What Happened in Jun 1985

Battle of the Beanfield

More than 300 people have been arrested after an attempt by police to prevent a convoy of hippies reaching Stonehenge led to a violent... Read more

"Ran" Is Released

Ran (乱?, "chaos" or "revolt") is a 1985 film written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. It is a jidaigeki (Japanese period drama)... Read more

Larry Bird Wins Second Straight League MVP

In 1985, however, the Lakers avenged the loss, defeating the Celtics in game 6 of the Finals in the Boston Garden. In a losing effort against Los... Read more

United States and Eastern Bloc Exchange Alleged Spies in Deal Involving 29 People

Marian Zacharski (born in Gdynia, Poland in 1951, raised in nearby Sopot), was a Polish Intelligence officer arrested in 1981 and convicted of... Read more

"Prizzi's Honor" Is Released

Prizzi's Honor is a 1985 black comedy film that tells the story of a mob hit man and hit woman who fall in love with each other, even though they... Read more

Ratt release Invasion of Your Privacy

Invasion of Your Privacy is Ratt's second full length album. Beau Hill, who produced their smash debut album, returned to helm production on this... Read more

"Weird Al" Yankovic releases Dare to Be Stupid

Dare to Be Stupid is the third studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1985. The album was one of many produced by former The McCoys... Read more

Scorpions release World Wide Live

World Wide Live is a live album by German heavy metal band Scorpions released in 1985, produced by Dieter Dierks. It was originally released as... Read more

Glastonbury Festival 1985

By 1985 Worthy farm was considered too small to accommodate the Festival so the neighbouring Cockmill farm land was purchased to enlarge the... Read more

Mötley Crüe release Theatre of Pain

Theatre of Pain is the third album by the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on June 21, 1985. Released in the aftermath of singer Vince Neil's... Read more

Stephen King publishes Skeleton Crew

Skeleton Crew (1985) is the second published anthology of short stories by Stephen King. The first collection, Night Shift was published seven... Read more

Terrorists Bomb Air India Flight 182

Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Toronto-Montréal-London-Delhi-Bombay route. On 23 June 1985, the airplane operating... Read more

AC/DC releases Fly on the Wall

Fly on the Wall is the tenth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, originally released on 28 June 1985. The band's second and last... Read more