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Federal government

*
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
:
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
( R-
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
) *
Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...
:
George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
( R-
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
) * Chief Justice:
Warren E. Burger Warren Earl Burger (September 17, 1907 – June 25, 1995) was an American attorney and jurist who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Burger graduated from the William Mitchell ...
(
Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
) * Speaker of the House of Representatives:
Tip O'Neill Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 47th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, representing northern Boston, Massachusetts, as ...
( D-
Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
) *
Senate Majority Leader The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
:
Howard Baker Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 June 26, 2014) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Leader and then ...
( R-
Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
) (until January 3),
Bob Dole Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his te ...
( R-
Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
) (starting January 3) *
Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of a ...
: 98th (until January 3), 99th (starting January 3)


Events


January

* January 20 **President
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
and Vice President
George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
are privately sworn in for a second term in office (publicly sworn in, January 21). **
Super Bowl XIX Super Bowl XIX was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion 1984 Miami Dolphins season, Miami Dolphins and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion 1984 San Francisco 49ers season, San Francisco 49 ...
: The
San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...
defeat the
Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team pla ...
38–16 at
Stanford Stadium Stanford Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium on the west coast of the United States, located on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. It is the home of the Stanford Cardinal and hosts the university's commencemen ...
in
Palo Alto Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was estab ...
,
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
. * January 28 – In
Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood, ...
,
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
, the charity single "
We Are the World "We Are the World" is a charity single originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album ''We Are the World''. Wit ...
" is recorded by
USA for Africa United Support of Artists for Africa (USA for Africa) was the name under which 47 predominantly U.S. artists, led by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, recorded the hit single "We Are the World" in 1985. The song was a U.S. and UK number one for ...
. Like the enormously successful "
Do They Know It's Christmas? "Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a charity song written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. It was first recorded by Band Aid, a supergroup assembled by Geldof and Ure consisting of pop ...
" that was recorded by Band Aid in the UK two months prior, the single raises money to combat the ongoing
famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, Demographic trap, population imbalance, widespread poverty, an Financial crisis, economic catastrophe or government policies. Th ...
in
Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
. The American act consists of high-profile performers, including
Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...
,
Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of funk band the Commodores; writing and recordi ...
,
Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss retired singer and actress. Widely referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer o ...
,
Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years. Her album ''She's So Unusual'' (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achi ...
and
Diana Ross Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups o ...
.


February

* February 5 –
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
cancels its involvement in United States-led
MX missile The LGM-118 Peacekeeper, originally known as the MX for "Missile, Experimental", was a MIRV-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) produced and deployed by the United States from 1985 to 2005. The missile could carry up to twelve Mark ...
tests. * February 6 –
President Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
delivers his fourth
State of the Union Address The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of each calendar year on the current conditio ...
to the
Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of a ...
. The congress sings ''Happy Birthday'' to him afterwards. * February 9 – U.S. drug agent Enrique Camarena is kidnapped and murdered in
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
(his body is discovered on March 5). * February 13 –
Bobby Knight Robert Montgomery Knight (born October 25, 1940) is an American former basketball coach. Nicknamed "the General", Knight won 902 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games, a record at the time of his retirement, and currently fourth all-t ...
throws a chair across a basketball court. * February 14 **
CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by ...
reporter Jeremy Levin is freed from captivity in
Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
. ** 21-year-old female singer
Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston in ...
releases her debut album – ''
Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston in ...
''. *February 20 **
Clarence Nash Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash (December 7, 1904 – February 20, 1985) was an American voice actor. He was best known as the original voice of the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck. He was born in the rural community of Watonga, Oklahoma, and ...
, voice actor, famous for make the
Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known fo ...
voice.


March

* March 1 – The
GNU Manifesto __NOTOC__ The ''GNU Manifesto'' is a call-to-action by Richard Stallman encouraging participation and support of the GNU Project's goal in developing the GNU free computer operating system. The GNU Manifesto was published in March 1985 in '' D ...
by
Richard Stallman Richard Matthew Stallman (; born March 16, 1953), also known by his initials, rms, is an American free software movement activist and programmer. He campaigns for software to be distributed in such a manner that its users have the freedom to ...
is published for the first time. * March 4 – The
Food and Drug Administration The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a List of United States federal agencies, federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is respon ...
approves a
blood test A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or via fingerprick. Multiple tests for specific blood components, such as a glucose test or a cholester ...
for
AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...
, used since then to screen all
blood donation A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for blood transfusion, transfusions and/or made into biopharmaceutical medications by a process called Blood fractionation, fractionation (separation of whole blood com ...
s in the United States. * March 6 – Boxer
Mike Tyson Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is cons ...
makes his professional debut in Albany, New York, a match which he wins by a first-round knockout. * March 8 – A car bomb planted in Beirut by
CIA The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian intelligence agency, foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gat ...
mercenaries attempts to kill Islamic cleric
Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (also Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadl-Allāh; ar, محمد حسين فضل الله; 16 November 1935 – 4 July 2010) was a prominent twelver Shia cleric from a Lebanese family. Born in Najaf, Iraq, ...
. He survives, but the bomb kills more than 80 people and injures 200. * March 16 –
Associated Press The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspa ...
newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in
Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
(he is eventually released on December 4, 1991). * March 25 – The
57th Academy Awards The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Jack Lemmon presided over the ceremonies. This ceremony marked the first time that multiple black nominees would win an Oscar, when Prince and ...
, hosted by
Jack Lemmon John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered equally proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in dramedy pictures, leadin ...
, are held at
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center, which is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt ...
in
Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
, with
Miloš Forman Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (; ; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech and American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968. Forman ...
's ''
Amadeus Amadeus may refer to: *Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), prolific and influential composer of classical music *Amadeus (name), a given name and people with the name * ''Amadeus'' (play), 1979 stage play by Peter Shaffer * ''Amadeus'' (film), ...
'' winning
Best Picture This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
and
Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...
(Forman's second win), along with six other awards out of 11 nominations. The film is tied in nominations with
David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most important figures in British cinema, Lean directed the large-scale epics ''The Bridge on the River ...
's ''
A Passage to India ''A Passage to India'' is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th century English liter ...
''. * March 31 –
WrestleMania WrestleMania is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event held annually between mid-March and mid-April by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Since premiering in 1985, 37 editions followed, mos ...
debuts at
Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd Street, above Pennsylva ...
.


