A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

In 1985 Ruscha was commissioned to design a series of fifty murals, WORDS WITHOUT THOUGHTS NEVER TO HEAVEN GO ( a quotation from Hamlet ), for the rotunda of Miami – Dade Public Library ( now the Miami Art Museum ) in Florida, designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee.

* 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union and begins reforms which inadvertently lead to the collapse of Communism and USSR.

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.

* 1985 – Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.

** The Soviet Union begins its program of economic restructuring ( perestroika ) with legislation initiated by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev ( though Gorbachev had begun minor restructuring in 1985 ).

Part 2 begins with 1940 and continues to 1985.

* Menudo's golden era ( 1981 – 1985 ) begins in Latin America, parts of Europe and Asia.

Note that the postmark still gives " Tanganyika " as country name. 5-shilling stamp of 1980 depicting lion and cubs, used in 1985. The story of the postage stamps and postal history of Tanzania begins with German East Africa, which was occupied by British forces during World War I.

In the 1985 television series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett, the story begins with the theft of the Mona Lisa, masterminded by Moriarty in order to sell prepared fakes to collectors.

* 1985 – CUSO begins supporting developing world volunteers, not just Canadian volunteers.

Beginning in late 1985, Speedword also begins if time is running short and / or if the contestants tied with two words apiece.

* 1985: Production begins at Cowley of the Honda Ballade, which is visually identical to the Rover 200 but uses some of its own engines and has a higher level of specification.

* 1985: AM stereo broadcasting officially begins in Australia, with the C-QUAM standard.

* December 1, 1985: La Mesa based Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Association, Inc. ( PSRM ) reincarnates the San Diego & Arizona Railway ( SD & A ) and begins vintage roundtrip passenger excursion Golden State round-trips trips on the its facility in Campo between Campo to Miller Creek and / or Division with steam and diesel vintage trains.

Dr. Legg first appears in EastEnders when it begins on 19 February 1985.

When the sequel series begins in 1985, Wally and Mary Ellen are the parents of a 10-year-old daughter, Kelly ( Kaleena Kiff ).

* 1985 – A. T. Kearney begins consulting work in China

The film begins with a profile of Kenneth Lay, who founded Enron in 1985.

The Alex Delaware detective series begins with When the Bough Breaks, published in 1985.

The actual video begins, and it is indeed a shot by shot remake of the 1985 video, with Jon Wurster in the role of Aimee Mann's abusive yuppie boyfriend, and Ted Leo as the guitarist in Aimee Mann's band.

A draw in the final Test gave England victory in an Ashes series for the first time in 18 years and their first Ashes victory at home since 1985.

Ashes series have generally been played over five Test matches, although there have been four-match series ( 1938 ; 1975 ) and six-match series ( 1970 – 71 ; 1974 – 75 ; 1978 – 79 ; 1981 ; 1985 ; 1989 ; 1993 and 1997 ).

* the Repton series ( Superior Software, 1985 – 1989 )

The Burroughs 5000 computer series is discussed by individuals responsible for its development and marketing from 1957 through the 1960s in a 1985 conference sponsored by AFIPS and Burroughs Corporation.

On television, the actor Freddie Jones portrayed Claudius in the 1968 British television series The Caesars while the 1985 made-for-television miniseries A. D. features actor Richard Kiley as Claudius.

Caligula has been played by Ralph Bates in the 1968 ITV television series The Caesars ; John Hurt in the 1976 BBC television series I, Claudius ; John McEnery in the 1985 miniseries A. D .; Szabolcs Hajdu in the 1996 film Caligula ; and John Simm in the 2004 miniseries Imperium Nerone.

Among the commercial successes for German films of the 1980s were the Otto film series beginning in 1985 starring comedian Otto Waalkes, Wolfgang Petersen's adaptation of The NeverEnding Story ( 1984 ), and the internationally successful Das Boot ( 1981 ), which still holds the record for most Academy Award nominations for a German film ( six ).

After the genre had started to go out of fashion with mainstream audiences in 1981, the mod revival scene went underground and successfully reinvented itself through a series of clubs, bands and fanzines that breathed fresh life into the genre, culminating in another burst of creative acceptance in 1985.

The Formula 3000 International Championship was a motor racing series created by the Fédération Internationale de l ' Automobile ( FIA ) in 1985 to become the final preparatory step for drivers hoping to enter the Formula One championship.

The series was staged as the Formula 3000 European Championship in 1985, as the Formula 3000 Intercontinental Championship in 1986 and 1987 and then as the Formula 3000 International Championship from 1988 to 2004.

In June 1981, the Army awarded AM General a contract for development of several more prototype vehicles to be delivered to the U. S. government for another series of tests, and the company was later awarded the initial production contract for 55, 000 HMMWVs to be delivered in 1985.

John Edward Boulting ( 21 November 1913 – 17 June 1985 ) and Roy Alfred Clarence Boulting ( 21 November 1913 – 5 November 2001 ), known collectively as the Boulting brothers, were English filmmakers and identical twins who became known for their popular series of satirical comedies in the 1950s and 1960s.

* Knight Rider ( November 1985 ) ( TV series ) ... Vascone

Their influence increased after a coup attempt in May 1985, that was blocked mainly thanks to the action of the Revolutionary Guard that engaged regular army units in a series of street battles.

Following the 1985 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths, the character was re-imagined as a Machiavellian industrialist and white-collar criminal, even briefly serving as President of the United States.

Representatives from both sides initiated a series of low-level contacts that led to a resumption of diplomatic ties in April 1985.

* —, The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design ( Thames & Hudson, " World of Art " series, 1985, ISBN 0-500-20072-6 ).

* Mary ( 1985 TV series ), a sitcom follow-up to The Mary Tyler Moore Show

* Blue Comet SPT Layzner ( 1985 – 1986 ) anime series.

In the 1985 – 86 season, she returned to CBS in a series titled Mary, which suffered from poor reviews, sagging ratings, and internal strife within the production crew.

* MSA-003 Nemo, a mobile suit from the anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ( 1985 )

Afterwards, beginning with 1985 through 1990, it organized a series of more than sixty happenings in several Polish cities, including Wrocław, Warsaw, Łódź, Lublin and Tomaszów Mazowiecki.