A History of Windows: 1982?1985: Introducing Windows 1.0" . Microsoft Windows . Microsoft. 2016 . Retrieved April 15, 2016 .

[bb2-8] 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 .

[bb-9] 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 .

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