April

* The
National Archives and Records Administration The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It i ...
is established as an independent federal agency. *
Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line w ...
-based
Procter & Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer hea ...
ditches the moon & stars symbol from its packaging. * April 1 – Eighth-seeded Villanova defeats national powerhouse Georgetown, 66–64, to win the first 64-team field NCAA Tournament in
Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...
. * April 7 –
National Geographic Explorer ''National Geographic Explorer'' (or simply ''Explorer'') is an American documentary television series that originally premiered on Nickelodeon on April 7, 1985, after having been produced as a less costly and intensive alternative to PBS's ' ...
debuts on
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
. * April 11 – The USS ''Coral Sea'' collides with the Ecuadorian tanker ship ''Napo'' off the coast of Cuba. * April 12 –
1985 El Descanso bombing On 12 April 1985, the El Descanso restaurant in Madrid, Spain was bombed in a terrorist attack. The explosion caused the three-story building to collapse, crashing down on about 200 diners and employees, killing 18 people, all Spanish citizens, a ...
: A terrorist bombing attributed to the
Islamic Jihad Organization The Islamic Jihad Organization – IJO ( ar, حركة الجهاد الإسلامي, Ḥarakat al-Jihād al-'Islāmiyy) or ''Organisation du Jihad Islamique'' (OJI) in French, but best known as "Islamic Jihad" (Arabic: ''Jihad al-Islami'') for ...
in the ''El Descanso'' restaurant near
Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
,
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
, mostly attended by U.S. personnel of the Torrejon Air Force Base, causes 18 dead (all Spaniards) and 82 injured. * April 15 – Birth of American YouTuber Robert F. Sanders, aka: Road Guy Rob. * April 19 – A four-day siege of white supremacist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord begins in Arkansas. * April 23 –
Coca-Cola Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta ...
changes its recipe and releases
New Coke New Coke was the unofficial name of a reformulation of the soft drink Coca-Cola, introduced by The Coca-Cola Company in April 1985. It was renamed Coke II in 1990 and discontinued in July 2002. By 1985, Coca-Cola had been losing market share to ...
. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.


May

* May 5 – U.S. President
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
joins West German Chancellor
Helmut Kohl Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longes ...
for a controversial funeral service at a cemetery in
Bitburg Bitburg (; french: Bitbourg; lb, Béibreg) is a city in Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate approximately 25 km (16 mi.) northwest of Trier and 50 km (31 mi.) northeast of Luxembourg city. The American Spangdahlem ...
,
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, which includes the graves of 59 elite S.S. troops from
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. * May 11 – The
FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and its principal Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement age ...
brings charges against the suspected heads of the five Mafia families in
New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
. * May 13 –
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
Mayor
Wilson Goode Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. (born August 19, 1938) is a former Mayor of Philadelphia and the first African American to hold that office. He served from 1984 to 1992, a period which included the controversial MOVE police action and house bombing ...
orders police to storm the radical black American resistance group
MOVE Move may refer to: People *Daniil Move (born 1985), a Russian auto racing driver Brands and enterprises * Move (company), an online real estate company * Move (electronics store), a defunct Australian electronics retailer * Daihatsu Move Gov ...
's headquarters to end a stand-off. The police drop an explosive device into the headquarters, killing eleven members of MOVE and destroying the homes of 61 city residents in the resulting fire. * May 15 – An explosive device sent by the
Unabomber Theodore John Kaczynski ( ; born May 22, 1942), also known as the Unabomber (), is an American domestic terrorist and former mathematics professor. Between 1978 and 1995, Kaczynski killed three people and injured 23 others in a nationwide ...
injures John Hauser at
UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of Californi ...
. * May 19 –
John Anthony Walker John Anthony Walker Jr. (July 28, 1937 – August 28, 2014) was a United States Navy chief warrant officer and communications specialist convicted of spying for the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1985 and sentenced to life in prison. In lat ...
Jr., is arrested by the FBI for passing classified Naval communications onto the Soviets. * May 31 – Forty-one
tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, altho ...
es hit in
Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
,
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
,
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
and
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
, killing 76 people.


June

* June 9 – Los Angeles Lakers win the NBA championship, defeating the Boston Celtics. * June 13 – In
Auburn, Washington Auburn is a city in King County, Washington, United States (with a small portion crossing into neighboring Pierce County). The population was 87,256 at the 2020 Census. Auburn is a suburb in the Seattle metropolitan area, and is currently rank ...
, police defuse a
Unabomber Theodore John Kaczynski ( ; born May 22, 1942), also known as the Unabomber (), is an American domestic terrorist and former mathematics professor. Between 1978 and 1995, Kaczynski killed three people and injured 23 others in a nationwide ...
bomb sent to
Boeing The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product ...
. * June 14 –
TWA Flight 847 Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was a flight from Cairo to San Diego with en route stops in Athens, Rome, Boston, and Los Angeles. On the morning of June 14, 1985, Flight 847 was hijacked shortly after take off from Athens. The hijackers demande ...
, carrying 153 passengers from
Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
to
Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...
, is hijacked by a
Hezbollah Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...
fringe group. One passenger,
U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...
Petty Officer Robert Stethem, is killed. * June 17 – John Hendricks launches the Discovery Channel in the United States. * June 20 – NeXT is founded by Steve Jobs after he resigns from Apple Computer. * June 24 – ''STS-51-G'': Space Shuttle ''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'' completes its mission, best remembered for having Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist. * June 26 – A Walt Disney World Monorail System train catches fire in Epcot around 9:00 p.m, due to friction caused by a flat tire. * June 27 – U.S. Route 66 is officially decommissioned.


July

* July 1 ** Nick at Nite, a nighttime program service with an emphasis on classic television reruns, is launched in the United States, being broadcast on the same channel as
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
. ** A&E Network, A&E, which previously shared Nickelodeon's channel, begins broadcasting as its own 24-hour cable channel in January of that year on a separate satellite transponder. * July 3 – ''Back to the Future'' opens in American theaters and ends up being the 1985 in film, highest-grossing film of 1985 in the United States, and the first film in the successful Back to the Future trilogy, franchise. * July 13 **''Live Aid'' pop concerts in
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and London raise over £50,000,000 for
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. The English people, English rock band Queen (band), Queen performs at Wembley Stadium in London for over 20 minutes. Queen's performance at the event was recreated in the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody (film), ''Bohemian Rhapsody''. **Vice President
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serves as Acting president of the United States, acting president for eight hours, while President
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undergoes Colorectal cancer, colon cancer surgery under anesthesia. * July 19 – Vice President
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announces that New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe will become the first school teacher to ride aboard the Space Shuttle ''Space Shuttle Challenger, Challenger''. * July 20 – The main shipwreck site of the Spain, Spanish galleon ''Nuestra Señora de Atocha'' (which sank in 1622) is found forty miles off the coast of Key West, Florida by treasure hunters who begin to excavate $400,000,000 in coins and silver. * July 24 **Commodore International, Commodore launches the Amiga personal computer at the Lincoln Center in
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. **Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Feature Animation's 25th feature film, ''The Black Cauldron (film), The Black Cauldron'', is released. Considered one of the studio's darkest releases, it receives mixed reviews and results in a large revenue loss for Disney, putting the future of its animation department in jeopardy.


