Timeline Tuesday 31 December 1985

Events on Tuesday 31 December 1985 12

• 1975 – 1985 Began Skating in Norilsk Started skating at the age of seven in Norilsk. Moved to Leningrad to train under the legendary coach Tamara Moskvina, who would guide his entire competitive career.
• 1983 – 1985 Venger and Voltron Voiced the villain Venger in the animated series Dungeons & Dragons and narrated the Voltron series, among dozens of other roles during the golden age of 1980s animation.
• 1985 1985: Alain Prost McLaren Frenchman Prost, known as The Professor for his cerebral approach, won the first of his four titles with McLaren.
• 1985 Afterburner Released Afterburner, continuing the synth-rock sound of Eliminator with hits including Sleeping Bag and Stages. The album sold over five million copies.
• 1985 First Published Collection Published his first collection of poems, Pen Rhythm, establishing himself on the literary scene.
• 1985 Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Published Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, an ambitious novel alternating between a cyberpunk thriller and a surreal, walled town where residents have no shadows. It won the Tanizaki Prize and is widely regarded as a masterpiece.
• 1985 Legend and Clue Appeared in two cult films in the same year. In Ridley Scott's fantasy Legend, he played Darkness, the embodiment of evil, under hours of transformative makeup. In Jonathan Lynn's Clue, he delivered a brilliantly manic physical comedy performance as the butler Wadsworth, racing through multiple murder explanations in the film's famous triple ending.
• 1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Starred as Aunty Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, adding a memorable film role to her music career.
• 1985 Mother's Death Her mother was killed in a car accident. The complicated relationship with her abusive mother would become a central theme in O'Connor's music and public life.
• 1985 Olivier Award for A Chorus of Disapproval Won his first Olivier Award for A Chorus of Disapproval by Alan Ayckbourn, beginning a run of three Olivier wins in five years.
• 1985 The Good Father Appeared in Mike Newell's The Good Father alongside Anthony Hopkins, in one of his more prominent dramatic roles.
• 1985 Wolf Prize in Chemistry Received the Wolf Prize in Chemistry, often considered a precursor to the Nobel Prize.