What happened with running shoes in 1985?
Arthur Lydiard collaborates with Converse to produce running shoes.
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What else happened in 1985?
On January 1st, the Internet’s Domain Name System is established with the first .com being registered.
Ronald Reagan was sworn in for a second term as President of the USA on January 20th.
William Schroeder becomes the first artificial heart patient to leave the hospital on February 19.
In March, Mikhail Gorbachev becoming the leader of the Soviet Union.
In April, the Coca-Cola Company introduces “New Coke,” which becomes a widely criticized failure.
On July 10th the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior is bombed by French intelligence agents in Auckland, New Zealand.
On July 13th the Live Aid benefit concerts in London and Philadelphia raise over £50 million for famine relief in Ethiopia.
The wreck of the RMS Titanic is located on September 1.
On 7 October, the Achille Lauro cruise ship is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.
Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein receive the Nobel Prize for describing the regulation of cholesterol metabolism.
November 20, the first version of Microsoft Windows is released.
Howard Dananberg DPM, files a patent for the Kinetic Wedge.
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