1985 in Czechoslovakia
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Incumbents
Events
- 9 May – Milán Václavík addresses a Czechoslovak Army military parade.[3]
- 14 October – The women's national tennis team win the Federation Cup.[4]
- 7 November – Prime Minister Lubomír Štrougal meets the President of Cuba, Fidel Castro, in Havana.[5]
Popular culture
Film
- How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (Czech: Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze), directed by Dušan Klein is released.[6]
- My Sweet Little Village (Czech: Vesničko má středisková), directed by Jiří Menzel is released.[7]
- Give the Devil His Due (Czech: S čerty nejsou žerty), directed by Hynek Bočan, is released.[8]
- The Feather Fairy (Slovak: Perinbaba), directed by Juraj Jakubisko, is released.[9]
- Dissolved and Effused (Czech: Rozpuštěný a vypuštěný), directed by Ladislav Smoljak, is released.[10]
Literature
- Václav Havel publishes Letters to Olga (Czech: Dopisy Olze).[11]
Births
- 2 February – Lenka Hyková, sports shooter, winner of a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[12]
- 11 February – Šárka Záhrobská, winner of the bronze medal in women's slalom at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[13]
Deaths
- 17 June – Josef Klapuch, freestyle wrestler, winner of a silver medal in wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics (born 1906).[14]
- 26 June – Jaroslav Kožešník, scientist, chairman of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (born 1907).[15]