Historical Events for Year 1985 (Part 6)

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Dec 18th - UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"
Dec 19th - "Wind in the Willows" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 4 perfs
Dec 19th - Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart
Dec 19th - STS 61-C scrubbed at T -13s because of SRB auxiliary power problem
Dec 20th - Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)
Dec 20th - Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
Dec 20th - Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st)
Dec 21st - ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA
Dec 21st - Alice Miller/Don January wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
Dec 21st - Heart's "Heart," album goes #1
Dec 22nd - "Wind in the Willows" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 4 perfs
Dec 22nd - 74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2)
Dec 22nd - STS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B
Dec 26th - Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, v India at the MCG
Dec 27th - Terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi
Dec 28th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Dec 28th - Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement
Dec 30th - IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released
Dec 30th - Pakistan restores constitution


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