WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1985
Find out what all happened January to February 1985

Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years. (5. February 1985)

Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148. (19. February 1985)

EastEnders BBC's flagship soap opera broadcasts for the first time. (19. February 1985)

A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa. (13. January 1985)

Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief. (28. January 1985)

The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone. (1. January 1985)

William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave hospital. (19. February 1985)

The Internet's Domain Name System is created. (1. January 1985)

Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government. (10. January 1985)

Hezbollah is founded. (16. February 1985)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. (7. January 1985)

The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day. (28. February 1985)