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June 14, 1985

On June 14, 1985, five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls. The year's #1 song was "Careless Whisper" by George Michael. Daniel Murphy, Beth Tweddle, Barkhad Abdi would arrive in the same year.

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1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1985th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 985th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1980s decade.

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What happened

On June 14, 1985

  1. 1985 Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls.

    Regional organisation from 1958 to 1993

    The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957, aiming to foster economic integration among its member states. It was subsequently renamed the European Community (EC) upon becoming integrated into the first pillar of the newly formed European Union (EU) in 1993. In the popular language, the singular European Community was sometimes inaccurately used in the wider sense of the plural European Communities, in spite of the latter designation covering all the three constituent entities of the first pillar.

Arrivals

Born on June 14, 1985

Oleg Medvedev. Russian luger 1985– Russian luger (born 1985)
Andy Soucek 1985– Austrian-Spanish racing driver (born 1985)

Farewells

Died on June 14, 1985

Khan Bahadur Abdul Hakim Bangladeshi educator and writer

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The class of 1985

Others born in 1985

Daniel Murphy 1985– American baseball player
Beth Tweddle 1985– English gymnast
Barkhad Abdi 1985– Somali-American actor and director
Willo Flood 1985– Irish footballer
Jesús Gámez 1985– Spanish footballer
Dion Phaneuf 1985– Canadian ice hockey player

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