August

* August 2 – Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashes near Dallas, Texas, killing 137 people. * August 4 – Major League Baseball player Rod Carew of the California Angels becomes the sixteenth player to achieve 3,000 hits in a career. * August 20 – Iran–Contra affair: The first arms, 96 BGM-71 TOWs, are sent to Iran in exchange for hostages in
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and profits for the Nicaraguan Contras without public knowledge. * August 25 – Samantha Smith, "Goodwill Ambassador" between the Soviet Union and the United States for writing a letter to Yuri Andropov about nuclear war, and eventually visiting the Soviet Union at Andropov's request, dies in the Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 plane crash. She was 13 years old. * August 26 – Ryan White, who was expelled from Western High School (Russiaville, Indiana), Western High School in Indiana, is allowed to attend his first day of classes via telephone. * August 28 – The first smoking ban for restaurants in the United States is passed in Aspen, Colorado. * August 31 – Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the Night Stalker, is captured in
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September

* September 2 – Hurricane Elena makes landfall on the Gulf Coast of the United States, U.S. Gulf Coast after reaching Saffir–Simpson scale, Category 3 status. * September 4 – Catcher Gary Carter of the New York Mets ties a record with five home runs in two games. * September 6 – Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9, crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31 people. * September 11 – Pete Rose becomes the all-time hit leader in Major League Baseball, with his 4,192nd hit at Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati), Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. * September 13 – Steve Jobs resigns from Apple Computer in order to found NeXT. * September 26 – List of captive orcas#Kalina, Kalina, the first captive orca born at SeaWorld as well as the first to survive past infancy, is born at SeaWorld Orlando.


October

* October 4 – The Free Software Foundation is founded in
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. * October 7 ** The cruise ship ''MS Achille Lauro, Achille Lauro'' is hijacked in the Mediterranean Sea by four heavily armed Palestinian terrorists. One passenger, American Leon Klinghoffer, is killed. ** The Mameyes landslide in Puerto Rico kills close to 300 people in the worst ever landslide in North American history. * October 15 – In separate events, mail bombs kill two people in Salt Lake City, Utah; a third bomb explodes the next day, injuring career forgery, counterfeiter Mark Hofmann. The ensuing police investigation leads to the arrest of Hofmann for the two murders. * October 18 – The Nintendo Entertainment System is released in U.S. stores. * October 27 – The Kansas City Royals defeat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3, to win their first World Series Title.


November

* November 13 – Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor. * November 18 – The comic strip ''Calvin and Hobbes'' appears for the first time, in 35 newspapers. * November 19 – Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President
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and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time. * November 20 – Microsoft Corporation releases the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0. * November 26 – U.S. President
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sells the rights to his autobiography to Random House for a record US$3,000,000.


December

* December 1 – The Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable are released for sale to the public. * December 12 – Arrow Air Flight 1285, a Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander International Airport, Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland, killing 256, 248 of whom were U.S. servicemen returning to Fort Campbell, Kentucky from overseeing a peacekeeping force in Sinai Peninsula, Sinai. * December 16 – In
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, American Mafia, Mafia bosses Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead in front of Spark's Steak House, making hit organizer John Gotti the leader of the powerful Gambino crime family. * December 24 – Right wing extremist David Lewis Rice murders civil rights Lawyer, attorney Charles Goldmark as well as Goldmark's wife and two children in Seattle. Rice suspected the family of being both Jewish and Communist, and claimed his dedication to the Christian Identity movement drove him to the crime. * December 27 – American naturalist Dian Fossey is found murdered in Rwanda. * December 31 – The last issue of ''The Columbus Citizen-Journal'' is circulated.


Undated

* 1985: The Year of the Spy, "The Year of the Spy", name given by media to 1985 because of a large number of foreign spies arrested in the United States. * ''Selected Manifestations'' book is published. * The Tommy Hilfiger brand is established. * The Asian tiger mosquito, an invasive species, is first found in Houston, Texas. * Why Me & Sherry's House, a non-profit organization, is established in Worcester, Massachusetts. * ATI Technologies is founded (originally as Array Technology) in North America by Lee Ka Lau, Francis Lau, Benny Lau and Kwok Yuen Ho.


Ongoing

* Cold War (1947–1991) * Iran–Contra affair (1985–1987)


Births


January

* January 1 ** Chris Cayole, basketball player ** Juliana Harkavy, actress * January 2 ** Adrienne Lyle, Olympic dressage rider ** Heather O'Reilly, soccer player ** Greg Toler, football player * January 3 ** Asa Akira, pornographic actress and director ** Condrew Allen, football player ** Nicole Beharie, actress and singer ** John David Booty, football player * January 4 – Al Jefferson, basketball player * January 5 – Luvvie Ajayi, Nigerian-born author, speaker, and digital strategist * January 6 – Ian M. Anderson, founder of Afternoon Records * January 8 ** Arctic Hospital, DJ and record producer ** Adam Cristman, soccer player ** Rachael Lampa, Christian singer ** Dan O'Connor (singer), Dan O'Connor, guitarist and frontman for Four Year Strong * January 9 ** Brett Camerota, Olympic Nordic combined skier ** Eric Camerota, Olympic Nordic combined skier * January 10 – Alex Meraz, actor, dancer, and martial artist * January 11 ** Saba Ahmed, Pakistani-born political activist, lawyer, engineer, and founder of the Republican Muslim Coalition ** Lucy Knisley, comic artist and musician ** Aja Naomi King, actress * January 12 ** Cynthia Addai-Robinson, actress ** Issa Rae, actress * January 14 ** Billy Chiles, soccer player ** Michelle Wu, politician * January 15 – Brandon Mebane, football player * January 16 ** Ash Christian, actor, film director, and producer (died 2020 in the United States, 2020) ** Joe Flacco, football player ** Renée Felice Smith, actress * January 18 – Matt Hobby, actor and comedian * January 19 ** Jake Allen (American football), Jake Allen, football player ** Damien Chazelle, film director and screenwriter * January 20 ** Antoine Agudio, basketball player ** Lauren Cahoon, Olympic Taekwondo practitioner ** Brantley Gilbert, country singer/songwriter * January 21 ** Nick Gehlfuss, actor ** Salvatore Giunta, U.S. Army Veteran in the Afghan War and List of post-Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipients, Medal of Honor Recipient * January 22 ** Cory Ann Avants, tennis player ** Scott Cousins, baseball player ** Shana Cox, American-born British Olympic sprinter * January 23 – Shola Adisa-Farrar, singer and actress * January 25 ** Brent Celek, football player ** Hartley Sawyer, actor, producer and writer ** Michael Trevino, actor * January 26 ** Emily Afton, singer and actress ** Sean Cameron (footballer), Sean Cameron, American-born Guyanese footballer ** Chico Camus, mixed martial artist ** Edwin Hodge, actor * January 27 – Danial Ahmed, Pakistani-born cricketer * January 28 – J. Cole, Hip-Hop musician and record producer * January 29 – Mikey Hachey, bass player * January 30 ** Susannah Cahalan, journalist and author ** Janae Cox, gymnast ** Kevin Kiley (politician), Kevin Kiley, politician ** Trae Williams, football player * January 31 ** Russell Fry (politician), Russell Fry, politician ** Kalomira, Greek-born singer and model


