February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
Day of death December 23, 1985
The temperature on December 23, 1985 was between 4.6 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 7 » Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
March 31 » The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
May 13 » Police bombed MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
May 20 » Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
July 7 » Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
August 27 » The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
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