February 1985 calendar

February 1985
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 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 February 1985: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 1985?

Events

01 Feb 1985 -61 degrees F (-52 degrees C), Maybell, Colorado (state record).
02 Feb 1985 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano.
03 Feb 1985 Joanne Carner win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
04 Feb 1985 Naval exercises canceled when US refuses to tell New Zealand of nuclear weapons.
05 Feb 1985 Australia cancels its involvement in U.S.-led MX missile tests.
07 Feb 1985 "New York, New York" becomes the official anthem of New York City, New York.
08 Feb 1985 Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea.
09 Feb 1985 U.S. drug agent Enrique Camarena is kidnapped and murdered in Mexico (his body is discovered March 5).
10 Feb 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission
11 Feb 1985 Jordan King Hussein and PLO leader Arafat sign accord
12 Feb 1985 37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary.
13 Feb 1985 Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier
14 Feb 1985 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut, Lebanon.
15 Feb 1985 STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad
16 Feb 1985 New Jersey Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds
17 Feb 1985 1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents
19 Feb 1985 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain
20 Feb 1985 Minolta releases the Maxxum 7000, world's first autofocus single-lens reflex camera.
21 Feb 1985 Largest NBA crowd to date: 44,970 (Atlanta Hawks at Detroit Pistons).
23 Feb 1985 US Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as Attorney General.
24 Feb 1985 Yul Brynner reprised his role in The King & I
26 Feb 1985 27th Grammy Awards: "What's Love Got to Do With It", Cyndi Lauper win.
27 Feb 1985 Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief.
28 Feb 1985 The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
05 Feb 1985 Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage, meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.