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115 dates for year: 1985 | - 1985
- Castle Rock 2018 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Date of the "Heart Smart: Reducing Your Risk for Heart Disease" seminar at Heywood Hospital in Castle Rock, advertised in the microfilm newspaper that Henry Deaver reads. (Season 1 episode The Box)
- April
- April 4
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 Film | Source Timeline
 - Benjamin Button writes his last will and testament in New Orleans. Caroline reads Benjamin Button's journal to her mother Daisy on her deathbed.
Caroline: It's dated April 4th, 1985. It says, "New Orleans. This is my last will and testament. I don't have much to leave... few possessions, no money really... I will go out of this world the same way I came in, alone and with nothing. All I have is my story... I'm writing it now while I still remember it. Benjain Button: My name s Benjamin Button... and I was born under unusual circumstances. The war to end all wars had ended. I was told it was an especially good night to be born.
- Captive State 2019 Film | Source Timeline
 - Birthdate of Robert A.P. Watts, government official scheduled to meet with the Legislators beneath Soldier Field during the Unity Rally. Birthdate of Christopher A. Kahler, tracked outside Soldier Field following the Unity Rally bombing by the police's implant recognition program.
- June 19
- The Lost Boys 1987 Film | Source Timeline
 - Site of unknown event (The only visible clue is the word "queen"), advertised on one of the bulletin boards on the Santa Carla Beach Boardwalk, mostly covered with missing people posters.
- June 24
- Future Man 2017 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Corey Hart performs in Los Angeles June 23 & 24. Wolf attends the show on the 24th. Future Herpes researcher Elias Kornish's 36th birthday, on which Leslie gave him a boat, and with it, came an offer to sail away into a new life. (Season 1 episode Girth, Wind & Fire) Josh attempts to persuade a young Elias Kronish to leave his wife. (Season 1 episode Operation: Fatal Attraction) Josh parties with his father on the night that he first meets his mother, almost preventing them from falling in love while trying to make sure they do. (Season 1 episode Operation: Natal Attraction)
- June 28
- Stranger Things 2016 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Mike and Eleven make out in El's room at Hopper's. Mike, Will, Lucas and Max go to Starcourt Mall and, with Steve's help, sneak into Day of the Dead. (Season 3 episode Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?)
- Stranger Things 2016 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Dustin returns from Camp Know Where. Hopper and Joyce discuss Mike and Eleven's relationship. Billy meets the Mind Flayer. (Season 3 episode Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?)
- June 30
- Stranger Things 2016 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Nancy and Jonathan visit Mrs. Driscoll. Dustin, Steve and Robin attempt to break the Russian code. Hopper visits Mayor Kline. Eleven and Max become friends. (Season 3 episode Chapter Two: The Mall Rats)
- Stranger Things 2016 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Eleven and Max investigate Billy. Robin breaks the Russian code. Hopper and Joyce break into Hawkins Lab. Nancy and Jonathan return to Mrs. Driscoll's house. (Season 3 episode Chapter Three: The Case of the Missing Lifeguard)
- July 2
- Stranger Things 2016 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Hopper and Joyce confront and abduct Mayor Kline. Mike and Eleven and their friends figure out that Billy is possessed by the Mind Flayer. Nancy and Jonathan get fired from The Hawkins Post. Steve, Robin, Dustin and Erica break into the mysterious storage room at Starcourt Mall. (Season 3 episode Chapter Four: The Sauna Test)
- July 3
- Stranger Things 2016 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Hopper and Joyce abduct Alexei, taking him to see Murray. Nancy, Jonathan, Mike, Eleven and their friends fight off the Flayed at the hospital. (Season 3 episodes Chapter Five: The Flayed, Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum)
- July 4
- Stranger Things 2016 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Alexei reveals the Russian plans to open the gate. Robin and Steve are taken prisoner. The kids fight off the Mind Flayer at Hopper's cabin, then at Starcourt Mall. (Season 3 episode Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum, Chapter Seven: The Bite, Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt)
- Person of Interest 2011 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - New record added 8/5/2022
- Date of Birth on Karen Mills' New York State Driver License - woman who's life was ruined by machine number and data broker Wayne Kruger's website Life Trace.
- The Wedding Singer 1998 Film | Source Timeline
 - When Robbie goes out with Holly on July 30th - a double date with Glenn and Julia - and Robbie and Glenn start talking about getting hot girls, Glenn admits to cheating on Julia ten days earlier.
- July 26
- Sleepers 1996 Film | Source Timeline
 - Thomas Marcano dies, shot at close range five times. The body lay undiscovered for more than a week. There was a crucifix and a picture of St. Jude in his pocket. He was 29 years old.
- August
- August 2
- The Wedding Singer 1998 Film | Source Timeline
 - Julia goes looking for Robbie at his neighbor Rosie's house - she's supposed to be having her singing lesson because it's Thursday. August 2nd wasn't actually on a Thursday in 1985 - the movie's calendar actually matches 1984 - but the opening wedding scene definitely establishes the year as 1985.
- August 3
- The Wedding Singer 1998 Film | Source Timeline
 - Robbie runs into Glenn and his friends, on their way to a pre-Bachelor Party party. The day of week is previously said to be Friday, but August 3rd wasn't actually on a Friday in 1985 - the movie's calendar actually matches 1984 - but the opening wedding scene definitely establishes the year as 1985.
- August 4
- The Wedding Singer 1998 Film | Source Timeline
 - Julie and Glenn decide to get married in Las Vegas. Robbie's neighbor Rosie and her husband's 50th wedding anniversary party. When Robbie finds out that Julia and Glenn are going to Las Vegas, he buys a ticket on their flight, and with the help of Billy Idol and the flight crew, sings a song over the loudspeaker dedicated to Julia.
