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1985 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.
July 3 – Back to the Future opens in American theaters and ends up being the highest-grossing film of 1985 in the United States, and the first film in the successful franchise. July 13 Live Aid pop concerts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and London raise over £50,000,000 for famine relief in Ethiopia .
See 1985 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Books in Canada First Novel Award: G. Ursell, Perdue, or How the West Was Lost; Gerald Lampert Award: Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation; Pat Lowther Award: Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation; Stephen Leacock Award: Ted Allan, Love Is a Long Shot
January The Fraud Investigation Group is set up for cases of financial and commercial fraud. The Waterside Inn at Bray, Berkshire, founded by the brothers Michel and Albert Roux, becomes the first establishment in the UK to be awarded three Michelin Guide stars, a distinction which it retains for at least twenty-five years.
February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 307 days remain until the end of the year (308 in leap years). Events. ... (d. 1985) 1930 – Jovan ...
Six months later Neighbours is axed by HSV-7 with the final episode going to air on 8 November 1985. [52] [53] Network Ten subsequently buys the rights and begins screening it from 20 January 1986 where it becomes a hit. [53] 8 June – Hey Hey It's Saturday moves to 6:30 pm Saturdays.
1985 in the United States by state or territory (56 C) 1985 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1985 disestablishments in the United States (44 C, 22 P)
1917 – Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) 1918 – Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012) 1918 – Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018) 1919 – Jack McGrath, American race car driver (d. 1955)