* 2003 – U. S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the in 1985.

* 1985 – Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome and Vienna airports.

The Death of Klinghoffer ( 1991 ): The opera's story begins with the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro by Palestinian terrorists and details the murder of a passenger named Leon Klinghoffer, a retired, physically disabled American Jew.

The " Iron Fist " policy of cracking down on Palestinian nationalism began by Israel in 1985.

He was jailed in Israel, but in May 1985, Okamoto was set free in an exchange of prisoners between Israeli and Palestinian forces.

Leon Klinghoffer ( September 24, 1916 – October 8, 1985 ) was a disabled American appliance manufacturer who was murdered and thrown overboard by Palestinian terrorists in the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985.

As an example of such double standards, he highlights the public outcry at the killing of Leon Klinghoffer, a disabled American murdered by Palestinian " terrorists " in 1985, contrasting it with the complete U. S. ignorance of the Israeli military's killing of a disabled Palestinian, Kemal Zughayer, in 2002.

Okamoto was released in 1985 after 13 years, as part of a prisoner exchange with Palestinian militant factions.

In May 1985, heavy fighting erupted between Amal and Palestinian camp militias for the control of the Sabra, Shatila and Burj el-Barajneh camps in Beirut, sparking the so-called " War of the Camps " which lasted until 1987.

On May 19, 1985, heavy fighting erupted between Amal and Palestinian camp militias for the control of the Sabra, Shatila and Burj el-Barajneh camps in Beirut.

On October 9, 1985 in response to the Israeli attack on Tunisia, members of radical Palestinian organization Popular Liberation Front hijacked the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro and killed a hostage on board the ship.

* " Take Me to the Girl " ( 1985 )

One of the best-known examples is Madonna's 1985 video for " Material Girl " ( directed by Mary Lambert ) which was closely modelled on Jack Cole's staging of " Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend " from the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

* Ashley Alexandra Dupré ( born 1985 ), former Emperor's Club Diamond Girl, recently involved in prostitution case with Eliot Spitzer, former New York Governor.

After The Camomile Lawn ( 1984 ) came Harnessing Peacocks ( 1985 and as TV film in 1992 ), The Vacillations of Poppy Carew ( 1986 and filmed in 1995 ), Not That Sort of Girl ( 1987 ), Second Fiddle ( 1988 ), A Sensible Life ( 1990 ), A Dubious Legacy ( 1993 ), An Imaginative Experience ( 1994 ) and Part of the Furniture ( 1997 ).

In 1985, she signed with Epic Records and made one album for them, Spoiled Girl.

In 1985, Brown co-wrote " Material Girl ", which became one of Madonna's biggest hits and signature song.

Other films with scenes in Georgetown are The Man with One Red Shoe ( 1985, an early Tom Hanks film ), Chances Are ( 1989 ), Timecop ( 1994 ), True Lies ( 1994 ), Dave ( 1993 ), The Jackal ( 1997, private homes ), Enemy of the State ( 1998 ), Spy Games ( 2001 ), Dick ( 1999, C & O Canal ), Election ( 1999 ), Minority Report ( 2002 ), The Recruit ( 2003 ), The Girl Next Door ( 2004 ), Wedding Crashers ( 2005 ), and Transformers ( 2007 ).

Formed in 1947 as the Raybestos Girl All-Stars, and later called the Raybestos Brakettes, they became known as the Stratford Brakettes in 1985 after Raybestos ceased its sponsorship.

She also appeared many times on film and television, most notably in the films The Captive Heart ( 1946 ), Tom Jones ( 1963 ), Georgy Girl ( 1966, opposite her daughter, Lynn ), Out of Africa ( 1985 ), Uncle Vanya ( 1991 ), and the television series The Jewel in the Crown ( 1984 ).

* Infidels-Mad About That Girl 1985 France Producer

* Infidels-Mad About That Girl b / w A Thousand Years Ago 1985 Producer

Although her name was not known, her picture, titled " Afghan Girl ", appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic.

* Today's Girl – 1985

One of her first New York performances came in 1985 when she appeared in J. E. Franklin's Black Girl at Second Stage Theatre.

Ponicsan also wrote the screenplays for the CBS movie A Girl Called Hatter Fox ( 1977 ), the movies Taps ( 1981 ), Vision Quest ( 1985 ), Nuts ( 1987 ), The Boost ( 1988 ), School Ties ( 1992 ), the HBO movie The Enemy Within ( 1992 ), and the CBS series The Mississippi ( 1983 ).

* Me and My Girl ( 12 February 1985 – 16 January 1993 )

The Vicki Morgan story received considerable print coverage and in 1985 author Gordon Basichis wrote Beautiful Bad Girl: The Vicki Morgan Story.

Microdisney's sound gradually became more commercial between 1984 and 1986 particularly and chart oriented, as heard on their 1985 release, The Clock Comes Down the Stairs, and its corresponding single " Birthday Girl ".

*" Birthday Girl " ( 1985 ) Rough Trade ( UK Indie # 6 )

In 2010, Hersh released her memoir, Rat Girl, which covers events from early 1985 through early 1986, when she was in her late teens.

He also music scored her 2008 documentary I Am Because We Are and was musical director on her tours, The Virgin Tour ( 1985 ) and Who's That Girl World Tour ( 1987 ).

** Musical director – The Virgin Tour ( 1985 ); Who's That Girl World Tour ( 1987 )

A series of intricately-programmed dance / soul-style hits followed, including " Absolute " ( UK No. 17 ), " Hypnotize " ( UK No. 68 ) and the reggae-styled " The Word Girl ", which became Scritti Politti's biggest UK hit single, climbing to No. 6 in May 1985.

" The " Sweetest Girl "" was covered by Madness on their 1985 album, Mad Not Mad.

* 1985 – Clarke MacArthur, Canadian hockey player

* 1985 – Al Mukadam, Canadian director, producer, screenwriter and actor

* 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