1985

This article is about the year 1985. For other uses, see 1985 (disambiguation).

From top to bottom, left to right: the 1985 Mexico City earthquake devastates Mexico City, killing an estimated 45,000 people; the Armero tragedy kills over 23,000 people after the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia; the Live Aid concerts raise millions for famine relief in Ethiopia; the Palace of Justice siege leaves over 100 people dead in Bogotá, Colombia; the Iran–Contra affair reveals secret U.S. arms sales to Iran and the Contras; Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashes, killing 520 people; the 1985 MOVE bombing kills 11 people in Philadelphia; the inaugural WrestleMania I launches the 1980s professional wrestling boom; and the Nintendo Entertainment System is released in North America, revitalizing the video game industry.

1985 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1985 MCMLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	2738
Armenian calendar	1434 ԹՎ ՌՆԼԴ
Assyrian calendar	6735
Baháʼí calendar	141–142
Balinese saka calendar	1906–1907
Bengali calendar	1391–1392
Berber calendar	2935
British Regnal year	33 Eliz. 2 – 34 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2529
Burmese calendar	1347
Byzantine calendar	7493–7494
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4682 or 4475     — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4683 or 4476
Coptic calendar	1701–1702
Discordian calendar	3151
Ethiopian calendar	1977–1978
Hebrew calendar	5745–5746
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2041–2042
- Shaka Samvat	1906–1907
- Kali Yuga	5085–5086
Holocene calendar	11985
Igbo calendar	985–986
Iranian calendar	1363–1364
Islamic calendar	1405–1406
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 60 (昭和６０年)
Javanese calendar	1917–1918
Juche calendar	74
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4318
Minguo calendar	ROC 74 民國74年
Nanakshahi calendar	517
Thai solar calendar	2528
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Wood-Rat) 2111 or 1730 or 958     — to — ཤིང་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Wood-Ox) 2112 or 1731 or 959
Unix time	473385600 – 504921599

1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1985th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 985th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1980s decade.

The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.