February

* February 1 ** Sohrab Ahmari, columnist, editor, and author of nonfiction books ** Alex Clark, Youtuber/animator ** Colin Curtis, baseball player * February 2 ** Morris Almond, basketball player ** Evan Alex Cole, actor ** Jake Luhrs, singer and frontman for August Burns Red ** Fontel Mines, football player * February 4 – Bug Hall, actor * February 5 ** Laurence Maroney, football player ** Lindsey Cardinale, singer * February 6 ** Chester Adams, football player ** Patrick Carter (American football), Patrick Carter, football player ** Kris Humphries, basketball player ** Crystal Reed, actress * February 7 ** Derrick Lewis, mixed martial artist ** Tina Majorino, actress ** Deborah Ann Woll, actress * February 8 ** Jeremy Davis, bassist for Paramore (2004-2016) ** Bob Morris (musician), Bob Morris, singer-songwriter and guitarist for The Hush Sound ** Brian Randle, basketball player and coach * February 9 ** David Gallagher, actor ** Rachel Melvin, actress * February 11 ** Nicholas Altobelli, singer/songwriter ** William Beckett (singer), William Beckett, singer/songwriter and frontman for The Academy Is... ** Ben Croft, racquetball player * February 12 – Cuban-born mixed martial artist * February 13 ** Jon Applebaum, politician ** Dan Coleman (basketball), Dan Coleman, basketball player * February 14 ** Tyler Clippard, baseball player ** Jake Lacy, actor * February 15 – Natalie Morales (actress), Natalie Morales, actress * February 16 ** Logan Clark, mixed martial artist ** Stacy Lewis, golfer * February 17 – Zelda Harris, actress * February 19 ** Haylie Duff, actress and singer-songwriter ** Arielle Kebbel, actress * February 20 – TJ Kirk, YouTube personality * February 21 – Ashley Costello, singer and vocalist for New Years Day (band), New Years Day, * February 22 ** Fred the Godson, rapper and DJ (died 2020 in the United States, 2020) ** Sean Garballey, politician ** Ryan Hall (fighter), Ryan Hall, mixed martial artist ** Zach Roerig, actor * February 23 – Sam Chelanga, Kenyan-born marathon runner * February 24 ** Murder of Gwen Araujo, Gwen Araujo, murder victim (d. 2002) ** Priscilla Chan, philanthropist and co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms * February 25 – Joakim Noah, basketball player * February 26 – Shiloh Fernandez, actor * February 27 ** Debra Arlyn, singer/songwriter and pianist ** Mohsin Charania, poker player ** Wendell Chavous, stock car racing driver ** Nicole Linkletter, model


March

* March 1 ** Michael Conner Humphreys, actor ** Cole Sanchez, actor and artist * March 2 ** Reggie Bush, football player ** Robert Iler, actor * March 3 ** Steven Cozza, racing cyclist ** Toby Turner, Internet personality, actor, comedian and musician * March 5 ** Martin Casaus, wrestler ** Jason Cascio, soccer player ** Buzzy Cohen, recording music industry executive * March 6 ** Melinda Cooper, boxer ** Chad Jackson, football player * March 7 – Guy Benson, columnist * March 9 ** Zach Andrews, basketball player ** Dominick Cruz, mixed martial artist ** Rachel Nabors, cartoonist * March 10 – Cooper Andrews, actor * March 13 ** Emile Hirsch, actor ** Max Jenkins, actor and writer * March 15 ** Eva Amurri, actress ** Nick Chambers, comedian ** Kellan Lutz, fashion model and actor * March 17 ** Ellie Cachette, investor, philanthropist, and author of Software Agreements for Dummies ** Lauren Crandall, field hockey player * March 18 – Kyle Alcorn, Olympic long distance runner * March 19 – Esther Agbaje, politician * March 20 ** Chase Coleman, actor, director, and musician ** Britton Colquitt, football player * March 21 ** Ryan Callahan, hockey player ** Adrian Peterson, football player ** Sonequa Martin-Green, actress and producer * March 22 ** Mike Jenkins (American football), Mike Jenkins, football player ** Justin Masterson, baseball player ** James Wolk, actor * March 24 – Jeremy James Kissner, actor * March 25 ** Natalia Anciso, contemporary artist and educator ** Carmen Rasmusen, singer * March 26 ** Sarah Chang (actress), Sarah Chang, actress, producer, stunt coordinator, and martial artist ** Matt Grevers, Olympic swimmer ** Jonathan Groff, actor and singer ** Francesca Marie Smith, actress and writer * March 27 ** Aman Ali (comedian), Aman Ali, comedian, storyteller, journalist, and writer ** Blake McIver Ewing, singer/songwriter, actor, model and pianist * March 28 ** Ian Axel, singer/songwriter ** Mark Melancon, baseball player * March 30 – Russell Carter (basketball), Russell Carter, basketball player * March 31 ** Jason Chery, football player ** Lee Cummard, basketball player ** Peter Porte, actor ** Jessica Szohr, actress


April

* April 1 ** Ryan A. Conklin, television personality and U.S. Army Sergeant ** Daniel Murphy (baseball), Daniel Murphy, baseball player ** Josh Zuckerman, actor * April 2 ** Matthew Antoine, Olympic skeleton racer ** Drew Atchison, football player * April 3 – Gerald Coleman, ice hockey player * April 4 – Todrick Hall, singer-songwriter, actor, director, choreographer and YouTuber * April 5 – Lastings Milledge, baseball player * April 6 – Sinqua Walls, basketball player and actor * April 7 – Joe Cook (basketball), Joe Cook, basketball coach * April 8 – Matt Antonelli, baseball player * April 9 – David Robertson (baseball), David Robertson, baseball player * April 10 ** Barkhad Abdi, Somalian-born actor ** Kyle Clement, football player * April 12 ** Thomas Albert (politician), Thomas Albert, politician ** Brennan Boesch, baseball player * April 13 ** Carmen Carrera, model ** Jon Connor, rapper and record producer * April 15 ** Andre Caldwell, football player ** Chris Cates, baseball player ** John Danks, baseball player ** Aaron Laffey, baseball player * April 16 ** Matt Alonzo, director, video editor, and filmmaker ** Nate Diaz, mixed martial artist ** Sam Hyde, internet comedian * April 17 ** Jonathan Cheever, Olympic snowboarder ** Victoria Cisneros, boxer ** Rooney Mara, actress * April 19 – Zack Conroy, actor * April 20 ** Brian Myers, wrestler ** Billy Magnussen, actor * April 22 ** Sam Altman, entrepreneur, investor, programmer, blogger, CEO of OpenAI, and former president of Y Combinator ** Danny Cepero, soccer player * April 23 ** Blythe Auffarth, actress ** Warren Carter (basketball), Warren Carter, basketball player * April 26 ** Matt Clackson, Canadian-born hockey player ** Tiffany Jackson (basketball), Tiffany Jackson, basketball player and coach (died 2022 in the United States, 2022) ** Bre Scullark, fashion model and actress * April 27 – Jamie Gray Hyder, actress and model * April 28 – Brandon Baker, actor * April 29 ** Julia Clukey, Olympic luger ** Jay Lethal, wrestler


