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1985 Calendar

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•  February 20, 1985 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
•  March 16, 1985 – Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.
•  April 19, 1985 – FBI siege on the compound of The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSAL) in Arkansas
•  April 23, 1985 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.
•  July 20, 1985 – The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
•  September 1, 1985 – A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
•  November 13, 1985 – Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida’s first Cuban-born mayor.
•  November 15, 1985 – A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
•  November 19, 1985 – Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
•  November 20, 1985 – Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

•  January 13, 1985 – Qi Hui, Chinese swimmer
•  February 18, 1985 – Chelsea Hobbs, American actress
•  February 22, 1985 – Hameur Bouazza, Algerian footballer
•  March 31, 1985 – Jessica Szohr, American actress
•  May 14, 1985 – Simona Peycheva, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
•  May 20, 1985 – Chris Froome, British cyclist
•  June 5, 1985 – Kenny De Ketele, Belgian cyclist
•  July 3, 1985 – Minami Keisuke, Japanese singer and actor
•  July 25, 1985 – Nelson Piquet, Jr., Brazilian race car driver
•  October 16, 1985 – Verena Sailer, German sprinter