1985 Calendar
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1985 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1985
– The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
February 20, 1985
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
April 20, 1985
– The ATF raids The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
July 7, 1985
– Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17
July 15, 1985
– The Nintendo Entertainment System, the best-selling game console of its time, is released in Japan.
July 20, 1985
– The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
October 10, 1985
– United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.
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 15, 1985
– The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
November 20, 1985
– Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
Who Were Born On 1985?
January 23, 1985
– Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer
January 31, 1985
– Adam Federici, Australian footballer
February 1, 1985
– Rachael Scdoris, American dog musher
February 3, 1985
– Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
May 21, 1985
– Isa Guha, English cricketer
June 1, 1985
– Sam Young, American basketball player
June 12, 1985
– Blake Ross, American software developer
October 1, 1985
– Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
October 17, 1985
– Collins John, Dutch footballer
December 13, 1985
– Alby Mathewson, New Zealand rugby player