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-{{short description|Month of 1985}}
-{{events by month|1985}}
-{{calendar|year=1985|month=May}}
-The following events occurred in '''May 1985''':{{TOC limit|2}}
-==[[May 1]], 1985 (Wednesday)==
-*[[Willis Reed]] citing his frustrations with recruiting cheating, resigned as head coach of [[Creighton University]] basketball. In his four seasons there he had a record of 52-65 and led Creighton to the 1984 [[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]] tournament.
-*'''Died:'''
-**Sir [[Basil Arthur]], 56, New Zealand politician, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, of [[Legionnaires' disease]].<ref>{{DNZB|Henderson|John|5a19|Arthur, Basil Malcolm|10 April 2017}}</ref> His death necessitates the [[1985 Timaru by-election|Timaru by-election]] a month later.
-**[[Denise Robins]], 88, British romance novelist<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hal May|author2=Ann Evory|title=Contemporary Authors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgE_udhTxMgC|date=February 1986|publisher=Gale Research International, Limited|isbn=978-0-8103-1916-5|page=393}}</ref>
-==[[May 2]], 1985 (Thursday)==
-*In the [[1985 Ontario general election|Ontario general election]], the [[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservatives]] fail to win an overall majority. Incumbent Premier [[Frank Miller (politician)|Frank Miller]] briefly remains in power while other parties negotiate a coalition.<ref>{{citation| last=Stevens| first=Geoffrey| title=Leaders and Lesser Mortals| pages=[https://archive.org/details/leaderslessermor0000lasc/page/48 48–50]| year=1990| location=Toronto| publisher=Key Porter Books| isbn=1550134442| url=https://archive.org/details/leaderslessermor0000lasc/page/48}}</ref>
-*'''Born:''' [[Lily Allen]], English singer, in Hammersmith, the daughter of [[Keith Allen (actor)|Keith Allen]] and [[Alison Owen]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Martin Howden|title=Lily Allen - Living Dangerously|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qzitDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT5|date=4 August 2008|publisher=John Blake|isbn=978-1-78418-478-0|pages=5}}</ref>
-==[[May 3]], 1985 (Friday)==
-*[[Aeroflot Flight 8381]], a [[Tupolev Tu-134]] with 79 people on board, collides with a [[Soviet Air Forces]] [[Antonov An-26]] with 15 people on board, at 13,000 feet (3,962 m) near [[Zolochev]] in the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]]. All 94 people are killed, in an accident attributed to [[air traffic control]] errors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850503-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A CCCP-65856 Zolochiv|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2017-12-18}}</ref>
-*'''Died:''' Alari Lindmäe, 17, Estonian [[Table tennis|table-tennis]] player;<ref>{{cite book|title=1000 tartlast läbi aegade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UqciAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=MTÜ Liivimaa Mälu|page=229|language=et}}</ref> Nikolai Dmitrijev, 53, one of the Soviet Union's most decorated civil airline pilots; [[Alexander Aksinin]], 35, Soviet artist;<ref>{{cite book|title=ABM|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWE9AQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Santa Barbara, Calif.|page=2}}</ref> all killed in the crash of Aeroflot Flight 8381.
-==[[May 4]], 1985 (Saturday)==
-*The [[Eurovision Song Contest 1985|30th Eurovision Song Contest]], held in [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]], is won by the Norwegian entry, ''[[La det swinge]]'', performed by [[Bobbysocks!]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/gothenburg-1985|title=Gothenburg 1985|website=Eurovision Song Contest|access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref>
-*The [[May 1985 lunar eclipse|first of the year's two lunar eclipses]] is observed.<ref>{{LEplot1951 link|1985|May|04|T}}</ref>
-==[[May 5]], 1985 (Sunday)==
-*[[Bitburg controversy]]: U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] and West German Chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]] attend a funeral service at a cemetery in [[Bitburg]], [[Germany]]. The visit, intended to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, arouses criticism in the United States and worldwide because 49 of the 2,000 German soldiers buried at the site were members of the Waffen-SS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/texts/reagan051985.html|title=Ronald Reagan: Remarks at a Joint German-American Military Ceremony at Bitburg Air Base in the Federal Republic of Germany|access-date=March 2, 2021}}</ref>
-*The [[1985 San Marino Grand Prix]] is held at the [[Imola Circuit]]. [[Alain Prost]] is disqualified and [[Ayrton Senna]] begins the race in pole position, but the winner is [[Elio de Angelis]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DxMYAQAAIAAJ|year=1986|publisher=J. Haynes and J.F. Archibald|page=78}}</ref>
-==[[May 6]], 1985 (Monday)==
