awwwwww how sweeeeeet!!!!

 

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

You inspired me to look up #1's on the day I was born...

UK - Careless Whisper ~ George Michael :stunned:

US - I Just Called To Say I Love You ~ Stevie Wonder :stunned: :stunned:

Australia - I Just Called To Say I Love You ~ Stevie Wonder :lol:

 

:lol: :lol: good auld George! :P but I'm jealous over the Stevie Wonder :( :rolleyes:

People were celebrating Christmas. :rolleyes:

 

:lol: :lol: :lol: :cool:

I WAS BORN .... what could be better than that? :huh:

:D

 

The UN was founded on the date i was born! :smug:

 

 

just the day, not the year, btw :stunned:

Jaws came out! I thought I remembered watching that...must have been on video :dozey:

 

Top ten songs...what are some of these??

 

Love Will Keep Us Together-- Captain & Tennille

Fly, Robin, Fly-- Silver Convention

Island Girl-- Elton John

He Don’t Love You-- Tony Orlando & Dawn

Bad Blood-- Neil Sedaka

Rhinestone Cowboy-- Glen Campbell

Philadelphia Freedom-- Elton John

That’s the Way (I Like It)-- KC & the Sunshine Band

Jive Talkin’-- Bee Gees

Fame-- David Bowie

 

I think I only know the last three :stunned:

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1987

"for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials"

 

J. Georg Bednorz

1/2 of the prize

Federal Republic of Germany

 

K. Alexander Müller

1/2 of the prize

Switzerland

I was born in 1984..so i'm copying Hayley! :P

1983 is the best year of them all!

 

YOU ALL KNOW IT!

No it isn't...1984 is...i have the best birthday......up until 2001, that is. :dozey:

No it isn't...1984 is...i have the best birthday......up until 2001' date=' that is. :dozey:[/quote']

 

:cool4:

 

we have a BOOK named after our year. how many years can say that, hmm? :P

Yeah, the book portrayed it as a really fine year, too. :P

:D :cool4:

:lol:

born in 1982, 18 in 2000 :idea2:

I was born in 1984..so i'm copying Hayley! :P

 

:cool:

Was Stevie Wonder number one when you were born too? :lol:

The Year 1985:

 

*LIVE AID in London and Philadelphi, beamed around the world

*Crack coccaine starts to appear.

 

*Billy Joel marries Christie Brinkley... millions of men suddenly feel like they stand a chance with an attractive woman.

 

*Brussels, Belgium: 39 dead, 250 wounded during a soccer match between Liverpool and Juventus

 

*Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior is bombed by the French goverment during protests of it's nuclear testing in the Pacific

 

*Earthquake in Mexico / Volcano erupts in Colombia; 1000s killed

 

*Gorbachev becomes (the last) president of the Soviet Union

 

*New coke is introduced in April and quickly replaced with original Coke

 

*Titanic wreckage found and filmed by robotic camera in July

 

*Bernhard Goetz is charged with attempted murder

 

*Ethiopa blocks the airlift of thousands of Ethiopian Jews.

 

*Hole in the ozone layer, first detected in 1977, is now indisputable.

 

*In October, the worlds largest atom smasher goes online in Illinois.

 

*Nintendo home entertainment system introduced.

 

*Extra second added to the calender year.

 

*Leaded gas is officially banned in the US

 

*Swedish premier Olaf Palme is assassinated.

 

 

*Rock 'n' Roll Hall of fame is opened.

 

 

*Rock Hudson, the first major public figure to die to AIDS, dies on October 2.

 

 

*Karen Ann Quinlan, coma patient, dies of pneumonia. She was the first person to die in the "right-to-die" controversy debate.

 

 

*1987, Star Wars' Chewbacca was caught with cocaine.

The Year 1985:

 

*"We Are The World" is recorded by USA for Africa, America's response to the British "Do They Know It's Christmas"

The movies of 1985:

 

*Commando (1985)

*Day Of The Dead (1985)

*The Breakfast Club (1985)

*Back To The Future (1985)

 

The Year of 1985:

 

*July -- An Israeli official suggests a deal with Iran to then-national security adviser Robert McFarlane, saying the transfer of arms could lead to release of Americans being held hostage in Lebanon. McFarlane brings the message to President Reagan.

 

*Aug. 30 -- The first planeload of U.S.-made weapons is sent from Israel to Tehran. Two weeks later the first American Hostage is released.

 

*Dec. 5 -- Reagan secretly signs a presidential 'finding,' or authorization, describing the operation with Iran as an arms-for-hostages deal.

