Big News Headlines in 1985
Live Aid, a 17-hour rock concert broadcast worldwide from London and Philadelphia, raises $70 million for the starving peoples of Africa. 8.1 magnitude earthquake hits Mexico City and results in an estimated 25,000 deaths. 4 hijackers seize an Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, with more than 400 passengers aboard and kill an American, Leon Klinghoffer. Volcano "Nevada del Ruiz" erupts near Bogota, Columbia causing mud slides that bury two towns killing 25,000. |
American Jew Jonathan Pollard is arrested for giving military secrets to Israel.
#1 Hits of 1985 (US Pop Charts)
ARTIST
Bryan Adams
A-Ha
Huey Lewis & The News
Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Marilyn Martin w/Phil Collins
Dire Straits
Jan Hammer
Foreigner
Ready for the World
Madonna
John Parr
Michael Jackson
Starship
REO Speedwagon
Lionel Richie
Mr. Mister
Simple Minds
Stevie Wonder
Paul Young
Whitney Houston
Wham!
Wham!
Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears
USA for Africa
TITLE
Heaven
Take on Me
The Power of Love
One More Night
Sussudio
Separate Lives
Money for Nothing
Miami Vice Theme
I Want to Know What Love Is
Oh Sheila
Crazy For You
St. Elmo's Fire (man in motion)
Bad
We Built This City
Can't Fight This Feeling
Say You, Say Me
Broken Wings
Don't You (Forget About Me)
Part Time Lover
Everytime You Go Away
Saving All My Love For You
Careless Whisper
Everything She Wants
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Shout
We Are the World
MLB - Kansas City Royals NFL - San Francisco 49ers NBA - Los Angeles Lakers NHL - Edmonton Oilers
Record of the Year - "We Are the World" by USA for Africa Album of the Year - "No Jacket Required" by Phil Collins Song of the Year - "We Are the World" by M.Jackson & L.Richie
Best Picture - Out of Africa Best Director - Sidney Pollack for “Out of Africa” Best Actress - Geraldine Page in “The Trip to Bountiful” Best Actor - William Hurt in “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
#1 Back to the Future #2 Rambo: First Blood, Part II #3 Rocky IV #4 The Color Purple #5 Out of Africa