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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 .
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.
1985 events in South America by month (9 C) * 1985 sports events by month (12 C) 0–9. January 1985 events (3 C, 1 P) February 1985 events (3 C) March 1985 events (3 ...
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
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)
1985 – Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907) 1985 – Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (b. 1913) 1986 – Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896) 1988 – John Houseman, Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
1985 – Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic (b. 1905) 1985 – Franz Hildebrandt, German pastor and theologian (b. 1909) 1987 – Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1922) 1989 – Alva R. Fitch, American general (b. 1907) 1990 – Merab Mamardashvili, Georgian philosopher and academic (b. 1930)