1985 facts for kids

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s – 1980s – 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years:	1982 1983 1984 – 1985 – 1986 1987 1988

1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Events
Births
Deaths
Movies released
Hit songs
New books
Images for kids

Events

January 20 - President Ronald Reagan is inaugurated for the second time.
March 11 – Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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.

Births

January 14 – Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater
February 5 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
February 9 – David Gallagher, American actor
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 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
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 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 14 – Roger Maris, American baseball player (b. 1934)
December 26 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist (b. 1932)

Movies released

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

Images for kids

Women's History Month on Kiddle

Women Scientists of Antiquity

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