May

* May 2 ** Kyle Busch, racing driver ** Sarah Hughes, Olympic figure skater * May 3 ** Becky Chambers, writer ** Meagan Tandy, actress and model * May 4 **Bo McCalebb, American-born Macedonian basketball player **Anthony Federov, Ukrainian-born singer * May 5 ** Clark Duke, actor, comedian, and director ** P. J. Tucker, basketball player * May 6 ** Cori Alexander, soccer player and photographer ** Chris Paul, basketball player * May 7 – Andrew Carroll (ice hockey), Andrew Carroll, hockey player (d. 2018 in the United States, 2018) * May 8 ** Tommaso Ciampa, wrestler ** Nick Cunningham, Olympic bobsledder ** Usama Young, football player * May 9 ** Audrina Patridge, television personality and actress ** Chris Zylka, actor and model * May 10 – Odette Annable, actress * May 11 – Matt Giraud, singer, pianist and keyboardist * May 12 ** Tally Hall (soccer), Tally Hall, soccer player ** Michael Jagmin, singer and frontman for A Skylit Drive * May 13 – Victor Agosto, anti-war activist and former United States Army, US Army private * May 14 ** Lina Esco, actress, producer and activist ** Dustin Lynch, Country singer/songwriter ** Zack Ryder, wrestler * May 15 ** Seth Adams, football player ** Jim Adduci (2010s outfielder/first baseman), Jim Adduci, baseball player ** Ian Campbell (American football), Ian Campbell, football player ** Jazmin Chaudhry, Bangladeshi-born actress * May 16 ** Ánh Minh, Vietnamese-born singer ** Sal Caccavale, soccer player ** Andrew Keenan-Bolger, actor, writer and director * May 17 ** Derek Hough, dancer, choreographer, musician and six-time Winner of ''Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series), Dancing with the Stars'' ** Matt Ryan (American football), Matt Ryan, football player * May 18 ** Francesca Battistelli, Christian singer/songwriter ** Andrew Carpenter (baseball), Andrew Carpenter, baseball player * May 19 – Chinonye Chukwu, Nigerian-born director * May 20 ** Caitlin Cahow, ice hockey player ** Jon Pardi, country singer/songwriter * May 21 ** Aung La Nsang, Burmese-born mixed martial artist ** Cameron Van Hoy, actor, producer and writer * May 22 ** T. J. Carter (basketball), T. J. Carter, basketball player ** Chris Salvatore, actor, singer/songwriter, model and gay rights activist ** Aakash Gandhi, composer, pianist, songwriter, and entrepreneur * May 23 – Lindsey Anderson, Olympic middle-distance runner * May 24 – John Vigilante, hockey player and coach (d. 2018 in the United States, 2018) * May 25 ** Lauren Frost, actress and singer ** Roman Reigns, wrestler * May 28 ** Kaylin Andres, writer, artist, and fashion designer (d. 2016) ** Colbie Caillat, musician ** Billy Flynn (actor), Billy Flynn, actor and producer ** Emily Wilson (actress), Emily Wilson, actress * May 29 ** Blake Foster, actor and martial artist ** Charlottesville car attack#Victims, Heather Heyer, protestor who died in Charlottesville, Virginia, Charlottesville during the Unite the Right rally (d. 2017 in the United States, 2017) * May 30 ** Niki Cross, soccer player ** Sam Gifaldi, child actor ** Turk McBride, football player * May 31 ** Justine Cotsonas, actress ** Navene Koperweis, progressive metal drummer


June

* June 1 – Ari Herstand, singer-songwriter * June 2 – Maggie Thrash, graphic novelist * June 4 – Evan Lysacek, Olympic figure skater * June 5 ** Jeremy Abbott, Olympic figure skater ** Antonio Anderson, basketball player ** Kelsey Campbell, Olympic wrestler * June 6 ** Abbie Cobb, actress and author ** Chris Henry (running back), Chris Henry, football player ** Becky Sauerbrunn, soccer player * June 9 – Sebastian Telfair, basketball player * June 10 ** Celina Jade, actress ** Kristina Apgar, actress * June 11 ** Daron Cruickshank, mixed martial artist ** Chris Trousdale, actor and recording artist (died 2020 in the United States, 2020) * June 12 ** Jesse Anthony, cyclist ** Dave Franco, actor ** Blake Ross, software developer ** Kendra Wilkinson, model, actress and author ** Chris Young (musician), Chris Young, singer/songwriter and guitarist * June 13 ** Sean Carlson, music promoter ** Christina Chang (footballer), Christina Chang, American-born Jamaican footballer * June 17 ** Michael Adams (American football), Michael Adams, football player ** Tramell Tillman, actor * June 18 ** Jon Abbate, football player ** Jimmie Allen, country music singer/songwriter ** Sorel Carradine, actress ** Chris Coghlan, baseball player ** Alex Hirsch, animator and actor * June 20 ** Thaddeus Coleman, football player ** Matt Flynn, football player ** Mark Saul (actor), Mark Saul, actor * June 21 ** Kris Allen, musician, 8th American Idol winner ** Sara Anundsen, tennis player ** DJ Candlestick, DJ, radio personality, and record producer ** Lana Del Rey, pop musician * June 22 – Scott MacIntyre, singer * June 23 ** Roberto Castro, golfer ** Candice Patton, actress ** Marcel Reece, football player * June 24 ** Justin Hires, ator and comedian ** Jandy Nelson, Writer * June 25 ** Annaleigh Ashford, actress and singer ** Daniel Bard, baseball player * June 27 ** Paul Downs Colaizzo, playwright, screenwriter, and film director ** Martin Sensmeier, actor * June 28 ** Cory Blair, rugby player ** Alexx Calise, singer/songwriter and musician * June 29 – Steven Hauschka, football player * June 30 ** Trevor Ariza, basketball player ** Tim Crowder, football player ** Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer ** Cody Rhodes, wrestler and actor


