85 days before March 19, 1972

would be

December 25, 1971 (Saturday)

Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)

• Day numbers: 359

• Week number: 51

• Leap year: 1971 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for December 25, 1971 (Saturday)

• Sunrise time: 07:52 am

• Sunset time: 05:12 pm

• Day length: 09h 19m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for December 25, 1971 (Saturday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

• Illumination: 60%

• Moon Age: 8.4 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

December 25, 1971 Holidays and National Days

December 25 in History

2006
James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul”, dies at age 73.
1991
Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s first and last executive president, resigns. The Soviet Union no longer exsists.
1979
Egypt begins major restoration of the Sphinx.
1976
Over 100 Muslims, returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca, die when their boat sinks.
1973
U.S. astronauts onboard the Skylab space station take a seven-hour walk in space and photograph the comet Kohoutek.
1965
Entertainer Chris Noel gives her first performance for the USO at two hospitals in California; became a star on Armed Forces Radio and Television, entertaining troops in Vietnam; in 1984 Veterans Network honored her with a Distinguished Vietnam Veteran award.
1962
The Bay of Pigs captives, upon their return to the United States, vow to return to Cuba and topple Fidel Castro.
1950
Scottish nationalists steal the Stone of Scone from the British coronation throne in Westminster Abbey. The 485 pound stone was recovered in April 1951.