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Period: to
timeline of 1985
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"we are the world"
"We Are The World" is recorded by USA for Africa, America's response to the British "Do They Know It's Christmas" -
•LIVE AID in London and Philadelphia
•LIVE AID in London and Philadelphi, beamed around the world -
Crack coccaine starts to appear
•Crack coccaine starts to appear -
Gorbachev becomes president of Soviet Union
•Gorbachev becomes (the last) president of the Soviet Union -
Billy Joel marries Christie Brinkley
Billy Joel marries Christie Brinkley. -
New coke
•New coke is introduced in April and quickly replaced with original Coke -
Brussels, soccer game catastrophe.
Brussels, Belgium: 39 dead, 250 wounded during a soccer match between Liverpool and Juventus
http://www.liverpoolfc.com/history/heysel -
Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior bombed by the french.
•Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior is bombed by the French goverment during protests of it's nuclear testing in the Pacific -
Titanic wreckage found
•Titanic wreckage found and filmed by robotic camera in July -
Attemprted murder charge
•Bernhard Goetz is charged with attempted murder -
Ethopia airlift of ethopian jews.
•Ethiopa blocks the airlift of thousands of Ethiopian Jews -
Indisputable hole in ozone layer
•Hole in the ozone layer, first detected in 1977, is now indisputable. -
Earthquake in mexico/volcanic eruption in Columbia
•Earthquake in Mexico / Volcano erupts in Colombia; 1000s killed
http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/earthquake/earthquake_mexico_1985.cfm -
Atom smasher goes online
•In October, the worlds largest atom smasher goes online in Illinois. -
Nintendo game system introduced
•Nintendo home entertainment system introduced -
Extra second added to calender year.
•Extra second added to the calender year. -
Rock and roll hall of fame is opened
•Rock 'n' Roll Hall of fame is opened
