1985 Other ... Undated

• The Australian state of Victoria celebrates its 150th anniversary.
• The capital gains tax is introduced to Australia.
• Harold Kroto, Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discover C₆₀, soon followed by their discovery of fullerenes.
• The GNU Manifesto is first written by Richard Stallman.
• Western Sahara is admitted to the Organization of African Unity; Morocco, which claims Western Sahara, leaves in protest.
• Solarquest, the space age real estate game, is first published by Golden.
• Norma Phillips Thornworth is elected president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
• ATI Technologies is founded.
• NeXT is founded by Steve Jobs after he resigns from Apple Computer.
• The Tommy Hilfiger brand is established.
• The computer game Tetris is released.
• DNA is first used in a criminal case^[2]
• Greenland leaves the European Union.
• Multiple cases of espionage in the United States prompt the media to label this "The Year of the Spy".
• Africa has a population growth – 3.2% per year.