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3 March – The UK Miners' Strike, involving at its peak 142,000 coalminers, ends after one year. [12]7 March – Two IRA members are jailed for 35 years at the Old Bailey for plotting the bombing campaign across London during 1981.
Jennifer Rush had the best selling single of 1985, "The Power of Love", which spent five weeks at number-one and lasted 10 weeks in the top 10. Madonna (pictured in 1993) had a total of eight top 10 singles this year, more than any other artist. The highest charting of these entries was "Into the Groove", which became her first UK number-one ...
The biggest British musical event of 1985 was the Live Aid concert in London's Wembley Stadium on 13 July. Held to follow up the previous year's charity record "Do They Know It's Christmas?", the biggest-selling single ever at the time, popular acts such as The Who, U2 and Queen performed in front of an estimated audience of 1.9 billion viewers.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 December 2024. 1985 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise from top-left: Royal Air Force C-130 airdropping food during the Ethiopian famine ; reductions of up to 70 percent in the ozone column observed in the austral (southern hemispheric ...
Elvis Presley performed the best-selling song in three years (1958, 1960, 1961). This is a list of the best-selling singles on the UK Singles Chart for each year. Note that the Number sold section denotes the number sold within the year, not in total, as very often the single continues to sell more in later years (and sometimes other singles released within a particular year will go on to ...
1985–86 in English football 1985 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1985: University of Warwick Orchestra and Chorus performing in 1985 at Warwick Arts Centre ...
UK miners' strike (1984–1985) (21 P) Pages in category "1985 in the United Kingdom" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
1 January BBC1's New Year's Eve special Live into 85, broadcast from Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland, ends broadcasting in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as scheduled 40 minutes earlier than in Scotland after a series of disasters brought on by poor organisation from the production team.