January 1985

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January 28, 1985: Cyndi Lauper and Glenn Francis at the recording of the charity single "We Are The World"
January 10, 1985: Anton Karas dies
January 15, 1985: Tancredo Neves elected President of Brazil, died before taking office

The following events occurred in January 1985:

January 1, 1985 (Tuesday)[]

  • The Internet's Domain Name System is established.[1]
  • Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of an agreement.[2]
  • Vodafone launches the UK's first mobile phone network.[3]
  • VH-1, a new music video channel, begins broadcasting on American cable television, aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV. The first video played is Marvin Gaye's "The Star-Spangled Banner".[4]
  • Eastern Air Lines Flight 980, a Boeing 727 flying at night in poor weather, crashes into Bolivia's Mount Illimani at an altitude of 19,600 feet (6,000 meters), killing all 19 passengers and 10 crew. The lost remains of the plane and those on board are not found for a further 31 years.[5][6]
  • The city of Cork, in Ireland, begins a year of celebrations marking the 800th anniversary of its charter, received from John, King of England.[7]
  • The 1985 Fiesta Bowl college football game is held at Tempe, Arizona, United States, and is won by the UCLA Bruins.[8]
  • The 1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships conclude in Finland, with Canada in first place.[9]
  • Died: Sigerson Clifford, 71, Irish poet, playwright, and civil servant[10]

January 2, 1985 (Wednesday)[]

  • Died: Gabriel Elorde, 49, Filipino world super featherweight boxing champion, of lung cancer.[11]
  • Born: Ali Kazmi, came into this world during a Chicago blizzard, first of his name.

January 3, 1985 (Thursday)[]

  • US Senator Bob Dole becomes the Republican Leader of the United States Senate and Senate Majority Leader in succession to Howard Baker.[12]

January 4, 1985 (Friday)[]

  • Ad Rutschman, head football coach of Linfield College (Oregon), has been named NAIA Division II Football coach of the year for the second time in three seasons.
  • Born: Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer, in Bafra[13]

January 5, 1985 (Saturday)[]

  • Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres reveals details of Operation Moses in a press conference, resulting in its termination by the Government of Sudan. In seven weeks of operation, the covert, cooperative operation by the Israel Defense Forces, the Central Intelligence Agency, the United States Embassy in Khartoum, mercenaries, and Sudanese state security forces had evacuated about 8,000 Jewish refugees from Sudan to Israel via Brussels, Belgium.[14]
  • At ceremonies held in Nenana and Seward, Alaska, ownership of the Alaska Railroad is officially transferred to the U.S. state of Alaska.[15]
  • The Asian Basketball Confederation Championship concludes in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with the Philippines emerging overall champions.[16]
  • Died: Robert Surtees, 78, US Academy Award-winning cinematographer[17]

January 6, 1985 (Sunday)[]

January 7, 1985 (Monday)[]

  • Film star Yul Brynner, suffering from terminal lung cancer, appears on the US television programme Good Morning America, and vows to make a public service announcement to deter others from smoking.[20]
  • Born: Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver, 7 times Formula One world champion, in Stevenage[21][22]

January 8, 1985 (Tuesday)[]

January 8: Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft
  • The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft. It is the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or Soviet Union.[23]
  • Mary Lou Retton, American Gymanst who won the hearts of the USA in the 1984 Summer Olympics was named The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year.
  • Died: Grace Morley, 84, US museologist[24]

January 9, 1985 (Wednesday)[]

  • France passes a law relating to the protection and development of mountain regions.[25]
  • 46-year-old Richard Peña of Granada Hills, California, falls 350 feet (110 m) to his death after climbing over the guardrail at the First Trailview Overlook on West Rim Drive in Grand Canyon National Park. Peña's final words are, "You gotta take some chances in life."[26]
  • The Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Contadora Group of countries issue a joint declaration noting the decisions and achievements of their conference.[27]

January 10, 1985 (Thursday)[]

  • British inventor Sir Clive Sinclair introduces the Sinclair C5, the world's first mass-produced velomobile. Critics consider it unsafe and impractical, and it proves a commercial failure.[28]
  • Madhav Singh Solanki, Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, introduces an increase of 18% in the proportion of government positions reserved for people from "backward" classes. The change indirectly leads to rioting the following month and Solanki's eventual resignation.[29]
  • The 1985 PGA Tour golf championship opens with the Bob Hope Classic.[30]
  • Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins who in the 1984 NFL Season shattered many NFL Passing season records was named the Bert Bell Award as the NFL's Outstanding player of 1984.
  • Died: Anton Karas, 78, Austrian zither player and composer[31]

January 11, 1985 (Friday)[]

