1985

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Years:	1982 1983 1984 - 1985 - 1986 1987 1988

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Movies released 5 Hit songs 6 New books

[change] Events

• 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.
• Bill Watterson first publishes "Calvin and Hobbes".
• Microsoft made the first version of Microsoft Windows.

[change] 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
• 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 - 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
• Lindsay Hawker, British murder victim (d. 2007)
• Charlotte Lindström, Swedish criminal and model

[change] Deaths

• March 10 - Konstantin Chernenko, leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1911)
• July 16 - Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel Prize 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)
• November 14 - Wellington Koo, Chinese diplomat (b. 1887)
• December 26 - Dian Fossey, American zoologist (b. 1932)

[change] Movies released

• Back to the Future
• The Care Bears Movie
• The Goonies
• One Magic Christmas
• Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
• Return to Oz

[change] 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

[change] New books

• Forrest Gump - Winston Groom