Editing 1985 (section)

===February===
* [[February 4]] – The [[Gibraltar–Spain border|border]] between [[Gibraltar]] and [[Spain]] reopens for the first time since [[Francisco Franco]] closed it in 1969.<ref>{{cite book|author=J. Paxton|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1985–86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EtnMDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA551|date=27 December 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-27114-2|pages=551}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] – [[Australia]] cancels its involvement in U.S.-led [[MX missile]] tests.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hawke Withdraws Support For MX Missile Tests|url=https://apnews.com/article/ae87819e71f028bfc071a3ef54bdab0c|website=AP NEWS|access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref>
* [[February 9]] – [[Drug Enforcement Administration|U.S. drug agent]] [[Kiki Camarena]] is kidnapped and murdered in [[Mexico]] by [[Mexican Drug War|drug traffickers]]; his body is later discovered on [[March 5]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Drug Enforcement Administration|title=Drug Enforcement Administration: A Tradition of Excellence, 1973–2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Xr2lKmWdjUC&pg=PA63|year=2003|publisher=U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration|pages=63}}</ref>
* [[February 14]] – [[Lebanon hostage crisis]]: [[CNN]] reporter [[Jerry Levin (journalist)|Jeremy Levin]] is freed from captivity in [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. TV Reporter Free In Lebanon|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/15/world/us-tv-reporter-free-in-lebanon.html?scp=16&sq=%22Jeremy%20Levin%20%22&st=cse|date=1985-02-15|access-date=2009-10-15|first=John|last=Kifner}}</ref>
* [[February 16]]
** [[Israel]] begins withdrawing troops from [[Lebanon]].
** The [[ideology of Hezbollah]] is declared in a program issued in [[Beirut]].
* [[February 19]]
**[[William J. Schroeder]] becomes the first patient with an [[artificial heart]] to leave the hospital.<ref>{{cite news|last=Altman|first=Lawrence K.|date=August 7, 1986|title=WILLIAM SCHROEDER DIES 620 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING ARTIFICIAL HEART|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9A0DE5D9153DF934A3575BC0A960948260|access-date=2008-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Altman|first=Lawrence K.|date=August 10, 1986|title=A HERO OF MEDICINE; Schroeder, Longest User of Jarvik Device, Helped Prove Hearts Can Be Replaced|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9A0DE5DB1238F933A2575BC0A960948260|access-date=2008-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kleist|first=Trina|date=1986-08-16|title=Schroeder's struggle lasts 620 days – artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder|work=Science News|publisher=Science Service, Inc.|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_v130/ai_4610579|access-date=2008-09-20}}</ref>
**[[Iberia Airlines Flight 610]] crashes, killing all 148 on board.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accident description|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850219-1|access-date=10 November 2013|website=Aviation Safety Network|publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}</ref>
**[[China Airlines Flight 006]] is involved in a mid-air incident; while there are 22 minor injuries and 2 serious injuries, no one is killed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8603.pdf|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8603.pdf|archive-date=2022-10-09|url-status=live|title=Aircraft accident report : China Airlines Boeing 747-SP, N4522V, 300 nautical miles northwest of San Francisco, California, February 19, 1985|date=29 March 1986|publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]]|id=NTSB/AAR-86/03|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] – The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] carries out [[1985 Newry mortar attack|a mortar attack]] on the [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]] police station at [[Newry]] in [[Northern Ireland]]. With nine officers dead, it is the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.<ref name="time">{{cite magazine|date=11 March 1985|title=Northern Ireland Bloody Day|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962598-1,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524050114/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962598-1,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2011|access-date=21 April 2007|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=31 October 2001|title=The RUC: Lauded and condemned|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/ruc_reform/780311.stm|access-date=21 April 2007|work=[[BBC]]}}</ref>