Events making the headlines in 1984 included the first underwater photographs of the RMS Titanic's wreckage being taken 73 years after it sank, Mikhail Gorbachev becoming Soviet leader, and the sinking of Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior.
On television viewers were tuning into the first episodes of ‘Eastenders’, ‘Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds’ and ‘The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole’, while at the cinema ‘Back To The Future’, ‘A View To A Kill’, ‘Police Academy 2’ and ‘Rambo: First Blood Part II’ saw film fans queue around the block.
In the music charts Jennifer Rush had the best-selling single of the year with ‘The Power of Love’, followed by ‘I Know Him So Well’ by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson, Madonna’s ‘Into The Grove’, ‘19’ by Paul Hardcastle, and Sister Sledge’s ‘Frankie’.
It was also the year that the first Nintendo Entertainment System went on sale on the High Street, and the first publication of the popular Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.
And there was plenty going on in Edinburgh, including royal visits, showbiz sparkle, and the opening of the HMV store on Princes Street.
Here are 31 pictures to take you back to Scotland’s Capital in 1985.
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. On deck
Local sailors line up on the gang plank of HMS Edinburgh at Leith Docks in December 1985. Photo: George Smith

. Travel man
Television journalist and travel documentary maker Alan Whicker in Edinburgh with Evening News journalist John Gibson in September 1985. Photo: Bill Stout

. Opening ceremony
Lord High Commissioner Lord Maclean of Duart at the opening of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1985. Photo: Jack Crombie

. Stopping for a chat
Princess Alexandra chats to some local children at the opening of a new leukaemia treatment centre next to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in April 1985. Photo: Denis Straughan

. Hollywood star
American actress Linda Evans talks to the press during a visit to Edinburgh in July 1985. Photo: Alan Macdonald

. Eurovision hero
Irish singer and 1970 Eurovision winner Dana with her husband Damien Scallon in Edinburgh in May 1985. Photo: Stan Warburton

. Crowds gather
Fans wait for The Thompson Twins arriving to open the new HMV music store in Princes Street in October 1985. Photo: Alan Macdonald

. Welcome
Polish-born Cardinal Josef Glemp is welcomed to St Mary's Cathedral by Cardinal Gordon Gray in February 1985. Photo: Hamish Campbell

. Python
British actor and documentary-maker Michael Palin with a cake in the shape of a pig's head, promoting his new film 'A Private Function' at the King Ames Hotel in Edinburgh in April 1985. Photo: Bill Newton

1. Travel man
Television journalist and travel documentary maker Alan Whicker in Edinburgh with Evening News journalist John Gibson in September 1985. Photo: Bill Stout

2. Opening ceremony
Lord High Commissioner Lord Maclean of Duart at the opening of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1985. Photo: Jack Crombie

3. Stopping for a chat
Princess Alexandra chats to some local children at the opening of a new leukaemia treatment centre next to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in April 1985. Photo: Denis Straughan

4. Hollywood star
American actress Linda Evans talks to the press during a visit to Edinburgh in July 1985. Photo: Alan Macdonald