Year in a Minute: 1985

SBS celebrating 50 Years. This is a Year in a Minute 1985.

George Michael of Wham!, concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith, Bono of U2, Paul McCartney, concert organizer Bob Geldof and Freddie Mercury of Queen join in the finale of the Live Aid famine relief concert, at Wembley Stadium, London, July 13th 1985. Credit: JOE SCHABER/AP/AAP Image

One and a half billion tune into multi-country rock concert Live Aid, raising 245 million U-S dollars for African famine relief.

We are the world; we are the children…

Scientists discover a new hole in the ozone layer.

Governments begin screening blood donations for H-I-V.

Suspected Sikh militants blow up 268 Canadian citizens on an Air India flight.

And 520 passengers lost in a Japan Airlines crash.

French agents blow up Greenpeace ship ‘The Rainbow Warrior’.

Palestinian militants hijack Italian cruise ship the Achille Lauro.

South Africa lifts a ban on interracial marriage.