 

Prices in 1985:

 

*Postage Stamp - 0.22

*Bread -1.98

*Milk - 1.24

*Gas - 1.24

*Car - 6,495.00

*Income - 12,7474.00

*House - 116,805.00

 

Deaths in 1985:

January 03 Lucien Cailliet, composer, dies at 93

January 04 Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89

January 06 Robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85

January 07 Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67

January 09 Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies

January 13 Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42

January 14 Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at 86

January 18 Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76

January 18 Wilfrid Brambell, actor (Hard Day's Night, Boys), dies at 72

January 20 Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75

January 21 Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema

January 26 James Cameron, journalist, dies

January 30 Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol), dies at 67

February 06 Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53

February 06 Dandy Nichols, actress (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at 78

February 07 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist, dies at 83

February 07 Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies

February 08 Marvin Miller, actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire), dies at 71

February 08 Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75

February 11 Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer, dies of pneumonia at 83

February 11 Henry Hathaway, actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86

February 11 Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer, dies at 68

February 12 Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61

February 16 Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69

February 17 Wanda Perry, actress (Roberta, Death of a Salesman), dies at 67

February 18 Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbruggen], Dutch singer, dies at 58

February 19 Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies

February 19 George Holmes, actor (Man in the Trunk), dies at 66

February 20 Clarence Nash, voice (Donald Duck), dies at 80 of leukemia, in Calif

February 21 Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47

February 21 Ina Claire, actress/comedienne (3 Bdwy Girls), dies of stroke at 89

February 21 Louis Hayward, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at 75

February 22 Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71

February 22 Efrem A Zimbalist, Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95

February 23 Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71

February 27 David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies

February 27 Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/diplomat, dies at 82

February 27 Pat J O'Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at 83

February 28 Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC

March 01 Eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66

March 02 John B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57

March 02 Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips), dies at 77 of Parkinson's

March 03 Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86

March 06 Eric Sloane, US artist, dies at 80

March 07 George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76

March 07 Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95

March 07 Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies

March 08 Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack

March 08 Thomas Creighton, US heart patient (3 implants in 46 hrs), dies at 33

March 10 Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/pres of USSR (1984-85), dies at 73

March 12 Eugene Ormandy [blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85

March 16 B V A R”ling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78

March 16 Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88

March 17 Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies

March 18 Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89

March 21 Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mr Arkadin), dies at 77

March 21 Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78

March 23 Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist/writer, dies at 85

March 23 Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), dies at 60

March 23 Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52

March 28 Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97

March 28 Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53

March 30 Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76

April 05 Tyrell Johnson, cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies

April 11 Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76

April 14 Enver Hoxha, Albanian leader (1944-85), dies

April 14 Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63

April 16 Scott Brady, [Gerald Tierney], actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60

April 17 Ilona Bodden, writer, dies

April 21 Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62

April 21 Tancredo Neves, president-elect of Brazil, dies at 75

April 23 Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78

April 23 Sam J Ervin Jr, (Sen-D-NC), dies at 88

April 24 Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80

April 25 Murray Matheson, actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72

April 25 Richard Haydn, British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 80

April 30 George Pravada, actor (Felscher-Holocaust), dies at 66

May 02 Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery

May 02 Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85

May 07 Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54

May 08 Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74

May 08 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies of Alzheimer's at 69

May 08 Karl Marx, German composer/conductor, dies at 87

May 09 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69

May 11 Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84

May 11 Garmt Stuiveling, literatrary (Ego & Echo), dies at 77

May 11 Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack

May 11 Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies

May 12 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies

May 13 Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91

May 13 Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), dies of cancer at 64

May 14 Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed

May 15 Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38

May 16 Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82

May 17 Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas

May 17 Hugh Burden, actor (Night of Laughing Dead), dies at 72

May 17 Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wizard of Oz), dies

May 18 Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82

May 20 George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46

May 25 Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer

May 25 Robert Nathan, US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91

May 27 Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80

May 29 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match

May 29 Madge West, actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93

June 01 Richard Greene, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 67

June 06 Siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54

June 10 Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68

June 10 George Chandler, actor (Lassie), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87

June 11 Karen Ann Quinlan, comatose patient, dies in Morris Plains NJ at 31

June 15 Len Hopwood, cricketer (took 0-155 in two Tests Eng v Aust 1934), dies

June 15 Percy Fender, cricketer (13 Tests for England, 380 runs 29 wkts), dies

June 17 Piet De Somer, Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67

June 28 James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74

June 30 James Dewar, inventor (Twinkie), dies

July 04 John de Quay, Dutch premier (1959-63), dies at 83

July 05 Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86

July 05 Jack Robertson, S Afr cricket spinner (3 Tests v Aust 1935-36), dies

July 05 Marion Byron, actress (Steamboat Bill Jr), dies at 73

July 07 Patti McCarty, actress (Gangster of the Frontier), dies at 64

July 08 Gardner Cowles Jr, US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82

July 08 Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72

July 08 Simon Kuznets, US economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84

July 09 Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49

July 10 Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered

July 16 Heinrich B”ll, German writer (Nobel 1972), dies at 67

July 16 Wayne King, orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84

July 17 Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93

July 17 Margo, actress (Rumba, Viva Zapata), dies at 68 of a brain tumor

July 21 Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65

July 21 Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney)

