Major Events
1985

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Major Events of 1985

Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader.

Mikhail Gorbachev


"Live Aid" pop concert raises money for the starving in Africa.

French secret agents sink Greenpeace ship, "Rainbow Warrior".

Two Iraqi Exocet missiles strike the USS Stark.

British Telecom announces the retirement of Britain's red telephone boxes.

The Coca-Cola Company introduces New Coke. After marketing problems, Coca-Cola returns to the original formula after less than 3 months.

Britain and Ireland sign the Anglo-Irish agreement, giving the Republic of Ireland, for the first time, a role in Northern Ireland.

39 soccer fans are killed in the Heysel Stadium disaster.

Nintendo releases the Nintendo Entertainment System in the USA.

First Blockbuster Video store opens, in Dallas, Texas.

The comic strip Calvin and Hobbes is published for the first time.

Free Software Foundation founded.





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