Title: 1985 Content: 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was . == Events == * January 20 - President Ronald Reagan is inaugurated for the second time. * 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. * 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 * September 1 – The wreckage of the RMS Titanic was found.Ward, Greg (2012). The Rough Guide to the Titanic. London: Rough Guides Ltd. pp. 171-172. . * November 18 – Bill Watterson first publishes "Calvin and Hobbes". * November 20 – Microsoft ships the first version of Microsoft Windows out to be sold. * 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 == * 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 * 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 == === January === * 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 === * February 20 – Clarence Nash, American voice actor (b. 1904) * February 22 – Efrem Zimbalist Sr., Russian-American violinist (b. 1889) === March === * 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 === * April 11 – Enver Hoxha, Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1908) * April 21 – Tancredo Neves, President of Brazil (b. 1910) === May === * May 16 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902) * May 18 – Penn Nouth, Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1908) === June === * June 21 – Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1901) * June 30 – Haruo Remeliik, President of Palau (b. 1933) === July === * 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 === * 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 === * 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 === * 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 === * 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 === * 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 == * Brewster's Millions * Back to the Future * The Breakfast Club * Commando * The Care Bears Movie * The Goonies * One Magic Christmas * Runaway Train * Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer * Rambo: First Blood Part II * Rocky IV * Return to Oz * St. Elmo's Fire == Hit songs == *"Glory Days" – Bruce Springsteen *"Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" – Judas Priest *"Crazy for You" – Madonna *"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 *"We Are the World" – USA for Africa *"Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore" – REO Speedwagon *"I'm Going Down" – Bruce Springsteen *"Freeway of Love" – Aretha Franklin == New books == *Forrest Gump – Winston Groom