Events in the year 1985 in Germany.
Incumbents President - Richard von Weizsäcker Chancellor – Helmut Kohl
Events 15–26 February - 35th Berlin International Film Festival 21 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal 8 May - Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker delivers his speech to the Bundestag on the 40th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, describing 8 May 1945 as a day of liberation. It is widely regarded as the starting point of Germany's post-war memory culture. The Union for Aromanian Language and Culture, an Aromanian cultural organization, is founded by the Aromanian professor at Freiburg im Breisgau.
Births
January 7 - Tiger Kirchharz, German dancer March 23 - Felix Övermann, German rower March 25 - Luise Heyer, German actress April 8 - Patrick Schliwa, German rugby player April 9 - Tim Bendzko, German singer-songwriter April 28 - Lucas Jakubczyk, German athlete May 6 - Theresa Underberg, German actress June 1 - Prince Christian of Hanover June 4 - Lukas Podolski, German football player June 20 Kai Hesse, footballer Halil Savran, footballer Katharina Schulze, politician June 27 - Nico Rosberg, Formula One racing driver July 10 - Mario Gómez, German football player August 27 - Daniel Küblböck, German singer (died 2018) September 4 - Marinus Schöberl, German murder victim (died 2002) September 12 - Sascha Klein, German swimmer November 9 - Denise Schindler, German Paralympic cyclist November 15 - Claas Relotius, German journalist who admitted numerous instances of journalistic fraud November 18 - Melanie Behringer, German footballer November 21 - Nadine Müller, German athlete December 24 - Christina Schwanitz, German shot putter
Deaths
February 10 - Werner Hinz, German actor (born 1903) April 10 - Klaus Scholder, ecclesiastical historian (born 1930) March 29 - Gerhard Stöck, German athlete (born 1911) April 6 - Mark Lothar, German composer (born 1902) April 7 - Carl Schmitt. German jurist and political theorist (born 1888) May 8 - Karl Marx, German composer (born 1897) May 21 - Kurt Waitzmann, German actor (born 1905) May 25 – Herta Hammerbacher, landscape architect (born 1900) May 30 - Gustav Jaenecke, German ice hockey player (born 1908) June 29 - Walter Rudi Wand, German judge (born 1928) July 16 - Heinrich Böll, German writer (born 1917) August 2 - Karl Heinz Stroux, German actor, theatre and film director (born 1908) August 6 – Karl Diebitsch, German Nazi uniform designer (born 1899) September 22 - Axel Springer, German journalist (born 1912) October 2 - Alex Möller, German politician (born 1903) November 12 - Willi Dehnkamp, German politician (born 1903) December 2 - Heinz Hoffmann, German politician (born 1910) December 26 - Margarete Schön, German actress (born 1895)
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