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# 1985

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Years : | 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: | 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years: | 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

## [edit] Events

- Bill Watterson first publishes "Calvin and Hobbes".
- Microsoft makes the first version of Microsoft Windows.

## [edit] Births

- Date Unknown - Risen Star American race horse (d. 1998)
- February 5 - Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
- February 10 - Anette Sagen, Norwegian ski jumper
- February 18 - Lee Boyd Malvo, American convicted serial killer
- February 28 - FeFe Dobson, Canadian singer
- March 2 - Robert Iler, actor
- March 13 - Emile Hirsch, American actor
- March 15 - Antti Autti, Finnish snowboarder
- March 26 - Keira Knightley, English actress
- May 2 - Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
- June 26 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader
- June 27 - Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
- June 30 - Michael Phelps, American swimmer
- October 11 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
- October 22 - Zachary Hanson, American musician
- October 24 - Wayne Rooney, English footballer
- October 25 - Ciara, R&B/Pop Singer
- November 8 - Jack Osbourne, English actor
- December 5 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
- December 10 - Raven Symone, American actress

## [edit] Deaths

- E.B. White

## [edit] Films released

- The Breakfast Club
- 26 Bathrooms
- Brazil
- Cocoon
- Follow That Bird
- The Care Bears Movie
- Back to the Future
- Vision Quest
- Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
- The Goonies

## [edit] Hit songs

- "Out Of Mind Out Of Sight" - The Models #1
- "Barbados" - The Models
- "(Gotta Be) Wrong Way To Love" - Dynamic Hepnotics
- "Working Class Man" - Jimmy Barnes
- "Atmosphere" - Russ Abbott
- "Baby U Left Me" - Marilyn
- "The Power of Love" - Huey Lewis & the News
- "Faron Young" - Prefab Sprout
- "Merry Christmas Everyone" - Shakin' Stevens
- "Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
- "Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen
- "We Built This City" - Jefferson Starship
- "Oh Sheila" - Ready for the World
- "Shout" - Tears for Fears
- "I Want to Know What Love Is" - Foreigner
- "Careless Whisper" - Wham!
- "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
- "Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits
- "Find A Way" - Amy Grant
- "Wise Up" - Amy Grant
- "19" -- Paul Hardcastle
- "Say You, Say Me" - Lionel Richie
- "Walk Like a Man" - Divine
- "We Are the World" - USA for Africa
- "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys
- "Take On Me" - a-ha
- "Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore" - REO Speedwagon
- "Private Dancer" - Tina Turner
- "Indianapolis" - Menudo
- "I'm Going Down" - Bruce Springsteen
- "Freeway of Love" - Aretha Franklin

## [edit] New books

- The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler
- The Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome - Wayne Kritsberg
- At the Going Down of the Sun - Elizabeth Darrell
- Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
- Blood Music - Greg Bear
- The Cider House Rules - John Irving
- Contact - Carl Sagan
- The Damnation Game - Clive Barker
- Elvis and Gladys - Elaine Dundy
- Elvis and Me - Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
- Eon - Greg Bear
- The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
- If Tomorrow Comes - Sidney Sheldon
- Lake Wobegon Days - Garrison Keillor
- Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis
- Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
- The Mammoth Hunters - Jean M. Auel
- The Nuclear Age - Tim O'Brien
- Rebuilding Coventry - Sue Townsend
- Robots and Empire - Isaac Asimov
- The Secret Life of Saeed - Imil Habibi
- Secrets - Danielle Steel
- Skeleton Crew - Stephen King
- Texas - James A. Michener
- Walking on Glass - Iain Banks

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