1985

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

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 Sipmson 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]?