1985
Mikhail Gorbechev becomes Soviet Union leader
South Africa ends ban on interracial marriage
We are the World Recorded by Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Cyndy Lauper
Minolta releases auto focus single lens reflex camera
Marvin Hagler defeats Thomas Hearns
Villanova defeats Georgetown for NCAA Basketball Championship
Falcon and The Snowman release with theme song by David Bowie, This Is Not America
Back to the Future also released
Amadeus wins Best Picture at Academy Awards
Discovery Channel launched
DNA is first used in a criminal case
Orson Welles, Rock Hudson, Roger Maris, Ricky Nelson and Yul Brenner die