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1985
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POLITICS and HISTORY
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Mikhail Gorbachev suceeds Konstantin Cherichenko as General Secretary of the USSR
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Severe winter in Europe kills more than 100 people
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The UK starts screening blood donations for the AIDS virus
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The Live Aid Rock Concert in London and Philadelphia raises over $600M for African famine relief
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French sink the Greenpeace flagship 'Rainbow Warrior' in Auckland, New Zealand
MUSIC
- Rock Me Amadeus by Falco
- Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears
- Life in a Northern Town by Dream Academy
- One Night in Bangkok by Murray Head
- Lay Your Hands on Me by the Thompson Twins
- Take on Me by A-Ha
TV and at the MOVIES
- Michael J Fox took us Back to the Future
- Madonna was Desperately Seeking Susan
- Jack Nicholson fought for Prizzi's Honor
- Harrison Ford was Witness protecting
- Bruce Willis and Cybil Shephard were Moonlighting
- The Golden Girls made the Florida lifestyle sound bearable
- Kate & Allie were eighties women
- MacGyver sold millions of Swiss Army knives
People who died in 1985
- Orson Welles (b.1915) American film maker
- Rock Hudson (b.1925) American actor
- Ricky Nelson (b.1940) American singer and actor
Yul Bryner (b.1915) American actor
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