Historical figures in 1985
The atlas holds 69 people and 114 moments here, in 1985. The most recorded lives are Ronald Reagan, Rajiv Gandhi and Mikhail Gorbachev. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Musicians and Composers.
Notable people
Jerry Rawlings
in 1985
1 moment here
Jerry John Rawlings was a Ghanaian Air Force officer and politician who led Ghana in 1979 and from 1981 to 2001, first as military ruler and later as…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
in 1985
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Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
John Atta Mills
in 1985
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John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian legal scholar and politician who served as vice president of Ghana from 1997 to 2001 and president from 7…
John McCain
in 1985
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John Sidney McCain III was an American naval aviator, Vietnam War prisoner of war, U.S. representative, U.S.…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1985
3 moments here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Jorge Rafael Videla
in 1985
1 moment here
Argentine Army officer and de facto president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. His dictatorship, the National Reorganization Process, conducted…
Julius Nyerere
in 1985
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Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Junko Tabei
in 1985
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Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher. Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest in 1975 and the first woman to complete the Seven…
Kim Dae-jung
in 1985
1 moment here
South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…
Konstantin Chernenko
in 1985
1 moment here
Soviet Communist Party official and General Secretary of the CPSU from 13 February 1984 until his death.…
Kurt Cobain
in 1985
1 moment here
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…
Lata Mangeshkar
in 1985
1 moment here
Indian playback singer and occasional composer whose career spanned eight decades. Born in Indore, she moved to Mumbai in 1945 and became a central…
Lee Kuan Yew
in 1985
2 moments here
Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Macfarlane Burnet
in 1985
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Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Manmohan Singh
in 1985
1 moment here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1985
4 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Milton Obote
in 1985
2 moments here
Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985.…
Miriam Makeba
in 1985
1 moment here
South African singer, songwriter, actor, and anti-apartheid activist known as “Mama Africa.” Makeba’s career took her from Johannesburg and Pretoria…
Mohamed Morsi
in 1985
1 moment here
Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…
Momoko Kōchi
in 1985
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Japanese film, stage, and television actress, born Momoko Ōkōchi. She became widely known for playing Emiko Yamane in Godzilla (1954), later worked…
Mother Teresa
in 1985
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Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1985
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Muhammad Ali
in 1985
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Muhammadu Buhari
in 1985
1 moment here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Moments
- 1985 North Pole expedition Neil Armstrong
- 1985 Attends Bonn economic summit Ronald Reagan
- 1985 Press conference in Havana Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1985 Appeared in the Trial of the Juntas Jorge Rafael Videla
- 1985 Addresses European Parliament Ronald Reagan
- 1985 Makes Lisbon state visit Ronald Reagan
- 1985 Makes Madrid state visit Ronald Reagan
- 1985 Visits Bergen-Belsen memorial Ronald Reagan
- 1985 Visits Bitburg cemetery Ronald Reagan
- 1985 Aberdeen apartment Kurt Cobain
- 1985 United Way benefit concert Lata Mangeshkar
- 1985 Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom Mother Teresa
- 1985 International Labour Conference visit Rajiv Gandhi
- 1985 Visit to Dhaka Rajiv Gandhi
- 1985 First presidential inauguration Alan García
- 1985 Live Aid performance Freddie Mercury
- 1985 Live Aid performance George Michael
- 1985 Undergoes surgery at Bethesda Ronald Reagan
- 1985 UN women's conference work Wangarĩ Maathai
- 1985 Brother's burial Benazir Bhutto
- 1985 House arrest after the Larkana burial Benazir Bhutto
- 1985 Death at his son's home Macfarlane Burnet
- 1985 Detention after overthrow Muhammadu Buhari
- 1985 Arab League extraordinary summit Saddam Hussein
- 1985 Belgian Grand Prix victory Ayrton Senna
- 1985 Trans-Siberian journey and stay in Moscow Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1985 Death at Santa Maria della Scala Italo Calvino
- 1985 Hospitalization in Grosseto Italo Calvino
- 1985 Stroke at the Roccamare villa Italo Calvino
- 1985 Brighton Beach Memoirs at PARCO Theatre Momoko Kōchi
- 1985 Visit to captured Casa Banana Samora Machel
- 1985 Post-summit rally Thomas Sankara
- 1985 Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow Carl Sagan
- 1985 United Nations General Assembly advocacy Desmond Tutu
- 1985 Visit to Beijing after Tsukuba Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1985 Visit to Tsukuba Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1985 Mexico research journey Federico Fellini
- 1985 Trip to Los Angeles for Tulum research Federico Fellini
- 1985 Meeting President Reagan at the White House Lee Kuan Yew
- 1985 State visit and address to Congress Lee Kuan Yew
- 1985 State visit to Paris Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1985 Meeting with Gorbachev in Moscow Muammar Gaddafi
- 1985 Arrest at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Osho
- 1985 Paris state-visit appearance Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1985 Meeting with Ronald Reagan at the United Nations Rajiv Gandhi
- 1985 Official reappearance in Paris Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- 1985 White House visit Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1985 Final departure for Geneva Jorge Luis Borges
- 1985 Geneva Summit Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1985 Visit to The Hague Mikhail Gorbachev