July 23 Kay Kyser, bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), dies at 79

July 27 Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95

July 28 Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54

July 29 James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69

July 31 Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78

July 31 Murray Chapple, cricketer (14 Tests for NZ, 497 runs), dies

August 01 Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92

August 02 Frank Faylen, vaudevillian, dies of pneumonia at 79

August 02 Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies

August 04 Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65

August 05 Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67

August 07 Grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58

August 08 Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78

August 10 Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72

August 12 Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86

August 13 Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67

August 14 Gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86

August 15 Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68

August 20 Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists

August 22 Ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quickie of 30's), dies

August 24 Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78

August 25 Samantha Smith, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies in plane at 13

August 26 Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP/editor (GPV, Netherlands Daily), dies at 76

August 28 Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88

August 29 Alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87

August 29 Evelyn Ankers, actress (Black Beauty, Jungle Woman), dies at 67

August 29 Patrick Barr, actor (Black Orchid, On the Run), dies at 77

September 02 Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64

September 03 Joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73

September 03 John Herbert McDowell, composer, dies at 58

September 04 George O'Brien, actor (Daniel Boone, Salute), dies of a stroke at 85

September 04 Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93

September 06 Jane Frazee, singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia

September 06 Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies of cancer at 65

September 06 Leon Orthel, composer, dies at 79

September 10 Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23

September 11 William Alwyn, composer, dies at 79

September 13 Dane Rudhyar, composer, dies at 90

September 17 Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, dies by accident

September 19 Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies at 61

September 22 Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73

September 23 Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72

September 25 Albert Moeschinger, composer, dies at 88

September 27 Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83

September 30 Charles F Richter, US seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85

September 30 Heleb MacInnes, US spy writer (Affiliate in place), dies at 77

September 30 Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64

October 01 Charlotte White, US author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86

October 02 George Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies at 58

October 02 Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian & Wife), dies of AIDS at 59

October 02 Sidney Clute, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey), dies at 69

October 03 Charles Collingwood, newscaster (Chronicles), dies at 68

October 03 Maurice Copeland, actor (Ralph-Those Young Charmings), dies at 74

October 08 Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat

October 08 Ricardo Bacchelli, playwright/poet (Il malino del Po), dies at 94

October 10 Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70

October 10 Yul Brynner, [Taidje Khan], actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 65

October 11 Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer

October 12 Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75

October 12 Ricky Wilson, rock guitarist (B-52's), dies of AIDS at 32

October 13 Jack Wilson, cricketer (Test for Australia, 0-39 & 1-25, DNB), dies

October 15 Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72

October 16 Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78

October 18 Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30

October 25 Elsa Moranet, writer, dies at 67

October 25 Morton Downey, singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83

October 29 John Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82

October 30 Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74

November 01 Phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sgt Bilko), dies in his sleep at 73

November 06 Joel Crothers, actor (Edge of Night), dies of a heart attack at 44

November 09 Helen Rose, costume designer, dies at 81

November 09 Mary MacLaren, actress (Black Swan), dies at 85 of respiratory probs

November 10 Pelle Lindbergh, goalie (Phila Flyers), dies in drunk driving accident

November 15 Spencer W Kimball, US head of mormon church, dies at 90

November 16 John J Sparkmann, (Sen-D-Ala), dies at 85

November 17 Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81

November 19 Lall Singh, cricketer (Test for India 1932), dies

November 19 Stepin Fetchit, [Lincoln Penny], 1st black star, dies of pneumonia 83

November 20 Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65

November 21 Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies

November 24 Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67

November 26 Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87

November 28 Fernand Braudel, French historian, dies at 83

November 29 Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71

December -- Forrest Shaklee, businessman, dies at 91

December 02 Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies

December 02 Philip Larkin, [hermit of Hull], English poet, dies at 63

December 03 Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70

December 04 Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83

December 06 Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92

December 06 Burr Tillstrom, puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie), dies at 68

December 07 Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70

December 07 Robert Graves, English writer/poet (King Jesus), dies at 90

December 12 Anne Baxter, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel), dies at 62

December 12 Ian Stewart, keyboardist/road mgr (Rolling Stones), dies at 47

December 14 Roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 51

December 14 Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, US, sci-fi author (Red Peri), dies at 85

December 16 Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies

December 16 Merv Waite, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust 1938, 1 wkt avg 190), dies

December 16 Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a NYC restaurant

December 17 Otto Gotsche, writer, dies

December 23 James Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking

December 23 their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages

December 25 George Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66

December 26 Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53

December 27 Dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda

December 31 Alexander Matheson, cricketer (2 wickets/2 Tests for NZ 1930-31), dies

December 31 Rick Nelson, singer/actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 45

December 31 Sam Spiegel, Academy Award winning producer (Betrayal), dies at 84

I could not tell you much about this year 1975

 

However It snowed the day I was born. Which was on a day in June for Britain that's scary. !!!!