- August 5
- The Wedding Singer 1998 Film | Source Timeline
 - Date that Julia and Glenn are supposed to get married. The day of week is said to be a Sunday, but August 5th wasn't actually on a Sunday in 1985 - the movie's calendar actually matches 1984 - but the opening wedding scene definitely establishes the year as 1985.
- September 10
- The Lost Boys 1987 Film | Source Timeline
 - Date of unknown event from September 10th through the 15th at Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, advertised on one of the bulletin boards on the Santa Carla Beach Boardwalk, mostly covered with missing people posters.
- September 15
- The Lost Boys 1987 Film | Source Timeline
 - Date of unknown event from September 10th through the 15th at Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, advertised on one of the bulletin boards on the Santa Carla Beach Boardwalk, mostly covered with missing people posters.
- October 12
- Watchmen 2009 Film | Source Timeline
 - Edward Blake thrown out of his apartment window. Rorschach investigates. "Rorschach's journal, October 12th, 1985. Dog carcass in alley this morning. Tire tread on burst stomach. This city's afraid of me. I've seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood. And when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up around their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, 'Save us.' And I'll whisper, 'No.'"
- Watchmen 2019 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Date of a "meandering investigation" into the grisly murder of Edward Blake, a.k.a. The Comedian in Rorschach's Journal. (Peteypedia supplemental materials - HBO website)
- October 13
- Watchmen 2009 Film | Source Timeline
 - Dan Dreiberg vists Hollis Mason. Rorschach visits Dan Dreiberg. "Rorschach's journal, October 13th, 1985. Meeting with Dreiberg left bad taste in mouth. A flabby failure who sits whimpering in his basement. Why are so few of us left active, healthy and without personality disorders? The first Nite Owl runs an auto-repair shop. The first Silk Spectre is a bloated, aging whore dying in a California rest resort. Dollar Bill got his cape stuck in a revolving door where he got gunned down. Silhouette, murdered, a victim of her own indecent lifestyle. Mothman's in an asylum in Maine. Even Adrian Veidt, possible homosexual. Must investigate further. Only two names remain on my list. Both share private quarters at Rockefeller Military Research Center. I shall go to them. I shall go tell the indestructible man that someone plans to murder him."
- Watchmen 2019 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Date of entry in Rorschach's journal: "First visit of the evening fruitless. Nobody knew anything. Feel slightly depressed. This city is dying of Rabies. Is the best I can do to wipe random flecks of foam from its lips? Never despair never surrender. I leave the human cockroaches to discuss their heroin and child pornography. I have business elsewhere with a better class of person." (Season 1 episode She Was Killed by Space Junk)
- October 16
- Watchmen 2009 Film | Source Timeline
 - Rorschach records a journal entry. "Thought about Moloch's story. Could all be lies. A revenge scheme, planned during his years behind bars. But if it's true, what could have possibly scared the Comedian enough to cry in front of Moloch? What was it he saw? And that list he mentioned. Edward Blake. The Comedian. Born 1918. Buried in the rain. Murdered. Is that what happens to us? No time for friends? Only our enemies leave roses. Violent lives ending violently. Blake understood. Humans are savage in nature. No matter how much you try to dress it up, to disguise it. Blake saw society's true face. Chose to be a parody of it. A joke. I heard joke once..."
- October 21
- Watchmen 2009 Film | Source Timeline
 - "Rorschach's journal, October 21st. On 43rd and 7th, saw Dreiberg and Jupiter leaving diner. They didn't know me without my mask. An affair? Did she break Manhattan's heart to engineer his exile to make room for Dreiberg? Does Manhattan even have a heart to break? The alley was cold, deserted. My things were where I left them, waiting for me. My coat, my shoes, my spotless gloves. My face. Putting them on, I abandoned my disguise became myself. Free from fear or weakness or lust."
- Watchmen 2019 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Kovacs apprehended by the NYPD at the home of former costumed criminal Edgar William Jacobi, a.k.a. Molock the Mystic. (Peteypedia supplemental materials - HBO website)
- Death Becomes Her 1992 Film | Source Timeline
 - Date that Helen claims she took the potion, the same date that Marty McFly travels back in time in Back to the Future. Both films were directed by Robert Zemeckis.
- October 31
- Watchmen 1986 Comic Books | Source Timeline
 - Hollis Mason (the first Nite Owl) killed on Halloween night, 1985, by New York gang the Knot Tops, mistaking him for Nite Owl II, who along with Silk Spectre II, break Rorschach out of prison.
- Watchmen 2019 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - A pair of second generation Alpha Class masks put on their old costumes and rescue Kovacs from Sing-Sing in a deadly raid. (Peteypedia supplemental materials - HBO website)
- November
- November 1
- Watchmen 2019 TV Series | Source Timeline
 - Adrian Veidt records a message to future president Robert Redford, intended for him to hear seven years later. (Season 1 episodes Little Fear of Lightning, See How They Fly) In Hoboken, with the Doomsday Clock set at one midnight to midnight, a crew of Jehovah's Witnesses, including a young Wade Tillman, the future Detective Looking Glass, invades an amusement park. Wade is later humiliated by a member of the Knot Tops gang, who strips him naked and steals his clothes in a house of mirrors, moments before the giant squid lands in New York. (Season 1 episode Little Fear of Lightning) Bian My steals semen sample 2346 and uses it to conceive Lady Trieu. (Season 1 episode See How They Fly)
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