Unix Timestamp: 504230400
Tuesday, December 24. 1985, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The Solntsevskaya Bratva is formed in communist Ukraine in response to the uprising in Afghanistan presumably predicting the fall of the Soviet Union which would become the largest faction of the Russian Mafia.

ATI Technologies is founded.

The Tommy Hilfiger brand is established.

The Asian tiger mosquito, an invasive species, is first found in Houston, Texas.

Right wing extremist David Lewis Rice murders civil rights attorney Charles Goldmark as well as Goldmark's wife and 2 children in Seattle. Rice suspected the family of being Jewish and Communist and claimed his dedication to the Christian Identity movement drove him to the crime.

The Famine in Ethiopia continues USA for Africa (We Are the World) and Live Aid raise funds for famine relief.

DNA is first used in a criminal case.

Africa has a population growth of 3.2 percent per year.

Norma Phillips Thornworth is elected president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Solarquest, the space age real estate game, is first published by Golden.

Rome and Vienna airport attacks: Abu Nidal terrorists open fire in the airports of Rome and Vienna, leaving 18 dead and 120 injured.

Greenland leaves the European Union.

The Australian state of Victoria celebrates its 150th anniversary.

Harold Kroto, Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discover Csub60/sub, soon followed by their discovery of fullerenes.

The GNU Manifesto is first written by Richard Stallman.

Western Sahara is admitted to the Organization of African UnityMorocco, which claims Western Sahara, leaves in protest.

The Fall of Communism begins with resistance gaining victory in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Multiple cases of espionage in the United States prompt the media to label this The Year of the Spy.

The computer game Tetris is released.

NeXT is founded by Steve Jobs after he resigns from Apple Computer.

American naturalist Dian Fossey is found murdered in Rwanda.