* 1985 – Clarke MacArthur, Canadian hockey player

* 1985 – Frank Ongfiang, Italian footballer

* 1985 – James Alexandrou, English actor

* 1985 – Brennan Boesch, American baseball player

* 1985 – Jeísa Chiminazzo, Brazilian model

* 1985 – Ted Ginn, Jr., American football player

* 1985 – Anna-Katharina Samsel, German actress

* 1985 – Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer-songwriter ( Serebro )

* 1985 – Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer ( Morning Musume and Hangry & Angry )

* 1901 – Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian economist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1985 )

* 1985 – Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American call girl, columnist, and singer

* 1985 – Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model

* 1985 – The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

* 1908 – Kurt Wegner, German artist ( d. 1985 )

* 1985 – Nikica Jelavić, Croatian footballer

* 1985 – Alexandra Nechita, Romanian-American painter

* 1985 – Mickaël Delage, French cyclist

* 1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer

* 1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer

* 1922 – Philip Larkin, English poet ( d. 1985 )

* 1985 – Luca Filippi, Italian race car driver

* 1985 – Anna Kendrick, American actress

* 1985 – Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer

* 1985 – JaMarcus Russell, American football player

* Capp, Al, Li ' l Abner: Reuben Award Winner Series Book 1 ( 1985 ) Blackthorne

* Al Yamamah contract alleged to have been obtained by bribery ( 1985 )

In 1985, he was honoured with his image on a postage stamp of the United Kingdom, and in 1994 he appeared on a United States postage stamp designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.

After finishing fourth in 1985 the Astros fired general manager Al Rosen and manager Bob Lillis.

The perceived threat to Iraq in the summer of 1982 thus was serious enough to force Saddam Hussein to request the Nonaligned Movement to change the venue of its scheduled September meeting from Baghdad to India ; nevertheless, since the fall of 1982, the ground conflict has generally been a stalemated war of attrition — although Iran made small but demoralizing territorial advances as a result of its massive offensives in the reed marshes north of Basra in 1984 and in 1985, in Al Faw Peninsula in early 1986, and in the outskirts of Basra during January and February 1987.

* 1985 – STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery completes its mission, best remembered for having Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist.

Al Minns ' early students formed the basis for the New York Swing Dance Society, established in 1985.

The 1985 Giants lost 100 games ( the most in franchise history ), and owner Bob Lurie responded by hiring Al Rosen as general manager.

In 1985, underwater cinematographer Al Giddings teamed with former Miss America, Shawn Weatherly, on the " Oceanquest " television series.

On 26 September 1985, the UK and Saudi Arabian governments signed the Al Yamamah contract, with BAe as prime contractor.

* On 27 December 1985, after several failed attempts to attack El Al aircraft, guerrillas of the Fatah Revolutionary Council attacked El Al ticket counters at Rome-Fiumicino and Vienna-Schwechat airports, killing 18 people.

After a two-year break, Dexys returned in 1985 with the album, Don't Stand Me Down, featuring Rowland, Adams, O ' Hara and Nicky Gatfield together with various seasoned performers including Vincent Crane ( ex-Atomic Rooster ), Julian Littman and Tim Dancy ( who had been Al Green's drummer ).

On December 27, 1985, the El Al ticket counter was attacked by Palestinians terrorists.

Other members have included Dwayne Goettel ( 1986 – 1995 ), Dave " Rave " Ogilvie ( long-time associate, producer, and " unofficial " fourth member until 1995 ), Mark Walk ( 2003 – present ), and a number of guests, including Bill Leeb ( 1985 – 1986, under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder ), Al Jourgensen ( 1989 ), and many others.

* Capp, Al, Li ' l Abner: Reuben Award Winner Series Book 1 ( 1985 ) Blackthorne

In 1985, Lampley along with Al Michaels served as anchors for ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XIX, the first Super Bowl that ABC televised.

On December 27, 1985, terrorists simultaneously attacked El Al ticket counters at the Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria airports using machine guns and hand grenades.

* Capp, Al, Li ' l Abner: Reuben Award Winner Series Book 1 ( 1985 ) Blackthorne

The character's growing popularity led to a solo, four-issue, Wolverine ( September – December 1982 ), by Claremont and Frank Miller, followed by the six-issue Kitty Pryde and Wolverine by Claremont and Al Milgrom ( November 1984 – April 1985 ).

* Al Jourgensen-production, programming, and various instruments ( 1985 – 1993, 2004 – 2010 )

* Terrorists Kill 13 At El Al Offices-published on the Miami News on December 27, 1985

* El Al Attacks ; 16 Dead, 100 Hurt-published on Lewiston Journal on December 27, 1985

In the 1960 television adaptation of The Land of Oz, he was played by vaudeville comedian Gil Lamb, in the 1969 film, The Wonderful Land of Oz he was played by Al Joseph, and in the 1985 film Return to Oz, he was played by Deep Roy, a little person who was able to fit inside a costume that looked nearly identical to John R. Neill's artwork.