What Happened in Oct 1985

Super Mario Bros. Released in North America

Super Mario Bros. is a platform video game developed by Nintendo in late 1985 and published for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a sequel to... Read more

Kreator release Endless Pain

Endless Pain is the debut album of the thrash metal band Kreator, released in 1985 by Noise Records. On this album both Petrozza and Reil share... Read more

Stephen King publishes The Bachman Books

The Bachman Books is a collection of short novels by Stephen King published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman between 1977 and 1982. The book... Read more

Achille Lauro cruise ship is hijacked

The cruise ship, Achille Lauro, was hijacked by four gunmen who demanded the release of Palestinian prisoners in Egypt and other countries. They... Read more

Fates Warning releases The Spectre Within

The Spectre Within is the second studio album by Fates Warning, released in 1985. It was re-released by Metal Blade Records in 2002 with four bonus... Read more

"Re-Animator" Is Released

Re-Animator is a 1985 science fiction horror film directed by Stuart Gordon and based on the H. P. Lovecraft story "Herbert West: Reanimator" and... Read more

The Cult release Love

Love is an album by the English rock band The Cult, released in 1985 on Beggars Banquet Records. The record has been released in nearly 30... Read more

Nintendo Entertainment System Released in the US

The Nintendo Entertainment System (abbreviated to NES or Nintendo) is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America,... Read more

1985 World Series

After winning seven West Division Titles, two American League pennants and participating in five out of the last ten Championship Series (76, 77,... Read more

Aerosmith releases Done with Mirrors

Done with Mirrors is the eighth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith and marked the return of Joe Perry and Brad Whitford to the fold.... Read more

"Shoah" Is Released

Shoah is a nine-hour film completed by Claude Lanzmann in 1985 about the Holocaust (or Shoah). Though Shoah is conventionally classified as a... Read more

Corrosion of Conformity release Animosity

Animosity is the second studio album by the American band Corrosion of Conformity. Album cover art was done by the artist Pushead. Read more

Rush release Power Windows

Power Windows is the 11th studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1985. The album was recorded at The Manor in England, Air Studios in... Read more

Anthrax releases Spreading the Disease

Spreading the Disease is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Anthrax and the first with vocalist Joey Belladonna and bassist Frank... Read more