-*'''Died:''' [[Pete Desjardins]], 78, US Olympic diver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/pete-desjardins|title=Pete Desjardins|website=IOC|access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref>
-==[[May 7]], 1985 (Tuesday)==
-*'''Born:''' [[J Balvin]], reggaeton singer, in Medellín, Colombia<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/arts/music/j-balvin-energia-interview.html |title=J Balvin Is a Man With a Mission: Making Reggaeton Global |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=July 5, 2016 |work=New York Times |access-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref>
-==[[May 8]], 1985 (Wednesday)==
-*In the first leg of the [[1985 UEFA Cup Final|UEFA Cup Final]], [[Real Madrid CF]] defeat [[Fehérvár FC|MOL Vidi FC]] of Hungary 3–0.<ref name="Goldblatt2003"/>
-*Two communications satellites, "Telecom 1B" ([[France Télécom]]) and "GStar 1" ([[GTE Spacenet]]) are successfully launched from the [[Guiana Space Centre]] in South America.<ref>{{cite book|title=Spaceflight|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzdKAQAAIAAJ|year=1985|publisher=British Interplanetary Society|page=429}}</ref>
-*'''Died:''' [[Tom Hooson]], 52, Welsh MP; his death results in [[1985 Brecon and Radnor by-election|a by-election]] in the marginal seat of Brecon & Radnor<ref>{{cite book|author=National Library of Wales|title=Annual Report - National Library of Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SyXpAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|page=15}}</ref>
-==[[May 9]], 1985 (Thursday)==
-*The US barge ''Shirley Ann'', loaded with discarded [[tire]]s, is [[Scuttling|scuttled]] to act as an [[artificial reef]] in the [[North Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Harvey Cedars, New Jersey]], United States.<ref>[https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_nj06_gsn.php#ShirleyAnn njscuba.net ''Shirley Ann'']</ref>
-==[[May 10]], 1985 (Friday)==
-*The retired US ferry ''Zeeliner'' is scuttled to act as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off [[Fire Island]] south of [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States.<ref>[https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_ny06_fire_island.php#Zeeliner njscuba.net ''Zeeliner'']</ref>
-==[[May 11]], 1985 (Saturday)==
-*[[Bradford City stadium fire]]: A wooden stand at the [[Valley Parade]] stadium, home of soccer club [[Bradford F.C.]], catches fire during a match, resulting in 56 deaths and more than 250 injuries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/11/newsid_2523000/2523561.stm |title=Fans killed in Bradford stadium fire |date=11 May 1985 |access-date=2 December 2008 |work=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113041/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/11/newsid_2523000/2523561.stm |archive-date= 7 March 2008 }}</ref>
-*María Gracia Galleno wins the [[Miss Perú 1985]] title and the right to represent [[Peru]] in the [[Miss Universe]] competition.<ref>{{cite book|title=Caretas: ilustración peruana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pd1OAQAAIAAJ|date=April 2010|publisher=Empresa Editora Caretas S. A.|page=34}}</ref>
-==[[May 12]], 1985 (Sunday)==
-*The [[1985 Vuelta a España]] cycle race ends in a win for Spanish rider [[Pedro Delgado]] of the Orbea [[cycling team]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/13/MD19850513-043.pdf|title=Clasificaciones Oficiales|language=es |date=13 May 1985 |page=43|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A. |access-date=27 May 2012 |trans-title=Classifications|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910061035/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/13/MD19850513-043.pdf|archive-date=10 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*In the [[1985 Tuscan regional election]], the [[Italian Communist Party]] wins 46.2% of the vote and 25 of the 50 seats. After the election [[Gianfranco Bartolini]] forms a new government with the support of the [[Italian Socialist Party]] and the [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it/politica/archivio-elettorale/Elezioni/legislatura_1985.asp |title=Consiglio regionale della Toscana |access-date=2008-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619232320/http://www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it/Politica/archivio-elettorale/Elezioni/legislatura_1985.asp |archive-date=2008-06-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-*In Manila, Philippines, the [[Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1]], the first rapid transit line in [[Southeast Asia]], begins full commercial operations with the opening of the section from [[Central Terminal LRT Station|Central Terminal Station]] up to [[Monumento LRT Station|Monumento Station]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Philippine Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSeyAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Republic of the Philippines, National Economic and Development Authority, National Census and Statistics Office|page=886}}</ref>
