Little Known Facts That Now- You Know!

Major Events of 1985

Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader.
British Telecom announces the retirement of Britain's red telephone boxes.

The Coca-Cola Company introduces New Coke. After marketing problems, Coca-Cola returns to the original formula after less than 3 months.

Britain and Ireland sign the Anglo-Irish agreement, giving the Republic of Ireland, for the first time, a role in Northern Ireland.

39 soccer fans are killed in the Heysel Stadium disaster.

Nintendo releases the Nintendo Entertainment System in the USA.

First Blockbuster Video store opens, in Dallas, Texas.

The comic strip Calvin and Hobbes is published for the first time.

The birth of Ryan D. Norby- 25 years! Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

('85 was a good year- Coca-Cola, Nintendo, Blockbuster Video...it was meant to be Ryan.)