      the year 1985 was designated as the international youth year by the united nations. == events == === january === * january 1 ** the internet's domain name system is created. ** greenland is withdrawn from the european economic community. * january 10 â kenya recognizes the sahrawi arab democratic republic (sadr). * january 15 â tancredo neves is elected president of brazil by the congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * january 17 â british telecom announces it is going to phase out its famous red telephone boxes. * january 20 â u.s. president ronald reagan is privately sworn in for a second term in office (publicly sworn in, january 21). * january 27 â the economic cooperation organization is (eco) formed. * january 28 â in hollywood, the charity single "we are the world" is recorded by usa for africa. === february === * february 4 - the border between gibraltar and spain reopens since francisco franco closed it in 1969. * february 5 â australia cancels its involvement in u.s.-led mx missile tests. * february 9 â u.s. drug agent enrique camarena is kidnapped and murdered in mexico (his body is discovered march 5). * february 10 â nelson mandela rejects an offer of freedom from the south african government. * february 12 â rafael addiego bruno is sworn in as interim president of uruguay. * february 14 â cnn reporter jeremy levin is freed from captivity in lebanon. * february 16 â israel begins withdrawing troops from lebanon. * february 19 ** william j. schroeder becomes the first artificial heart patient to leave hospital. ** china airlines flight 006 is involved in a mid-air incident; while there are 22 minor injuries and 2 serious injuries, no one is killed. ** the first episode of the long-running british soap opera eastenders is broadcast on bbc one. * february 20 â minolta releases the maxxum 7000, the world's first autofocus single-lens reflex camera. * february 28 â the provisional irish republican army carries out a mortar attack on the royal ulster constabulary police station at newry, killing 9 officers in the highest loss of life for the ruc on a single day. === march === *march &ndash; the gnu manifesto, written by [[richard sta
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