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The Waterside Inn at Bray, Berkshire, founded by the brothers Michel and Albert Roux, becomes the first establishment in the UK to be awarded three Michelin Guide stars, a distinction which it retains for at least twenty-five years. [1] [2] The first mobile phone network in the UK is launched by Vodafone.
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 ...
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1970 until 1989. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of the British Isles.
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 ...
The 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike was a major industrial action within the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent closures of pits that the government deemed "uneconomic" in the coal industry, which had been nationalised in 1947.
The AIDS crisis ran rampant during the '80s. On March 2, 1985, the FDA approved a blood test for the disease. The first test was known as an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or ELISA test.
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.
The Law & Order: UK episode I Predict A Riot, first aired 26 March 2014, is about a fictional black undercover policeman who went missing during the 1985 Brixton riot. The first episode of the three part series Life of Crime (May 2013) is set during the riot and uses the riot as a backdrop for a critical plot element.