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Sour Patch Kids, a soft gummy candy with a sour sugar coating of citric and tartaric acid, was introduced in the US in 1985 and became a movie-theater staple; Extreme is the sourest variety.

At the 27th Annual Grammy Awards on 26 February 1985 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It" won Record and Song of the Year, Lionel Richie's Can't Slow Down won Album of the Year and Cyndi Lauper was named Best New Artist.

The three units enter long shutdowns in 1985; their actual return dates differ. March is a month-level anchor for the station shutdown period.

The year is Universal Century 0087. Seven years have passed since the end of the One Year War. In its zeal to stamp out any remaining opposition, the Earth Federation has organized the Titans, an elite fighting force.

The 20th Academy of Country Music Awards were held on Monday, 6 May 1985 at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, hosted by Glen Campbell, Janie Fricke and Loretta Lynn; Alabama won Entertainer of the Year again and the Judds took Song of the Year and Vocal Duo.

The second pressurized-water reactor enters commercial service.

Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata founded Studio Ghibli on 15 June 1985 with producer Toshio Suzuki and publisher Tokuma Shoten, following the success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

The Black Cauldron is a 1985 American animated fantasy adventure film loosely based on the first two books in The Chronicles of Prydain series of novels, and directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich. It reached US theaters on 24 July 1985.

Both units are voluntarily shut in August 1985 to address safety, management and organizational issues. Day 1 is a month-level anchor.

Super Mario Bros. went on sale in Japan for the Famicom on September 13, 1985; Nintendo gives October 18, 1985 for its North American release on the NES.

The undamaged Unit 1 returns to service in October 1985 after extended regulatory proceedings, modifications and retraining.

ATR handed the first production ATR 42-300 to French launch customer Air Littoral on 3 December 1985, ten weeks after the type was certified by the French and Italian authorities.

Having launched in Japan in 1984 with large pint tubs, Häagen-Dazs Japan introduced an eat-in-one-sitting Mini Cup for the Japanese market in 1985, the format that became its best seller.

Lotte began selling Suika Bar, a triangular ice bar styled as a watermelon slice with chocolate seeds, in 1986; it remains a summer staple in Japan.

The original The Legend of Zelda released in Japan on February 21, 1986 as a launch title for the Famicom Disk System; the NES version followed in North America on August 22, 1987.

At the 28th Grammy Awards on 25 February 1986 at the Shrine Auditorium, USA for Africa's "We Are the World" won four awards, including Record of the Year for Quincy Jones and Song of the Year for Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie; Phil Collins won Album of the Year and Sade Best New Artist.

Goku Son is a young boy who lives in the woods all alone—that is until a girl named Bulma runs into him in her search for a set of magical objects called the "Dragon Balls." Since the artifacts are said to grant one wish to whoever collects all seven, Bulma hopes to gather them and wish for a perfect boyfriend.

It is the year 0088 of the Universal Century in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ. The badly damaged assault cruiser Argama docks at the run-down space colony of Shangri-La for much-needed repairs.

Laobian’s Zhongjie restaurant serves steamed and pan-fried dumplings alongside Northeast Chinese dishes.

The 21st Academy of Country Music Awards were held on Monday, 14 April 1986 at Knott's Berry Farm's Good Time Theatre, the night the US bombed Libya; Alabama won a fifth straight Entertainer of the Year, the Highwaymen took Single, and Randy Travis was Top New Male Vocalist.

Enix released Dragon Quest, designed by Yuji Horii with art by Akira Toriyama and music by Koichi Sugiyama, for the Famicom in Japan on 27 May 1986. It became the template for the Japanese console RPG and later reached North America as Dragon Warrior.

The Great Mouse Detective is a 1986 American animated adventure film based on the children's book series Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus and Paul Galdone and produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It reached US theaters on 2 July 1986.

Studio Ghibli's Castle in the Sky opens in Japanese theaters, Hayao Miyazaki's adventure following orphaned engineer's apprentice Pazu and a girl named Sheeta as they search for the legendary floating city of Laputa.

A limnic eruption released 100,000-300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from a crater lake in northwestern Cameroon. Heavier than air, the cloud rolled downhill and suffocated everyone and everything within 25 km.

Binggrae's crab-shaped, salt-roasted Kkotgerang snack went on sale in September 1986 and was still selling 9 billion won a year in 2017; a 70 g bag now costs about 1,500-2,000 won.

A biker-gang OVA following Eguchi Yousuke, leader of a high-school motorcycle gang who moonlights in the school's handicrafts club, and the misfits who ride with him.

The FAA approved the stretched Boeing 767-300 on 22 September 1986, adding about 21 feet of fuselage and roughly 45 two-class seats to the 767-200. Its extended-range 767-300ER version became the best-selling 767.

Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus.

Fokker's prototype 100, PH-MKH, took off from Schiphol at 14:16 on 30 November 1986 and flew a little over two hours, ending with a fully automatic landing.