-*'''Died:''' [[Jean Dubuffet]], 83, French painter and sculptor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/15/arts/jean-dubuffet-painter-and-sculptor-is-dead.html|title=Jean Dubuffet, Painter and Sculptor, Is Dead|last=Russell|first=John|date=1985-05-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-21|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
-==[[May 13]], 1985 (Monday)==
-*An armed standoff between members of the [[MOVE (Philadelphia organization)|MOVE]] organization and officers of the [[Philadelphia Police Department]] at MOVE's house in [[Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], United States, a [[Pennsylvania State Police]] ends after a helicopter [[1985 MOVE bombing|drops two 1-pound (0.45-kg) bombs]] made of [[water gel explosive]] on a fortified cubicle on the roof of the house. The resultant fire destroys the MOVE house, killing 11 occupants, and spreads, destroying about 65 houses.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-05-11-philadelphia-bombing_x.htm Account of incident from ''USA Today''].</ref><ref name="Stevens 1983">{{cite news|last=Stevens |first=William K. |title=Police Drop Bomb on Radicals' Home in Philadelphia |url=http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/MOVE-Phihladelphia-BombNYT14may85.htm |access-date=August 31, 2012 |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 14, 1983 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612050152/http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/MOVE-Phihladelphia-BombNYT14may85.htm |archive-date=June 12, 2012 }}</ref>
-*A general election in the Canadian territory of [[Yukon]] results in the election of a minority government led by [[Tony Penikett]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gary Levy|author2=Graham White|title=Provincial and Territorial Legislatures in Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TVkQAQAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-5825-6|page=195}}</ref>
-*The US [[fishing vessel]] ''Arctic Mist'' [[capsize]]s and sinks in the [[Gulf of Alaska]] east of [[Kodiak, Alaska]]. The boat's four occupants are rescued.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksa>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]</ref>
-==[[May 14]], 1985 (Tuesday)==
-• The last tractor rolls off the assembly line at [[International Harvester]]'s Farmall plant in [[Rock Island, Illinois|Rock Island Illinois]], it being a 5488 with front wheel assist.
-==[[May 15]], 1985 (Wednesday)==
-*In the [[1985 Northern Ireland local elections]], the [[Ulster Unionist Party]] wins 29% of the vote and the [[Democratic Unionist Party]], under [[Ian Paisley]], wins 24.3%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/flg85.htm|title=Local Government Elections 1985|website=Northern Ireland Elections|access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>
-==[[May 16]], 1985 (Thursday)==
-*Scientists from the [[British Antarctic Survey]] announce the discovery of a [[Ozone depletion|hole in the ozone layer]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClO<sub>x</sub>/NO<sub>x</sub> interaction|pages=207–10|author=Farman, J. C.|author-link=Joe Farman|author2=Gardiner, B. G.|author2-link=Brian G. Gardiner (meteorologist)|author3=Shanklin, J. D.|author3-link=Jon Shanklin|journal=Nature|year=1985|doi=10.1038/315207a0|volume=315|issue=6016|bibcode=1985Natur.315..207F|s2cid=4346468}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1533-8525.1994.tb00419.x|first=Stephen C.|last=Zehr|title=Accounting for the Ozone Hole: Scientific Representations of an Anomaly and Prior Incorrect Claims in Public Settings|journal=The Sociological Quarterly|volume=35|issue=4|pages=603–19|year=1994|jstor=4121521}}</ref>
-*The [[1985 Giro d'Italia]] cycle race begins in [[Palermo]], Sicily.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/16/MD19850516-024.pdf|author=Javier Dalmases|title=El "Giro" No Quiere Volver A Ser Lo Que Fue|language=es|date=16 May 1985|page=24|newspaper=El Mundo Deportivo|publisher=El Mundo Deportivo S.A.|access-date=27 May 2012|trans-title=The "Giro" Does Not Want to Be What It Was|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308234600/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/16/MD19850516-024.pdf|archive-date=8 March 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
-*The 11-[[gross register ton]] US-registered [[seiner]] ''Anna O'' runs aground on [[Softuk Bar]], [[Controller Bay]], Alaska, while [[towing]] a [[Gillnetting|gillnet]] fishing vessel ''Head and Tails''. The ''Anna O'' is lost, resulting in the death of the only person aboard.<ref name="alaskashipwrecksa"/><ref name=alaskashipwrecksh>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]</ref>
-==[[May 17]], 1985 (Friday)==
-*'''Born:'''
-** [[Derek Hough]], American dancer, choreographer and musician, in Salt Lake City<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/derek-hough-290607|title=Derek Hough|magazine=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=January 13, 2015|archive-date= February 29, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160229144631/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/derek-hough/290607|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-** [[Christine Nesbitt]], Canadian speed skater,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/christine-nesbitt|title=Christine Nesbitt|website=IOC|access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref> to a Canadian father and an Australian mother in Melbourne, Australia