July

* July 1 – Spose, Hip-Hop artist * July 2 – Ashley Tisdale, actress, singer and producer * July 4 – Sean Cunningham (musician), Sean Cunningham, musician, singer/songwriter, and recording artist * July 5 – Megan Rapinoe, soccer player * July 6 ** John Chest, opera singer ** Matt Overton, football player ** D. Woods, pop musician * July 7 – Craig Capano, soccer player * July 8 ** David Clowney, football player ** Sterling Hyltin, ballerina * July 9 – Cris Cyborg, Brazilian-born mixed martial artist * July 10 – B. J. Crombeen, American-born Canadian ice hockey player * July 11 ** Robert Adamson (actor), Robert Adamson, actor ** Faysal Ahmed, Yemeni-born actor ** Tiffany Andrade, beauty pageant winner, Miss New Jersey 2008 ** Geoff Cameron, soccer player ** Mike Cox (fullback), Mike Cox, football player * July 12 ** Ryan Amoroso, basketball player ** Casper Brinkley, football player ** Jasper Brinkley, football player ** Rob Menendez, politician * July 14 – Darrelle Revis, football player * July 15 – David Carpenter (baseball, born 1985), David Carpenter, baseball player * July 16 – Rosa Salazar, actress * July 17 – Caitlin Van Zandt, actress * July 18 ** Chace Crawford, actor ** Theo Croker, jazz trumpeter, composer, producer, and vocalist ** Hopsin, rapper and record producer * July 19 – LaMarcus Aldridge, basketball player * July 20 – John Francis Daley, actor * July 22 ** Lindsey Carmichael, Paralympic archer ** Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born rugby player * July 23 – Scott Chandler (American football), Scott Chandler, football player * July 24 – Chad Cook, football player * July 25 ** James Lafferty, actor ** Alex Presley, baseball player ** Shantel VanSanten, actress and model * July 26 – Matt Riddlehoover, filmmaker * July 27 ** Husain Abdullah, football player ** Lou Taylor Pucci, actor ** Young Dolph, rapper (died 2021 in the United States, 2021) * July 28 – Monica Abbott, softball player * July 29 ** Charlotte Cho, esthetician, author, and entrepreneur ** Anna Grace Christiansen, racing cyclist * July 30 ** Dylan Axelrod, baseball player ** Mary Wiseman (actress), Mary Wiseman, actress * July 31 – Shannon Curfman, blues-rock singer and guitarist


August

* August 3 ** Tom Cox (Kansas politician), Tom Cox, politician ** Ryan Leone, novelist, film producer, artist, and prison reform activist (d. 2022 in the United States, 2022) * August 4 – Crystal Bowersox, singer/songwriter * August 5 – Zach Appelman, actor * August 6 – Michael Antonini, baseball player * August 7 – Michael Campbell (American musician, born 1985), Michael Campbell, guitarist and bassist * August 8 ** Rafael Casal, writer, actor, producer, and showrunner ** Anisha Nicole, singer * August 9 ** Anna Kendrick, actress and singer ** Hayley Peirsol, swimmer ** Vivek Ramaswamy, entrepreneur, author, political activist, political candidate, and co-founder of Strive Asset Management ** JaMarcus Russell, football player ** Chandler Williams, football player (d. 2013 in the United States, 2013) * August 10 ** Reggie Campbell, football player and Navy aviator in the United States Navy Reserve ** Jared Nathan, child actor (died 2006 in the United States, 2006) * August 11 – Asher Roth, rapper * August 12 – Zack Cozart, baseball player * August 13 ** Jonathan Brookins, mixed martial artist ** Lacey Brown, singer * August 15 ** Emily Kinney, actress and singer/songwriter ** Nipsey Hussle, rapper (d. 2019) * August 16 ** Agnes Bruckner, actress ** Arden Cho, actress, singer, and model ** Cristin Milioti, actress and singer * August 17 – Kennard Cox, football player * August 18 ** Desiree Casado, actress ** Brooke Harman, actress * August 19 ** J. Evan Bonifant, actor ** David A. Gregory, actor and writer ** Lindsey Jacobellis, Olympic snowboarder * August 20 ** Brant Daugherty, actor ** Michael Shuman, bassist for Queens of the Stone Age * August 21 – Jake Pitts, singer/songwriter and lead guitarist for Black Veil Brides * August 22 ** Jimmy Needham, Christian singer/songwriter ** The Usos, twin brother wrestling duo * August 25 – Wynter Gordon, pop/dance singer/songwriter * August 26 – Brian Kelley (musician), Brian Kelley, country singer and one half of Florida Georgia Line * August 27 – ** Jennifer Armour, actress and voice actress ** Kayla Ewell, actress ** Alexandra Nechita, painter ** Sean Foreman, singer/songwriter, member of electro hop group 3OH!3 * August 28 ** Mike Alston, football player ** Pat Cassidy, film producer and music manager ** Jackson Crawford, scholar ** Ashlyne Huff, singer/songwriter and dancer * August 29 ** Alexander Artemev, Russian-born Olympic gymnast ** T. J. Conley, football player ** Jeffrey Licon, actor ** Marc Rzepczynski, baseball player


