This period included eighteen consecutive winning seasons ( 1968 – 1985 ) -- an unprecedented run of success that saw the Orioles become the envy of the league, and the winningest team in baseball.

By 1985, construction was completed and the World Financial Center saw its first tenants.

The 1980s also saw the cementing of relationships between established characters: Alf Roberts ( Bryan Mosley ) married Audrey Potter ( Sue Nicholls ) in 1985, Kevin Webster ( Michael Le Vell ) married Sally Seddon ( Sally Dynevor ) in 1986.

Pioneers such as Horace Ové had been working in 1970s ( Pressure, 1975, funded by the British Film Institute ), but the 1980s saw a wave of new talent, with films like Babylon ( 1980 ), Burning an Illusion ( 1981 ), Majdhar ( 1985 ) and Ping Pong ( 1986-one of the first films about Britain's Chinese community ).

In Canada, the coming into effect of Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1985 saw a shift in the gay rights movement in Canada, as Canadian gays and lesbians moved from liberation to litigious strategies.

1985 also saw the creation of Gods by Ben Laurie, a MUD1 clone that included online creation in its endgame.

There were around 3, 000, 000 shareholders in Britain when Thatcher took office in 1979, but the subsequent sale of state-run firms saw the level of shareholders double to 6, 000, 000 by 1985 and by the time of her resignation as prime minister in 1990 there were more than 10, 000, 000 shareholders in Britain.

The release of King of Rock in 1985 saw the group furthering their rap-rock fusion on songs like " Can You Rock It Like This " and the title track ; while " Roots, Rap, Reggae " was one of the first rap / dancehall hybrids.

The 1980s saw Gilliam's self-written Trilogy of Imagination about " the ages of man " in Time Bandits ( 1981 ), Brazil ( 1985 ), and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1988 ).

The 1960s also saw the beginning of several research publications devoted to the viola, beginning with Franz Zeyringer's Literatur für Viola, which has undergone several versions, the most recent being in 1985.

The following seasons saw Gretzky break his own assists record three more times ( 125 in 1982 – 83, 135 in 1984 – 85, and 163 in 1985 – 86 ); he also bettered that mark ( 120 assists ) in 1986 – 87 with 121 and 1990 – 91 with 122, and his point record one more time ( 215, in 1985 – 86 ).

The War Game itself finally saw television broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC2 on 31 July 1985, as part of a special season of programming entitled After the Bomb ( which was also Watkins ' original working title for The War Game ).

In 1985, Kohl and US President Ronald Reagan, as part of a plan to observe the 40th anniversary of V-E Day, saw an opportunity to demonstrate the strength of the friendship that existed between Germany and its former foe.

The club's worsening financial state saw many of the team's top players leave in the summer of 2003, the following season failing to deliver any trophies, only the second such occasion since 1985 – 86.

1985 saw the opening of a 915 MW coal-fired electricity plant at Moneypoint, fed by regular visits by 150, 000 tonne bulk carriers.

1985 saw the first batch of Matchbox toys, which have China casting on base.

On January 14, 1991, the Defense Intelligence Agency said an Iraqi agent described, in medically accurate terms, military smallpox casualties he said he saw in 1985 or 1986.

Following the tour in support of Don't Break the Oath, which saw them play in the United States for the first time, King Diamond split ways with the band in April 1985 as a result of frustration over creative differences with Hank Shermann.

Equator ( 1985 ) sold poorly, due to the fact that " CBS just did a terrible job getting it into the shops ," as Box saw it.

His TV career saw him measure with Inside the Third Reich ( 1982 ), where he played Hitler ; Mr Pye ( 1985 ); and Little Dorrit ( 1987 ), from Charles Dickens's book ; The Tenth Man ( 1988 ) with Anthony Hopkins and Kristin Scott Thomas.

The film was originally scheduled for general release during the 1985 Christmas Day weekend, but Columbia moved it, to the weekends of January 17 and January 31, 1986, when they saw the holiday lineup of films.

The following year, New Order's " Blue Monday " became an international chart hit, and 1985 saw the first release by Happy Mondays.

For many years, Big Bird was the only character on the show who saw Mr. Snuffleupagus, but later in the 17th season ( 1985 ) he showed his friends on Sesame Street his " imaginary " friend so they believed him.

