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1985
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POLITICS
and HISTORY
-
Mikhail
Gorbachev suceeds Konstantin Cherichenko as
General Secretary of the USSR
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Severe
winter in Europe kills more than 100 people
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The
UK starts screening blood donations for the AIDS
virus
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The
Live Aid Rock Concert in
London and Philadelphia raises over $600M for African famine relief
-
French
sink the Greenpeace flagship 'Rainbow Warrior'
in Auckland, New Zealand
MUSIC
- Rock
Me Amadeus by Falco
-
Everybody
Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears
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Life
in a Northern Town by Dream Academy
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One
Night in Bangkok by Murray Head
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Lay
Your Hands on Me by the Thompson Twins
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Take
on Me by A-Ha
TV
and at the MOVIES
- Michael
J Fox took us Back to the Future
-
Madonna
was Desperately Seeking Susan
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Jack
Nicholson fought for Prizzi's Honor
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Harrison
Ford was Witness protecting
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Bruce
Willis and Cybil Shephard were Moonlighting
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The
Golden Girls made the Florida lifestyle sound
bearable
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Kate
& Allie were eighties women
-
MacGyver
sold millions of Swiss Army knives
People
who died in 1985
- Orson
Welles (b.1915) American film maker
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Rock
Hudson (b.1925) American actor
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Ricky
Nelson (b.1940) American singer and actor
Yul
Bryner (b.1915) American actor
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