September

* September 1 ** Jasmine Ann Allen, American-born Japanese voice actress, singer, and TV personality ** Camile Velasco, Filipina-born actress * September 2 – Allison Miller, actress * September 3 – Dominick Cruz, mixed martial artist * September 4 ** Jessa Anderson, Christian singer/songwriter ** Morgan Garrett, actress ** Kaillie Humphries, Olympic Bobsledder * September 5 – Tyler Colvin, baseball player * September 6 ** Lynn Alvarez, mixed martial artist ** Robert Ayers, football player ** Gregg Cash, guitarist and music director ** Hugh Cha, South Korean-born actor, singer, and dancer ** Lauren Lapkus, actress and comedian ** Mitch Moreland, baseball player * September 7 ** Joe Craddock, football player and coach ** Alyssa Diaz, actress * September 8 – Vanessa Baden, actress, writer, director and producer * September 9 ** Martin Johnson (musician), Martin Johnson, singer/songwriter, record producer, guitarist and frontman for Boys Like Girls ** J. R. Smith, basketball player * September 10 ** Matt Angle, baseball player and coach ** Monica Lopera, Colombian-born actress * September 11 ** Bobby Cassevah, baseball player ** Chikezie, singer and American Idol contestant * September 13 – Vella Lovell, actress * September 14 ** Paolo Gregoletto, bassist for Trivium (band), Trivium ** Dilshad Vadsaria, actress * September 15 – Chris Clemons (safety), Chris Clemons, football player * September 16 ** Bravado Brothers, Houston Barrow, wrestler ** Phil Sgrosso, guitarist for As I Lay Dying (band), As I Lay Dying and Wovenwar (2013-2016) ** Madeline Zima, actress * September 17 ** Lindsay Adler, portrait and fashion photographer ** Zacardi Cortez, gospel musician ** Jon Walker, musician * September 18 ** Megan Joy, singer ** Chris Riggi, actor * September 19 ** Zoë Chao, actress and screenwriter ** Chase Rice, country singer-songwriter * September 21 ** Ayad Al Adhamy, Bahraini-born multi-instrumentalist and record producer ** Justin Chapman, author, journalist, and politician ** CinnamonToastKen, internet personality and YouTuber ** Daron Clark, football player * September 22 ** Damiano Carrara, Italian-book chef, restauranter, and cookbook author ** Shad White, politician * September 23 ** Brian Brohm, football player ** Joba Chamberlain, baseball player ** Hasan Minhaj, comedian, political commentator and actor * September 24 ** Dan Charles, mixed martial artist ** Paige Miles, singer * September 27 ** Jamar Butler, basketball player ** Grace Helbig, Youtube personality, podcast host and comedian * September 28 – Martin Courtney, singer and frontman for Real Estate (band), Real Estate * September 29 ** Andrew Forsman, drummer for The Fall of Troy (band), The Fall of Troy ** Calvin Johnson, football player * September 30 ** Chris Chamberlain, football player ** T-Pain, singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor


October

* October 1 ** Mitch Atkins, baseball player ** Porcelain Black, industrial pop singer/songwriter ** Chris Clark (American football), Chris Clark, football player ** Ryan M. Pitts, U.S. Army soldier in Afghan War, List of post-Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipients, Medal of Honor Recipient ** Sicily Sewell, actress * October 2 ** Robbie Agnone, football player ** Tara Allain, beauty pageant winner, Miss Maine 2007 * October 3 ** Jason Anick, jazz musician ** Courtney Lee, basketball player * October 4 ** Brad Bell (producer), Brad Bell, television producer, screenwriter, actor, musician and comic book author ** Clef nite, Nigerian-born guitarist * October 5 – Brooke Valentine, singer * October 6 ** Tahanie Aboushi, civil rights lawyer and political candidate ** Sylvia Fowles, basketball player * October 7 – Evan Longoria, baseball player * October 8 ** Greg Carr (gridiron football), Greg Carr, football player ** Max Crumm, actor and singer ** Bruno Mars, singer-songwriter, producer and actor * October 9 ** Charles Alexander (defensive tackle), Charles Alexander, football player ** Nathan Crumpton, Olympic skeleton racer * October 10 ** Tasneem Alsultan, photographer, artist, and speaker ** Jaremi Carey, actor, streamer, singer, cosplay artist, and drag performer ** Aaron Himelstein, actor * October 11 – Michelle Trachtenberg, actress, producer and singer * October 12 ** Michelle Carter (athlete), Michelle Carter, Olympic shot-putter ** Simeon Castille, football player * October 14 ** Daniel Clark (actor), Daniel Clark, American-born Canadian actor, producer, and reporter ** Robert Costa (journalist), Robert Costa, political reporter and chief election and campaign correspondent for CBS News ** Justin Forsett, football player * October 15 ** Arron Afflalo, basketball player ** Cory Asbury, Christian musician and pastor ** Kevin Craft, football player * October 16 – Dylan Golden Aycock, guitarist * October 18 ** Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban-born baseball player ** Andrew Garcia, singer * October 19 – Ian Calderon, politician * October 20 ** AnonymousCulture, rapper ** Jennifer Freeman, actress * October 21 – Quinton Culberson, football player * October 22 ** Zac Hanson, drummer for Hanson (band), Hanson ** Deontay Wilder, boxer * October 23 ** Masiela Lusha, Albanian-born actress, poet and humanitarian ** Adrian Perkins, politician, mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana * October 24 – Donald Cowart, steeplechase runner * October 25 ** Colt Anderson, football player ** Ciara, singer ** John Robinson (American actor), John Robinson, actor ** Christopher Sean, actor * October 27 – Briana Lane, actress and musician * October 28 ** Troian Bellisario, actress ** Anthony Fantano, music critic ** Matt Greiner, drummer for August Burns Red * October 29 – Adam Cappa, Christian rock singer/songwriter * October 31 ** Kerron Clement, Trinidadian-born hurdler and sprinter ** Paul Cram, actor ** Dan Cramer, mixed martial artist ** Kether Donohue, actress and singer


November

* November 2 ** Danny Amendola, football player ** Anthony Collins (American football), Anthony Collins, football player ** Dan Connor (American football), Dan Connor, football player ** Josh Grelle, actor * November 3 – Tyler Hansbrough, basketball player * November 4 ** Tom Crabtree, football player ** Victoria Leigh Soto, teacher, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim (k. 2012 in the United States, 2012) * November 5 ** Erica Carney, racing cyclist ** Elizabeth Rice, actress * November 6 – Shayne Lamas, reality television personality and actress * November 7 – Adrian Arrington, football player * November 8 ** Mark Asper, football player ** Liam Coen, football coach ** Jack Osbourne, English-born television personality * November 10 ** Pete Andrelczyk, baseball player ** Giovonnie Samuels, actress * November 11 ** Onision, controversial youtuber ** Pat Carroll (soccer), Pat Carroll, soccer player ** Jessica Sierra, singer * November 12 – Arianny Celeste, model and actress * November 13 ** Michael Bennett (defensive lineman, born 1985), Michael Bennett, football player ** Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan-born baseball player ** Kit Williamson, actor and filmmaker * November 14 ** Mara Abbott, Olympic cyclist ** Sage Canaday, long-distance runner ** Spencer Charnas, singer and frontman for Ice Nine Kills * November 15 ** Lily Aldridge, model ** Richard Clebert, football player ** Charron Fisher, basketball player ** Nick Fradiani, singer ** Jeffree Star, YouTuber, entrepreneur, makeup artist and singer-songwriter * November 18 ** Allyson Felix, Olympic sprinter ** Christian Siriano, fashion designer * November 19 – Murder of Eve Carson, Eve Carson, murder victim {d. 2008) * November 20 – Dan Byrd, actor * November 21 – Mark Cochran, politician * November 22 ** Daniel Cameron (American politician), Daniel Cameron, politician ** Antonietta Collins, Mexican-born sportscaster * November 23 ** Troy Ave, rapper ** Mike Tolbert, football player * November 25 ** Dan Carpenter, football player ** Haley Webb, actress and filmmaker * November 26 – Matt Carpenter (baseball), Matt Carpenter, baseball player * November 29 – Jamar Adams, football player * November 30 ** Casely, singer ** Gia Crovatin, actress ** Kaley Cuoco, actress ** Chrissy Teigen, model


