Editing 1985 (section)

===April===
*[[Soviet–Afghan War]]: The [[Soviet Union]] begins to transfer the burden of fighting the [[mujahideen]] to the armed forces of the [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]], a cause of the [[Revolutions of 1989]].
* [[April 1]] – Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, and Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation, are [[privatization|privatized]] and change their names to [[Nippon Telegraph and Telephone]], and [[Japan Tobacco]], respectively.
* [[April 12]] – [[1985 El Descanso bombing|El Descanso bombing]]: A terrorist bombing attributed to the [[Islamic Jihad Organization]] in the ''El Descanso'' restaurant near [[Madrid]], [[Spain]], mostly attended by U.S. personnel from the [[Torrejón Air Base]], causes 18 deaths (all Spaniards) and 82 injuries.
* [[April 15]] – [[Apartheid|South Africa]] ends its ban on [[interracial marriage]]s.<ref>{{cite book|author=Frederic Eckhard|title=Issues Before the 40th General Assembly of the United Nations 1985–1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwsikJWYZt8C|date=December 1985|publisher=United Nations Association of the United States of America|isbn=978-0-934654-61-6|page=25}}</ref>
* [[April 19]] – The [[Soviet Union]] [[1985 Soviet nuclear tests|performs]] a [[nuclear weapon]] test in eastern [[Kazakhstan]].
* [[April 23]] – [[Coca-Cola]] changes its formula and releases [[New Coke]]. The response is overwhelmingly negative and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
* [[April 28]] – The Australian [[Nuclear Disarmament Party]] (NDP) splits.