Enter content here
Enter content here
Enter content here
Prices in 1985
Gas: $1.05/gallon
Album: $7.49 (Album? - Whats that?)
Movie Ticket $4.50
French Fries at McDonalds: $.70
Double Cheeseburger at McDonalds: $1.15
Major Events of 1985
becomes Soviet leader.
"Live Aid" pop concert raises money for the starving in Africa.
French secret agents sink ship, "Rainbow Warrior".
Two Iraqi missiles strike the USS Stark.
announces the retirement of Britain's red telephone boxes.
The Company introduces New Coke. After marketing problems, Coca-Cola returns to the original formula after less than 3 months.
Britain and Ireland sign the Anglo-Irish agreement, giving the Republic of Ireland, for the first time, a role in Northern Ireland.
Sports
NBA: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics Series: 4-2
NCAA Football: Oklahoma Record: 11-1-0
Heisman Trophy: Bo Jackson, auburn, RB points: 1,509
Stanley Cup: Edmunton Oilers vs. Philadelphia Flyers Series: 4-1
Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers vs. Miami Dolphins Score: 38-16
US Open Golf: Andy North Score: 279 Course: Oakland Hills, CC Location: Birmingham, MI
World Series: Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals Series: 4-3
Popular Songs
1."I Want To Know What Love Is" ... Foreigner
2."Careless Whisper" ... Wham! featuring George Michael
3."Can't Fight This Feeling" ... REO Speedwagon
4."One More Night" ... Phil Collins
5." We Are the World" ... U.S.A. for Africa
6."Crazy for You" ... Madonna
7."Don't You" ... Simple Minds
8."Everything She Wants" ... Wham!
9."Everyone Wants to Rule the World" ... Tears for Fears
10."Heaven" ... Bryan Adams
Top Ten Movies
1. Back to the Future
2. Beverly Hills Cop
3. Cocoon
4. Fletch
5. The Goonies
6. The Jewel of the Nile
7. National Lampoon's European Vacation
8. Pale Rider
9. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
10. Rambo: First Blood, Part II
Most Popular Books
Fiction
1. "The Mammoth Hunters" by Jean Auel
2. "Texas" by James Michener
3. "Lake Wobegon Days" by Garrison Keillor
4. "If Tomorrow Comes" by Sidney Sheldon
5. "Skeleton Crew" by Stephen King
Nonfiction
1. "Iacocca: An Autobiography" by Lee Iacocca
2. "Yeager: An Autobiography" by Chuck Yeager
3. "Elvis and Me" by Priscilla Presley
4. "Fit for Life" by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond
5. "The Be- Happy Attitudes" by Robert Schuller
Most Popular Television Shows
1. The Cosby Show (NBC)
2. Family Ties (NBC)
3. Murder, She Wrote (CBS)
4. 60 Minutes (CBS)
5. Cheers (NBC)
6. Dallas (CBS)
7. Dynasty (ABC)
8. The Golden Girls (NBC)
9. Miami Vice (NBC)
10. Who's the Boss? (ABC)
Academy Awards
Best Picture:"Out of Africa"
Best DirectorSydney Pollack ... "Out of Africa"
Best Actor:William Hurt ... "Kiss of the Spider Woman"
Best Actress:Geraldine Page ... "The Trip to Bountiful"
Grammy Awards
Record of the Year: "We Are the World" ... USA for Africa
Song of the Year: "We Are the World" ... Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie
Best Album: "No Jacket Required" ... P
Male Vocalist: Phil Collins ... "No Jacket Required"
Female Vocalist:Whitney Houston ... "Saving All My Love for You"
Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
The prize was awarded jointly to:
HAUPTMAN, HERBERT A., U.S.A., The Medical Foundation of Buffalo, Buffalo,
NY, b. 1917; and
KARLE, JEROME, U.S.A., US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, b.
1918:
"for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures"
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Literature
SIMON, CLAUDE, France, b. 1913:
"who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a
deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition"
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Peace
INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR
Boston, MA, U.S.A.
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to:
BROWN, MICHAEL S., U.S.A., University of Texas Health Science Center at
Dallas, Dallas, TX, b. 1941; and
GOLDSTEIN, JOSEPH L., U.S.A., University of Texas Health Science Center at
Dallas, Dallas, TX, b. 1940:
"for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism"
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Physics
VON KLITZING, KLAUS, Federal Republic of Germany, Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, b. 1943:
"for the discovery of the quantized Hall effect"
Pulitzer Prizes
Drama:Steven Sondheim & James Lapine ... "Sunday In the Park With George"
Fiction:Alison Lurie ... "Foreign Affairs"
International Reporting: Josh Friedman & Dennis Bell ... "Newsday" (Garden City, NY)
National Reporting: Thomas J. Knudson ... "Des Moines Register"
Public Service:"Ft. Worth Star-Telegram"
Tony Awards
Best Play: "Biloxi Blues" ... Neil Simon
Best Musical:"Big River"
"Best Actor in a play:
Derek Jacobi ... "Much Ado About Nothing"
Best Actress in a play:Stockard Channing ... "Joe Egg"