December

* December 1 ** John Coughlin (figure skater), John Coughlin, skater (d. 2019) ** Philip DeFranco, YouTube personality and vlogger ** Ilfenesh Hadera, actress ** Janelle Monáe, R&B/Soul Musician ** Svetlana Shusterman, Ukrainian-born television personality * December 2 – Samuel Charles, football player * December 3 – Amanda Seyfried, actress and singer-songwriter * December 4 – Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, TV personality * December 5 ** Ryan Additon, MLB umpire ** Adam Anderson (monster truck driver), Adam Anderson, monster truck driver ** Frankie Muniz, actor, musician, writer, producer and racing driver * December 7 ** S. A. Chakraborty, writer ** Jon Moxley, wrestler * December 8 ** Xavier Carter, sprinter ** Josh Donaldson, baseball player ** Dwight Howard, basketball player * December 10 ** Brandon Anderson, football player ** Edmund Entin, actor ** Matt Forte, football player ** T. J. Hensick, hockey player ** Meghan Linsey, singer/songwriter ** Raven-Symoné, actress, singer and dancer * December 11 – Samantha Steele, sportscaster * December 12 ** Pat Calathes, American-born Greek basketball player ** Chris Jennings (gridiron football), Chris Jennings, football player ** Erika Van Pelt, singer ** David Veikune, football player * December 16 – Amanda Setton, actress * December 17 – Jeremy McKinnon, singer/songwriter, record producer and frontman for A Day to Remember * December 18 ** Aris Ambríz, boxer ** Tara Conner, model, television personality, beauty pageant titleholder, and Miss USA 2006 * December 19 ** Katherine Chappell, film visual effects editor (d. 2015) ** Shane Bitney Crone, filmmaker, writer and advocate for LGBT rights ** Christina Loukas, Olympic diver * December 20 – Paul Wandtke, metalcore drummer * December 21 – James Stewart Jr., motorcycle racer * December 23 – Arcángel, reggaeton singer * December 24 – Edward Aschoff, sports reporter (d. 2019) * December 26 ** Beth Behrs, actress ** Michael Cammarata, entrepreneur, investor, and wellness industry executive ** Chris Carpenter (baseball, born 1985), Chris Carpenter, baseball player ** Mikal Cronin, musician and songwriter * December 27 ** Halley Gross, screenwriter ** Paul Stastny, Canadian-born hockey player * December 28 ** Dan Amboyer, actor ** Taryn Terrell, wrestler * December 29 – Alexa Ray Joel, singer/songwriter and pianist * December 30 ** Samuel Adams (composer), Samuel Adams, composer ** Ryan Ammerman, volleyball player ** Hunter Cantwell, football player ** Anna Wood (actress), Anna Wood, actress * December 31 ** Antwan Applewhite, football player ** Brennen Carvalho, football player ** Jonathan Horton, Olympic gymnast


Full Date Unknown

* Alaska Thunderfuck, drag queen and TV personality * Khalik Allah, filmmaker and photographer * Catrina Allen, disc thrower * Jojo Anavim, contemporary visual artist * Timo Andres, composer and pianist * J. J. Anselmi, writer and musician * Jennifer Arcuri, technology entrepreneur * Alex Askew, politician * Adam Brown (Illinois politician), Adam Brown, politician * John Burris (politician), John Burris, politician * Dorielle Caimi, artist * Chris Campanioni, writer * Alana I. Capria, writer * Ana Caraiani, Romanian-born mathematician * Charlene Carruthers, LGBT activist and author * Gary Chambers, activist and political candidate * Greg Chevalier, soccer player * Stephen Christy, producer, entertainment executive, and editor * Alex Clark, comedian, animator, YouTuber, and juggler * Telfar Clemens, fashion designer and founder of TELFAR * Zinzi Clemmons, writer * Stephanie Cmar, chef * Foo Conner, activist, entrepreneur, and journalist * Kevin Michael Connolly, photographer * Craig Considine (academic), Craig Considine, scholar of Islam * Moogega Cooper, astronomer * Kimberly Corban, rape survivor and rape victim advocate * Jolene Creighton, journalist and media executive


Deaths

* January 7 – Ruth Godfrey (actress), Ruth Godfrey, actress (born 1922 in the United States, 1922) * January 13 – Carol Wayne, actress (born 1942 in the United States, 1942) * January 19 – Eric Voegelin, German-American philosopher (born 1901 in the United States, 1901) * January 20 – Gillis William Long, politician (b. 1923) * February 16 – Mathew Beard, supercentenarian, last surviving person born in 1870 (b. 1870) * February 21 – John G. Trump, electrical engineer, inventor, and physicist (b. 1907 in the United States, 1907) * February 22 – Alexander Scourby, actor (born 1913 in the United States, 1913) * March 13 – Annette Hanshaw, singer (b. 1901) * April 1 – Douglass Wallop, author and playwright (b. 1920) * April 8 – John Frederick Coots, songwriter (b. 1897 in the United States, 1897) * April 22 – Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. 1900 in the United States, 1900) * April 23 – Kent Smith, American actor (b. 1907 in the United States, 1907) * April 24 – Mildred W. Pelzer, American artist (b. 1889 in the United States, 1889) * September 2 – Jay Youngblood, wrestler (b. 1955) * September 11 – Andrew C. Thornton II, narcotics officer, lawyer, and the head member of a drug smuggling ring in Kentucky (b. 1944 in the United States, 1944) * October 2 – Rock Hudson, actor (b. 1925) * October 10 ** Yul Brynner, Russian-born American actor (b. 1920) ** Orson Welles, actor and director (born 1915 in the United States, 1915) * October 25 – Blair Lee III, politician, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (b. 1916 in the United States, 1916) * November 1 ** Rick McGraw, wrestler (b. 1955 in the United States, 1955) ** Phil Silvers, entertainer (b. 1911 in the United States, 1911) * November 4 – Cus D'Amato, legendary boxing trainer who was a mentor to hall of famer boxers
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, Floyd Patterson and José Torres. * November 16 ** Stuart Chase, economist (b. 1888 in the United States, 1888) ** John Sparkman, United States Senator from Alabama from 1946 till 1979. (b. 1899 in the United States, 1899) * November 25 – Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (b. 1926)


See also

* 1985 in American television * List of American films of 1985 * Timeline of United States history (1970–1989)


References


External links

* {{Year in North America, 1985 1985 in the United States, 1980s in the United States 1985 by country, United States 1985 in North America, United States Years of the 20th century in the United States