Editing 1985 (section)

===March===
* March &ndash; The ''[[GNU Manifesto]]'', written by [[Richard Stallman]], is first published.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Debra Cameron|author2=Bill Rosenblatt|author3=Eric Raymond|author4=Eric S. Raymond|title=Learning GNU Emacs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-RtYk55cqfgC&pg=PA471|year=1996|publisher="O'Reilly Media, Inc."|isbn=978-1-56592-152-8|pages=471}}</ref>
* [[March 1]] &ndash; After a [[Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay|12-year-long dictatorship]], [[Julio María Sanguinetti]] is sworn in as the first democratically elected [[President of Uruguay]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian C. Hanon|title=Marketing in Uruguay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=087mRwzAvIEC&pg=PA3|year=1986|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration|pages=3}}</ref>
* [[March 3]] &ndash; The 8.0 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1985 Algarrobo earthquake|Algarrobo earthquake]] hits [[Santiago]] and [[Valparaíso]], [[Chile]], leaving 177 dead, 2,575 injured, 142,489 houses destroyed, and approximately a million people homeless.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sismologia.cl/home/terrem.html|title=Sismos importantes o destructivos desde 1570|publisher=[[University of Chile]] Seismologic Service|language=Spanish|access-date=September 12, 2010|location=[[Santiago de Chile]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231163803/http://www.sismologia.cl/home/terrem.html|archive-date=31 December 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] &ndash; A [[1985 Beirut car bombing|Beirut car bomb]], planted in an attempt to assassinate Islamic cleric [[Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah|Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah]], kills more than 80 people and injures 200 more.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fromthearchive/story/0,,1432945,00.html|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|title=60 killed by Beirut car bomb|date=9 March 1985|access-date=20 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[March 11]]
**[[Mikhail Gorbachev]] becomes [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|General Secretary]] of the [[Soviet Communist Party]] and ''[[de facto]]'' leader of the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/11/newsid_2538000/2538327.stm|title=1985: Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader|website=BBC On This Day|date=March 11, 1985|access-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref>
** [[Mohamed Al-Fayed]] buys the London-based department store company [[Harrods]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/mar/12/mohamed-al-fayed-harrods|title=From the archive, 12 March 1985: Mohamed Al Fayed buys Harrods|author=Geoffrey Gibbs|date=12 March 2015|website=The Guardian|access-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref>
* [[March 15]] &ndash; Vice-president [[José Sarney]], upon becoming vice president, assumes the duties of president of [[Brazil]], as the new president [[Tancredo Neves]] had become severely ill the day before. Sarney would later become Brazil's first civilian president in 21 years, upon Neves' death on [[April 21]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Griffin Sanders|title=Brazil's New Republic: Tancredo to Sarney|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=avErAAAAYAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Universities Field Staff International|page=10}}</ref> 
* [[March 16]] &ndash; Lebanon hostage crisis: US journalist [[Terry A. Anderson|Terry Anderson]] is taken hostage in [[Beirut]]; he remains a prisoner until December 4, 1991.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims|title=Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 3485, April 13, 2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mk7fJGBvl-4C&pg=PA21|year=2000|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|isbn=978-0-16-064552-5|pages=21}}</ref>
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Expo '85]], an international exhibition, opens in [[Tsukuba, Ibaraki]], [[Japan]], running until September 16.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pacific Basin Study Mission: Report to the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L70o-ZauszgC&pg=PA52|year=1983|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=52}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] &ndash; Australia's longest-running soap opera, ''[[Neighbours]]'', debuts on [[Seven Network]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/an-institution-turns-20-20050714-ge0i9t.html|title=An Institution Turns 20|work=[[The Age]]|location=Melbourne|first=Michael|last=Idato|date=14 July 2005|access-date=22 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714121645/http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/an-institution-turns-20/2005/07/12/1120934248710.html|archive-date=14 July 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 21]] &ndash; Canadian [[Paraplegia|paraplegic]] athlete and activist [[Rick Hansen]] sets out on his 26-month, {{convert|40,000|km|mi|adj=on}} Man in Motion tour, which raises US$26&nbsp;million for [[Spinal cord injury research|spinal cord research]] and [[quality of life|quality-of-life]] initiatives.<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Cussans|title=Incredible Journeys: The Stories Behind 60 Remarkable Adventures Over Land, Sea and Air|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCiL_EwrRYYC&pg=PA242|date=5 May 2009|publisher=Pavilion Books|isbn=978-1-84340-534-4|pages=242}}</ref>
* [[March 25]]
** The [[57th Academy Awards]] are held in [[Los Angeles]], with ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985|title=The 57th Academy Awards, 1985|website=Oscars.org|date=October 5, 2014|access-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref>
** The [[Organization Commune Africaine et Malgache]] is officially dissolved.<ref>{{cite book|author=Terry M. Mays|title=Historical Dictionary of International Organizations in Africa and the Middle East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6vxCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA19|date=18 June 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-5018-5|pages=19}}</ref>
* [[March 31]] – The inaugural [[WrestleMania I|WrestleMania]] is held in [[Madison Square Garden]], New York, and is "main-evented" by [[Hulk Hogan]] and [[Mr. T]] vs. [[Paul Orndorff]] and [[Roddy Piper]] in a tag-team match.