1985 saw him collaborating with Kajagoogoo frontman Limahl for their worldwide hit " Neverending Story ".

In 1985 they managed to identity alpha decays from the descendant isotope < sup > 246 </ sup > Cf indicating the formation of meitnerium.

The reaction of berkelium-249 with nitrogen-14 was first studied in Dubna in 1977, and in 1985, researchers there confirmed the formation of the < sup > 260 </ sup > Rf isotope which quickly undergoes spontaneous fission in 28 ms:

* Koen " Trystys " Verstralen (* 1985 ), Musician, ex live guitarist of symphonic black metal band Carach Angren and ex singer of thrash metal formation Anxiety, currently playing bass in death metal band Erebus, hailing from Kampen

Hanna Keelan from Lincoln, Nebraska was responsible for the formation of a comprehensive city plan formulated in 1985.

O ' Malley decided to form a new political party and 21 December 1985, Desmond O ' Malley announced the formation of the Progressive Democrats.

He earned a master's degree in pastoral theology at Laval University, and from 1985 to 1987, directed the La Maison du Renouveau, a formation and Christian renewal center.

On 21 December 1985, O ' Malley announced the formation of the Progressive Democrats.

In Chicago, this dedication led to the formation of the Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago in 1985.

The league refused to participate in the formation of the Alliance Premier League in 1979 and whilst two Isthmian clubs, Enfield and Dagenham, defected to the APL in 1981, it was not until 1985 that the Isthmian League champions were given a promotion place to the newly renamed Football Conference.

CBS left Tri-Star in 1985, and HBO left the venture and Tri-Star merged with Columbia Pictures in 1987, resulting in the formation of Columbia Pictures Entertainment.

In 1985, rock band U2 and manager Paul McGuinness commissioned him to write the story of their origins, formation, early years and the time leading up to their phenomenally successful album, The Joshua Tree.

As of 2012, there have been over twenty musicians in and out of Iced Earth since it's formation in 1985 ( see: List of Iced Earth band members for more details ).

History of Zoids, published in 1985, covered Zi's history as a planet wracked by natural disasters and conflict, King Helic's uniting the original tribes and formation of the Republic, the Empire's bitter splitting off after his son Helic II took over and the younger Zenebas was betrayed by the era's politicians, and much of the earlier battles in the resulting war over territory on the Central Continent.

Together with the integration of the Spanish brand to the Volkswagen group, SEAT was able to strengthen even more its involvement in motorpsort activities with the formation of the SEAT Sport department in 1985.

Since he joined the band in 1990, five years after its formation in 1985, he cannot be described as an original member.

In March 1985, the savage murder of three Communist Party members led to the resignation of César Mendoza, head of the Carabineros and member of the junta since its formation.

It was to be the first time a spacecraft would have flown in formation with a comet, though a U. S. spacecraft, International Cometary Explorer ( ICE ), flew by Comet Giacobini-Zinner in 1985, spacecraft from several countries encountered Comet Halley in 1986, and the Giotto spacecraft flew past Comet Grigg-Skjellerup in 1992.

Company presence returned in 1985 with the formation of New Era Company to push cars and trucks in the country.

Since 1985, Santa Rosa High School has used the single-wing formation under Coach Frank Ortiz.

The major curricular development of the period was the formation in 1985 of a pioneering program that allowed students to complete their B. A.

Subsequent to the Greensboro massacre, the group gave up its Leninist structure and moved towards a social democratic formation that would work for peaceful transition to socialism ; it dissolved the Communist Workers Party and formed the New Democratic Movement in 1985.

Though its operations remained largely the same since its formation in 1985 ( and earlier ) and with little competition, Northern Scottish was not one of the most profitable of the Scottish Bus Group subsidiaries, largely due the sparse population in its large operating area.

Although Colombia's 40-year long conflict with guerrilla groups had given many reasons for such a unit to exist, two terrorist acts in particular worked as catalysts in the formation the unit: the Dominican embassy siege in 1980 and the Palace of Justice siege ( Colombian Supreme Court ) in 1985.

He joined the band in 1985, two years after their formation, and co-wrote their number one album, Spartacus.