May 1985 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1985?

Events

01 May 1985 US President Ronald Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua.
02 May 1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
03 May 1985 Date of $5 million check in View to a Kill
04 May 1985 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2.
05 May 1985 U.S. President Ronald Reagan joins German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for a controversial funeral service at a cemetery in Bitburg, Germany, which includes the graves of 59 elite S.S. troops from World War II.
06 May 1985 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
08 May 1985 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Judds win.
09 May 1985 Edmond O'Brien, American actor (Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight), dies at age 69 of Alzheimer's disease (born 1915).
10 May 1985 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
11 May 1985 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
12 May 1985 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi
13 May 1985 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mayor Wilson Goode orders police to storm the radical group MOVE's headquarters to end a stand-off. The police drop an explosive device into the headquarters, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 61 city residents in the resulting fire.
15 May 1985 Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
16 May 1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium
17 May 1985 Les Anderson catches record 97-pound 4-ounce Chinook Salmon, off Alaska.
18 May 1985 One Night In Bangkok by Murray Head hits #3
19 May 1985 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic.
20 May 1985 1150 Lebanese / Palestinian prisoners exchanged for 3 Israelis
22 May 1985 US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR.
24 May 1985 View to a Kill premieres in US
25 May 1985 Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed
26 May 1985 Danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin.
27 May 1985 Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.
28 May 1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G
29 May 1985 Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot
31 May 1985 Tornados in Penn, Ohio, New York and Canada kill 88 and injured more than 1,000
05 May 1985 Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech.