December 1985 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 1985.
The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on December 1985: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1985?

Events

01 Dec 1985 STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad
02 Dec 1985 Mystery of Edwin Drood opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 608 performances
03 Dec 1985 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B) - Atlantis 2 lands at Edwards AFB
04 Dec 1985 Les Miserables opens at Palace Theatre, London
05 Dec 1985 Dow Jones Industrial Average rises above the 1500 level for first time.
06 Dec 1985 United Kingdom joins US Strategic Defence Initiative project.
07 Dec 1985 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB).
08 Dec 1985 Laurie Rinker / Larry Rinker wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
09 Dec 1985 Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
10 Dec 1985 Bill to balance the US federal budget passed by Congress.
11 Dec 1985 Computer store owner in Sacramento California killed by package bomb
12 Dec 1985 248 US soldiers and 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash
13 Dec 1985 Test debut of Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh and Bruce Reid (vs. India)
14 Dec 1985 US Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin
15 Dec 1985 Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielson wed
16 Dec 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission
17 Dec 1985 US President Ronald Reagan signs the Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-185) directing Treasury to issue 0.9167 fine gold bullion coins: $50 (one ounce), $25 (half ounce), $10 (quarter ounce), $5 (tenth ounce). The gold is to be acquired from natural deposits in the US or territory or possession when possible, and when not, from the US reserves. Profits from sales would be used to pay down the national debt.
19 Dec 1985 Wind in the Willows opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 4 performances
20 Dec 1985 Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points).
21 Dec 1985 Alice Miller / Don January wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
22 Dec 1985 Wind in the Willows closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 4 performances
24 Dec 1985 Right wing extremist David Lewis Rice murders civil rights attorney Charles Goldmark as well as Goldmark's wife and two children in Seattle, Washington.
27 Dec 1985 Terrorists kill 20 andwound 110 attacking El Al at Rome andVienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi
28 Dec 1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
30 Dec 1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released
12 Dec 1985 Arrow Air Flight 1285R, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.