Oh yea one of the best tunes of all time was done. A song by queen.

:D

 

Here are a few things I found

 

Major Events of 1975

 

Civil war begins in Lebanon.

 

North Vietnamese take Saigon ending Vietnam war.

 

Soyuz-Apollo test flight (US and Soviet spaceships dock).

 

Death of Spanish dictator, Franco.

 

Portuguese colonies Angola and Mozambique independent.

 

Altair introduce Altair MITS 8800, first personal computer.

 

Microsoft founded.

 

... and it was the year of the Rabbit apparently!

I could not tell you much about this year 1975

 

Let's see 1975:

 

*Dynamo Kiev wins 15th Europe Cup II

*French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia

*US forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship

*US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

General Francisco Franco dies

Paving the way for democratic reforms under his heir, Juan Carlos over the next two years.

 

*Portugal withdraws from Guinea

 

*Lebanon civil war begins

Sparked by Christians killing a busload of Palestinians and other Muslims, the country was quickly thrown into a war between the privlidged christians and the poor muslims.

 

*Saigon falls to communism

America suspended it's aid two years after removing it's military forces. In April, US official ordered the remaining 1000 US citizens to evacuate to the embasssy in Saigon. This lead to the now famous image of citizens climbing the ladder to helicoptors to be airlifted out of the city.

 

*The Altair, the first home computer is introduced

No screen, no printer, not a single luxury. A kit computer you had to assemble parts for yourself, based on the Z-80 microprocessor.

 

*Computerized Supermarket checkouts begin to appear

 

*Disposable razors are introduced

 

*Catalytic converters are introduced on cars

 

*Lyme disease first discovered

 

*First US born Roman Catholic saint

 

*Jimmy Hoffa disappears

 

*Ford assasination attempts

Lynette "Squaky" Fromme, a Charles Manson follower, pointed a gun at Ford, though no shots were fired. This was followed by Sara Jane Moore 17 days later to shoot the president in a crowd.

 

*New York City is bailed out by federal government

 

*Literacy requirement for voting repelled

 

*Energy Policy and Coservation Act of 1975

Sets importation quotas on petroleum

 

*Metric Conversion Act passed in the US

A big failure too, widely ignored by people.

 

*Poland treaty allowing immigration to West Germany

 

*8,000 ceramic warriors discovered in China

Life sized statues of warriors, and over 10,000 artifacts of gold, jade, silk and iron were discovered in the tomb of emperor Shih Huang-ti, ruller from 221 to 206 BC

 

*Mayaguez Incident

The United States' merchant ship, the SS Mayaguez, was seized in 1975 by the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia because of alledged contraband. The 39 crew members were held captive for three days, until a rescue attempt was made by President Gerald Ford that resulted in the death of 41 American marines.

 

Deaths of 1975:

January 01 Arthur Pierson, actor/director (Hat Check Girl), dies at 73

January 03 Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87

January 03 Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (False Flag), dies at 77

January 03 Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor, dies at 71

January 04 Carlo Levi, Italian writer (Parole Sono Pietre), dies at 72

January 05 Don Wilson, pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning

January 06 Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at 77

January 08 Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66

January 08 Gertrude Olmsted, actress (Cobra, Torrent), dies at 70

January 08 John Dierkes, actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 69

January 08 John Gregson, actor (Rooney, Assassin), dies at 55

January 08 Louis J H C A de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies at 66

January 08 Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies at 61

January 09 John Slater, actor (Deadlock, 3 on a Spree), dies at 58

January 09 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at 77

January 12 Caryn Campbell, Bundy victim, disappears from Snowmass, Colo

January 19 Thomas Heart Benson, US artist, dies at 85

January 20 Franz Andr‚, Belgian conductor, dies at 81

January 21 Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84

January 22 Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, dies at 79

January 23 Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94

January 24 Larry Fine, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72

January 25 Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at 78

January 26 Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72

January 28 Antonin Nov¢tny, Czechoslovakian president (1957-68), dies at 70

January 30 Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72

February 01 Richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62

February 03 John Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55

February 03 Robert Evett, composer, dies at 52

February 07 Brendan Fay, actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at 54

February 08 Martyn Green, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Mikado), dies at 75

February 09 Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82

February 13 Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78

February 13 Eric Harding Thiman, composer, dies at 74

February 13 Henry P Van Dusen, US protestant theologist, dies at 77

February 14 Heintje Davids, [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 87

February 14 Julian S Huxley, English scholar/dir-gen (UNESCO), dies at 87

February 14 Pelham G Wodehouse, English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at 93

February 15 Julian Huxley, biologist, dies

February 15 Pelham G Wodehouse, writer, dies

February 18 Chivu Stoica, [stoica Chivu), premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at 66

