OCTOBER 26, 1985

SATURDAY
1985 Coca-Cola advertising artwork
$1,000 INVESTED IN COKE STOCK (KO) IN 1985
WOULD HAVE MADE YOU $85,744 IN THE 2025 DATASET
Min Wage Hourly$3.45
Median Home Price$63,150.00
Gas Price Avg$1.19
Bread Price Avg$0.60
Movie Ticket Avg$3.50
First Class Stamp$0.20
Milk Price Avg$2.46
Top Movies From 1985
Show screen release and event cards
1 Back to the Future
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Back to the Future
2 Cocoon
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Cocoon
3 The Goonies
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The Goonies
4 Commando
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Commando
5 Jagged Edge
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Jagged Edge
6 Re-Animator
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Re-Animator
7 Sweet Dreams
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Sweet Dreams
8 After Hours
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After Hours
9 Agnes of God
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Agnes of God
10 The Terminator
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The Terminator
Brazil
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Brazil
The Falcon and the Snowman
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The Falcon and the Snowman
Fandango
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Fandango
Tuff Turf
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Tuff Turf
The Breakfast Club
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The Breakfast Club
Witness
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Witness
Vision Quest
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Vision Quest
Into the Night
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Into the Night
The Last Dragon
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The Last Dragon
Mask
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Mask
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Desperately Seeking Susan
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Desperately Seeking Susan
Cat's Eye
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Cat's Eye
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Code of Silence
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Code of Silence
Stick
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Stick
Rambo: First Blood Part II
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Rambo: First Blood Part II
A View to a Kill
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A View to a Kill
Brewster's Millions
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Brewster's Millions
Fletch
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Fletch
Pale Rider
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Pale Rider
Lifeforce
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Lifeforce
Prizzi's Honor
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Prizzi's Honor
Day of the Dead
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Day of the Dead
Explorers
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Explorers
Weird Science
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Weird Science
Real Genius
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Real Genius
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure
The Return of the Living Dead
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The Return of the Living Dead
American Ninja
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American Ninja
Plenty
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Plenty
A Nightmare on Elm Street
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Beverly Hills Cop
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Beverly Hills Cop
Dune
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Dune
2010: The Year We Make Contact
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2010: The Year We Make Contact
Runaway
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Runaway
Johnny Dangerously
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Johnny Dangerously

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Television On October 26, 1985
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Murder, She Wrote poster
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Murder, She Wrote
Sesame Street poster
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Sesame Street
Jeopardy! poster
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Jeopardy!
The A-Team poster
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The A-Team
Saturday Night Live poster
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Saturday Night Live
MacGyver poster
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MacGyver
Miami Vice poster
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Miami Vice
Knight Rider poster
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Knight Rider
Magnum P.I. poster
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Magnum P.I.

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October 26, 1985

On October 26, 1977, the first-ever commercial flight of the Concorde took place, marking a significant advancement in aviation technology and luxury travel. The Concorde could fly at twice the speed of sound, reducing transatlant...

Inventions & Breakthroughs of October 1985

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

1 Windows Operating System
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Windows Operating System
2 CD-ROM Drive
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CD-ROM Drive
3 Genetic Engineering Tool (PCR)
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Genetic Engineering Tool (PCR)
4 Mobile Laptop Computer
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Mobile Laptop Computer
5 Digital Cellular Network
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Digital Cellular Network
6 Automated Manufacturing Cells
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Automated Manufacturing Cells
7 Home Video Camcorder
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Home Video Camcorder
8 Medical Laser Lithotripsy
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Medical Laser Lithotripsy
9 Computer Animation Software
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Computer Animation Software
10 Electronic Music Sampling Keyboard
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Electronic Music Sampling Keyboard

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

Wall Street Time Machine

The Right Call: A historical $1,000 investment comparison using the stored long-range dataset.
Rank #1
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
Price in 1985
$0.84
Stored value
$246,803

Johnson & Johnson - If you invested $1,000 in 1985, it would be worth $246,803 today (246.8x return)

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MCD
McDonald's
Price in 1985
$1.32
Stored value
$242,284

McDonald's - If you invested $1,000 in 1985, it would be worth $242,284 today (242.3x return)

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AAPL
Apple
Price in 1985
$0.10
Stored value
$2,853,286

Apple - If you invested $1,000 in 1985, it would be worth $2,853,286 today (2853.3x return)

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🦸 Top 5 Comics
Crisis on Infinite Earths #1
Crisis on Infinite Earths #1
$50
The Dark Knight Returns #1
The Dark Knight Returns #1
$50
Secret Wars #8
Secret Wars #8
$150
Albedo Anthropomorphics #2
Albedo Anthropomorphics #2
$300
Love and Rockets #1
Love and Rockets #1
$250
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Teddy Ruxpin
Teddy Ruxpin
$300.00
Care Bears Plush
Care Bears Plush
$250.00
M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand)
M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand)
$250.00
My Buddy Doll
My Buddy Doll
$700.00
Super Powers Collection
Super Powers Collection
$300.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.
$1,000.00
Duck Hunt
Duck Hunt
$275.00
Excitebike
Excitebike
$50.00
Choplifter
Choplifter
$80.00
Gauntlet
Gauntlet
$50.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
1985 Nike Promo Michael Jordan Rookie Card
1985 Nike Promo Michael Jordan Rookie Card
$18,000
1985 Topps Mark McGwire USA Baseball Rookie Card #401
1985 Topps Mark McGwire USA Baseball Rookie Card #401
$2,000
1985 Garbage Pail Kids Adam Bomb #8a
1985 Garbage Pail Kids Adam Bomb #8a
$189.95
1985 Donruss Shawon Dunston Rated Rookie #43
1985 Donruss Shawon Dunston Rated Rookie #43
$150
1985 Star Michael Jordan Rookie Card #101
1985 Star Michael Jordan Rookie Card #101
$480,000