  • One of the biggest music festivals ever held, "Rock in Rio", begins in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The audience for the ten-day event is estimated at 1.5 million, with performers including Iron Maiden, Nina Hagen, The B52's, Go Go's, Queen, Rod Stewart, James Taylor, AC/DC, Gilberto Gil, Elba Ramalho, Barão Vermelho and Paralamas do Sucesso.[32]
  • Died: Sir William McKell, 93, Australian politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia[33]

January 12, 1985 (Saturday)[]

January 13, 1985 (Sunday)[]

January 14, 1985 (Monday)[]

January 15, 1985 (Tuesday)[]

  • Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. It is the last election to be held under the electoral college system.[40]
  • A car bomb, planted by the Belgian terrorist organization Cellules Communistes Combattantes, goes off outside a NATO building near Brussels, resulting in the deaths of two firemen and injuries to others, including a US serviceman.[41]
  • Mike Castle is inaugurated as the Governor of the US state of Delaware, in succession to his mentor, Pete du Pont.[42]
  • An HH-53 helicopter of the 6594th Test Group of the United States Air Force crashes while attempting a rescue a British merchant seaman from the ship "Asian Beauty", off the coast of Hawaii. All seven crew members are killed after a main rotor blade broke while the helicopter hovered over the ship.[43]

January 16, 1985 (Wednesday)[]

  • In Burlington, Vermont, United States, William J. Murray announces that he will contest the impending mayoral election as a "Libertarian", against incumbent mayor Bernie Sanders.[44]

January 17, 1985 (Thursday)[]

  • The Israeli government establishes the Bejski Commission to investigate the 1983 Israel bank stock crisis.[45]
  • Cyclone Eric makes landfall in Fiji, causing wind damage and extensive flooding. About 30,000 persons are made homeless.[46] Eric brought $40 million (USD) in damage and took 25 lives.[47]
  • A heavy snowfall causes the roof of the Palasport di San Siro arena in Milan, Italy, to collapse, forcing the venue to close permanently.[48]
  • The UK-registered cargo ship Byron I, en route from Poland to India, is wrecked at , Crete, Greece.[49]

January 18, 1985 (Friday)[]

January 19, 1985 (Saturday)[]

  • A spell of particularly cold weather begins to affect the north-central United States.[53]
  • The submarine USS Augusta (SSN-710) is commissioned into the United States Navy.[54]
  • Died: Eric Voegelin, 84, German-born American political philosopher[55]

January 20, 1985 (Sunday)[]

January 21, 1985 (Monday)[]

January 21: Borobudur Buddhist temple

January 22, 1985 (Tuesday)[]

  • The Japanese diesel-electric Yūshio-class submarine JDS Akishio is launched in Kobe.[62]
  • Five Immortals we're inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Quarterback Joe Namath of the New York Jets, quarterback Roger Staubach of the Dallas Cowboys, running back O. J. Simpson of the Buffalo Bills, center Frank Gatski of the Cleveland Browns and NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle.

January 23, 1985 (Wednesday)[]

  • A debate in the British House of Lords is televised, as an experiment by the UK government in the televising of Parliament.[63] Former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (1st Earl of Stockton), is among the speakers.

January 24, 1985 (Thursday)[]

  • Space Shuttle program: The space shuttle Discovery, on its third flight, is successfully launched from in Florida, USA, carrying five astronauts and two satellites.[64]

January 25, 1985 (Monday)[]

January 26, 1985 (Saturday)[]

January 27, 1985 (Sunday)[]

January 28, 1985 (Monday)[]

  • Various US and European musicians, under the group name "USA For Africa", meet in Los Angeles to record the song "We Are the World", written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, with the aim of raising money for victims of the Ethiopian famine, a cause brought to the world's attention by Irish musician Bob Geldof. Performers include Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Sheila E., Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Kim Carnes, Dionne Warwick, Waylon Jennings and Stevie Wonder.[75]
  • The 12th annual American Music Awards ceremony takes place. Multiple winners include Lionel Richie, Cyndi Lauper, Tina Turner and Prince.[76]
  • In Nagano, Japan, twenty-five people are killed when a charter bus carrying students on a ski tour plunges into a river.[77]
  • Born: J. Cole, American hip-hop musician and record producer, in Frankfurt, West Germany[78][79]

January 29, 1985 (Tuesday)[]

  • The Federal Cabinet of Australia secretly endorses the decision to provide refuelling facilities to United States aircraft monitoring MX missile tests in the Pacific. Strong anti-American and anti-nuclear reactions later force Prime Minister Bob Hawke to withdraw the offer.[80]

January 30, 1985 (Wednesday)[]

January 31, 1985 (Thursday)[]

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