1985

1985 was a year:

Events

 * 20 January – Ronald Reagan begins his second term as President of the USA.
 * 11 March – Mikhail Gorbachev is appointed chairman of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
 * 4 May – The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Scandinavium in Göteborg, Sweden. The song La det swinge, performed by the Bobbysocks for Norway, wins the contest.
 * 15 September – Olof Palme remains Prime Minister of Sweden following a victory for the Social Democrats when the 1985 Swedish parliamentary election is held.
 * 18 October – Nintendo released the NES in North America.