What day of the week was December 12, 1985?

The day of the week December 12th, 1985 fell on was a Thursday.

There were 13 days until Christmas.

Ian Stewart the Scottish keyboard player (The Rolling Stones) (b. 1938) died on this day in 1985.

Arrow Air Flight 1285 the a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.