Knowra198519851985 was a common year in the Gregorian calendar, beginning on Tuesday. It was the 1,985th year of the Common Era.BriefConnectLive Aid: A pair of benefit concerts held on July 13, 1985, to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. The simultaneous London and Philadelphia concerts became one of the year's defining global broadcasts.Schengen Agreement: A 1985 agreement among five European states to gradually remove controls at their shared borders. Its signing established the path toward passport-free travel across much of Europe.Gregorian calendar: The calendar system introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 and now used as the international civil calendar. 1985's dates follow this calendar's rules for months and leap years.We Are the World: A charity single recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa and released in March 1985. The song connected celebrity culture with the famine-relief campaign that culminated in Live Aid.Mexico City earthquake: A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Mexico City on September 19, 1985, causing extensive destruction and loss of life. The disaster was among the year's deadliest events and reshaped Mexican civic activism.Windows 1.0: The first version of Microsoft's graphical operating environment for MS-DOS, released in November 1985. Its release began Microsoft's long-running Windows product line.Common year: A calendar year with 365 days rather than 366. 1985 was not a leap year and therefore had 365 days.The Breakfast Club: A 1985 coming-of-age film written and directed by John Hughes about five students in Saturday detention. Its portrayal of teenage identity became closely associated with 1980s youth culture.Air India Flight 182: A bombing destroyed Air India Flight 182 over the Atlantic Ocean on June 23, 1985, killing all 329 people aboard. The attack was one of 1985's major acts of international terrorism.Super Mario Bros.: A 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo for the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System. Its success helped define console gaming after the North American market downturn.Show all 21Linked from 4 pagesDonna StricklandBroader topic: Strickland and Mourou published their chirped-pulse amplification proposal in 1985.Akira YoshinoRelated: Yoshino’s research group developed its lithium-ion battery prototype in 1985.abc conjectureRelated: The conjecture was publicly proposed by Masser and Oesterlé around this time.Gérard MourouRelated: Their 1985 paper introduced the method that became central to Mourou’s scientific legacy.