-==[[May 18]], 1985 (Saturday)==
-*The [[1985 Italian Open (tennis)|1985 Italian Open]] tennis tournament concludes, with [[Yannick Noah]] winning the Men's Singles competition.<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_4ZAAAAYAAJ|year=1987|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=417}}</ref>
-*The [[1985 Scottish Cup Final|Scottish Cup Final]] is held at Hampden Park in Glasgow and is won by [[Celtic F.C.]], who defeat [[Dundee United F.C.]] 2–1.<ref>{{cite news|last=Davidson|first=Alan|title=Final touch from Frank|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GNJAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2108%2C4153727|access-date=21 July 2015|work=Evening Times Saturday Sport|date=18 May 1985|pages=1 & 3}}</ref> In the [[1985 FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final]] on the same day at Wembley Stadium in England, [[Manchester United F.C.]] defeat [[Everton F.C.]] 1–0.<ref>{{cite news |first=Steven |last=Pye |title=Remembering the 1985 FA Cup final: Manchester United v Everton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/that-1980s-sports-blog/2013/may/10/1985-fa-cup-final-manchester-united-everton |work=That 1980s Sports Blog |publisher=Guardian News & Media |date=10 May 2013 |access-date=9 July 2019 }}</ref>
-==[[May 19]], 1985 (Sunday)==
-*The [[1985 Monaco Grand Prix]] is held at the [[Circuit de Monaco]] and is won by [[Alain Prost]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Ivan Rendall|title=The Power and the Glory: A Century of Motor Racing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0YnoicTC3IC|year=1991|publisher=BBC Books|isbn=978-0-563-36093-3|page=40}}</ref>
-*A [[Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985|solar eclipse]] is observed over north Canada and Greenland.<ref>{{Solar Metonic series 2000 July 31}}</ref>
-*The [[1985 German motorcycle Grand Prix]] is won by French rider [[Christian Sarron]] at the [[Hockenheimring]].<ref name=Heden>{{cite web|url=http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1985_heden.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150725161036/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1985_heden.htm|url-status=dead|title=Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1985|date=25 July 2015|archive-date=25 July 2015|language=nl}}</ref>
-*US naval officer [[John Anthony Walker|John Anthony Walker Jr.]] is observed by the FBI in the act of passing classified naval communications to the [[Soviet Union]], and is immediately arrested.<ref>{{cite book|title=United States Congressional Serial Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3So8AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA39-PA103|year=1986|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=39}}</ref>
-==[[May 20]], 1985 (Monday)==
-*In Australia, [[Queensland Police Service|Queensland police]] raid a number of abortion clinics, including the [[Greenslopes]] Fertility Clinic, [[Brisbane]], and seize thousands of patient files.  The search warrant is later ruled invalid and the files are returned.<ref>{{cite news|title=Abortion clinics raided|publisher=The Telegraph, p.1|date=20 May 1985}}</ref>
-*The US fishing vessel ''Kimberly'' sinks in the [[Bering Sea]] northwest of [[Dutch Harbor]], [[Alaska]], resulting in one death; the other four crew members are rescued.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksk>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]</ref>
-==[[May 21]], 1985 (Tuesday)==
-*'''Born:''' [[Mark Cavendish]], a road cyclist, in [[Douglas, Isle of Man]], United Kingdom. {{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
-==[[May 22]], 1985 (Wednesday)==
-*[[1985 Beirut car bombings|A car bomb in Beirut]], the capital of Lebanon, kills 48 people.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gilbert King|title=Dirty Bomb: Weapon of Mass Disruption|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_HtAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Chamberlain Bros.|isbn=978-1-59609-000-2|page=56}}</ref>
-*The second leg of the [[1985 UEFA Cup Final|UEFA Cup Final]], [[Fehérvár FC|MOL Vidi FC]] of Hungary defeat [[Real Madrid CF]] of Spain 1–0. Real Madrid thus win the competition 3–1 on aggregate.<ref name="Goldblatt2003">{{cite book|author=David Goldblatt|title=World Soccer Yearbook 2003-2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MrABJGk0mAYC|date=1 August 2003|publisher=Dk Pub|isbn=978-0-7894-9654-6}}</ref>
-*The US fishing vessel ''Polar Storm'' burns and sinks in the [[Gulf of Alaska]] northeast of [[Kodiak, Alaska|Kodiak]]. Its four-man crew are rescued by another US fishing vessel, ''Trident''.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksp>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]</ref>
