Class of 1985

• USA President: Ronald Reagan
• A Big Deal: Madonna, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Dire Straits, F. Murray Abraham, Chevy Chase, Clint Eastwood, Kathleen Turner, Ally Sheedy
• Minimum Wage: $3.35 per hour
• Sega Master System: $200.00

DIED

February 3 – Frank Oppenheimer
February 22 – Efrem Zimbalist
February 27 – Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
March 21 – Sir Michael Redgrave
March 28 – Marc Chagall
March 29 – The Singing Nun (Jeannine Deckers)
May 11 – Chester Gould, American cartoonist, creator of Dick Tracy
August 30 – Taylor Caldwell
October 1 – E. B. White
October 2 – Rock Hudson
October 6 – Nelson Riddle
October 10 – Yul Brynner
October 10 – Orson Welles
October 24 – László Bíró, Hungarian inventor of the ballpoint pen
November 1 – Phil Silvers
November 24 – Big Joe Turner
December 14 – Roger Maris
December 26 – Dian Fossey
December 31 – Ricky Nelson

January 07 – Lewis Hamilton
January 16 – Renée Felice Smith
January 20 – Brantley Gilbert
January 29 – Rag’n’Bone Man
February 05 – Cristiano Ronaldo
February 07 – Tina Majorino
February 17 – Anne Curtis
February 24 – Jessica–Jane Clement
March 12 – Stromae
March 13 – Emile Hirsch
March 26 – Keira Knightley
March 28 – Stanislas Wawrinka
April 18 – Tom Hughes
April 23 – Taio Cruz
April 26 – John Isner
April 30 – Gal Gadot
May 17 – Derek Hough
May 19 – Jon Kortajarena
May 20 – Jon Pardi
May 21 – Kano
June 12 – Chris Young
June 12 – Dave Franco
June 16 – Débora Nascimento
June 30 – Michael Phelps
July 01 – Léa Seydoux
July 02 – Ashley Tisdale
July 05 – François Arnaud
July 21 – Vanessa Lengies
August 01 – Henry Lloyd–Hughes
August 04 – Kina Grannis
August 09 – Anna Kendrick
August 21 – Laura Haddock
September 24 – Jessica Lucas
September 24 – Kimberley Nixon
September 26 – M. Pokora
September 30 – T–Pain
October 08 – Bruno Mars
October 10 – Marina Diamandis
October 25 – Ciara
October 26 – Asin
November 21 – Carly Rae Jepsen
November 27 – Alison Pill
November 28 – Shy’m
November 30 – Kaley Cuoco
December 01 – Janelle Monáe
December 05 – Frankie Muniz
December 10 – Raven–Symoné
December 21 – Tom Sturridge

IT HAPPENED

The Internet’s Domain Name System is created.
The charity single record “We Are the World” is recorded by USA for Africa.
William J. Schroeder becomes the first artificial heart patient to leave the hospital.
The first WrestleMania is held in Madison Square Garden, New York.
Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke (we weren’t impressed).
The iconic U.S. Route 66, which begins in Chicago is officially decommissioned.
Live Aid.
The RMS Titanic is located. Yes, that Titanic.
Microsoft Windows is released.
DNA is used to solve a crime for the first time.

Physics – Klaus von Klitzing
Chemistry – Herbert A. Hauptman, Jerome Karle
Literature – Claude Simon
Peace – International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Economics – Franco Modigliani
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – Michael Stuart Brown, Joseph L. Goldstein

POPULAR MOVIES

OSCAR WINNER: Amadeus

1. Back to the Future
2. Beverly Hills Cop
3. Rambo: First Blood Part II
4. Rocky IV
5. Cocoon
6. Witness
7. The Goonies
8. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
9. Fletch
10. A View to a Kill

1. The Cosby Show
2. Family Ties
3. Murder, She Wrote
4. 60 Minutes
5. Cheers
6. Dallas
7. Dynasty
8. The Golden Girls
9. Miami Vice
10. Who’s the Boss?

World Series Champions: Kansas City Royals
Superbowl XXIV Champions: San Francisco 49ers
NBA Champions: Los Angeles Lakers
Stanley Cup Champs: Edmonton Oilers
U. S. Golf PGA: Hubert Green
U.S. Open Golf: Andy North
U.S. Tennis: Ivan Lendl and Hana Mandlikova
Wimbledon: Boris Becker and Martina Navratilova
NCAA Football Champions: Oklahoma Sooners
NCAA Basketball Champions: Villanova Wildcats
Kentucky Derby: Spend a Buck
Tour de France: Bernard Hinault

