1985

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s? 2020s? 2030s?

Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 - 1985 - 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

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Births

Deaths

• February 11 - [Heinz Eric Roemheld]?, composer.
• February 11 - [Henry Hathaway]? actor/director.
• February 11 - [Ulysses Simpson Kay]?, composer.
• October 11 - Orson Welles, movie director

Events

• February 11 - [[Wasim Akram]? takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket match, but New Zealand still wins.
• First syndication of Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
• GNU Manifesto first written by Richard Stallman

Sport

• January 20 - Super Bowl XIX San Francisco 49ers (38) def. Miami Dolphins (16)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Klaus von Klitzing]?
• Chemistry - [Herbert A Hauptman]?, [Jerome Karle]?
• Medicine - [Michael S Brown]?, [Joseph L Goldstein]?
• Literature -[Claude Simon]?
• Peace- [International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War]?
• Economics - [Franco Modigliani]?