February 18 Luigi Dallapiccola, composer, dies

February 18 Raymond Moley, US advisor to pres Roosevelt "Brain Trust", dies at 88

February 18 Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), dies

February 19 Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian 12-tone composer, dies at 71

February 20 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76

February 20 Lillian Fontaine, actress (Suddenly it's Spring), dies at 88

February 20 Robert Strauss, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey), dies at 61

February 24 Nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of USSR (1955-58), dies at 79

February 25 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago at 78

February 27 Neville Cardus, writer/cricketer, dies

February 28 Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 83

March 02 Jean Kurt Forest, composer, dies at 65

March 03 L szl¢ N‚meth, Hungarian physician/author (Galilei/Iszony), dies at 73

March 07 Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73

March 07 Francine Larrimore, actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at 76

March 08 George Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70

March 09 Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82

March 09 Shirley Ross, actress (Night Vision, Mindkiller), dies at 62

March 10 Leopold Samuel, composer, dies at 91

March 11 Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59

March 11 Sammy Spear, orch leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65

March 11 Walter Kinsella, actor (Happy-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 74

March 13 Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, dies at 71

March 13 Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian author (Nemiri-Nobel 1961), dies at 82

March 13 Jean Del Val, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at 83

March 13 Ruth Schaumann, German author/painter/sculptor, dies at 75

March 14 Susan Hayward, actress (Young & Willing), dies at 56

March 15 Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at 49

March 15 Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies at 69

March 16 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64

March 19 John A DeMott, dies at 63

March 21 Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 64

March 21 Ralph Hawtrey, economist (multiplier), dies at 95

March 22 Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at 75

March 22 Cass Daley, actress (Red Garters), dies at 59

March 22 Paul Verhoeven, director (Robocop, 4th Man, Total Recall), dies at 73

March 24 Muriel Hutchinson, actor (Another Thin Man), dies at 60

March 24 Oscar Rasbach, composer, dies at 86

March 26 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68

March 27 Arthur Bliss, English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83

March 27 Gertrude Niesen, actress (Start Cheering), dies at 63

March 28 Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77

March 30 Peter Bamm, writer, dies

April 01 Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95

April 03 Mary Ure, actress (Sons & Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at 42

April 05 Inez Courtney, dies at 67

April 05 Victor GM Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65), dies at 58

April 06 Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87

April 10 Marjorie Main, actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85

April 10 Sophia JW "Sophie" Hermse, actress (But a Dream), dies at 86

April 10 Walker Evans, US photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at 71

April 11 Dorothy Patten, dies at 70

April 12 Jos‚phine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-BergŠre), dies at 68

April 13 Larry Parks, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 60

April 13 N'garta Tombalbaye, president Chad, dies

April 14 Fredric March, actor (Inherit the Wind), dies at 77

April 15 Charles Marshall, dies

April 15 John B McKay, US test pilot (X-15), dies

April 15 Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65

April 18 Rob Touber, [Robert J Noordervliet), chansonnier/director, dies at 38

April 21 Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70

April 22 Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75

April 23 Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27

April 23 R D Brinkmann, writer, dies

April 23 William Hartnell, actor (Dr Who), dies at 67

April 24 William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67

April 27 Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86

April 28 Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 48

April 29 Charles McMahon Jr, US USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam

April 29 Darwin Judge, USMC-corporal, 1 of last US soldiers killed in Viet

April 29 Michael John Shea, USMC-lt/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam

April 29 William Craig Nystul, USMC capt, 1 of last US soldiers killed in Viet

May 03 Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78

May 04 Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77

May 06 J¢zsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83

May 08 Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87

May 09 Philip Dorn, dies at 73

May 13 Bob Wills, actor (Lone Prairie), dies at 69

May 16 Michael X, (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder

May 18 Leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66

May 20 Barbara Hepworth, sculptor, dies

May 20 Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at 72

May 20 Jacques Stehman, composer, dies at 62

May 22 Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90

May 23 Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81

May 27 Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53

May 28 Eric Emerson, entertainer, dies

May 28 Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75

May 30 Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80

June 01 Steve Prefontaine, 5K (Olympics-4-1972), dies at 25

June 02 Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74

June 03 Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 69

June 04 Evelyn Brent, actress (Nitwits, Last Command, Spy Train), dies at 75

June 06 Larry Blyden, actor (Joe & Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49

June 08 William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78

June 09 David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48

June 11 Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer, dies at 90

June 16 Don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71

June 18 Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh

June 18 shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king

June 20 Daniel Ayala Perez, composer, dies at 68

June 21 Heinz Lau, composer, dies at 49

June 23 William Hansen, actor (Homebodies), dies at 64

June 26 Jose Maria Escriv de Balaguer Alb s, founder (Opus Dei), dies at 73

June 27 Robert Stolz, Austrian composer (Frhling im Prater), dies at 94

June 28 Rod Serling, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), dies at 50

