1985

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

[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