November 27, 1985 Rocky IV was released in theaters.
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January 1, 1985 VH1 music video channel begins broadcasting.
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January 28, 1985 ‘We Are the World’ was recorded in Hollywood. It was released in March of that year and became the fastest selling pop-song in history.
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March 2, 1985 Super Bowl champion Reggie Bush was born in Spring Valley, California.
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March 13, 1985 Actor Emile Hirsch was born in Palms, California.
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March 26, 1985 Academy Award Actress nominee Keira Knightley was born in London.
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March 31, 1985 Hulk Hogan and Mr. T defeated Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff at the first ever Wrestlemania. At that time, it was the most viewed television event in history.
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May 6, 1985 NBA player Chris Paul (and possibly his twin brother, Cliff) were born in Winston-Salem NC.
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May 22, 2009 The puzzle video game Tetris is shown at Barcade in the Brooklyn section of New York
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June 4, 1985 Sports Illustrated cover model Bar Rafaeli was born in Hod HaSharon, Israel.
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June 5, 1985 Ferris Bueller has his ‘day off’. This day was pinpointed by using the data from the Braves vs Cubs game he attended.
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June 7, 1985 Goonies, the 1980’s classic, hit theaters
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June 12, 1985 Actor Dave Franco was born in Palo Alto, California.
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June 10, 1985 Patrick Ewing was the first pick in the NBA draft.
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June 21, 1985 Singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey was born in NYC.
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June 30, 1985 Possibly the greatest olympian of all time, Michael Phelps was born in Towson, MD.
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July 2, 1985 Actress and (kind of) singer Ashley Tisdale was born in Monmouth NJ.
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July 3, 1985 Back to the Future opens in theaters and became the highest grossing film of 1985.
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August 1985 Bruce Davidson captured the now iconic photo of an undercover cop arresting a mugger on the NY subway.
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August 1985 Time Magazine predicted what Michael Jackson would look like in the year 2000.
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August 2, 1985 Weird Science hits theaters and Kelly LeBrock becomes one of the more notable sex symbols of the decade.
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August 9, 1985 Actress Anna Kendrick is born in Portland, Maine.
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September 11, 1985 Although it was later scratched from the record books, Pete Rose became the all-time hit leader for Major League Baseball (4,192).
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September 13, 1985 Super Mario Brothers is released on Nintendo.
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September 17, 1985 Three time NHL MVP (and overall badass) Alexander Ovechkin is born in Russia.
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September 25, 1985 Calvin Johnson (aka Megatron) was born in Newnan, GA.
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October 1985 The first ever Blockbuster store is opened in Dallas, TX.
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November 20, 1985 Microsoft releases its first version of Windows, Windows 1.0
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November 30, 1985 Kaley Cuoco was born in Camarilla, California.