Clockwise from top-left: Royal Air Force C-130 airdropping food during the Ethiopian famine; reductions of up to 70 percent in the ozone column observed in the austral (southern hemispheric) spring over Antarctica; Nevado del Ruiz erupts, killing 23,000 people; an earthquake in Mexico City killed 45,000 people; Air India Flight 182 seen less than two weeks before the bombing; the Nintendo Entertainment System is released in U.S. stores revitalizing the North American video game industry; a memorial plaque dedicated to the victims of the Heysel Stadium disaster; the Live Aid concert is held in order to fund relief efforts for the famine in Ethiopia during the time Mengistu Haile Mariam ruled the country.
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1985 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
1985 MCMLXXXV
Ab urbe condita
2738
Armenian calendar
1434 ԹՎ ՌՆԼԴ
Assyrian calendar
6735
Baháʼí calendar
141–142
Balinese saka calendar
1906–1907
Bengali calendar
1392
Berber calendar
2935
British Regnal year
33 Eliz. 2 – 34 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar
2529
Burmese calendar
1347
Byzantine calendar
7493–7494
Chinese calendar
甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4682 or 4475 — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4683 or 4476
Coptic calendar
1701–1702
Discordian calendar
3151
Ethiopian calendar
1977–1978
Hebrew calendar
5745–5746
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
2041–2042
- Shaka Samvat
1906–1907
- Kali Yuga
5085–5086
Holocene calendar
11985
Igbo calendar
985–986
Iranian calendar
1363–1364
Islamic calendar
1405–1406
Japanese calendar
Shōwa 60 (昭和６０年)
Javanese calendar
1917–1918
Juche calendar
74
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar
4318
Minguo calendar
ROC 74 民國74年
Nanakshahi calendar
517
Thai solar calendar
2528
Tibetan calendar
阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 2111 or 1730 or 958 — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 2112 or 1731 or 959
Unix time
473385600 – 504921599
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1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1985th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 985th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1980s decade.
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The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
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