1985 Calendar
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1985 Historical Event(s)
January 29, 1985
– Final recording session of We Are The World, by the supergroup USA for Africa.
February 19, 1985
– Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
February 20, 1985
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
April 8, 1985
– Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000.
June 15, 1985
– Rembrandt’s painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
June 19, 1985
– Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
June 24, 1985
– STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery completes its mission, best remembered for having Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist.
July 10, 1985
– Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
November 9, 1985
– Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union.
November 19, 1985
– Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
Who Were Born On 1985?
January 19, 1985
– Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player
April 18, 1985
– Łukasz Fabiański, Polish footballer
June 10, 1985
– Kristina Lundberg, Swedish ice hockey player
July 24, 1985
– Eric Wright, American football player
July 25, 1985
– Nelson Piquet, Jr., Brazilian race car driver
September 19, 1985
– Gio Gonzalez, American baseball player
September 21, 1985
– Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actress
October 22, 1985
– Evagelia Aravani, Greek fashion model
December 3, 1985
– Marcus Williams, American basketball player
December 13, 1985
– Laurence Leboeuf, Canadian actress