-==[[May 23]], 1985 (Thursday)==
-*US engineer [[Thomas Patrick Cavanaugh]] is sentenced to life in prison for attempting to sell [[stealth bomber]] secrets to the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Department of Justice|title=Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aM8f9POK_4C&pg=RA3-PA45|publisher=U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General|pages=3}}</ref>
-==[[May 24]], 1985 (Friday)==
-*The [[1985–86 DFB-Pokal|43rd annual DFB-Pokal]] football competition begins in Germany.<ref>{{cite web | title = DFB-Pokal 1985-86 | publisher = fussballdaten.de | access-date = 19 August 2008 | year = 2008 | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/dfb/1986/ | language = de| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080927235035/http://www.fussballdaten.de/dfb/1986/| archive-date= 27 September 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
-==[[May 25]], 1985 (Saturday)==
-*The [[1985 Rous Cup]] football match between Scotland and England takes place at [[Hampden Park, Glasgow]], and is won by Scotland. The only goal is scored by [[Richard Gough]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Sansom | first = Kenny | title = To Cap It All : My Story | publisher = John Blake Pub | location = London | year = 2010 | isbn = 9781843586920 }}</ref>
-*[[1985 Bangladesh Cyclone]], according to [[Red cresent|Bangladesh Red Cresent]] official confirmed report, 11,069 persons were human fatalities, mainly damage at [[Chittagong]], [[Urir Char]] and [[Sandwip]] area.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
-==[[May 26]], 1985 (Sunday)==
-*The [[1985 Indianapolis 500]] motor race takes place at the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] in the United States. It is won by [[Danny Sullivan]], after an incident that leads to the race being christened the "Spin and Win".<ref name="USA Today-Ryan">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/irl/2010-05-19-danny-sullivan-interview_N.htm|title=Danny Sullivan's Indy 500 win still has spin 25 years later|publisher=[[USA Today]]|work=CART|first=Nate|last=Ryan|date=2010-05-21|access-date=2012-02-08}}</ref>
-*The [[1985 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix]], held at the [[Mugello Circuit]] in Italy, is won by [[Freddie Spencer]] of the United States.<ref name=Heden/>
-==[[May 27]], 1985 (Monday)==
-{{Empty section|date=February 2022}}
-==[[May 28]], 1985 (Tuesday)==
-*The India-registered [[bulk carrier]] ''SS Maratha Transhipper'' is driven ashore and wrecked at [[Mormugao]], [[Goa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/T2M.html |title=T2 TANKERS - M |publisher=Mariners |access-date=30 October 2016}}</ref>
-==[[May 29]], 1985 (Wednesday)==
-*[[Heysel Stadium disaster]]: At the [[King Baudouin Stadium|Heysel Stadium]] in [[Brussels]], Belgium, 39 people, mostly Italian, are killed during a stampede prior to the [[1985 European Cup Final]] between [[Juventus F.C.]] and [[Liverpool F.C.]]<ref name="DarbyJohnes2005">{{cite book|author1=Paul Darby|author2=Martin Johnes|author3=Gavin Mellor|title=Soccer and Disaster|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gfm65CRF5NQC&pg=PA77|year=2005|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-7146-5352-5|pages=77–81}}</ref> English football hooligans are deemed mainly responsible for the occurrence, resulting in English clubs being banned from European competition for five years. Several top officials, police captain Johan Mahieu, and 14 Liverpool fans are eventually convicted of [[manslaughter]].<ref>{{cite book|author=John Foot|title=Calcio: A History of Italian Football|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SJETAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Fourth Estate|isbn=978-0-00-717574-1|page=338}}</ref>
-==[[May 30]], 1985 (Thursday)==
-* Stanley Cup Finals, Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AL: Edmonton Oilers take back-to-back titles; beat Philadelphia Flyers, 8-3 for a 4-1 series victory; Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri each post a goal and 3 assists.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/date/1985/may/30}}</ref>
-==[[May 31]], 1985 (Friday)==
-*[[1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak]]: A tornado outbreak occurs in the US states of [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New York (state)|New York]], and the Canadian province of [[Ontario]]. Fourteen of the 44 tornadoes are in Ontario, where the event becomes known as the Barrie tornado outbreak. In the United States, the only [[Fujita scale|F5]] in Pennsylvania history cuts through [[Niles, Ohio]] and [[Wheatland, Pennsylvania|Wheatland]]. Ninety people lose their lives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/black-friday-1985-how-years-later-a-lost-tornado-was-found/51763/ |title=May 31, 1985 outbreak: How a 'lost' 14th tornado was found |publisher=theweathernetwork.com |access-date=2016-05-31}}</ref>
-==References==
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-[[Category:May|1985]]
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