Events from 1985 in England

Incumbent

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

• 6 October – PC Keith Blakelock is fatally stabbed during the Broadwater Farm Riot in Tottenham, London. Two of his colleagues are treated in hospital for gunshot wounds, as are three journalists.^[1]

November

December

Births

• 7 January – Lewis Hamiton, racing driver
• 26 March – Keira Knightley, actress
• 14 July – Phoebe Waller-Bridge, actress

Deaths