June 29 Jerry Verno, actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone), dies at 79

July 02 James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr om Love), dies at 70

July 06 Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies

July 07 Barbara Brown,

July 07 Vito Frazzi, composer, dies at 86

July 10 Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77

July 11 Kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89

July 13 Owen Wynne, cricketer (6 Tests for S Africa 1948-50), lost at sea

July 14 Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer, dies at 77

July 15 Charles Weidman, US dancer/choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies

July 17 Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)

July 18 Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74

July 21 Billy West, actor (Jimmy the Gent, Jealousy), dies at 82

July 21 Fie Carelsen, actress (Malle Gevallen), dies at 85

July 26 Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98

July 29 James [benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54

August 01 Howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68

August 03 Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79

August 04 John Baragrey, actor (Gamera), dies at 57

August 08 Julian "Cannonball" Alderly, sax player, dies of a stroke at 46

August 09 Dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68

August 09 Julian "Cannonball" Adderly, saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 46

August 11 Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77

August 11 Howard Wendell, actor (Black Dakotas), dies at 81

August 13 Max Lamberty, Flemish sociologist (What is Culture?), dies at 81

August 14 Joris Baers, Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87

August 15 Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53

August 17 Sig Arno, Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80

August 17 Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner (Olympic-gold-56) dies at 48

August 23 Hank Patterson, actor (Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87

August 24 Charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69

August 25 Frans van Amelsvoort, choir conductor, dies at 75

August 25 John R Dunning, US physicist, dies at 67

August 26 Cullen Landis, entertainer, dies at 80

August 27 Emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83

August 29 Eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92

August 29 Leland T Weed

August 31 Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24

September 04 Walter Tetley, cartoon voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60

September 06 Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf), dies at 62

September 08 John Mylong, actor (Robot Monster), dies at 82

September 09 Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97

September 09 John McGiver, actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show), dies at 61

September 09 Minta Durfee, actress (Keystone Comedies, Mickey), dies at 85

September 18 Pamela Brown, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett, Night Digger), dies at 58

September 20 Saint-John Perse, French diplomat/poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78

September 22 Franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75

September 22 Patricia Doyle, actress (Wuthering Heights), dies at 60

September 23 Ian Hunter, actor/writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75

September 24 Clive Morton, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71

September 24 Ian Hunter, actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood), dies at 75

September 25 Bob Considine, newscaster (Tonight! America After Dark), dies at 68

September 26 Jacob Paludan, Danish pharmacist/writer (Slíret Sandhed), dies at 79

September 27 Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27

September 28 Agnes Windeck, dies

September 28 Sidney Fields, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 77

September 29 Casey Stengel, NY Yankee manager (1949-60), dies in Glendale at 85

October 01 Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T & The MG's), dies at 39

October 02 Wade Crosby, actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood), dies at 70

October 03 Bauke Tuinstra, Fries notary/writer (Ealse & I), dies at 75

October 03 Guy Mollet, French premier (1956-57), dies at 69

October 04 Joan Whitney Payson, owner of New York Mets, dies at 72

October 06 Henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57

October 08 Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78

October 10 Lillian Walker, dies at 88

October 17 Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90

October 18 Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47

October 22 Arnold Toynbee, English historian/cultural sociologist, dies at 86

October 23 Barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43

October 23 Charles Brokaw, actor (Outer Gate, I Cover the War), dies at 77

October 24 Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris

October 25 Frank Puglia actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), dies at 83

October 27 Rex Stout, US detective writer (Nero Wolfe), dies at 88

October 29 John Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67

October 31 Joseph Calleia, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda), dies at 78

November 01 Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77

November 01 Jacki Ray, actor (In Like Flint), dies at 58

November 01 Norbert Rosseau, composer, dies at 67

November 01 Philip James, composer, dies at 85

November 01 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet/author/director, murdered at 53

November 04 Sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54

November 05 Annette Kellerman, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid), dies at 87

November 11 Marty May, (Fireball Fun For All), dies at 79

November 12 Anthony Ross, TV host (Telltale Clue), dies at 69

November 14 Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter, dies at 88

November 15 Willem Scheps, Dutch journalist, dies at 77

November 16 Ernst van Raalte, lawyer/minister-president, dies at 83

November 17 Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70

November 20 Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Span dictator (1936-75), dies at 82

November 21 G Gunnarsson, writer, dies at 86

November 25 Moyna MacGill, actress (Strange Affair of Uncle Harry), dies

November 27 Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, murdered

December 01 Nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80

December 03 Hugh Thurlow, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1932), dies

December 03 Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist, dies at 76

December 04 Hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5]

December 05 Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies

December 07 Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71

December 07 Thornton N Wilder, US writer (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 78

