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‘America must remain freedom’s staunchest friend, for freedom is our best ally.’ Ronald Reagan 40th. U.S. President Served Jan. 20, 1981 – Jan. 20, 1989
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1985 COST OF LIVING
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George H.W. Bush
43rd. U.S. Vice President Served Jan. 20, 1981 – Jan. 20, 1989
World events
• Australia cancels its involvement in U.S.-led MX missile tests Feb. 5. • Nelson Mandela rejects an offer of freedom from the South African government Feb. 10. • An 8.0 on the Richter magnitude scale earthquake hits Santiago and Valparaíso, Chile March 3, leav-
e, to the dismay to nearly
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ing 177 dead, 2,575 injured, 142,489 houses destroyed, and about a million people homeless. • Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and de facto leader of the Soviet Union on March 11. • South Africa ends its ban on interracial marriages April 15. • The National Assembly of Kuwait grants women the right to vote May 13. The right
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is revoked in 1999 and re-instated in 2005. • Live Aid pop concerts in London and Philadelphia raise more than $125 million July 13 for famine relief in Ethiopia. • The first arms, 96 BGM-71 TOWs, are sent to Iran on Aug. 20 in exchange for hostages in Lebanon and profits for the Nicaraguan Contras. The public does not know about the arms sale. • The wreck of the RMS Titanic (1912) in the North Atlantic is located Sept. 1 by a joint American-French expedition led by Dr. Robert Ballard. • An 8.1 Richter scale earthquake strikes Mexico City on Sept. 19. Around 10,000 people are killed, 30,000 injured, and 95,000 left homeless. • President Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time Nov. 19 in Geneva.
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
U.S. News
• In Hollywood, the charity single “We Are the World” is recorded Jan. 28 by USA for Africa. • The United States Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS on March 4, used since then to screen all blood donations in the United States. • WrestleMania debuts at Madison Square Garden on March 31. • Madonna launches her Virgin Tour, her first concert tour, in New York City on April 10. • Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke on April 23 (the response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months). • An explosive device sent by the Unabomber injures John Hauser on May 15 at University of California, Berkeley. • Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario on May 31, killing 77. • U.S. Route 66 is officially decommissioned June 27. • “Back to the Future” opens in American theaters July 3 and ends up being the highest grossing film of 1985 in the United States and the first film in the successful franchise.
• Vice President Bush announces July 19 that New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe will become the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. • Pete Rose becomes the all-time hit leader in Major League Baseball on Sept. 11, with his 4,192nd hit at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. • “Super Mario Bros.” is released for the Nintendo Entertainment System on Sept. 13. • The first Nintendo home video game console in United States is released Oct. 18 as the Nintendo Entertainment System. • The comic strip Calvin and Hobbes debuts Nov. 18 in 35 newspapers in the United States. • American singer, songwriter and actor Ricky Nelson dies in a plane crash Dec. 31 in De Kalb, Texas.
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BORN THIS YEAR: Kaley Cuoco, actress (Nov. 30). Above left: Adrian Peterson, NFL player (March 21); Rooney Mara, actress (April 17); Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer (June 30); Bruno Mars, musician (Oct. 8).
Music • • • • • • •
“We Are the World,” USA For Africa “Take on Me,” A-Ha “I Want to Know What Love Is,” Foreigner “Shout,” Tears for Fears “Say You, Say Me,” Lionel Richie “Money for Nothing,” Dire Straits “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” Tears for Fears • “Crazy For You,” Madonna • “The Power of Love,” Huey Lewis & The News • “A View to Kill,” Duran Duran
“The Goonies” “Back to the Future” “The Breakfast Club” “Rocky IV” “The Last Dragon” “Clue” “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” “Legend” “Commando” “Weird Science”
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• Income per year ... $22,100 • Minimum wage .......... $3.35 • New house ........... $89,330 • Rent ................................ $375 • New car..................... $9,005 • Gallon of gas ............... $1.09 • Gallon of milk . ............. $1.98 • Loaf of bread .................. 74¢ • First-class stamp ............22¢ • Movie ticket ................ $3.55
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