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.
 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 
 March 10 – Konstantin Chernenko, leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1911)
 May 16 - Margaret Hamilton, American actress
 July 16 – Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel Prize in Literature winner (b. 1917)
 August 8 – Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (b. 1906)
 August 10 – Yul Brynner, Russian-born American actor (b. 1920)
 August 12 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (b. 1941)
 September 30 – Charles Richter, American scientist, creator of the Richter scale (b. 1900)
 October 1 – E. B. White, American writer (b. 1899)
 October 2 – Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
 October 10 – Orson Welles, American director, writer and actor (b. 1915)
 October 12 - Johnny Olson, American television announcer (b. 1910)
 October 21 – Dan White, American politician who assassinated Harvey Milk and George Moscone in 1978 (b. 1946)
 November 14 – Wellington Koo, Chinese diplomat (b. 1887)
 December 6 - Carroll Cole, American serial killer (b. 1938) (executed)
 December 14 – Roger Maris, American baseball player (b. 1934)
 December 26 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist (b. 1932)
 December 31 - Ricky Nelson, American singer (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

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