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1985 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2030. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1985 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1985

• February 19, 1985 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave hospital.
• February 20, 1985 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
• February 28, 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.
• April 7, 1985 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declares a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe.
• April 23, 1985 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
• May 11, 1985 – Bradford City stadium fire: Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in a flash fire at Valley Parade football ground during a match against Lincoln City in Bradford, England.
• July 13, 1985 – Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
• September 1, 1985 – A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
• September 4, 1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
• October 3, 1985 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. (Mission STS-51-J).

Who Were Born On 1985?

• March 25, 1985 – Diana Rennik, Estonian figure skater
• March 27, 1985 – Alison Carroll, English gymnast, model, and actress
• March 31, 1985 – Ivan Mishyn, Ukrainian race car driver
• May 14, 1985 – Georgia Salpa, Greek-Irish model
• June 12, 1985 – Dave Franco, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• July 28, 1985 – Mathieu Debuchy, French footballer
• August 15, 1985 – Leah Hackett, English actress
• August 20, 1985 – Thomas Domingo, French rugby player
• October 22, 1985 – Federico Ágreda, Venezuelan keyboard player, DJ, and producer
• November 29, 1985 – Junnosuke Taguchi, Japanese singer and actor (KAT-TUN)