1985
ID: 2030
Treadway Commission begins investigating financial reporting fraud
ID: 2030
1985
ID: 2031
Amiram Nir suggests diverting Iran arms funds to Contras
ID: 2031
1985
ID: 2032
Josef Mengele's grave located in Brazil, confirming 1979 death
ID: 2032
1985
ID: 2033
Arthur Rudolph (Paperclip scientist) renounces U.S. citizenship to avoid prosecution
ID: 2033
1985
ID: 2034
Single European Act negotiated; Germany plays key role in single market creation
ID: 2034
1985
ID: 2035
Buckminsterfullerene (C60) is discovered, opening the field of fullerene chemistry
ID: 2035
1985
ID: 2036
Structural insulated panels (SIPs) begin commercial use in construction
ID: 2036
1985
ID: 2037
Institute of Medicine estimates: 17.9 million doses cause 58 chronic disabilities, 2-4 deaths annually
ID: 2037
1985
ID: 4364
MIPS Computer Systems founded - commercializes RISC architecture from Stanford, challenges CISC
ID: 4364
1985
ID: 4438
Bertrand Meyer creates Eiffel - object-oriented with 'Design by Contract', emphasizes correctness
ID: 4438
1985
ID: 4499
Discovery of fullerenes (C60) predicted by mathematical symmetry
ID: 4499
1985
ID: 4508
Kolmogorov complexity applications - computational irreducibility discovered by Wolfram
ID: 4508
1985
ID: 4545
Lucid dataflow language - programming with infinite streams where time is first-class dimension
ID: 4545
1985
ID: 4621
Drinfeld and Jimbo independently discover quantum groups - deformations of Lie algebras
ID: 4621
1985
ID: 4626
Miller and Koblitz independently propose elliptic curve cryptography - more efficient than RSA
ID: 4626
1985
ID: 2029
June 2, 1985
June 2: Pope John Paul II issues 'Slavorum Apostoli' on Saints Cyril and Methodius
ID: 2029
1985
ID: 4362
July 1985
Aldus PageMaker for Macintosh released - with LaserWriter printer, creates desktop publishing industry
ID: 4362
1985
ID: 4363
July 1985
Commodore releases Amiga 1000 - advanced multimedia computer with custom chips for graphics and sound
ID: 4363
1985
ID: 4361
October 1985
Intel introduces 80386 processor - first 32-bit x86 processor, 275,000 transistors, virtual memory
ID: 4361
1985
ID: 4360
November 1985
Microsoft releases Windows 1.0 - graphical shell for MS-DOS, limited success but foundation for future
ID: 4360