TOP 100 SONGS

1. Careless Whisper – Wham!
2. Like a Virgin – Madonna
3. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go – Wham!
4. I Want to Know What Love Is – Foreigner
5. I Feel for You – Chaka Khan
6. Out of Touch – Daryl Hall & John Oates
7. Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears
8. Money for Nothing – Dire Straits
9. Crazy for You – Madonna
10. Take On Me – a-ha
11. Everytime You Go Away – Paul Young
12. Easy Lover – Philip Bailey and Phil Collins
13. Can’t Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon
14. We Built This City – Starship
15. The Power of Love – Huey Lewis and the News
16. Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds
17. Cherish – Kool & the Gang
18. St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion) – John Parr
19. The Heat Is On – Glenn Frey
20. We Are the World – USA for Africa
21. Shout – Tears for Fears
22. Part-Time Lover – Stevie Wonder
23. Saving All My Love for You – Whitney Houston
24. Heaven – Bryan Adams
25. Everything She Wants – Wham!
26. Cool It Now – New Edition
27. Miami Vice Theme – Jan Hammer
28. Loverboy – Billy Ocean
29. Lovergirl – Teena Marie
30. You Belong to the City – Glenn Frey
31. Oh Sheila – Ready for the World
32. Rhythm of the Night – DeBarge
33. One More Night – Phil Collins
34. Sea of Love – The Honeydrippers
35. A View to a Kill – Duran Duran
36. The Wild Boys – Duran Duran
37. You’re the Inspiration – Chicago
38. Neutron Dance – The Pointer Sisters
39. We Belong – Pat Benatar
40. Nightshift – Commodores
41. Things Can Only Get Better – Howard Jones
42. All I Need – Jack Wagner
43. Freeway of Love – Aretha Franklin
44. Never Surrender – Corey Hart
45. Sussudio – Phil Collins
46. Strut – Sheena Easton
47. You Give Good Love – Whitney Houston
48. The Search Is Over – Survivor
49. Missing You – Diana Ross
50. Separate Lives – Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
51. Raspberry Beret – Prince & the Revolution
52. Suddenly – Billy Ocean
53. The Boys of Summer – Don Henley
54. One Night in Bangkok – Murray Head
55. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free – Sting
56. Obsession – Animotion
57. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) – Tina Turner
58. Material Girl – Madonna
59. Better Be Good to Me – Tina Turner
60. Head over Heels – Tears for Fears
61. Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer
62. Smooth Operator – Sade
63. In My House – Mary Jane Girls
64. Don’t Lose My Number – Phil Collins
65. All Through the Night – Cyndi Lauper
66. Run to You – Bryan Adams
67. Glory Days – Bruce Springsteen
68. Voices Carry – ‘Til Tuesday
69. Misled – Kool & the Gang
70. Would I Lie to You? – Eurythmics
71. Be Near Me – ABC
72. No More Lonely Nights – Paul McCartney
73. I Can’t Hold Back – Survivor
74. Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
75. Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
76. Freedom – Wham!
77. Too Late for Goodbyes – Julian Lennon
78. Valotte –
79. Some Like It Hot – The Power Station
80. Solid – Ashford & Simpson
81. Angel – Madonna
82. I’m on Fire – Bruce Springsteen
83. Method of Modern Love – Daryl Hall & John Oates
84. Lay Your Hands on Me – Thompson Twins
85. Who’s Holding Donna Now – DeBarge
86. Lonely Ol’ Night – John Cougar Mellencamp
87. What About Love – Heart
88. California Girls – David Lee Roth
89. Fresh – Kool & the Gang
90. Do What You Do – Jermaine Jackson
91. Jungle Love – The Time
92. Born in the U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen
93. Private Dancer – Tina Turner
94. Who’s Zoomin’ Who? – Aretha Franklin
95. Fortress Around Your Heart – Sting
96. Penny Lover – Lionel Richie
97. All She Wants to Do Is Dance – Don Henley
98. Dress You Up – Madonna
99. Sentimental Street – Night Ranger
100. Sugar Walls – Sheena Easton

POPULAR BOOKS

1. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
2. Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurtry
3. White Noise – Don DeLillo
4. The Cider House Rules – John Irving
5. Contact – Carl Sagan
6. Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel García Márquez
7. Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World – Mikhail Gorbachev
8. The Silence of the Lambs – Thomas Harris
9. The Mammoth Hunters – Jean M. Auel
10. Watchers – Dean Koontz
11. The Vampire Lestat – Anne Rice
12. The Black Echo – Michael Connelly
13. Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
14. The Subtle Knife – Philip Pullman
15. Hollywood Husbands – Jackie Collins
16. The Bachman Books – Stephen King (including The Running Man, Rage, The Long Walk, and Roadwork)
17. The Bridges of Madison County – Robert James Waller
18. The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera
19. Lincoln – Gore Vidal
20. The Polar Express – Chris Van Allsburg