December 09 William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79

December 13 Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88

December 13 Hendrik Kruls, Dutch gen/chief milt authority (1944-46), dies at 73

December 14 Arthur Treacher, TV announcer (Merv Griffin Show), dies at 81

December 15 Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63

December 17 Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67

December 17 Noble Sissle, jazz musician, dies at 86

December 20 Vincent Lopez, orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76

December 20 William Lundigan, Syracuse NY, actor (Climax), dies at 61

December 21 William Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61

December 23 Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead

December 24 Bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64

December 24 Otto AP Frst von Bismarck-Sch”nhausen, German diplomat, dies at 78

December 25 Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94

December 31 Donal Michalsky, composer, dies at 47

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lmao! I did my research Hayley! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ;) :D :P

Movies of 1985:

 

Release Date Movie Distributor Budget Total US Gross Worldwide Gross

 

January, 1985

January, 1 My Life as a Dog - $8,345,000 -

January, 1 Tomboy - $14,100,000 -

January, 1 Twice in a Lifetime - $5,674,938 -

January, 1 Hot Moves - $2,732,000 -

January, 1 Private Resort - $331,000 -

January, 1 Marie - $2,000,000 -

January, 1 Bad Medicine - $2,000,000 -

January, 1 Better Off Dead… - $10,000,000 -

January, 1 Witchboard - $7,000,000 -

January, 1 D.A.R.Y.L. - $6,000,000 -

January, 1 Fast Forward - $2,000,000 -

January, 1 Secret Admirer - $8,622,000 -

January, 1 Slugger's Wife, The - $1,878,000 -

January, 1 Explorers - $9,873,000 -

January, 1 Defence of the Realm - $750,000 -

January, 1 Eleni - $300,000 -

January, 1 Heavenly Kid, The - $3,000,000 -

January, 1 Return to Oz $27,000,000 $10,000,000 -

January, 1 Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird - $13,000,000 -

January, 1 Fool For Love - $468,106 -

January, 1 Starchaser: The Legend of Orin - $3,000,000 -

January, 1 Dance With a Stranger - $138,359 -

January, 1 King David - $4,800,000 -

January, 1 Turk 182! - $3,000,000 -

January, 1 Re-Animator - $2,023,000 -

January, 11 Avenging Angel New World - $5,000,000 -

January, 11 Tuff Turf New World - $9,000,000 -

January, 18 That's Dancing MGM/UA - $4,000,000 -

January, 25 Falcon & the Snowman, The - $17,100,000 -

January, 25 Fandango - $85,000 -

 

February, 1985

February, 8 Heaven Help Us - $6,070,000 -

February, 8 Witness Paramount Pictures - $65,500,000 -

February, 8 Mischief 20th Century Fox - $8,700,000 -

February, 15 Breakfast Club, The Universal - $45,900,000 -

February, 15 Vision Quest - $13,000,000 -

February, 15 Lost in America Warner Bros. - $7,620,731 -

February, 15 Mean Season, The - $4,300,000 -

February, 22 Into the Night Universal - $6,700,000 -

 

March, 1985

March, 1 Sure Thing, The Embassy - $18,136,000 -

March, 1 Missing in Action 2: The Beginning Cannon - $10,000,000 -

March, 1 Purple Rose of Cairo, The Orion - $10,631,333 -

March, 8 Mask (1985) Universal - $42,400,000 -

March, 22 Baby... Secret of the Lost Legend Buena Vista - $14,000,000 -

March, 22 Last Dragon, The Sony - $33,000,000 -

March, 22 Porky's Revenge 20th Century Fox - $20,518,000 -

March, 22 Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning Paramount Pictures - $21,930,000 -

March, 29 Desperately Seeking Susan Orion - $27,400,000 -

March, 29 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Warner Bros. - $51,554,846 -

March, 29 Care Bears Movie, The Goldwyn - $23,934,000 -

 

April, 1985

April, 3 Alamo Bay - $380,000 -

April, 12 Ladyhawke Warner Bros. $20,000,000 $18,400,000 $18,400,000

April, 12 Girls Just Want to Have Fun New World - $6,300,000 -

April, 12 Cat's Eye De Laurentiis - $9,000,000 -

April, 12 Fraternity Vacation New World - $3,333,000 -

April, 19 Moving Violations 20th Century Fox - $10,600,000 -

April, 19 Company of Wolves, The - - -

April, 26 Just One of the Guys Sony - $10,289,977 -

April, 26 Stick Universal - $6,964,734 -

 

May, 1985

May, 3 Gotcha Universal - $7,563,969 -

May, 3 Gymkata MGM/UA - $2,197,583 -

May, 3 Code of Silence Orion - $20,345,000 -

May, 10 Rustler's Rhapsody Paramount Pictures - $4,847,085 -

May, 10 Rappin' Cannon - $1,802,204 -

May, 22 Rambo: First Blood Part 2 Sony - $150,415,432 $300,400,000

May, 22 Brewster's Millions Universal - $38,800,000 -

May, 24 View to a Kill, A MGM/UA - $50,100,000 $152,400,000

May, 31 Fletch - $46,700,000 -

 

