News
The Philadelphia Police bomb the house occupied by MOVE, a black separatist group. Following a standoff, the fire department lets the fire spread, destroying sixty homes and killing eleven people.
1985 Context: News, Entertainment, Lifestyle
News
U.S. President Ronald Reagan meets for the first time with the new head of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, in Geneva, Switzerland.
News
Mexico City is hit with an 8.0 magnitude earthquake in September causing the collapse of over 400 buildings and the death of over 5,000 people.
Television
With Richard Dean Anderson in the title role, the action-adventure series MacGyver debuts on ABC in the US where it would run for seven seasons. Two MacGyver TV movies ran on ABC and the series was rebooted in 2016 on CBS.
Advertising:
1985 advertisement for Kjonami arcade video gaming systems.
Catalog
1985 Barbie catalog detail.
Advertising
Print ad for Casio keyboards.
Advertising
1985 magazine ad for Canon video camcorders.
Catalog
Photo from Esprit Kids catalog.
Advertising
Converse All Stars magazine ad.
Catalog
Sears teen fashion 1985.
Fashion
Young women's fashion ad for Gitano.
Fashion
Kmart advertisement for young adult fashion.
Fashion
Catalog shot women's fashion.
Advertising
Adidas Sportive advertisement.
Advertising
Print ad for L.A. Gear athletic wear.
Movies
Sylvester Stallone releases the second film in his action-adventure series based on the character John Rambo. The film Rambo: First Blood Part ll grosses $300 million. The series would ultimately include five films.
Movies
Top Hollywood stars Robert Redford and Meryl Streep team up for the romantic drama film Out Of Africa based on the 1937 book. Produced and directed by Sydney Pollack, the film wins the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Movies
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Alice Walker, The Color Purple is a period film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring an ensemble cast including Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Desreta Jackson, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Rae Dawn Chong, Willard Pugh, and Adolph Caesar.
Movies
Back To The Future is the number one box office hit of 1985. Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael J. Fox, the science fiction film spawns two sequels and a multimedia franchise.
Lifestyle
College sorority sisters.
Lifestyle
High school homecoming group in Huntsville, Alabama.
Lifestyle
1985 high school prom couples Indigo, California.
Lifestyle
Florida middle school students.