Timeline November 1985

Events in November 1985 6

• 1985 Australian Open 1985 Men: Stefan Edberg · Women: Martina Navratilova
• 1985 Wins Grand Prix Masters — ends year on a high Becker caps his extraordinary breakthrough year by winning the Grand Prix Masters tournament, confirming his status as one of the top players in the world at just 17.
• 1985 Armero tragedy Volcanic mudslides bury a Colombian town The eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano on 13 November 1985 melted glacial ice and sent lahars sweeping down onto the town of Armero, Colombia. More than 20,000 people were killed, one of the deadliest volcanic disasters of the 20th century. Rescue efforts were hampered by poor roads and delayed warnings.
• 1985 – present Sanna Marin Youngest PM at Appointment Became the worlds youngest serving Prime Minister in 2019 and led Finland through the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 1985 Reagan-Gorbachev Geneva Summit First meeting between the two Cold War leaders US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev held their first summit in Geneva, Switzerland, from 19 to 21 November 1985. Although no arms agreements were signed, the two leaders established a personal rapport that helped thaw Cold War tensions. It was the first US-Soviet summit in six years.
• 1985 Microsoft Windows 1.0 released Microsoft's first graphical operating environment ships Microsoft released Windows 1.0 on 20 November 1985, its first graphical extension for MS-DOS featuring overlapping windows, menus and a mouse-driven interface. Early sales were modest and the software required substantial hardware for its time. It laid the groundwork for the Windows line that would come to dominate personal computing.