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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. 1985 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise from top-left: Royal Air Force C-130 airdropping food during the Ethiopian famine ; reductions of up to 70 percent in the ozone column observed in the austral (southern hemispheric ...
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 .
1985 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1985 disestablishments in the United States (44 C, 22 P) 1985 establishments in the United States (59 C, 174 P)
1985 – Bernhard Goetz is indicted in New York on charges of attempted murder after shooting four young men who he claimed were intent on mugging him. 1985 – Professional wrestling hits the mainstream with the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania I and Saturday Night's Main Event I. The WWF's flagship star, Hulk Hogan, becomes a ...
The AIDS crisis ran rampant during the '80s. On March 2, 1985, the FDA approved a blood test for the disease. The first test was known as an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or ELISA test.
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
In 1985, Reagan authorized the sale of arms in Iran in an unsuccessful effort to free U.S. hostages in Lebanon; he later professed ignorance that subordinates were illegally diverting the proceeds to the Contras, a matter for which Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, an aide to National Security Advisor John M. Poindexter, took much of the ...
October 1985 events in the United States (1 C, 3 P) November 1985 events in the United States (1 C, 8 P) December 1985 events in the United States (1 C, 5 P)