June, 1985

June, 7 Perfect Columbia - $12,900,000 -

June, 7 Goonies, The WB - $55,930,009 -

June, 14 Prizzi's Honor Fox - $26,700,000 -

June, 21 Lifeforce TriStar Pictures $25,000,000 $11,000,000 -

June, 21 Cocoon Fox - $76,257,348 -

June, 28 St. Elmo's Fire - $37,800,000 -

June, 28 Pale Rider - $41,400,000 -

 

July, 1985

July, 3 Day of the Dead - $5,000,000 -

July, 3 Emerald Forest, The - $24,468,000 -

July, 3 Back to the Future - $210,609,762 $350,609,762

July, 3 Red Sonja - $6,900,000 -

July, 10 Silverado - $33,200,000 -

July, 10 Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome Warner Bros. - $36,200,000 -

July, 19 Man With One Red Shoe, The - $8,600,000 -

July, 19 Legend of Billie Jean, The - $3,100,000 -

July, 24 Black Cauldron Walt Disney Co. - $21,288,000 -

July, 26 Pee Wee's Big Adventure Warner Bros. - $40,940,000 -

July, 26 National Lampoon's European Vacation Warner Bros. - $49,400,000 -

 

August, 1985

August, 1 Kiss of the Spider Woman Strand - $4,984,000 -

August, 1 Real Genius - $13,000,000 -

August, 1 My Science Project - $4,100,000 -

August, 2 Weird Science - $16,316,258 -

August, 2 Fright Night - $24,922,000 -

August, 9 Summer Rental - $24,671,000 -

August, 14 Key Exchange - $425,000 -

August, 16 Volunteers - $19,900,000 -

August, 16 Bride, The Sony - $3,600,000 -

August, 16 American Flyers - $1,400,000 -

August, 16 Return of the Living Dead - $14,237,000 -

August, 16 Year of the Dragon MGM/UA - $18,706,000 -

August, 23 Warning Sign - $1,900,000 -

August, 23 Teen Wolf Atlantic - $33,086,000 -

August, 30 Flesh & Blood - $100,000 -

August, 30 American Ninja Cannon - $10,499,000 -

August, 30 Compromising Positions - $10,600,000 -

 

September, 1985

September, 13 Agnes of God - $10,202,226 -

September, 13 After Hours Geffen - $10,600,000 -

September, 20 Plenty - $6,100,000 -

September, 20 Creator Universal - $4,000,000 -

September, 27 Invasion U.S.A. Cannon - $17,536,000 -

September, 27 Code Name: Emerald - $500,000 -

September, 27 Journey of Natty Gann, The Beuna Vista - $2,135,577 -

September, 27 Maxie - $2,600,000 -

 

October, 1985

October, 2 Sweet Dreams - $9,100,000 -

October, 4 Commando - $35,073,978 -

October, 4 Jagged Edge - $31,430,342 -

October, 11 Silver Bullet Paramount Pictures $7,000,000 $10,000,000 -

October, 11 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Orion - $14,000,000 -

October, 25 Krush Groove Warner Bros. $3,000,000 $11,000,000 -

 

November, 1985

November, 1 To Live and Die in L.A. - $17,307,019 -

November, 1 Nightmare on Elm Street 2, A - $21,163,999 -

November, 1 Death Wish 3 Cannon - $16,100,000 -

November, 1 White Nights - $13,046,465 -

November, 8 Transylvania 6-5000 New World - $7,200,000 -

November, 8 That Was Then… This is Now - $7,700,000 -

November, 8 Target - $9,000,000 -

November, 15 Once Bitten Goldwyn - $6,571,605 -

November, 22 King Solomon's Mines MGM/UA - $10,396,510 -

November, 22 One Magic Christmas Buena Vista - $13,000,000 -

November, 27 Rocky IV MGM/UA - $127,873,716 $300,400,000

November, 29 Santa Clause: The Movie - $23,700,000 -

 

December, 1985

December, 1 Chorus Line, A Sony - $4,832,000 -

December, 1 Ran Winstar - $337,112 -

December, 1 Brazil - $9,929,000 -

December, 4 Young Sherlock Holmes Paramount Pictures - $19,739,000 -

December, 6 Spies Like Us WB - $57,052,351 -

December, 11 Jewel of the Nile, The 20th Century Fox - $68,275,764 -

December, 13 Clue - $3,149,676 -

December, 18 Out of Africa Universal - $60,386,008 $239,500,000

December, 18 Color Purple, The Warner Bros. - $84,159,813 -

December, 20 Enemy Mine Fox - $4,271,684 -

December, 25 Murphy's Romance Columbia - $30,762,621

 

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:rolleyes: WOW !!